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The family name "vom Holtze" can be traced back to the original Lower-German name "vamme Holte", which again is short for "van dem Holte" (meaning of the place called Holte aka wood), a patrician family originating from Holstein. "Lower-German" was the language in use in the lowlands of todays Germany, stretching from the Netherlands all the way to todays Estonia. It is also known as "Plattdeutsch" References
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