Notable: Professor Erwin Gatz - researcher Catholic Church

Erwin Gatz (b. May 4 1933 in Aachen) is a German theologian and Rector of the Teutonic Cemetery in Rome (Campo Santo Teutonico).
He studied theology in Bonn, Munich and Aachen. In 1960 he was ordained a priest in Aachen. He was a pastor in Grefrath and Düren in the diocese of Aachen. Habilitation in Bonn in medieval and modern history of the church. Visiting professor of the Pontifical Gregorian University. Pope Benedict XVI in 2008 gave him the title Ehrenprälatur. Erwin Gatz is famous for the numerous scientific studies. The best-known works by Erwin Gatz is "Bischofslexikon” (Episcopal Dictionary) and" Bistumslexikon” (Diocese Lexicon).
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Gatz - Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago

Gatz brings together the literary virtuosity of an American masterpiece and the mischievous creativity of one of New York's most celebrated experimental companies, Elevator Repair Service. Gatz is a bold staging of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, verbatim and unabridged. It starts with a man sitting alone one morning in a dilapidated office reading out loud from a ragged paperback, and develops out of this simple beginning into a unique and transporting 6-hour theatrical event. This ambitious, hilarious, strangely insightful work is a memorable experience not to be missed.
Elevator Repair Service, a theater ensemble directed by John Collins, combines elements of slapstick comedy, hi-tech and lo-tech design, both literary and found text, found objects and discarded furniture, and the group's own highly developed style of choreography. Their inspired and transformative experimentation has been widely applauded in the New York experimental theater world, with engagements across the U.S. and Europe. MCA is proud to present ERS in their Chicago debut.
More on: http://www.mcachicago.org/performances/perf_detail.php?id=370
220 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611
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Village Gatz in Pomerania

Gatz (Polish name Gać and Kashubian name - Gac), a village in Poland located on the plain in the Pomerania, 16.5 km from the city Slupsk.
In VIII-X century - in the Valley Moszczeniczki, about 1.5 km from the present building was founded mediaeval Slavic village.
1463 - the first written information about the village Gatz. Graf von Below (called the Lord of Gatz): document recording village to family von Below, who lived for 408 years in the local castle Wasserburg
In 1792 born Heinrich von Below, the leader of a religious sect belowian (d. 1855).
After Second World War village Gatz connected to Poland as a Gać.
Photo: Roadside shrine in Gatz village. Source. Wikimedia.

Name GATZ in Poland, Germany and USA

In Poland lives 271 people with the name GATZ. They reside in 30 different counties and cities. Most in Tuchola (67) and Bydgoszcz (38), Chojnice (33), Gdańsk (19), Złotów (14), Poznan (12), Człuchów (9), Gdynia (9), Sosnowiec (8) and Tczew (7).

In Germany, alive about 1706 people named Gatz. They live in 179 cities and counties. Most of Berlin (45), Wesel (30) and Munich (21).

Primary source: http://www.moikrewni.pl/mapa/kompletny/gatz.html

Name Gatz in USA.

Gatz

is the most popular last name in the US.

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Julie from Seattle - Singing GATZ

Julie GATZ from Seatle (USA) is a jazz singer, songwriter and keyboardist. In April, 2008. appeared her debut album "Outside the Office." Characterized it hot, strong voice and a little tough of pop. Julie creates eclectic music: sincerity expressed emotion, anger, struggle, determination, pride, love and romance.
An image to text: www.juliegatz.com

"MISSING PEOPLE" - GATZ GENEALOGY - SUMMARY

<-Erected by Koschneider gothic church in Ostrowite (Kaszuby, Poland). Photo.: Fot. Krzysztof Szatkowski

According to my research, Gatz come from the area of Osnabrück - Westphalia and Lower Saxony in Germany. In 1433 Gatz were returned by the Order of Teutonic Knights to Poland - in West Pomerania. This area is called the Kaszuby. Called them "Koschneider"(germ).


Here lived to World War II. Then after dispersing throughout the world. Most families of the name Gatz live in Germany, USA and Canada. In Poland are only 271 persons named Gatz. Press compares us with Atlantis - the “missing people”.
Note: mainly relates to genealogy Gatz family in Poland.

The Gatz Surname

Gatz Name Meaning and History
German: from Gato, a short form of an old personal name formed with the same root as Middle High German gate ‘companion’.
German (in eastern Germany): possibly from the Slavic personal name Gaczko.
German: habitational name from a place so named in Pomerania (Poland).
Americanized spelling of Ukrainian and Polish Gac.
http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Gatz-family-history.ashx
->Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

In my opinion and research - bad news: name Gatz of the German jargon means: "unshapely man" or "left-hand man". The good news: Gatz also connecting with Old Germanic language, and this means "the panel of water." Your choice ...