List of German noble families / K

K

Surname	Period	Remarks	coat of arms
Kageneck	since 1230	Alsatian nobility; 1671 imperial barons; 1771 Imperial Count
Bald	since 1250	originally from the Rügen noble family, later in Prussia
Kahlenberg	until the beginning of the 19th century	extinct, Prussian noble family
Calve	since 1135	Uradel from Stendal; former name de Calve / from Calven; later promotion to the Lübeck patrician nobility
Kalckreuth	since 1284	Lower Silesian nobility; 1678 Bohemian barons (line Dolzig); 1786 Prussian counts (Klemzig line)
Limestone	since 1284	Warmian nobility
Kaler to Lanzenheim	1600 to	Tyrolean postal nobility; 1757 hereditary-Austrian nobility;
Kalff	1433-1581 / 1586	German-Baltic, Estonian noble family from Westphalia, agnates of the v. Surrender (†)
Kalitsch	since 1352	Alhaltin noble family
Lime	since 1176	Rhineland noble family
Kaltenbach	1083-1159	Swabian noble family
Kaltenborn-Stachau	since 1265	Silesian-Meissen nobility
Kaltental	since 1125	old Swabian noble family
Kameke	since 1298	pomeranian nobility; 1740 Prussian counts
Comb	1073-1375	Bavarian noble family in the High Middle Ages
Chamberlain of Worms	since 11th century	Noble family from the Middle Rhine
Kamptz	since 1286	mecklenburg nobility; In 1822 a relative received a Prussian nobility legitimation
Kanitz / Canitz	since 1185	Meißnischer nobility with the tribes Canitz and Kanitz; Canitz: imperial baron status 1698; Canitz- u. Dallwitz: Bohemian baron 1664; Kanitz: 1798 Prussian count class
Kannewurff	since 1245	Thuringian nobility
Kapeller	12th to 14th century	Austrian noble family with center of life in Austria ob der Enns (Upper Austria)
Cape stallion	since 1321	Medieval aristocratic family
Cape mr	?	Hessian and Mecklenburg noble families
Kaplirz de Sulewicz	since about 1400	Bohemian noble family	-
Karajan	since 1792	Originally a Greek family who moved to Austria via Saxony in the 18th century
Kardorff	since 1200	Mecklenburg nobility
Carolingian	639-1005 / 06	Ruling family in the Franconian Empire	-
carp	until 1663	Swabian noble family
Karras	1206	Meissen nobility
Karstedt	since 1271	Old Marks of the nobility
Kaskel	since 1742	Saxon noble family, of Jewish descent; 1867 Austrian nobility; 1869 Austrian baron
Kastl	11./12. century	noble family of the Middle Ages, rarely referred to as counts	_{City arms of Kastl}
Kastner	?	different Bavarian genders: Kastner von Amberg, Kastner von Haisnbach, Kastner von Pilsting, Kastner von Nappurg, Kastner von Pechhofen, Castner von Mauheim, Kastner von Schnaittach	_{Kastner from Schnaittach}
Katte	since 1221	old-market nobility; 1740 Prussian counts
Cat bite	since 1305	Noble family who were wealthy in Schlüchtern and its surroundings	-
Katzenelnbogen	1095-1479	Counts from the empire and the Middle Rhine
Katzmair	since 1318	Munich patrician family
Kaufungen	since 1231 (†)	Meissen noble family
Kaunitz	1284	Bohemian gentlemen; 1664 imperial count for the Bohemian line; 1643 Bohemian count, 1683 imperial count for the Moravian line
Kaven	1645	Diepholz family, extinct in Germany since 2009, branch line exists in Argentina	-
Kawer	since 15th century	Livonian nobility
Keffenbrinck	before 1580 to 1920	extinct, originally Rhineland, later Pomeranian-Swedish-Prussian family, Swedish and Prussian barons and counts
Keglevich de Buzin	before 1300	Uradliges, Croatian-Hungarian, then Austrian noble family
Ladle	since 961	Thuringian noble family	-
basement, cellar	since 1229	Prussian, Thuringian, Baltic, Russian and Saxon noble families
Kemmaten	1125-1600	Franconian and Thuringian noble families
Kempenich		extinct, noble family with ancestral seat at Kempenich Castle in the Hocheifel	^{Isenburg-Kempenich}
Kerberg	since 12th century	Mecklenburg noble family
Kerckerinck	since 1267	primeval family in the Münsterland; 1710 imperial barons
from the Kere	1520 to?	extinct, Thuringian-Franconian noble family
Kerkring	1350-1736	Originally from Westphalia, the noble family that rose in the Lübeck patriciate
Kerpen	1065-1866	Presumably originally the noble noble family who, as Reichsministeriale in Kerpen an der Erft, were enfeoffed with the burgrave office of the imperial fortress and were also based in Kerpen in the Eifel
Kerssenbrock	since 1265	East Westphalian nobility
boiler	1085-1305	high medieval counts in the Maas, Mühl and Nievenheim districts; Headquarters in Kessel on the Maas
boiler	since 1388	Thuringian nobility; 1747 Prussian counts; 1873 Prussian barons as von Kessel and Zeutsch
Cauldron of mountains	since 1355	Noble family in the Westerwald	-
Boiler room	since 1297	hessian nobility; 1688 Imperial Barons; 1816 matriculation with the Bavarian count class
Kesteloot	18th - 19th century	Prussian noble family of lords and barons von Kesteloot (t), originally from the Netherlands
Ketelhodt	since 1230	Lower Saxon-Mecklenburg primitive nobility
Ketteler	since 1210	Westphalian nobility; 1675 imperial barons	_{Family coat of arms} _{Neu-Assen line}
Chain castle	since 1344	originally from the Lüneburg family, later especially wealthy in Mecklenburg
Keudell	since 1227	hessian nobility; An aristocratic family of the same name traces its origins back to the Hessian nobility - it received a Prussian nobility confirmation in 1789
Keuschburg	since 1301	Silesian-Bohemian noble family	-
Kevernburg	early Middle Ages to 1385	Thuringian nobility in the Middle Ages
Keyserlingk	since 1300	bourgeois sex from Westphalia; 1631 enrolled in the 1st class of the Courland knighthood; 1741 imperial count for House Blieden; 1844 Prussian approval for the continuation of the baron title for House Blankenau.
Khälß von Khälßberg	?	Austrian noble family; Nobility rise between 1440 and 1493; 1612 imperial nobility
Khevenhüller	since 1330	noble family of the high nobility based in Carinthia; 1566 baron class; In the 16th century division into two main lines Khevenhüller-Frankenburg (1593 Imperial Counts) and Khevenhüller-Hochosterwitz (1725 Imperial Counts and 1763 as Khevenhüller-Metsch Prince).
Khuen from Belasy	since 1111	Aristocratic family from Tyrol, which also settled in Lower Austria and Bohemia in the 16th century
Quills	since 17th century	German-Baltic-Russian noble family	-
Kielmansegg	?	three noble families in Württemberg, Holstein / Hanover and Westphalia, who are not related to each other	_Württemberg _{Holstein / Hanover}
Kien	since 13th century	Swiss noble family	-
Kienberg	1173-1517	Swiss noble family
Kieseritzky	since 1865	German-Baltic noble family
Kieter	since 1791	German-Baltic noble family; 1791 imperial nobility
Kinckel	since 1752	South German noble family	-
Kindler von Zackenstein	since 1573	Brandenburg noble family	-
Kinsky	since 1237	Bohemian nobility; 1628 imperial count; 1746 Bohemian princes, 1746 imperial princes; the later born bear the title Graf Kinsky von Wchinitz and Tettau.
Kirchbach	since 1490	Saxon noble family; 1663 nobility; 1720 and 1913 as a baron; 1918 Count estate
Kirchberg	from 1134	Thuringian noble family
Kirchberg	1149-1799	German noble family in Thuringia, Reichsministeriale
Kirchberg (Swabia)	until 1510	Swabian noble family	-
Kittlitz	since 1160	originally noble nobility from Upper Lusatia, since about 1560 the barons
Klebelsberg	?	Bohemian noble family from Tyrol; 1669 Freiherrnstand; 1702 or 1733 count status
Minor worries	since 1464	Prussian and Austrian noble families
Kleist	since 1263	pomeranian nobility; Rath House : 1829 Prussian recognition of the baron class; House Redel : 1831 Prussian baron class; Haus Susten : 1861 Prussian permission to continue the title of baron; House Wendisch-Tychow : 1869 Prussian counts; Haus Zützen : Prussian counts; Kleist von Loß : 1823 name and coat of arms association with the Counts of Loß; Kleist v. Nollendorf : 1814 Prussian counts; Kleist-Retzow : 1814 Prussian name and coat of arms association with the expired von Retzow.
Klinckowström	since 15th century (possibly 1320)	The councilors' ancestors lived in the 15th – 17th centuries. Century under the name Klinkow or Klinckow in Stralsund and possibly came from the place of the same name near Prenzlau, where as early as 1320 a dynasty of the same name, who owned a castle and sat on the council, documented. Branches of the family settled in Sweden, East Prussia, and Austria. 1678 and 1690 under the name Klinkowström Swedish nobility, a branch (†) received the Swedish nobility in 1682 under the name Klinkow von Friedenschild . 1759 Swedish barons. 1798 Prussian counts.
Sound	1169-early 15th century	extinct, medieval family
Klingenberg	1200-1583	extinct, southern German noble family
Klingfurth	since 13th century	Austrian noble family in Lower Austria, named after today's Walpersbach cadastral community of Klingfurth	-
Klinggräff	since 1715	Mecklenburg noble family
Klingsporn	around 1210	Swedish, Prussian and Baltic noble families
Klinski von Rautenberg	since 1295	also Rautenberg-Klinski, Pommerellischer Uradel, Lehnsadel of the Teutonic Order, a branch of the Rautenberg (Hildesheim) , a tribe with the Rautenberg-Garczynski
Klitzing	since 1265	Mittelmark primal nobility
Kloeden	since 1162	Old Markian nobility
Klot	since 1501	Livonian family Klot adH Heydenfeldt , 1527 imperial coat of arms, 1557 imperial nobility confirmation, 1742 Livonian knighthood, 1752 Swedish baron Klot-Trautvetter , 1846 Prussian recognition of the baron, 1871 Prussian count
Log	since 1785	originally the bourgeois family, who came from the Vogtland and settled in Hesse, Mecklenburg and Brandenburg; Saxon branch was raised to imperial nobility in 1785
Klüchtzner	since (1487) 1638	Saxon family, appears from 1638 in Courland (†) in the uncontested nobility, 1841 enrolled in the knighthood, 1834 and 1862 Russian baron, spread to Prussia (†) and Saxony
Boyhood	since 1147	Silesian nobility, natural barons; appears from 1501 in Courland in the uncontested nobility, 1685 Polish approval to continue the title of baron, 1841 the indigenous knighthood of Courland, 1853/1862 Courland and Russian recognition of the use of the title baron
Knappitsch	since 1775	Austrian noble family that originated in Carinthia
Knebel (Knebel Doeberitz)	1495	Middle Franconian nobility; 1581 letter of arms; 1756 Prussian nobility; 1759 imperial nobility; 1809 Prussian name and coat of arms association with von Doeberitz as von Knebel Doeberitz .
Gag from Katzenelnbogen	1252	Rhenish nobility; 1710 imperial baron status
Knesebeck	since 1207/1244	Altmark (white tribe) and Lower Saxony (black tribe) primeval nobility; 1870 royal Prussian baron as von dem Knesebeck-Milendonck
Kniestedt	since 1221	Noble family that arose from the Hildesheim ministerial family
Etiquette	since 1241	Lower Saxon aristocratic family belonging to the Calenberg nobility, imperial baron status 1665
Knobelsdorff	since 1203	Meissen nobility; 1699 Bohemian barons, 1826 entry in the list of nobility of the Prussian province of Posen as barons; 1837 Dutch baronate
garlic	since 1316	Havelland nobility
Garlic to Hatzbach	since 1292	Hessian nobility
Knobloch	since 1292	Meissen nobility
Knöringen	1197 to?	extinct (?), Swabian nobility; 1669 imperial baron status
Knorr	until 1857	baronial, now extinct noble family of the Habsburg monarchy	-
Knorring	since 1123	Eichsfeld, later German-Baltic noble family, spread to Sweden, Finland, Russia and Chiele, Swedish and Russian barons
Knuth	since 1230/34	Mecklenburg, Pomeranian and Danish noble families
Knutons	1140 to 17th century	old knightly family in Thuringia, Saxony, in the Kurkreis and Meißen
Kobrinck	since 1370	Westphalian noble family
Kobstädt	since 1199	Thuringian noble family	-
Kochendorf	1222-1450	extinct, lower aristocratic family originating from the ministry in Kochendorf, today part of Bad Friedrichshall	-
Kochtizky	since 1309	Silesian nobility, baron class in 1610
Koeckritz	since 1209	Vogtland nobility, 1840 Prussian baron class
Koháry	since 1470	Hungarian noble family, most recently prince. With the marriage of Ferdinand Georg von Sachsen-Coburg-Saalfeld with Princess Maria Antonie Gabriele von Koháry, the house of Sachsen-Coburg-Koháry opened up
Charcoal burner	1103-1727	extinct Saxon noble family
Charcoal burner	since 1545	originally from Halberstadt of the patrician family, which later spread to Livonia, Sweden and Finland
Charcoal burner	since 1735	Prussian noble family
Köller	since 1280	Pomeranian nobility
king	since 1531	Family of wholesalers and councilors belonging to the patriciate in Kempten im Allgäu
Koenigsberg	12th century to 1653	Knight family with possessions in Styria, Bucklige Welt and Burgenland
Koenigsdorff	1705-2004	extinct, Silesian postal nobility; 1705 Bohemian knighthood, 1788 Prussian counts,
Königsegg	since 1251	Swabian nobility; 1613 barons for the Swabian line, 1629 imperial counts for the same; 1712 recognition of the baron status for the Prussian line
Koenigsfeld	1261-1808 / 10	Bavarian nobility
Königsegg	since 1251	Swabian nobility; 1613 barons for the Swabian line, 1629 imperial counts for the same; 1712 recognition of the baron status for the Prussian line
Koenigsmarck	since 1247	old-market nobility; 1651 Swedish counts; 1708 confirmation of imperial baron status; 1817 Prussian counts
Königswarter	since 1860	Austro-Hungarian noble family of Jewish origin, whose name is derived from the Czech town of Königswart; 1860 Austrian knighthood; 1870 baronial status
Koenitz	since 1064	originally Thuringian, later also Franconian nobility; 1818 matriculation in Bavaria with the baron class.
Könneritz	since 1348	Thuringian nobility; 1609 hereditary-Austrian barons for the Austrian line; Belgian counts (royal Saxon recognition in 1864) for the Saxon line
Kolb von Wartenberg	since 1202	Legal ministerial sex; named after the Wartenberg Castle in Kaiserslautern
Koler from Neunhof	1246-1688	Patrician family from Nuremberg
Rage	1810 and 1883	several unrelated Austrian mail nobility families: Koller (1783) - hereditary knighthood; Koller (1810) - Austrian barons; Koller (1883) - Austrian nobility 1883, Austrian baron class 1912.
Koller (Thuringia)	before 1486	Thuringian nobility
Kollonitz of Kollograd	?	old, originally Croatian, then Austrian and also Hungarian noble family
Kolmach	1267-1573	Thuringian noble family
Kolowrat	since 1347	Primeval nobility from Bohemia and Moravia, imperial count status with improved coat of arms 1624, royal Bohemian award of the title "high and well-born" 1626, imperial count 1658, Bohemian confirmation of the count 1660
Conradines	832-1036	Frankish counts	-
Koppelow	since 1320	Mecklenburg nobility
Koppenfels	since 1754	Thuringian-Saxon postal nobility	-
Koppenstein	since 14th century	Rhenish Franconian noble family
Korff	since 1241	Westphalian nobility; Barons and counts for different houses
Kortzfleisch	since 1460	Westphalian noble family
Koschembahr	since 1361	Silesian nobility
Koseritz	since 1344	Upper Lusatian noble family
Koskull	since 1302	Baltic nobility; 1638 Swedish, 1742 Livonian, 1777 Estonian and 1841 Courland indigenous; 1719 and 1720 Swedish, 1834 Prussian, 1862 and 1879 Russian barons; 1803 imperial and 1898 Russian counts
Kospoth	since 1173	Uradel from Thuringia; House of Zantoch: 1711 imperial count; Halbau House: 1751 imperial count; House Briese: 1776 Prussian counts; House Mühltroff: 1790 imperial count;
Kostka	since 1246	Mazovian nobility, branch of the noble gentlemen v. Rostkowski , 16th century imperial count, in Pomerania Kostka v. Sternberg , 1759 Austrian nobility for the Moravian line v. Liebinsfeld
Kostka from Postupitz	(?) 14th century to mid-16th century	Bohemian noble family
Kötschau	?	three different noble families that were based in the Merseburg area	_{Kötschau at the hostage} _{Kötschau to Kötzschau} _{Kötschau on Dölzig}
Kottwitz	since 1216	Lower Silesian nobility family with the parent company of the same name Kottwitz , today's Kotowice near Breslau . 1721/24 Bohemian barons.	_{Barons of Kottwitz}
Kottwitz from Aulenbach	since 1222 as codebuz	Franconian noble family, extinct in the male line in 1699
Kotz von Dobrz	since 1377	Bohemian nobility and an Austrian nobility
Kotzau	1234-1640; 1738-1976	extinct, Frankish noble family. –1738 re-establishment as imperial barons; extinguished in 1976.
Throw up	since 1234	old, Upper Saxon-Magdeburg noble family
Kotzebue	since 1420	German-Baltic and Russian postal nobility; 1785 Russian hereditary nobility; 1874 Russian count
Crash	since 13th century	Prussian noble family
Krafft from Festenberg	?	Patrician family from Ulm
Krafft-Ebing	since 1770	Bavarian noble family
Collar	?	Thuringian noble family
Krahwinkel	14th century until 1625/30	old knightly family in the diocese of Merseburg and the electorate of Saxony.
Kraiger from Kraigk	1091 to early 17th century	old ministerial family of Carinthia. Also in Bohemia and Moravia since the end of the 13th century
Krakewitz	since 1303	rügenscher Uradel, 1797 Prussian nobility legitimation for natural son while retaining the paternal name and coat of arms
Kralik from Meyrswalden	since 1877	originally a Bohemian family who were knighted in Austria in 1877
Kramsta	since 1859	Entrepreneurial family from Silesia, which was raised to hereditary nobility in 1859
Cranes	since 1429	old Westphalian postal nobility; 1878 Prussian approval to use the title of baron
Crane from Kirchheim	since 13th century	Palatine noble family
Crane field	1143 to about 1380	thuringian dynasty	-
Kransberg (noble family)	first mentioned 1220/22 to approx. 1310	Nobility in the Taunus
Krasov	since 1294	rügen nobility; 1707 Swedish barons; 1840 Swedish count
Cravat	1282 to 15th century	originally a branch of the Benešov family, (Czech z Benešova ) from Bechin (zz Bechyně), Mrácký z Dubé.
Scratch from Scharfenstein	?	Rhenish-Moselle aristocratic family
Krauchthal	1181-1425	Zähringian ministerial family
Kraus	since 1864	Austrian noble family; 1864 Elevation of the nobility	-
Kregel from Sternbach	1697-1789	Saxon noble family that emerged from a Central German merchant family	-
Kreisbach	1110-1415	Lower Austrian noble family, whose ancestral seat was Kreisbach Castle	-
Krempelhuber	since 1602	aristocratic mailing family from Bavaria; 1790 Imperial nobility
Krenkingen	since 1202	Knight and noble family in the Landgraviate of Klettgau
Kress from Kressenstein	1270	one of the oldest patrician families in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg; 1530 confirmation of imperial nobility;
Kries	1595	family from Thuringia; 1840 Prussian nobility
Krockow	since 1292	Primeval noble family from Pomerellen, 1786 Prussian counts
Crook	since 1184	First noble family from the Archdiocese of Magdeburg
Krogh	since the 16th century	Lower Saxon and Danish noble families
Kromsdorf	1150 to the end of the 17th century	Upper Saxon-Thuringian noble family	-
Kronberg	1192-1704	Imperial knight dynasty, extinguished in 1704; 1618 Freiherrnstand, 1630 Counts
Kronenfeldt	since 17th century	German-Bohemian noble family	-
Krosigk	since 1143	Upper Saxon nobility; 1656 imperial barons;
Kruedener	since 1289	German-Baltic noble family, 1855 Russian baron, 1877 name association Krüdener-Struve
Jug from Nidda	since 1412	Hessian noble family; 1648 imperial coat of arms letter, 1703 imperial nobility confirmation, later Hessian, Prussian and Saxon nobility confirmations as well as imperial nobility confirmations for individual members
Krumlov	1213-1302	extinct, Bohemian noble family	-
Crumbs	1355-1602	Pomeranian nobility	-
Krummendiek	since 1208	Holstein and Danish noble families from Krummendiek in the Elbmarschen
Krummensee	1375-1827	old robber barons, courtiers and lords
Kruse	since 1266	Mecklenburg noble family, 1679 Swedish baron class (line flourishes), 1812 Nassau recognition of the baron class (expired in 1848)
Kuchler	since 1160/70	knightly family in the archbishopric of Salzburg and in Mattiggau in Upper Austria
Küchlin	since 1234	noble family from southern Baden
Chef	1274-1861	extinct, Meissen nobility; since the 16th century also as master chef von Sternberg; 1840 Prussian counts (Primogeniture)
Küdorfer	1236-1599	one of the oldest patrician families in the Free Imperial City of Nuremberg;
Kügelgen	since 1802	Family from Bremen in 1370, arrived in the Baltic States via the Rhineland in the 18th century in the 17th century; 1802 imperial nobility; 1910 Saxon indigenous community; 1933 enrolled in the Estonian knighthood
Kühbach	?	high medieval, Bavarian counts	-
Kuefstein	since 1407	Austrian noble family - 1602 imperial and hereditary-Austrian barons; 1634 hereditary-Austrian counts; 1646 Renewal of the Imperial Count's status
Kuenburg	since 14th century	Austrian noble family
Kuenheim	since 1263	originally Alsatian noble family; 1798 Prussian counts
Künigl	since 1018	noble Tyrolean knight dynasty; 1563 barons and 1662 counts
Kuenringer	1132-1594	extinct Austrian ministerial family
Künsberg	since 1149	Franconian nobility; 1691 imperial barons for the Thurnau family; 1813/14 Freiherrenstand for the houses Hain-Schmeilsdorf, Kürnsees, Almond, Nagel and Wernstein-Danndorf.
Kuffner	since 17th century	Jewish origin, from Lundenburg in Moravia originating from the brandy and brewing industry, in 1878 and 1900 elevation to the Austrian nobility as noble von , 1896 Hungarian nobility with "de Diószegh", Hungarian baronate 1904.
Art city	1240 to the end of the 16th century	extinct, Moravian noble family
Kurnatowski	1386	Great Polish nobility; In 1902, a branch of the Poznan line was given the title of Count by papal edict.
Heading	1442	German-Baltic noble family, 1710 Silesian line †
Kurtz skirt	until 1921	extinct, Thuringian noble family
Kurzbach	1292 to?	old, German-Silesian noble family; 1493 Imperial Baroness
Küssenberg	since 1135	Southern German counts with their seat on the Küssaburg in Klettgau
Küssow	1336 to 1824	Western Pomeranian, in the meantime also Mecklengurg, later also Neumark family; 1723 Imperial Count, 1752 Prussian recognition of the Count
Kutzleben	since 1120	Thuringian-Schwarzburgisch-Hohnstein primal nobility
Kwilecki	since 1383	Greater Poland, later Prussian nobility; 1816 Prussian counts
Kyaw	since 1396	Upper Lusatian noble family
Kyburg	until 1263	extinct noble family in northern and eastern Switzerland; Sideline of the Counts of Dillingen. Continued in the female line as Neu-Kyburg