Ostau
Ostau is a German place and family name:
Place name:
- Ostau , until 1938 Sapallen , Angerburg district, East Prussia, since 1945: Sapałówka , town in the Powiat Gołdapski, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland
 - Ostau , Ortelsburg district, East Prussia, from 1945: Ostowo, no longer existing place in the Powiat Szczycieński, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland
 
Family name:
- Ostau (noble family) , a Prussian noble family
 - Christoph Albrecht von Ostau (1735–1805), Prussian Budget Minister and Oberburggrave of the Kingdom of Prussia
 - Erna von Ostau , b. van Delden (1903–1955), actress and author
 - Fabian von Ostau (1595–1645), Prussian Chancellor
 - Hans von Ostau (1863–1951), Prussian farmer and politician
 - Heinrich von Ostau (1790–1872), Prussian major general
 - Joachim von Ostau (1902–1969), actor, director, theater director, author, manufacturer and party founder
 - Ludwig von Ostau (Minister) (1663–1727), Prussian statesman
 - Ludwig von Ostau (Lieutenant General) (1835–1904), Prussian Lieutenant General
 - Ruth von Ostau (1899–1966), artist or birth name of the German writer Ruth von Brandenstein