Moltke is a noble family resident in Germany and Scandinavia. Moltke may also refer to: People Erik Moltke (1901–1984), Danish art historian Helmuth James Graf von Moltke (1907–1945), German jurist involved in the 1944 assassination attempt against Hitler Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (1800–1891), Chief of the Prussian, and then German, General Staff Helmuth von Moltke the Younger (1848–1916), Chief of the German General Staff Joachim Godske Moltke (1746–1818), Prime Minister of Denmark Kuno von Moltke (1847–1923), German general Adam Moltke (disambiguation) Places Moltke Harbor, South Georgia Island Moltke, Ontario, a township in Canada Moltke's Palace, alternate name for Amalienborg Palace, the winter home of the Danish royal family Moltke Township (disambiguation), several places in the USA Transportation Moltke (1870), a three-masted barque built in Hamburg, Germany in 1870 , two German ships named after Moltke the Elder , a class of battlecruiser in the German Navy Other uses Moltke (crater), a crater on the Moon