Apian

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Apian or Apianus, also Apian-Bennewitz, seldom Apian von Bennewitz, pretty seldom Apianus von Bennewitz is the name of a German noble family, whereby Apian is the Germanised form of the name once Latinised from Bienewitz and/or Bennewitz to Apianus.

[edit] Known bearers of the name

• Peter Apian, also Peter or Petrus Apianus as well as Peter Bienewitz or Bennewitz, (1495-1552), German humanist (brother of Georg and father of Philipp Apian)
• Georg Apian, also Georg Apianus as well as Georg Bienewitz or Bennewitz, German printer and publisher of the 16th century (brother of Peter Apian)
• Philipp Apian, also Philipp Apianus, (1531-1589), German mathematician, physician and cartographer (son of Peter and brother of Timotheus Apian)
• Timotheus Apian, (?-1562), German land surveyor of the 16th century (son of Peter and brother of Philipp Apian)
• Paul Otto Apian-Bennewitz, (1847-1892), organist and teacher, founder of the Museum of Musical Instruments in Markneukirchen, Germany

[edit] Miscellaneous

After persons with the name Apian were named:

• the Apian-Gymnasium Ingolstadt, a secondary school in Ingolstadt, Germany, named after Peter and Philipp Apian
• the Peter-Apian-Mittelschule Leisnig, a middle school in Leisnig, Germany, named after Peter Apian
• the crater Apianus (26° 9' S and 7° 9' E) on the Moon, named after Peter Apian, see Apianus (crater)
• the asteroid 19139 Apian, named after Peter Apian, see 19139 Apian
• the Apian-Bennewitz-Straße, a street in Markneukirchen, Germany, named after Paul Otto Apian-Bennewitz
• the Peter-Apian-Platz, a town square in Leisnig, Germany, named after Peter Apian
• the Apianborn, a spring in Leisnig, Germany, named after Peter Apian
• the Apianstraße, a street in Munich, in Unterföhring, in Rosenheim, in Ingolstadt, in Landshut and in Ittelhofen, Germany

[edit] See also

Look up Apian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

• Appian and/or Appianus, Roman historian
• Aphian, Saint

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