The House of Wimpffen is the name of a noble family originally from Germany. They became prominent in the Kingdom of Bohemia during the Habsburg rule. Notable members Emmanuel Félix de Wimpffen (; 1811–1884), French general Franz (Emil Lorenz Heeremann) Graf von Wimpffen (1797, Prague - 1870), Austrian general Maximilian von Wimpffen (1770–1854), Austrian general during the Napoleonic Wars Leontius (von Wimpffen) (1873-1919), Russian bishop murdered by the Bolsheviks Pauline von Wimpffen, German writer and Catholic activist See also Bad Wimpfen János L. Wimpffen (born 1950s, Graz), an American motorsport historian and writer of Austro-Hungarian descent External links