List of personalities of the city of Weißenburg in Bavaria

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The list of personalities of the city of Weißenburg in Bavaria contains in Weißenburg in Bayern , a large district town in the Central Franconian district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen , personalities born as well as those who are related to the city because they had their (main) sphere of activity here, without being born there myself. 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

Johann Alexander Döderlein (born February 11, 1675 in Weißenburg am Sand; † October 23, 1745 there) was a Weißenburg scholar, master's degree and worked as a baroque polyhistor in several areas.
Rudolf Nebel (born March 21, 1894 in Weißenburg in Bavaria, † September 18, 1978 in Düsseldorf) was a rocket designer and founder of the world's first rocket airfield in Berlin. He is considered one of the founding fathers of space travel.

People related to Weißenburg

Wilhelm Kohl (born January 22, 1848 in Schwabach, † May 10, 1898 in Weißenburg in Bavaria) was a pharmacist and Limes researcher.
Richard Stücklen (born August 20, 1916 in Heideck; † May 2, 2002 in Weißenburg in Bavaria) was a German politician (CSU). He was Federal Minister for Post and Telecommunications from 1957 to 1966 and President of the German Bundestag from 1979 to 1983.

Honorary citizen

The (lord) mayor of the city

  • 1807–1821 Johann Jakob Roth
  • 1821–1825 Georg Friedrich Zencker
  • 1826–1832 Karl Meyer
  • 1832–1834 Christian Böhm
  • 1834–1846 Georg Adam Voltz
  • 1846–1854 Karl Castner
  • 1854–1887 August Fleischmann
  • 1887–1897 Wilhelm Mercenary
  • 1897–1898 Friedrich Krebs
  • 1898–1905 Hans Küfner

Families from Weißenburg