List of German noble families / U

U

Surname	Period	Remarks	coat of arms
Überacker	since 11th century	Bavarian noble family
Uchtenhagen	1316-1618	Brandenburg noble family
Udalrichinger	8th to 11th century	Franconian-Alemannic noble family based in Bregenz and Winterthur	-
Uder	since 1150	Eichsfelder and the Thuringian noble family
Udonen	approx. 1056-1168	extinct medieval count family	-
Uechtritz	since 1225	Meissen nobility; 1865 Prussian approval to use the title of baron; Schwerta tribe: 1903 Hungarian counts with name and coat of arms association with the Counts of Amade de Várkony
Uetterodt	1399-19xx?	Thuringian noble family, 1829 grand ducal Hessian count, 1860 Prussian indigenous people
Uexkull	since 1229	archaeological, ancient Bremen noble family from the Stedinger Land. Later mainly in the Baltic States, but also in Sweden, Württemberg and Baden
Uffels	1234-1853	Hessian nobility
Ugarte	since 1654	Spanish nobility from the Kingdom of Aragon, who came to Austria via the Habsburg Netherlands; 1654 imperial baron status
Uissigheim	14th century to?	extinct, Frankish noble family
Ukena	from 13th century	East Frisian chiefs
Ulm	?.	Swiss-Swabian noble family
Ulner von Dieburg	1236	Hessian nobility
(Crab from) Ulshagen	1245-1678	extinct, Mecklenburg noble family
Ungern-Sternberg	before 1316	Baltic primeval nobility, 1533 increased papal coat of arms, freedom from red wax and imperial baron status; 1653 and 1660 Swedish barons; 1874 and 1882 Russian counts; 1885 Russian baron title
Ungeloube	since 1178	Hessian noble family; Vassals of the Lords of Dornberg; Relationship to the early real ones
Unger	?	Aristocratic family from the Ore Mountains
Weissenwolff's disgrace	1192-1917	Austrian, noble family; originally probably from Franconia
Balance	since 1212	Saxon nobility and unrelated Franconian nobility; 1745 imperial count for the Birnbaum house; 1802 Prussian count for house Unruhstadt; 1903 Prussian recognition of the baron class for the Wendstadt house	_Francs _Saxony
Undaunted	until 1835	extinct, Lower Austrian noble family; 1602 Lower Austrian gentry; 1714 Imperial and hereditary counts
Ounce	?	Hallesches Pfänner dynasty, which as part of the urban aristocracy (patricians, also called Patricio Halensi), the salt junker or Pfänner also provided the salt count
Urach	12-13 century	old, Swabian counts
Urberg	1237	noble family from southern Baden
Urff	since 1184	Hessian nobility
Urschenbeck	since 1165	extinct prehistoric noble family from Bavaria that was resident in Styria in 1450 and later also in Austria; 1606 baron class; 1632 count estate; Lower Austrian country nobility
Ursin von Baer	1705-1887	Prussian sex
Urslingen	12th century to 1723	extinct, high medieval, noble family
Usedom	since 1278	Pomeranian noble family
Üsenberg	since 10th century	important aristocratic family in Breisgau and Markgräflerland
Uslar	since 1281	old Goslar council family, which in the 17th century partially converted to the landed gentry
Uslar likes	since 1103	old, Lower Saxon noble family
Usslacht	13th to 15th century	North Hessian noble family	-
Uthmann	since 1305	Silesian noble family
Uttenhofen	1251-1378	extinct, early knight family in the Hofer area