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

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Ramsberg_Staufeneck.jpg

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

The Stauffer Name

Swiss Origin

Staufen Coats of Arms