[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Kaminski ethnicity

[Günther Böhm]

Nelson Itterman schrieb:

>I would assume it may be as surprise, if your name is Kaminski, to be told
>that it could be Koberstein  or Stein or Steinke or vice versa. Would I also
>have relatives that have a different name than Ittermann?
>Nelson
>
Hello Nelson,
the earliest ITTERMANN in the IGI are from Solingen, Rhine province, 
Prussia. You find still earlier ITTERMAN as steel curers and grinders in 
the Solingen brotherhood of craftsmen in 17th century ( 
http://home.arcor.de/maramut/02arc/nam1koe.htm and 
http://home.arcor.de/maramut/02arc/hebbuch1.htm ). Their name origin is 
quite clearly the Itter, a little river with its source in Gräfrath, 
Solingen, and its estuary into the Rhine south of Düsseldorf. It is also 
the local river of my home town Hilden. Knife curing and grinding is 
still alive in present Gräfrath and Solingen is still the German 
'Klingenstadt' (city of blades).
The carnival salutation in Hilden is 'Itter Itter Helau!'

Günther