What is "pringsheim"

Pringsheim is a Jewish Silesian surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alfred Pringsheim (1850–1941), mathematician, father-in-law of writer Thomas Mann
• Ernst Pringsheim, Sr. (1859–1917), German physicist
• Ernst Pringsheim, Jr. (1881–1970), German botanist
• Klaus Pringsheim, Sr. (1883–1972), German composer, conductor, twin brother of Katharina Pringsheim
• Nathanael Pringsheim (1823–1894), German botanist