Maltzahn

Coat of Arms of the counts and barons of Maltza(h)n

The House of Maltzahn or Maltzan is the name of an ancient German noble family of the counts and barons von Maltza(h)n which originated from Mecklenburg, Germany, and were first mentioned in a document in 1194. Members occupied many important positions in the Duchy of Mecklenburg and in its successor states, in the Kingdom of Prussia and later in the German Empire. The family owned large properties in Mecklenburg, expropriated by communist East Germany in 1945, where they are now once again based on several estates that they have reacquired.

Notable members

• Maria von Maltzan (1909–1997), German Resistance member
• Christian von Maltzahn, co-founder of Bruno Gmünder Verlag
• Geoffrey von Maltzahn (born 1980), American biological engineer
• Günther Freiherr von Maltzahn (1910–1953), German World War II flying ace
• Heinrich von Maltzan, Baron zu Wartenburg und Penzlin (1826–1874), German traveller
• Helmuth von Maltzahn (1840–1923), German finance minister and politician
• Hermann von Maltzan (1843–1891), German malacologist
• Joseph von Maltzahn (born 1978), British rower
• Kathleen Maltzahn (born 1966), Australian author and political activist
• Michael Maltzan, American architect
• Mortimer von Maltzan (1793–1843), Prussian diplomat and foreign minister
• Ronja Maltzahn (1993–), German singer and multi instrumentalist.
• Sophie von Maltzan, German-Irish landscape architect
• Vollrath von Maltzan (1899–1967), West German ambassador to France