{{wiktionary|Volkmar}} '''Volkmar''', '''Folkmar''' or '''Folcmar''' is a German given name, now also found as a surname. It is derived from an Old High German compound equivalent to {{gloss|people, folk, nation}} + {{gloss|famous}}.<ref>{{cite web|last=Uckelman|first=Sara Liana|url=https://dmnes.org/name/Volkmar|title=Volkmar|work=Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources|access-date=26 July 2025}}</ref> Notable people with the name include:
==Given name== *Folcmar (bishop of Utrecht) (died 990) * {{ill|Folcmar (archbishop of Cologne)|de|Folcmar}} (d. 969) *Folkmar, German priest, one of the ringleaders in the Rhineland massacres (1096) * Volkmar I of Corvey, abbot of Corvey from 916 to 942 * {{ill|Volkmar I of Harzgau|de|Volkmar I. (Harzgau)}} (d. bef. 961), Count in Harzgau * {{ill|Volkmar (bishop of Paderborn)|de|Volkmar (Paderborn)}} (d. 983) * {{ill|Volkmar I (bishop of Brandenburg)|de|Volkmar I. von Brandenburg}}, bishop from 980 * {{ill|Volkmar II of Harzgau|de|Volkmar II. (Harzgau)}} (d. 1015), Count in Harzgau * {{ill|Volkmar II (bishop of Brandenburg)|de|Volkmar II. von Brandenburg}} (d. 1102) * {{ill|Volkmar II of Corvey|de|Volkmar II. (Corvey)}}, abbot of Corvey from 1129 to 1138 * {{ill|Volkmar (bishop of Minden)|de|Volkmar von Minden}} (d. 1094/1096), bishop from 1080 * {{ill|Volkmar of Niederaltaich|de|Volkmar (Niederaltaich)}}, abbot of Niederaltaich from 1280 to 1282 * {{ill|Volkmar von Fürstenfeld|de}} (d. 1314), Cistercian historian *Volkmar Andreae (1879–1962), Swiss conductor and composer *Volkmar Braunbehrens (born 1941), German musicologist *Volkmar Busch (1812–1893), Danish composer *Volkmar Denner (born 1956), German business executive *Franz Volkmar Fritzsche (1806–1887), German classical philologist *Volkmar Fleischer ({{fl.|1960s}}), German slalom canoeist *Volkmar Gessner (1937–2014), German academic *Volkmar Groß (1948–2014), German footballer *Volkmar Kuttelwascher (born 1969), Austrian rower *Volkmar Klein (born 1960), German politician *Volkmar Kleinert (born 1938), German actor *Volkmar Klien (born 1971), Austrian composer, artist and educator *Volkmar Kühn (born 1942), German sculptor *Volkmar Leimert (born 1940), German composer and dramaturg *Cirilo Volkmar Machado (1748–1823), Portuguese artist and architect *Franz Volkmar Reinhard (1753–1812), German Protestant theologian *Volkmar Sigusch (1940–2023), German physician and sociologist *Karl Volkmar Stoy (1815–1885), German educator and pedagogue *Volkmar Thiede (born 1948), German sprint canoeist *Volkmar Vogel (born 1959), German politician *Volkmar Weber (born 1974), German bassist and vocalist *Volkmar Weiss (born 1944), German scientist and writer *Volkmar Wentzel (1915–2006), German-born American photographer *Volkmar Würtz (born 1938), German fencer
==Surname== *Fred R. Volkmar (born 1950), American psychiatrist *Theodor Valentin Volkmar (1781–1847), German jurist and politician *{{ill|Gustav Volkmar|de}} (1809-1893), German theologian
==Fictional characters== *Volkmar the Grim, a character in the tabletop game of ''Warhammer'' *Count Volkmar of Gretz, a line of heritage in James A. Michener's ''The Source''
==See also== *Veľký Folkmár, a village in Slovakia *Volkmar River, a river in Alaska *Volkmer *Volckmar
==References== {{reflist}}
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