Klotz (surname)

Klotz (from Middle High German Kloz for lumps, ball, stump ) stands for something compact and stable, for example:

Block for Children's or architectural designs
Brake shoe is brought to a stop by means of which a moving, generally rotating member (wheel)
Cloz German Klotz, municipality in the province of Trento, Italy
Isteiner block, distinctive ridge in the district of Lörrach ( padding )
Klotz ( violin makers ), violin peasant family in Mittenwald
Klotz ( Glazier ), with a glass surface is verklotzt in its frame

Klotz, also written Clotz, is the surname of:

Aegidius Klotz (1733-1805), violin maker in Mittenwald
Albert Klotz (1812-1894), German teacher for the deaf
Alfred Klotz (1874-1956), Privy Councillor and German classical scholar
Almut Klotz (1962-2013), German musician and author
Arnold Klotz ( b. 1940 ), Austrian city planner and Vice Rector
August Klotz (1857-1925), Lord Mayor in Düren
Bernd Klotz (born 1958 ), German football player and coach
Caspar Klotz (1774-1847), German illustrator and miniaturist
Christian Adolph Klotz (1738-1771), German philologist
Christoph Klotz (1979-2010), German ice hockey player
Clemens Klotz (1886-1969), German architect
Erhard Klotz (* 1938), German politician ( SPD)
Erich Klotz (1907-1962), Mayor of Geislingen
Ernst Klotz (1894-1970), German author, poet
Eva Klotz ( b. 1951 ), politician in South Tyrol
Florence Klotz (1920-2006), American costume designer
Franziska Klotz ( b. 1979 ), German painter
Georg Klotz (1919-1976), South Tyrol, member of the Liberation Committee of South Tyrol
Gretchen Dutschke - Klotz ( b. 1942 ), theologian, sociologist, student activist and wife of the German student leader Rudi Dutschke
Gunther Klotz (1911-1972), Mayor of Karlsruhe
Gustave Klotz (1810-1880), French architect
Hans Klotz (1900-1987), German church musician and Organologe
Hans -Jörg Klotz (* 1927), German football official
Heinrich Klotz (1935-1999), German art historian
Helmut Klotz (* 1935), German opera singer and choir director
Helmuth Klotz (1894-1943), German naval officer and journalist
Jack Klotz ( born 1932 ), U.S. American football player
Jacob Klotz (1823-1909), producer and member of the Reichstag
Joe Klotz, American Cutter
Józef Klotz (1900-1941), Polish footballer
Karlheinz Klotz (* 1950), German track and field athlete
Kaspar Joseph of Clotz (1762-1818), mayor of Aachen
Lenz Klotz ( born 1925 ), Swiss artist
Louis -Lucien Klotz (1868-1930), French journalist and politician
Martin Klotz, first ascent of the Grossglockner
Matthias Klotz ( violin makers ) ( 1653-1743 ), German luthier
Matthias Klotz (painter) ( 1748-1821 ), German painter and lithographer
Michael Klotz ( 17th century), German organ builder
Moritz Klotz (1813-1892), German jurist and politician ( MdR, MdA )
Nico Klotz (* 1986), German football player
Peter Klotz (1878-1967), abbot of the Benedictine monastery of Saint Peter in Salzburg and travel writer
Reinhold Klotz (1807-1870), German philologist
Robert Klotz (1819-1895), American politician
Rudolf Klotz (1921-1986), an Austrian teacher, writer and local historian
Sebastian Klotz (1696-1775), violin maker in Mittenwald
Sepp Klotz, first ascent of the Grossglockner
Sibyll - Anka Klotz ( b. 1961 ), German politician ( Alliance 90/The Greens )
Siegfried Klotz (1939-2004), German painter and professor of the College of Fine Arts in Dresden
Sigmar Klotz (* 1987), an Italian alpine skier
Thomas Klotz (* 1980), German musical actor
Ulrike Klotz ( b. 1970 ), German gymnast
Volker Klotz (* 1930), German literary critic, theater critic and playwright
Wolfgang Klotz (* 1951), German Turner