What is "schomburgk"

Schomburgk is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Robert Hermann Schomburgk (1804–1865), German-born explorer for Great Britain in the nineteenth century
• Moritz Richard Schomburgk (1811–1891), his brother, director of the Adelaide Botanic Garden
• Hans Schomburgk (1880–1967), German explorer and film-maker
• Heinrich Schomburgk, German tennis player