Georg Schenck van Toutenburg (German - Georg Schenk von Tautenburg) (1480, Windischeschenbach – 2 February 1540, Vollenhove) was Stadhouder of Friesland (1521-1540), succeeding Wilhelm van Roggendorf.
The asteroid was discovered on 15 February 1961 by Freimut Börngen in Tautenburg, and named after Heinrich Schütz (1585–1672), a German composer and organist.