Hohenstaufen

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A mediaeval (11th—14th centuries) German dynasty of Swabian origin, from which came numerous monarchs, including dukes of Swabia and emperors of the Holy Roman Empire.

Origin

• Borrowed from German Hohenstaufen, from hohen + Staufen (from Staufer), first used to distinguish a hill called Staufer in the Swabian Jura from the village of the same name in the valley below. (See )