Junker

The Junker refers to a member of a historical class of landowning nobles in parts of Central Europe, particularly in what is now Germany and Poland, during the medieval and early modern periods. They were often landowners or nobles with significant rural estates, playing key roles in local governance, military service, and economic life. The term can also relate to agricultural land struggles or social classes associated with land-based power. Overall, Junkers were influential landowning elites who held considerable social, political, and economic importance within their regions.