Kretzschmar is a German surname. It comes from Middle High German kretschmar, which was borrowed from a Slavic language, e.g. Czech krčmář. Other forms include Kretschmar, Kretschmer, and Kreczmar (Polonized form).
Notable people with the surname include:
Hermann Kretzschmar (1848–1924), German musicologist and writer Jörg Kretzschmar (born 1964), German footballer Max Kretzschmar (born 1993), English footballer Stefan Kretzschmar (born 1973), German handball player Waltraud Kretzschmar (1948–2018), East German handball player
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