List of personalities in the community of Königheim

This list of personalities of the municipality of Königheim shows the mayors, honorary citizens, sons and daughters of the municipality of Königheim and its districts (Königheim with the hamlet Weikerstetten , Brehmen , Gissigheim with the village Gissigheim, the hamlet Hof Esselbrunn and the houses Kettenmühle, Öl- und Sägmühle and Untere Mühle and Pülfringen with the village of Pülfringen and the hamlets of Hof Birkenfeld and Hof Hoffeld ), as well as other personalities who are associated with Königheim. The list does not claim to be complete.

mayor

Until 1806, the municipality of Königheim was headed by a councilor and a common mayor (in the 15th century also referred to as home citizen) and a mayor. In the Grand Duchy of Baden, the community leaders initially held the title Vogt and from 1831 mayor. The following people were mayors of Königheim:

1329: Heinrich Bock ( Mayor )
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1420: Heinz Treu / Hans Beuschel ( home citizen )
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1551–1567: Hanns Meder (mayor)
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1810–1818: Anton Scherer
1819–1830: Franz Nikolaus Weirich
1830–1832: (Jos. Anton?) Faulhaber
1832–1835: Georg Anton Ebert
1835–1836: Zugelder
1836–1846: Franz Anton Geier
1846–1848: Michel Joseph Metzger
1848–1849: Philipp Jakob Bechtold
1849–1852: Franz Anton Geier
1852–1861: Johann Adam Zimmermann
1861–1876: Eduard Väth
1876–1895: Josef Anton Zimmermann
1896–1914: Josef Seitz
1914–1921: Anton Hess
1921–1921: Julius Bertold
1921–1923: Andreas Glock
1923–1933: Josef Kappler
1933–1945: Burkard Josef Bartholme
1945–1948: Karl Josef Trabold
1948–1972: Josef Honikel
1972–1992: Josef Steffan
1992–2016: Ewald Wolpert
Since 2016: Ludger Krug

Honorary citizen

The municipality of Königheim (or its current districts as formerly independent municipalities) granted honorary citizenship to the following people who have made a special contribution to the well-being or reputation of the municipality:

Honorary citizen of the old communities

Wilhelm Weigand (* 1862 in Gissigheim; † 1949), poet and writer (awarded in 1932 by the then still independent municipality of Gissigheim).

Honorary citizen of the Königheim community

Franz Gehrig (* 1915; † 2012 in Königheim), Catholic priest and local history researcher (awarded 1985).
Josef Blaschke († 2016), honorary citizen of the Königheim community, died at the age of 96. For many years he was the managing director of the Kärcher company in Gissigheim, a former local councilor of Königheim, a supporter of the clubs, filmmaker and photographer at local events.

Sons and daughters of the church

18th century

Lorenz Kap (p) ler (* 1765 in Königheim), education professor at the Universities of Ingolstadt and Landshut.

19th century

Carl Höfer (* 1819 in Brehmen; † 1849), a leading campaigner of Friedrich Hecker in the Baden Revolution of 1848/49. Executed on August 16, 1849.
Gottfried Bauer (* in Gissigheim; † 1849), Baden revolutionary , shot in Rastatt on October 4, 1849.
Albert Schmitt SJ (* 1871 in Gissigheim; † 1948), professor of theology in Innsbruck.
Johannes Künzig (* 1897 in Pülfringen; † 1982), folklorist and founder of the Johannes Künzig Institute for East German Folklore in Freiburg.

Other people connected with Königheim

20th century

During the Nazi era murdered inhabitants (1933-1945): The ending of the period of National Socialism 1933-1945 murdered people of Königheim be in the articles of Jewish communities Gissigheim and Königheim mentioned.

literature

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

Web links

Website of the municipality of Königheim at www.koenigheim.de

Remarks

↑ Heinrich Bock was the first documented mayor of Königheim.
^ Heinz Treu and Hans Beuschel were the first documented home citizens of Königheim.

Individual evidence

^ Fränkische Nachrichten: "Good days prevailed". Head of office takes office as mayor. Ludger Krug said goodbye . November 24, 2016. Online at www.fnweb.de. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
↑ Main Post: honorary citizen carried to the grave. A few days ago Josef Blaschke, honorary citizen of the Königheim community, died at the age of 96 . September 24, 2016. Online at www.mainpost.de. Retrieved February 3, 2018.

[1] Heinrich Bock was the first documented mayor of Königheim.

[2] Heinz Treu and Hans Beuschel were the first documented home citizens of Königheim.

[3] Fränkische Nachrichten: "Good days prevailed". Head of office takes office as mayor. Ludger Krug said goodbye . November 24, 2016. Online at www.fnweb.de. Retrieved January 22, 2018.

[4] Main Post: honorary citizen carried to the grave. A few days ago Josef Blaschke, honorary citizen of the Königheim community, died at the age of 96 . September 24, 2016. Online at www.mainpost.de. Retrieved February 3, 2018.