Baumgärtel is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Bettina Baumgärtel (born 1957), German art historian Elise Jenny Baumgartel (1892–1975), German Egyptologist Emil Baumgärtel (1885–1939), Austrian politician Fabian Baumgärtel (born 1989), German footballer Tilman Baumgärtel (born 1966), German author and journalist Tilo Baumgärtel (born 1972), German painter