'''Altvater''' is a surname of German origin.<ref name="hanks30">{{cite book |editor-last1=Hanks |editor-first1=Patrick |title=Dictionary of American Family Names |date=2003 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York |isbn=9780195081374 |oclc=51655476 |volume=1 |page=30 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FJoDDAAAQBAJ&dq=Amacher+surname+origin&pg=PA31}}</ref> Notable people with the surname include:
*Catherine Tharp Altvater (1907–1984), American painter *Elmar Altvater (1938–2018), German political scientist *Heinrich Altvater (1902–1994), German footballer *Wilhelm Altvater (1920–2001), German politician
==See also== *''Altvater'', German name for Praděd, mountain in the Czech Republic *Gessler (company)
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