Prittwitz
Prittwitz is the name of a Silesian noble family of the Wczele coat of arms, whose first documented member is one Petrus de Prawticz from 1283.
Among its members are:
- Moritz Karl Ernst von Prittwitz (1795–1885), Royal Prussian Lieutenant-General of Infantry, Supervised the building of the large fortress in Ulm
- Ernst von Prittwitz und Gaffron (1833–1904), Royal Prussian Lieutenant-General
- Maximilian von Prittwitz (1848–1917), German general
- Friedrich Wilhelm von Prittwitz und Gaffron (1884–1955), German Ambassador to the United States under the Weimar Republic, from 1928 until April 14, 1933
- Heinrich von Prittwitz und Gaffron (1889-1941), German general killed during the Siege of Tobruk as a Commander of the 15th Panzer Division
This page lists people with the surname Prittwitz.
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.
If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.