Proper noun
Veit (plural Veits)
A surname from German.
Their eldest son Andreas was born there before 1477, when Stoss moved to Kraków, the royal capital of Poland, where he was commissioned to produce the enormous polychrome wooden Altar of Veit Stoss (Ołtarz Wita Stwosza) at St Mary's Church in Kraków. Source: Internet
Scene 3 The first mastersingers file into the church, including Eva's wealthy father Veit Pogner and the town clerk Beckmesser. Source: Internet
Veit lived and worked in Krakow for the next twenty years. Source: Internet