The name comes from the Süddeutsche Schlenker (Schwaben probably the region Villingen Schwenningen), describing a family who lived at a bend in the river, just where the river made a detour. So fast was the name of the clan found in the middle of such a part of the 16th Century opened on foot to the north. The first Schlenker have been registered in the Münsterland about 1600 in the church register. The arrival of a dangling Balthasar in this region is covered kirchenregisterlich. Remained a part in this region, as a branch emigrated probably later in the Prussian (Berlin and surrounding areas) and was home there. Today, there are still there a large number. Around 1800 some emigrated via Bremen by sea to America and have been demonstrated to the church and marriage registers to find in there. Also in the Bremen area Schlenker were established in the end not the emigration.
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