List of personalities of the city of Mühldorf am Inn

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The following list shows personalities who are closely connected with the city of Mühldorf am Inn .

Honorary citizen

The honorary citizenship is the highest award presented by the city of Mühldorf. The award is given to personalities who have made outstanding contributions to the city. Due to the strict criteria, only 14 people have so far been awarded this dignity.

  • Karl Kaerner (born July 26, 1804 in Kusel , † September 30, 1869 in Munich ) was granted honorary citizenship on February 14, 1852 for his work as site manager in the construction of the Inn Bridge. Kaerner had been the head of the Rosenheim Building Inspection since 1848 .
Gustav von Schlör
  • Gustav von Schlör (born April 4, 1820 in Vilseck , † September 25, 1883 in Munich) was made an honorary citizen of the city of Mühldorf on May 30, 1871. As the Bavarian Minister of Commerce, he campaigned for the expansion of Mühldorf into a railway junction, a commitment whose effects still shape the city today.
  • Anton Fent (born December 25, 1840 in Roggenburg (near Ulm ), † February 23, 1915 in Mühldorf) became an honorary citizen of the city on November 25, 1910. He was the headmaster at the Mühldorf advanced training school for almost 40 years before retiring in 1910.
  • Franz Xaver Fischer (born January 9, 1851 in Munich, † January 9, 1940 in Mühldorf) served the city from 1878 to 1919 in the community council, in the magistrate and most recently as mayor for 19 years. During this time, Fischer played a key role in expanding the city's electricity and water supply. During the First World War he managed the city's administration almost single-handedly. Because of his longstanding commitment, the city granted him honorary citizenship on April 10, 1919.
  • Georg von Orterer (born October 30, 1849 in Wörth (near Erding), † October 5, 1916 in Munich) was granted honorary citizenship on June 4, 1897. The city thanked the politician for his services in building the railway line Mühldorf - Altötting - Burghausen , which opened in 1897.
  • Leo Mulfinger (born December 26, 1882 in Marktbreit ; † September 27, 1958 in Mühldorf) had been responsible for the city administration in a leading position since 1919. It was thanks to him that Mühldorf received a secondary school in 1921, today's grammar school . He also devoted himself to the expansion of the city as a city administrator. From 1932 to 1937, Mulfinger was mayor in addition to his previous duties. He finally gave up this office in favor of his office in the administration. On December 27, 1952, the city council made him an honorary citizen of Mühldorf.
  • Adolf Hitler (revoked 1945)
  • Hans Gollwitzer (born January 13, 1896 in Erding ; † March 24, 1979 in Mühldorf) was mayor of the city from 1937. Already at this time he was granted honorary citizenship, but was revoked again after the war. During World War II he was battalion commander in the war against the Soviet Union and in France . On May 2, 1945, Mayor Gollwitzer handed the city over to the American troops without a fight, contrary to orders from a higher authority. First relieved of his office, he was re-elected mayor in 1952 and held this office until his retirement in 1966. He then managed the city library and the city archive as a volunteer. On January 14, 1971, the former mayor Gollwitzer was again awarded honorary citizenship in recognition of his services to the city of Mühldorf. This award to the former NSDAP member is still controversial among some Mühldorf residents, but it is clear that Gollwitzer saved the city great damage with his last official act in World War II.
  • Josef Klapfenberger (born June 25, 1905 in Edling ; † October 13, 1980 in Mühldorf) was the parish priest of Mühldorf from 1950 to 1980 . On June 12, 1975, the then mayor Josef Federer presented him with the certificate of honorary citizen of the city. Klapfenberger campaigned for the renovation of the Katharinen- and Nikolauskirche and pushed ahead with the construction of an old people's home and a kindergarten.
  • Josef Federer (born April 19, 1921 in Fronberg (today's district of Schwandorf ); † September 6, 2014 in Mühldorf) was elected mayor of Mühldorf in 1966. Before that, he worked for the Mühldorf State Health Insurance Fund and the AOK . During the Second World War he served as a first lieutenant in France and the Soviet Union and came back from American captivity in 1946 . During his 24-year tenure, he was jointly responsible for the construction of many municipal authorities. On May 3, 1990, shortly after his retirement, former mayor Federer was awarded honorary citizenship.
  • Maria Joviana Angerer was involved in nursing as a Mallersdorfer sister.
  • Hans-Rudolf Spagl (* 1924; † 2003) earned services in the museum sector.
  • Manfred Hartmann (* 1933 in Mühldorf am Inn) was a bank director, vice-president of the Bavarian Raiffeisen Association and a member of the Bavarian Senate.
  • Erich Rambold (* 1937 in Berlin) was District Administrator of the Mühldorf District from 1970 to 2002.
  • Günther Knoblauch (* 1948 in Mühldorf am Inn) was mayor of the city of Mühldorf am Inn from 1990 to 2014.

Personalities who have worked on site

  • Nikolaus Grill (* around 1340) was an important citizen of Mühldorf, a wealthy merchant, councilor and around 1400 author of the Mühldorf annals in the Mühldorf city law book .
  • The master of Seeon , a well-known sculptor of the 15th century, most likely ran his workshop in Mühldorf. Among other things, the “Madonna with Child” from 1420, which is exhibited in the Mühldorf district museum, comes from him.
  • Degenhart Pfäffinger , important knight and nobleman from the Mühldorf area. Degenhart Pfäffinger (also Pfaffinger or Pfeffinger) held the Hereditary Marshal's Office in Lower Bavaria , was the innermost treasurer of the Elector of Saxony Frederick the Wise and had connections to Emperor Maximilian I , Emperor Charles V , Pope Leo X and Martin Luther .
  • Johann Baptist von Weißbrod (1778-1865), obstetrician and university professor, was from 1804 to 1821 a district court doctor in Mühldorf
  • Ernst von Gagern (1807–1865) worked as a cooperator in Mühldorf in the 1830s. Scion of a well-known German noble family and an important priest figure of the 19th century. He had connections to high-ranking politicians and high aristocratic circles, including the Bavarian royal family.
  • Pastor Joseph Probst (1816–1884) founded the oldest institution for the disabled in Bavaria on the Ecksberg.

sons and daughters of the town

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wanka (1995), p. 159ff
  2. ↑ Grill, Nicholas. In: Burghart Wachinger et al. (Hrsg.): The German literature of the Middle Ages. Author Lexicon . 2nd, completely revised edition, ISBN 3-11-022248-5 , Volume 3: Gert van der Schüren - Hildegard von Bingen. Berlin / New York 1981, col. 257 ff.