Rantzau
# Rantzau

Rantzau may refer to:

## Places

* Rantzau (Amt), an Amt in the district of Pinneberg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
* Rantzau, Plön, a municipality in the district of Plön, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
* Rantzau (county), a former state in the Holy Roman Empire

## People

* Johan Rantzau (1492–1565), German-Danish general and statesman
* Balthasar Rantzau (c. 1497–1547), Prince-Bishop of Lübeck, Germany
* Heinrich Rantzau (1526–1598), German-Danish humanist writer and statesman
* Daniel Rantzau (1529–1569), Danish-German general
* Breide Rantzau (died 1618), German nobleman in Danish service
* Gert Rantzau (1558–1627) German nobleman in Danish service
* Christian zu Rantzau (1614–1663), governor of the Duchy of Holstein
* Jørgen Rantzau (1652–1713), Danish military officer
* Josias von Rantzau (1609–1650), Danish military officer and Marshal of France
* Christian Rantzau (1684–1771), Danish nobleman, civil servant and Governor-general of Norway
* Schack Carl Rantzau (1717–1789), Danish-German general
* Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau (1869–1928), German diplomat
* Heino von Rantzau (1894–1946), German Luftwaffe General

## Other

* Rantzau (family), a noble family of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
* Rantzau (horse) (1946–1971), a racehorse
* Rantzau (river), a river in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
* I Rantzau, an 1892 opera by Pietro Mascagni
