Bombast von Hohenheim

[5] One Georg Bombast von Hohenheim (1453–1499) is mentioned in 1462 as commander of the Order of Saint John in Rohrdorf.

[7] The name Paracelsus itself is most likely a latinization of "Hohenheim" (and not, as has frequently been alleged, a reference to Aulus Cornelius Celsus).

Georg was survived by his sister, Anna Bombastin von Hohenheim (d. 1574), the third wife of Ernest, Margrave of Baden-Durlach.

The name and coat of arms was restored by Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg for his mistress Franziska von Bernerdin in 1774 along with the title of imperial countess.

The family name long antedates the modern use of the term "bombastic" with its negative connotations, which has a different etymological origin.