Knittel

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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. 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 [de] 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

• All pages with titles containing Knittel
• Knittelvers may also be called Knittel
• Knittel, Iowa

References

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