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Friedrich Weber (d. 1739) huntsman to the bishop of Bamberg, mayor of Marktleugast; Georg Michael Weber (d. 1822) Deputy Royal representative for Neuburg an der Donau, afterward Vice-representative in Amberg; Carl Adolph Weber Secretary of State to Ludwig I, raised to the Ritterstand in 1845; the mathematician Eduard Ritter von Weber (1870-1934).
Schröder family; Schrötter; Schulenburg (surname) Schutzbar genannt Milchling family; House of Schwarzburg; House of Schwarzenberg; Sieghardinger; Siemens family; House of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich; House of Soterius von Sachsenheim; Sparneck family; Sponheim family; Starschedel; House of Stolberg; Stößner; Stülpnagel; House of Palatinate-Simmern
In the Nordic countries, von is common but not universal in the surnames of noble families of German origin and has occasionally been used as a part of names of ennobled families of native or foreign (but non-German) extraction, as with the family of the philosopher Georg Henrik von Wright, which is of Scottish origin, or as with the family of ...
The following image is a family tree of every prince, king, queen, monarch, confederation president and emperor of Germany, from Charlemagne in 800 over Louis the German in 843 through to Wilhelm II in 1918. It shows how almost every single ruler of Germany was related to every other by marriages, and hence they can all be put into a single tree.
In general, the von form indicates the family's place of origin, while the zu form indicates the family's continued possession of the estate from which the surname is drawn. Therefore, von und zu indicates a family which is both named for and continues to own their original feudal holding or residence.
For ease of use, the [i] in front of the last name, and the ending _ve, were dropped. If the last name ends in [a], then removing the [j] would give the name of the patriarch or the place, as in, Grudaj - j = Gruda (place in MM). Otherwise, removing the whole ending [aj] yields the name of founder or place of origin, as in Lekaj - aj = Lek(ë).
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