Reitter is a German occupational surname, which means a "mounted soldier" or "knight", from the Middle High German ritære ("horseman").[1] Notable people with the surname include:
- Edmund Reitter (1845–1920), a Moravia-born Austrian-German entomologist, writer, collector, beetle expert
- Edmund Reitter (1904–2005), an Austrian sculptor
- Ferenc Reitter (1813–1874), a Hungarian architect and engineer
- Johann Daniel von Reitter (1759–1811), German forester and botanist
- Brauerei Reitter, a brand of German micro-brew [2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Dictionary of American Family Names. "Reitter Family History", Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 18 January 2016.
- ^ Beer Advocate: Reitter [1] Retrieved on 11 February 2016.
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