Feuerbachs

Feuerbachs is a German surname. In biographical and historical contexts, the term Feuerbachs refers to people who bear the surname Feuerbach, and may be used when discussing more than one person or the Feuerbach family as a historical group. The name is associated with several notable 19th-century German figures, among them Ludwig Feuerbach (1804–1872), a philosopher whose critique of religion argued that theological concepts are projections of human consciousness and that materialist explanations of reality are more accurate. Another prominent figure is Anselm Feuerbach (1829–1880), a painter linked to Romantic and realist currents in 19th-century German art. The Feuerbach name has appeared across various professional fields, including medicine and other arts, often in separate family lines. In English-language references, Feuerbachs is used as the plural form to discuss multiple individuals who share the surname, or to refer to the historical Feuerbach family as a whole.