Layritz

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Layritz , Lairitz or Layriz is the family name of the following people:

  • Friedrich Layriz (also: Layritz, Lairitz; 1808-1859), German Lutheran pastor and hymnologist
  • Johann Christoph Layritz (1655–1731), rector of the Hof high school, professor in Bayreuth and superintendent in Wunsiedel
  • Johann Georg Layritz (1647–1716), German scholar, superintendent and general superintendent
  • Paul Eugenius Layritz (1707–1788), theologian and vice rector in Neustadt an der Aisch and later bishop of the Moravian Brethren