Knittel
Knittel is a German surname, a variant of Knüttel derived either from a nickname or an occupation derived from a Middle High German word meaning a hitting implement: a club, a kudgel, a shepherd's staff, or a stonemason's mallet.[1][2] The surnames Knippel and Knuppel are of similar etymology. Notable people with the surname include:
- Anna Stainer-Knittel (1841–1915) an Austrian painter
- Bastian Knittel
- Benedikt Knittel a monk and poet of the 17th century
- Eric Knittel
- Franz Anton Knittel Lutheran orthodox theologian
- Gustav Knittel a German officer and convicted war criminal
- Hardy Knittel
- John Knittel a German-English-Swiss novelist
- Josef Alois Knittel
- Krzysztof Knittel
See also
[edit]- All pages with titles containing Knittel
- Knittelvers may also be called Knittel
- Knittel, Iowa
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