Angle of genius
The small town of Messkirch is called Geniewinkel , also Badischer Geniewinkel , because a number of remarkable personalities were born there or in its immediate vicinity. In this context, the following are mentioned in particular:
- Heimerad (around 970–1019), priest, traveling preacher and saint
- Katharina von Zimmer (1478–1547), Princess Abbess
- Master of Messkirch (approx. 1490–1543), painter
- Froben Christoph von Zimmer (1519–1566), builder of the Meßkirch Castle and author of the Zimmer Chronicle
- Abraham a Sancta Clara (1644–1709), theologian
- Johann Baptist Seele (1774–1814), painter
- Conradin Kreutzer (1780–1849), composer
- Conrad Gröber (1872–1948), Archbishop
- Martin Heidegger (1889–1976), philosopher
- Anton Gabele (1890–1966), folk writer
- Friedrich Stark (1891–1969), a film composer for Walt Disney under the name Frederick Stark
- Bernhard Welte (1906–1983), theologian
- Pirmin Stekeler-Weithofer (* 1952), philosopher and professor at the University of Leipzig
- Arnold Stadler (* 1954), author
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.suedkurier.de
- ↑ www.swp.de ( Memento from December 14, 2015 in the Internet Archive )