Reitter is a German occupational surname, which means a "mounted soldier" or "knight", from the Middle High German ritære ("horseman").Dictionary of American Family Names. "Reitter Family History", Oxford University Press, 2013. Retrieved on 18 January 2016. Notable people with the surname include:
Edmund Reitter (1845–1920), a Moravia-born Austrian-German entomologist, writer, collector, beetle expert Edmund Reitter (sculptor) (1904–2005), an Austrian sculptor Ferenc Reitter (1813–1874), a Hungarian architect and engineer Johann Daniel von Reitter (1759–1811), German forester and botanist Brauerei Reitter, a brand of German micro-brew Beer Advocate: Reitter Retrieved on 11 February 2016.
See also Reiter (surnames) Reiter
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