Weitzel Explained

Weitzel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• August Willem Philip Weitzel (1816–1896), military officer, Dutch Minister of War
• Frank Weitzel (1905–1932), New Zealand printmaker and artist
• Fritz Weitzel (1904–1940), German SS commander during the Nazi era
• George T. Weitzel (1873–1936), Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Nicaragua
• Godfrey Weitzel (1835–1884), German-American major general in the Union army during the American Civil War
• Hedwig Weitzel or Hedwig Ross (1900–1971), New Zealand-born Australian educator and political activist
• John Quinn Weitzel M.M. (1928-2022), American Roman Catholic bishop of Samoa-Pago Pago, American Samoa
• Louise Adeline Weitzel (1862–1934), American writer of German descent
• Willi Weitzel (born 1972), German television presenter, journalist and film producer

See also

• Weitzel Lock, parallel locks that enable ships to travel between Lake Superior and the lower Great Lakes
• Weitz
• Wetzel (disambiguation)
• Wetzell
• Witzel (disambiguation)