Junkers (English pronunciation: [ˈjʊŋkə]; German pronunciation: [ˈjʊŋkɐ]) were the landed nobility of Prussia and eastern Germany. These families were mostly part of the German Uradel (very old feudal nobility) and carried on the colonization and Christianization of the northeastern European territories during the medieval Ostsiedlung. Today "Junker"'s often used as a predicate for untitled German nobility. The abbreviation of Junker's Jkr. and's most oft… (More on Junker)