Famous Stauf(en)s
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My Thoughts on Possible Origins
Name Origin for the Swiss Mennonite Stauffers
Staufen Coats of Arms
Famous Stauf(en)s throughout Europe (this page)
Regenstauf, Germany
Staufen im Breisgau, Germany
Hohenstaufen, Germany
Staufen, Switzerland
Donaustauf, Germany
Home of Walhalla (Valhalla)
Donau = the Danube
(the) Staufen, Austria
Staufenberg near Heilbronn, Germany
Staufeneck, near Göppingen, Germany
Eck is German for "corner" and refers to a ridge. In southern regions like Switzerland and Austria, it's pronounced essentially the same but spelled egg, as in Schwarzenegg, the black ridge.
Hochstaufen in the Bavarian Alps,
just across the border from Salzburg, Austria
Merkur just outside Baden-Baden, Germany,
also known as the Big Staufenberg