For Stiefel there are 321 on Yasni with different names.
Among the most common last names on Yasni Stiefel is on position 4206.
Due to the south-german distribution of the surname Stiefel/Stifel, it can be safely assumed, that the name arised in connection with wine cultivation. (second meaning). first meaning: BOOTS, m., "Stiefel" that extends higher than the shoe second meaning 2. importance of STIEFEL, m. support, rod, stake for grapevines until 1950 (then replaced by wire facilities) Quotations from publications (translated ): A) d. Upper Rhine, 8, 221 Mone, every man, who has commons rights ( in forest), may cut wineyard wood "Stifel"and "drudel" (tree trunks) (vj 1449) B) "weisthümer 1, 453; see also 2, 666; item" the Abbot of Schonauw monastery should let cut not more than "6000 stifeln" for the abbeys vinyard ... (vj 1483) "Zeitschr. f. d. est. upper Rhine" C) (1850) 435, (when planting grapevines) the grapevines should be fixed 3 shoes high above the earth on oak stakes called "Stifel ... Source: German Dictionary of Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm. 16 vols [in 32 fascicles]. Leipzig: S. Hirzel 1854-1960.
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