Maltzahn

thumb|200px|Original Coat of Arms of the Maltza(h)n family The Maltzahn family or Maltzan is an ancient and influential German noble family of counts and barons, originating in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania.

==History== The Maltza(h)n family originated in Mecklenburg, Germany, and were first mentioned in a written document from 1194 with Bernhardus de Mulsan as arbitrator in Isfried von Ratzeburg's partition treaty. Members of the family were at first vassals of the Bishops of Ratzeburg.