Forstmeyer
The Forstmeyer family is a southern German family of musicians who worked primarily in the imperial city of Weißenburg in the 18th century . With the death of Georg Christian Forstmeyer in 1804, the line of Forstmeyer's town music in Weißenburg ended.
In Weißenburg, Forstmeyergasse is named after the family.
Well-known namesake
- Andreas Forstmeyer, officer of the Margrave of Ansbach
- Franciscus Forstmeyer, chamber musician and Kapellist at the court of Friedrich I of Prussia
- Katharina Elisabeth Forstmeyer, soprano
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David Andreas Forstmeyer (born February 3, 1707; † November 28, 1771 in Weißenburg ), town musician of the imperial city of Weißenburg ∞ Eva Maria, b. Changer
- Georg Christian Forstmeyer (born April 13, 1740 in Weißenburg; † April 5, 1804 ibid), city musician of the imperial city of Weißenburg ∞ Maria Sybilla Huss.
- Andreas Ehrenfried Forstmeyer (born April 28, 1732 in Weißenburg; † June 13, 1787 in Karlsruhe ), composer and court musician under Karl Friedrich von Baden
- David Andreas Forstmeyer the Younger , musician (born May 12, 1753 in Weißenburg, † after 1805, possibly in Pforzheim ), musician in Pforzheim ∞ Jacobina Christmann
- Franciscus Forstmeyer, chamber musician and Kapellist at the court of Friedrich I of Prussia