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Dieterich, IL -- U.S. village in Illinois
Population (2000): 591
Housing Units (2000): 236
Land area (2000): 1.185321 sq. miles (3.069966 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.185321 sq. miles (3.069966 sq. km)
FIPS code: 19915
Located within: Illinois (IL), FIPS 17
Location: 39.060156 N, 88.378994 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 62424
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Dieterich

Dieterich is both a surname and a masculine German given name, a variant of Dietrich, itself the High German form of Theodoric. Notable people with the name include:

Surname:

  • Albrecht Dieterich (1866–1908), German classical philologist and religious scholar
  • Chris Dieterich (born 1958), American football player
  • Heinz Dieterich (born 1943), German sociologist
  • Johann Christian Dieterich (1722–1800), German publisher
  • William H. Dieterich (1876–1940), US Senator and Congressman from Illinois
  • William H. Dieterich (judge) (1897–1964), Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice

Given name:

  • Dieterich Buxtehude, (1637/39–1707), German-Danish organist and composer
  • Dieterich Spahn, German-born American artist