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Family names such '''Krauskopf''' have been recorded in [[Germany]] and in other regions of Europe from medieval times. Native German surnames are commonly found in [[Switzerland]], [[Austria]], [[Luxembourg]] and [[Alsace Lorraine]], as well in Germany proper. In addition, there are other European regions where German family names occur as a result of specific historical circumstances. Among these areas are [[Siebenburgen]] (Seven Castles), a territory in the region of [[Transylvania]], located within the borders of the modern nation of [[Romania]]. Around the year 1150, a large number of settlers from the [[Moselle]] region of Germany were settled in this area, where they were referred to by the natives as [[Saxons]], the term commonly applied to all Germans by the peoples of the [[Balkans]]. This occurred a century before the establishment of [[Berlin]]. Indeed, ancestors of the Krauskopf family did not see the documented birth of the city of Berlin until the year 1244, several years after that of its sister town, [[Kolln]]. The two towns were established for geographical and mercantile reasons, as they commanded a natural east west trade route over the [[Spree River]] much as towns on the main commanded north south route, with both rivers serving peoples on each side, including no doubt the honorable forefathers of the Krauskopf family.

German surnames may also be encountered in [[Russia]] and [[Ukraine]] while [[Slavic peoples|Slav]] names are also frequently documented in Germany, particularly in Eastern Germany. Following the [[Mongol invasions]] in the thirteenth century, the authorities in Ukraine and Russia recruited German merchants and artisans to revitalize towns which had been devastated by the Mongol hordes. In the eighteenth century, at the invitation of the Russian Empress [[Catherine the Great]], German settlers established themselves in the fertile lands in the region of the [[Volga River]], west of the [[Ural mount(contracted; show full)r, Ontario around 1907; he was a blacksmith in Morinville, which was founded by French and a few German settlers. In 1910 he married Theresa Zettle (1889-1968) who came from South Dakota with her parents in 1899 and settled near Cardiff, Alberta. A part of August still remains in Morinville, as he built the iron gates in 1927 which are at the entrance of the St. Jean Baptiste Church Cemetery.

==External link==
*[http://telusplanet.net/public/paulind/mypage.htm Krauskopf Family page]

[[Category:Surnames]]