List of Kirchheimbolandener personalities

The list of Kirchheimbolandener personalities contains important personalities related to Kirchheimbolanden , sorted according to people who were born in the city or who worked in Kirchheimbolanden. The list does not claim to be complete.

Honorary citizen

• Georg von Neumayer (1826–1909), geophysicist and polar researcher; Honorary citizen since 1896
• Heinrich von Brunck (1847–1911), founder of the new construction of the palace garden, including trees from all over the world.
• Horst Penner (1910–2002), senior teacher and historian; from 1989 honorary citizen
• Konrad Lucae , honorary citizen from November 13th, 1996
• Lothar Sießl , gynecologist and city mayor; Honorary citizen from March 10, 1999

sons and daughters of the town

Amalie of Nassau-Weilburg

Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg

Jaqueline Rauschkolb

Years until 1900

• Johann III. (Nassau-Saarbrücken) (1423–1472), Count of Saarbrücken
• Johann Karl Baumann (~ 1714–1794), organ builder from Palatinate-Zweibrücken
• Friedrich Ludwig Wanzel (1775–1850), politician
• Amalie von Nassau-Weilburg (1776–1841), Princess of Anhalt-Bernburg
• Jacob Anton Brogino (1776–1854), politician
• Henriette von Nassau-Weilburg (1780–1857), noblewoman
• Wilhelm I (Nassau) (1792–1839), Duke of Nassau from 1816 to 1839
• Friedrich Wilhelm Knoebel (1802–1871), educator and journalist, participant in the Hambach Festival
• Philipp Hack (1802–1865), politician
• Albrecht Merz von Quirnheim (1824–1878), engineer officer in the Bavarian genius battalion
• Georg von Neumayer (1826–1909), geophysicist and polar researcher, founder and head of the Deutsche Seewarte .
• Mathilde Hitzfeld (1826–1905), the most famous 1848 revolutionary in town.
• Carl Andreas Glaser (1841–1935), chemist
• Eugen Wolf (1850–1912), journalist and researcher
• Otto Brunck (1866–1946), chemist
• Heinrich Hopp (1866–1944), politician (CNBLP)
• Heinrich Stollhof (1878–1956), clergyman, naval priest in the Imperial Navy in Kiel.
• Friedrich Breith (1892–1982), Lieutenant General in World War II and last commander of the 4th Mountain Division

20th century

• Karl Lothar Wolf (1901–1969), professor of physical chemistry, 1948–1954 head of the Nordpfalzgymnasium
• Walter Schmadel (1902–1944), journalist
• Theodor Ritterspach (1904–1999), judge at the Federal Constitutional Court
• Julius Kranzbühler (1909–1977), lawyer and politician (FDP)
• Lisel Heise (* 1919), local politician
• Theodor Wohnhaas (1922–2009), musicologist and organologist
• Rudi Müller (1927–2003), promoter of popular sport and international understanding
• Horst Schwab (1935–2017), painter and sculptor
• Volker Eid (* 1940), Roman Catholic theologian
• Hans Georg Lößl (* 1940), Protestant theologian
• Georg Bossong (* 1948), Romanist
• Claudia Klüppelberg (* 1953), mathematician
• Jutta Ecarius (* 1959), educator
• Jochen Steuerwald (* 1967), church musician
• Christian Klischat (* 1969), actor
• David Hoffmann (* 1980), bodybuilder
• Heidrun Schmitt (* 1980), politician (GREEN)
• Max Roser (* 1983), economist
• Jaqueline Rauschkolb (* 1987), politician (SPD)
• Tim Schwartz (* 1987), basketball player
• Sascha Kotysch (* 1988), soccer player
• Timo Becker (* 1989), soccer player
• Sandro Loechelt (* 1995), soccer player

People who worked on site

• Joseph Nikolaus von Mantel (1800–1872), forester in the village
• Theodor Berkmann (1802-1870), took part in the activities of the liberal movement in Kirchheimbolanden in the 1830s
• Friedrich Ludwig von Botzheim (1739–1802), from 1770 princely Nassau-Weilburg government and chamber president of Kirchheim
• Ulrich Brunck (1833–1906), member of the Reichstag and Landtag, city mayor 1905–1906
• Karl Wilhelm Edelhoff (* 1937), lives in Kirchheimbolanden
• Karl Matthias Ernst (1758–1830), from the end of 1783 Nassau-Weilburg court draftsman on site
• Karl Fittler (1894–1966), city mayor 1946–1956
• Elmar Funk (1942–2018), recipient of the Federal Cross of Merit
• Uta Gräf (* 1970), works on the Rothenkircher Hof
• Karl Heintz (1897–1978), worked at the Kirchheimbolanden district office
• Christian von Holst (* 1941) completed his Abitur at the Nordpfalzgymnasium
• Simone Huth-Haage (* 1966) graduated from high school on site
• Michael Juppe (* 1948), Medal of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
• Anissa Kahla , recipient of the Federal Cross of Merit
• Johann Philipp Mihm (* around 1710; † after 1774), local court sculptor
• Jacob Müller (1822–1905), from 1848 civil commissioner for the Kirchheimbolanden district
• Karoline von Oranien-Nassau-Diez (1743–1787), noblewoman, died on site
• Joseph Anton Purpus (1860-1932), attended the local Progymnasium
• Hans Adolf Schäfer (* 1936), recipient of the Federal Cross of Merit
• Hedwig Schardt (1924-2004) was a member of the city council from 1952 to 1998
• Kathrin Senger-Schäfer (* 1962), attended high school on site
• Erich Spickschen (1897–1957), died on site