List of personalities in the city of Treuchtlingen
The list of personalities of the city of Treuchtlingen contains personalities born in Treuchtlingen , a city in the central Franconian district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen , as well as those who have a connection to the city because they had their (main) sphere of activity here, for example, without being born there themselves be. All sections are sorted chronologically according to the year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.
sons and daughters of the town
- Johannes IV. Burckhardt (1538–1598), abbot of the Benedictine monastery Münsterschwarzach
- Georg Burckhardt (1539–1607), born in Wettelsheim, professor for rhetoric and logic at the University of Tübingen
Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim (May 29, jul. / 8. June 1594 greg. In Treuchtlingen; † 17th November 1632 in Leipzig ) was a general in the Thirty Years' War , which for the Catholic League and the Habsburg Emperor under Wallenstein fought command .
- Gottfried Heinrich zu Pappenheim (1594–1632), during the Thirty Years War commander of a cavalry regiment in the service of the League and the Habsburg Emperor.
- Albert Stöckl (1823–1895), born in Möhren, professor and member of the Reichstag (center)
- Elkan Naumburg (1835–1924), German banker and philanthropist
- Friedrich Grahl (1846–1907), first mayor of the city
- Ernst Vogtherr (1902–1966), 1946 member of the Provincial Advisory Committee (pre-parliament), 1947–1948 member of the Bavarian State Parliament (1st legislative period)
- Theo Eckardt (1910–1977), botanist
- Max Gutmann (1923–1996), entrepreneur and patron
- Erich Straßner (1933–2012), linguist and media scientist
- Johann Limbacher (* 1940), Vicar General of the Diocese of Eichstätt
- Rainer Messerer MdL a. D. (* 1943), senior teacher and politician (SPD)
- Ludwig Fels (* 1946), writer
- Stefan Peters (* 1970), German pop singer, composer and music producer
- Joachim Grzega (* 1971), linguist and language didactician
- Sebastian Glasner (* 1985), soccer player
People associated with the place
- Albert Stöckl (1823–1895), Catholic clergyman, professor and member of the German Reichstag
- Karl Plättner (1893–1945), German communist, militant social revolutionary and author
- Heinrich Stöhr (1904–1958), German politician of the SPD and inmate carer in the Dachau concentration camp
- Josef Lidl (1911–1999), German graphic artist, author, musician and local historian
- Franz Liebl (1923–2002), Sudeten German author of the Egerland and Upper Palatinate dialects
- Christoph Schiller (1927–1994), German theologian, educator and politician (SPD), was city vicar in Treuchtlingen in 1953/54
- Rudolf Klinger (* 1937), German politician of the CSU
- Claus Wagner (sports official) (1947-2016), German table tennis official
- Arthur Rosenbauer (* 1955), Franconian musician, songwriter and world musician; lives in Treuchtlingen
- Elke Philipp (* 1964), dressage rider; lives in Treuchtlingen
- Stephan Harlander (* 1969), German basketball coach
mayor
- Friedrich Grahl , 1894–1907
- Jacob Aurnhammer, 1888 to 1894 and 1907 to 1909
- Ludwig Staudinger, 1909–1912
- Karl Kraft, 1912–1918
- Emil Otto Sommer, 1918–1933
- Andreas Güntner, 1933–1945
- Friedrich Korn, 1946–1956
- Hans Döbler , 1956–1984
- Wolfgang Herrmann (CSU), 1984-2008
- Werner Baum jun. (SPD), from May 1, 2008, after he was able to prevail against Herrmann in a runoff election in 2008 with 3,102 to 3,000 votes.
Honorary citizen
- Friedrich Grahl (1846–1907), local politician, mayor of Treuchtlingen
- Elkan Naumburg (1835–1924), scholarship holder of the city
- Johann Lindner (1873–1952), local history researcher
- Johann Ott (1879–1968), local politician, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Julius Kelber (1900–1987), pastor, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Josef Lidl (1911–1999), local history researcher, initiator of the Folklore Museum Treuchtlingen
- Friedrich "Fritz" Reif (1920–1989), athlete
- Hans Döbler (1915–1999), local politician, mayor of Treuchtlingen
- Richard Zäh (* 1947), local politician