List of Kandel personalities

The following overview contains important personalities related to Kandel (Palatinate) , sorted according to honorary citizens, people who were born in the city or who worked in Kandel. The list does not claim to be complete.

Honorary citizen

• 1980: Maria Wiesheu (religious name: Sr. Himeria), member of the order of the Sisters of the Divine Redeemer (Niederbronn Sisters), Province of Palatinate, Esthal , worked for many years as a parish and nurse in Kandel
• 1991: Oskar Böhm († 2001), 1955–1989 Mayor of the City of Kandel, 1972–1981 Mayor of the Kandel Association

Former honorary citizens

• March 31, 1933 - December 5, 2019: Adolf Hitler , Reichsführer
• March 31, 1933 - December 5, 2019: Josef Bürckel , Gauleiter

sons and daughters of the town

Jacob of Lavale

Nadine Hardter

Before 1900

• Franz Michael Leuchsenring (1746–1827), author
• Jacob von Lavale (1843–1925), railroad operator

20th century

• Oskar Böhm (1916–2001), politician (SPD)
• Kurt Jung (1925–1989), politician (FDP)
• Hans Wesely (1930–1987), painter and graphic artist
• Werner Mühl (* 1937), dialect poet
• Ingrid Persohn (* 1952), cyclist and three-time German champion
• Vera Reiss (* 1961), politician (SPD)
• Almut Getto (* 1964), director
• Joachim Geil (* 1970), author and editor
• Anna König (* 1980), actress and speaker
• Martin Brandl (* 1981), politician (CDU)
• Nadine Härdter (* 1981), handball player
• Daniela Graf (* 1982), professional kickboxer
• Manuel Hornig (* 1982), soccer player
• Philipp Seitle (* 1985), handball player
• Elisa Agbaglah (* 1990), actress
• Amelie Solja (* 1990), table tennis player
• Drangsal (* 1993), musician
• Yannick Harms (* 1994), volleyball player
• Pascal Ackermann (* 1994), racing cyclist
• Petrissa Solja (* 1994), table tennis player
• Janina Meißner (* 1995), soccer player
• Leon Bauer (* 1998), boxer

People who worked on site

Albert Hilger

• Wilfried Bauer , photographer
• Terefe Desalegn , took part in a 10,000 meter run on site in 2001
• Michael Ehrhart , lived and worked in Kandel
• Albert Haueisen , died on the spot
• Walter Heid , attended the commercial vocational school on site
• Sabine Heinrich , took part in the South German Marathon Championships in Kandel in 1994
• Karl Christian Heyler (1755–1823), pedagogue , classical philologist , publicist and specialist author; 1810-1823 prot. Pastor of Kandel
• Albert Hilger completed an apprenticeship as a pharmacist on site from 1854
• Armin Hott , artist
• Adolf Kessler , designed a fresco in the cemetery hall in 1938
• Silvia Nussbaumer , took part in the Bienwald Marathon in 1993
• Erich Sauer , won first prize in the city's ideas competition in 1989
• Eugen Schmidt , came to Kandel in 1861 as a supplementary judge
• Martin Schöneich , took part in an international wood sculptor symposium on site in 2009
• Heiko Wildberg , politician, lives in Kandel