Otto von Bismarck
The 19th century German chancellor, Otto von Bismarck (b. 1815), lived at Kniephof as a child, and his sister Malwine was born there in 1827. In 1839-1845 Otto von Bismarck and his brother Bernhard jointly managed the Kniephof and two other estates. In 1868, Otto von Bismarck, since 1862 Prussian Minister-President, sold the Kniephof to his nephew Philipp von Bismarck.