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THE NAME ...

... is composed from the words ALT (=old) and BIEZEN (the Middle High German word for repair/mend) and describes the profession of a shoemaker, respectively the cobbler, formerly known in German language areas as ??Altbutzer or Altbüßer.

Der Name ist aus den Worten ALT und BIEZEN (mittelhochdeutsch für reparieren/flicken) zusammengesetzt und steht für den Beruf des Schuhmachers, resp. des Flickschusters, früher auch Altbutzer oder Altbüßer genannt (der das Alte „biezt“).

THE HOMELAND ...

... of the family is probably the south of the Black Forest region, the south-west-corner of today's Germany.
There is still the highest concentration of families, but over many years members of the family spread all over the world.

Today we find families in:

Albitz.de
A. Albitz & St. (Albitz) Lindner
GERMANY

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