List of personalities of the city of Öhringen

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Coat of arms of the city of Öhringen

This list of personalities of the city of Öhringen shows the honorary citizens, sons and daughters of the city of Öhringen and its districts ( Baumerlenbach , Büttelbronn , Cappel , Eckartsweiler , Michelbach am Wald , Möglingen , Ohrnberg , Schwöllbronn and Verrenberg ), as well as other personalities associated with Öhringen are. The list does not claim to be complete.

Honorary citizen

The city of Öhringen granted honorary citizenship to the following people who have made a special contribution to the good or reputation of the municipality :

  • 1906: Georg Goppel (1856–1935), teacher and councilor, promoter of gymnasium construction and for a long time a manager in the trade association
  • 1914: Karl Krauss (1847–1917), head clerk in Öhringen from 1875 to 1914 , made a significant contribution to founding the Sparkasse and was the initiator of the Hohenlohe-Öhringen overland plant
  • 1911: Louis Bauer, master confectioner, member of the municipal council from 1880 to 1911
  • 1918: Christian Kraft Prince of Hohenlohe-Öhringen (1848–1926)
  • 1929: August Weygang (1859–1946), entrepreneur ( tin caster ), member of the municipal council for more than 30 years, bequeathed his fortune to the city as a foundation, his estate is housed in the Weygang Museum
  • 1948: Wilhelm Sattelmayer († 1954), entrepreneur, numerous foundations for Öhringen (including for the Sattelmayer Bridge )
  • 1964: Otto Meister (1904–1985), entrepreneur ( Huber Packaging Group ), cared particularly about sport and youth (Otto Meister Foundation)

Citizen Medal Holder

Since 1964 it is possible contributions to the welfare and prestige of the city by the award of a Public Service Medal to honor. It can be awarded in gold or silver by a two-thirds majority in the local council. The holders of the citizen's medal are:

  • Citizen's Medal in Gold:
    • 1967: Richard Laidig († 1984), Mayor from 1954 to 1967
    • 1971, posthumously: August Bässler (1896–1971), member of the municipal council from 1946 to 1971, co-founder of the district youth association, received the citizen's medal in silver in 1970
  • Citizen's medal in silver:
    • 1971: Fritz Ickinger (1906–1978), from 1950 to 1970 commander of the volunteer fire brigade
    • 1968: Ernst Seeger, teacher and rector, led the choir and evangelical church choir, organist at the collegiate church, co-founder of the adult education center
    • 1971: Karl Schumm (1900–1976), archivist and head of the Hohenlohe central archive in Neuenstein, numerous publications about Öhringen, was not a citizen of Öhringen
    • 1973: Max Esenwein (1880–1979), pastor and musician, left valuable records about the time of the Third Reich, took care of the refugees and children after the Second World War, and headed the orchestra club
    • 1971: Fritz Megerle, butcher and innkeeper, member of the municipal council for 24 years, deputy mayor for twelve years
    • 1974: Karl Weber, city treasurer, long-time chairman of the gymnastics and sports community, the sports district and the Hohenlohe gymnastics district, collaboration in the district youth council and at the adult education center
    • 1986: Heinz Jäger (1931–1986), director of studies, member and later head of the board of trustees of the adult education center
    • 2008: Werner Schenk, local history researcher
    • 2008: Gerhard Lutz, commander of the volunteer fire brigade for 20 years, member of the municipal council for 14 years
    • 2008: Else Wüstholz, long-time chairwoman of the regional women's association

sons and daughters of the town

The following people were born in Öhringen (or in a district of today's urban area of ​​Öhringen):

16.-17. century

  • Johann Avenarius II (around 1579 - December 25, 1631), legal scholar
  • Crafft Gottfried Hennicke (* 1698; † November 24, 1767), city physician in Öhringen and personal physician to the Count of Hohenlohe- (Neuenstein-) Oehringen
  • Johann Christoph Hennicke (* 1698; † April 3, 1763), city physician in Öhringen and personal physician to the Count of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein

18th century

19th century

20th century

Other people connected with Öhringen

11th century

15.-16. century

  • Wendel Hipler (1465–1526), ​​headed the peasant parliament in Heilbronn as peasant chancellor during the peasant war
  • Caspar Huberinus (1500–1553), theologian and reformer, first Protestant preacher in Öhringen
  • Johann Lauterbach (1531–1593), teacher, hymn poet and historian, was the school rector in Öhringen from 1555 to 1567
  • David Meder (1588–1616), theologian, preacher and general superintendent in Öhringen, author of the Hohenlohe church ordinance from 1578

17.-18. century

  • Christian Ernst Hanßelmann (1699–1776), archivist, sifted through Roman finds and discovered, among other things, two cohort forts in Öhringen
  • Wilhelm Mattes (1884–1960), teacher and homeland and history researcher, publisher Öhringer Heimatbuch (1929)

20th century

City leaders

literature

  • Files of the episcopal archive in Rottenburg-Stuttgart.
  • Files of the General State Archives in Karlsruhe.
  • Records in the baptismal register of the city of Öhringen as well as in the deanery and parish offices.

Web links

Commons : Personalities of Öhringen  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The state of Baden-Württemberg. Official description by district and municipality. Volume IV: Stuttgart district, Franconian and East Württemberg regional associations. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1980, ISBN 3-17-005708-1 .