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.Knittel, DFDKnüttel, DFD 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 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
Knittelvers may also be called Knittel Knittel, Iowa
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