What is "nussbaum"

Nußbaum (or Nussbaum) is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Bad Sobernheim, whose seat is in the like-named town. Nußbaum is a winegrowing village.

Nussbaum is a Jewish surname of German origin. Variant spellings include Nußbaum and Nusbaum. The word literally means "nut tree", a generic term which could refer to hazelnut trees or walnut trees.