Plessner or Plesner is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Plessner
Origin
Language(s)German
Meaning1. from (Polish: Pszczyna), Silesia, German or Jewish surname; See also Heinrich XV, Duchy of Pless, principality of Anhalt-Pless
2. from Plesná, the Czech Republic
3. from Polish places "Pleśna"
4. Plesse, nearby Bovenden
5. Other place names - Pless. Germany Pleß or Von Pless German in origin variant of Pless, Plöß (Czech: Pláne)
Region of originPoland (includes Austrian Galicia), Germany (especially Westphailia, southern Lowe Saxony), Czech Republic, Austria, Israel
Other names
Variant form(s)Pleßner, Plesner, Plešner, Platz, Pless, Plöss;
not related but similar forms: Plesser, Plessers, Plössl

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Pleß

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  • Helmut Pleß (2 November 1918 – 25 December 1999) was a highly decorated Leutnant in the Luftwaffe during World War II, and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
  • A mountain in Germany.

Platz

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Old German form of the surname Pless.

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