Stockhausen

Stockhausen (earlier also Stochusun, Stoghuse, Stochusen, Stokhusen, Stockhusen, Stoghusen, Stoghusin, Stogkhusen and Stockhaußen) describes 15 places in Germany (mainly city districts) and two Rittergüter or knightly estates (Gut Stockhausen in Lübbecke and Gut Stockhausen in Meschede).

It is also a German surname and the name of three noble families: Stockhausen (Lower Saxon noble family), Stockhausen (Thuringian noble family) and Stockhausen (Westphalian noble family). Notable people with the name include:

• Ferdinand von Stockhausen (1861–1915), German Major General and regimental commander in WWI
• Reinhard von Stockhausen (1868–1943), German Colonel in WWI
• Theodor Hans-Adalbert von Stockhausen (1874–1957), German landowner, Major General and politician, MdL Hessen-Nassau
• Hunold von Stockhausen (1891–1964), German Lieutenant General
• Hans Joachim Karl August Adolf von Stockhausen (1898–1990), German naval officer, finally Kapitän zur See of the Kriegsmarine
• Hans Gerrit von Stockhausen (1907–1943), German naval officer
• Hans Adalbert von Stockhausen (1909–1942), German art historian and art protection officer of the Wehrmacht