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 Breuer Coat of Arms / Breuer Family CrestThis surname of BREUER was a locational name meaning 'the dweller at the bank of a river'. It was also a nickname given to 'one who begged for alms'. The name has many variant spellings which include BREGERE, BREGAR, BREEGER and BREGG. Surnames derived from placenames are divided into two broad categories; topographic names and habitation names. Topographic names are derived from general descriptive references to someone who lived near a physical feature such as an oak tree, a hill, a stream or a church. Habitation names are derived from pre-existing names denoting towns, villages and farmsteads. Other classes of local names include those derived from the names of rivers, individual houses with signs on them, regions and whole countries. The word Heraldry is derived from the German HEER, (a host, an army) and HELD, (champion): the term BLASON, by which the science is denoted in French, English, Italian and German, has most probably its origin in the German word 'BLAZEN' (to blow the horn). Whenever a new knight appeared at a Tournament, the herald sounded the trumpet, and as competitors attended with closed vizors, it was his duty to explain the bearing of the shield or coat-armour belonging to each. Thus, the knowledge of the various devices and symbols was called 'Heraldry'. The Germans transmitted the word to the French, and it reached England after the Norman Conquest of 1066. A notable member of this name was Marcel Lajos Breuer (l902-8l) the Hungarian born American architect and designer born in Pecs. A student of the Bauhaus in Germany in l920 he took charge of the furniture workshop by l924. He designed probably the first modern tubular steel chair, the 'Wassily' (l925) and a well known 'Cesca' cantilevered chair in l928. A significant figure in the 'Modern Movement', his classic furniture designs in particular represented major developments in materials and techniques. |
