What is "thiersch"

Thiersch is a German surname. People named Thiersch include:

• Bernhard Thiersch (1794–1855), schoolteacher and composer of the Prussian national anthem
• Friedrich Thiersch (1784–1860), classicist and philhellene
• Friedrich von Thiersch (1852–1921), architect and painter
• Hans Thiersch (born 1935), professor of pedagogy
• H. W. J. Thiersch (1817–1885), theologian in the Catholic Apostolic Church, and son of Friedrich
• Karl Thiersch (1822–1895), surgeon, and son of Friedrich
• Ludwig Thiersch (1825–1909), painter, philhellene, and son of Friedrich
• Urban Thiersch (1916–1984), sculptor involved in the July 20 Plot to assassinate Hitler