Brandstetter (German: habitational name for someone from any of the many places called Brandstatt, Brandstädt, Brandstätt, Brandstett and Brandstetten all from the element meaning "place cleared by burning") is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alois Brandstetter (born 1938), Austrian writer and philologist Hans Brandstetter (1854–1925), Austrian sculptor Josef Brandstetter (1891–1945), Austrian amateur football player Renward Brandstetter (1860–1942), Swiss philologist and linguist Simon Brandstetter (born 1990), German footballer Wolfgang Brandstetter (born 1957), Austrian politician and legal scholar
See also Brandstätter Branstetter