List of personalities of the community Großrinderfeld

This list of personalities of the community Großrinderfeld shows the honorary citizens, sons and daughters of the community Großrinderfeld and its districts (Großrinderfeld with Hof Baiertal , Gerchsheim , Ilmspan and Schönfeld ), as well as other personalities who are connected with Großrinderfeld. The list does not claim to be complete.

mayor

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Honorary citizen

The community Großrinderfeld (or its districts as old communities) granted honorary citizenship to the following people who have made a special contribution to the good or reputation of the community:

Honorary citizen of the old communities

• Emmanuel Kern (born July 9, 1883; † January 9, 1963), priest and honorary citizen of the old parish of Ilmspan, took over the parish of Ilmspan in autumn 1944 as the last stage in his eventful life. He worked as a pastor in Ilmspan for 18 years until he died a sudden death. In his memory there is now Dr.-Kern-Gasse in Ilmspan. At the same time, Kern had co-administered the neighboring parish of Schönfeld for several years.

Honorary citizen of the community Großrinderfeld

• Willi Koch (born May 9, 1921; † 2016), awarded in March 1984, ordained a priest on May 31, 1953, from 1959 he became pastor of Gerchsheim, co-founder of the Tauberbischofsheim welfare station, celebrated his diamond jubilee in 2013.
• Josef Kühner († 2011); awarded on June 23, 1989; Pastor in Schönfeld, Ilmspan and Krensheim; in Schönfeld a street was named after him.

Sons and daughters of the church

The following people were born in Großrinderfeld (or in a district of today's municipality of Großrinderfeld):

19th century

• Fritz Oberdorf (* 1898 in Gerchsheim; † 1976), German pioneer of plant breeding and professor of agricultural science as well as director of the Central Institute for Plant Breeding in Bernburg and founding rector of the Bernburg University of Agriculture .

20th century

• Thomas Endres (born September 12, 1969), fencer , who became German champion and won an Olympic silver medal with the foil team in 1988. Endres grew up in Großrinderfeld and still lives there today.

Other persons connected with Großrinderfeld

14th Century

• Count Ludwig von Rieneck , who left the bailiwick and some income from Großrinderfeld to the Aschaffenburg monastery in 1312.
• Herren von Zobel , the Franconian noble family can be proven in Großrinderfeld since 1384.

16.-17. century

• The following people were mentioned in a document as the owner of Schönfeld Palace in the Schönfeld district:
  • Seldeneck (1520)
  • Kaspar IV. Lerch von Dürmstein (1620)
  • Daniel von Rieneck (1641)

19th century

• Fallen soldiers of the battle near Gerchsheim (1866): The soldiers of the battle near Gerchsheim who died in the Gerchsheim district during the German War as part of the Main Campaign on July 25, 1866 were immortalized on a war memorial.

20th century

• Otto Deckert: From 1965 to 1975 the last mayor of the old community of Schönfeld.

literature

• Files of the General State Archives in Karlsruhe.
• Records in the baptismal register of the community Großrinderfeld as well as in the deanery and parish offices.

Web links

• Website of the community Großrinderfeld at www.grossrinderfeld.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Fränkische Nachrichten: In Ilmspan 50 years ago the honorary citizen and former pastor Emmanuel Kern died. Beneficial activity in the village . January 17, 2013. Online at www.morgenweb.de. Retrieved July 23, 2019.
2. ^ Fränkische Nachrichten: Honorary Citizen of Gerchsheim. Born in Hardheim, he died at the age of 95. Mourning for Pastor Willi Koch . June 14, 2016. Online at www.fnweb.de. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
3. ↑ Main Post: GROSSRINDERFELD. Pastor Josef Kühner has died . February 10, 2011. Online at www.mainpost.de. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
4. ↑ Munzinger.de: Thomas Endres, German fencer (foil) (...) The local farm is eight kilometers from Tauerbischofsheim, in the community of Großrinderfeld. . Online at www.munzinger.de. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
5. ↑ ^{a b} community Großrinderfeld: community & sub-locations> history & sub-locations> Großrinderfeld . Online at www.grossrinderfeld.de. Retrieved July 17, 2019.