List of personalities of the city of Ansbach
The list of personalities of the city of Ansbach contains people related to the Middle Franconian city of Ansbach , sorted according to honorary citizens , lord mayors , people who were born in the city and those who came to Ansbach from abroad and worked there. Some of the personalities listed are buried in local cemeteries (including the Jewish cemetery in Ansbach ).
Honorary citizen
Honorary citizenship expires with death. According to the regulations of the city of Ansbach, a maximum of five personalities living at the same time can be honorary citizens.
- Klaus Dieter Breitschwert (* 1943), politician (CSU), member of the Bavarian state parliament
- Friedrich Krafft von Crailsheim (1841-1926), politician (independent, national liberal), a. a. as chairman of the Council of Ministers
- Bernhard Endres (1788–1850), lawyer, mayor (independent)
- Ludwig Keller (1839–1911), lawyer, Lord Mayor (German Liberal Party), member of the Bavarian State Parliament
- Hans Maurer (* 1933), politician (CSU), former minister of state D.
- Hans Meiser (1881–1956), Protestant theologian, pastor and regional bishop
- Georg Oberhäuser (1798–1868), optician and microscope manufacturer
- Konrad Porzner (* 1935), politician (SPD), retired President of the Federal Intelligence Service D.
- Gretl Schneider (* 1931), politician (SPD)
- Carl-Dieter Spranger (* 1939), politician (CSU), former Federal Minister D.
- Ernst-Günther Zumach (1926–2012), Lord Mayor (CSU)
Lord Mayor
- 1877–1905: Ludwig Keller ( DFP ) (1839–1911)
- 1905–1919: Ernst Rohmeder
- 1919–1934: Wilhelm Borkholder (from 1933 NSDAP ) (1886–1945)
- 1934–1945: Richard Hänel (NSDAP) (1895 – unknown)
- 1945: Hans Schregle ( SPD ), deployed by the US military administration (1890–1970)
- 1945–1950: Ernst Körner (SPD) (1899–1952)
- 1950–1952: Friedrich Böhner
- 1952–1957: Karl Burkhardt ( CSU ) (1910–1997)
- 1957–1971: Ludwig Schönecker (CSU) (1905–1988)
- 1971–1990: Ernst-Günther Zumach (CSU) (1926–2012)
- 1990–2008: Ralf Felber (SPD) (1954–2019)
- 2008–2020: Carda Seidel ( independent ) (* 1964)
- since May 1, 2020: Thomas Deffner (CSU) (* 1967)
sons and daughters of the town
The following people were born in Ansbach. This list, which does not claim to be exhaustive, does not take into account whether they later had their sphere of activity in Ansbach. Also not taken into account are people who are listed under the overviews under #See also .
A.
- Manfred Ach (* 1940), politician (CSU), member of the Bavarian State Parliament
- Renate Ackermann (* 1952), politician ( Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen , courage )
- Wilhelm Adam (1877–1949), Colonel General
- Albrecht I of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1490–1568), first Duke of Prussia
- Albrecht Alcibiades of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1522–1557), Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
- Karl vom Stein zum Altenstein (1770–1840), Prussian statesman
- Johann Ammon (1657 – after 1741), sculptor, plasterer, stonemason and master builder
- Georg Nikolaus von Appolt (1671–1739), Brandenburg-Ansbach court official
- Ferdinand Arnold (1828–1901), botanist
B.
- Karl Ballenberger (1801–1860), history painter
- Ernst von Bandel (1800–1876), painter and sculptor
- Eduard Bauer-Bredt (1878–1945), landscape and portrait painter
- Werner Bautz (1949–2008), physician
- Ludwig Ernst von Benkendorf (1711–1801), Saxon cavalry general
- Herbert Blendinger (1936–2020), composer and violist
- Marcus Élieser Bloch (1723–1799), ichthyologist
- Gisela Bornowski (* 1962), Lutheran theologian, regional bishop of Ansbach-Würzburg
- Walter Brandmüller (* 1929), theologian and church historian, president of the Pontifical Committee for the Study of History, cardinal
- Karl Brater (1819–1869), politician and publicist
- Klaus Dieter Breitschwert (* 1943), politician (CSU), member of the Bavarian state parliament
- Heinrich von Breslau (1784–1851), pharmacologist, personal physician and university professor
- Matthias Buchinger (1674–1739), artist and illustrator, v. a. in the British Isles
- Christian Bürckstümmer (1874–1924), Protestant clergyman and professor at the University of Erlangen
- Karl Burkhardt (1910–1997), Lord Mayor (CSU)
- Ludwig Burkhardt (1872–1922), surgeon
- Heinrich Christoph Büttner (1766–1816), lawyer, topographer and historian
C.
- Carl Christoph Cramer (1750–1827), tax collector, consultant and royal councilor in Geogau
- Melchior Conrad Cramer (1672–1760), doctor, member of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences
- Friedrich Krafft von Crailsheim (1841-1926), politician (independent, national liberal), a. a. as chairman of the Council of Ministers
- Johann Friedrich von Cronegk (1731–1758), poet
D.
- Gerhard Dehm (* 1965), materials scientist
- Heinrich Dittmar (1792–1866), Bavarian educator
- Danilo Dittrich (* 1995), soccer player
- Alban von Dorbenck (1833–1919), farmer, politician and genealogist of the Vogtland noble families
E.
- Wolfgang Eichhorn (* 1933), business mathematician
- Friedrich Casimir Elias Eichler von Auritz (1768–1829), officer and chairman of the Lawless Society in Berlin
- Elisabeth von Brandenburg-Ansbach (1451–1524), Princess of Brandenburg, by marriage Duchess of Württemberg
- Theodor Endres (1876–1956), officer, general of the artillery
- Emil Engelhardt (1887–1961), philosopher and writer
- Theodor Escherich (1857–1911), pediatrician and bacteriologist
F.
- Dominik Farnbacher (* 1984), racing car driver
- Mario Farnbacher (* 1992), racing driver
- Hermann Fegelein (1906–1945), General of the Waffen SS
- Waldemar Fegelein (1912–2000), officer in the Waffen SS
- Ralf Felber (1954–2019), Lord Mayor (SPD)
- Markus Friedrich (* 1974), historian
G
- Maximilian Glaß (1816–1855), member of the Frankfurt National Assembly
- Joachim Gruber (* 1937), classical philologist and university professor
- Friedrich Güll (1812–1879), poet
- Gumbert von Ansbach († 795), Benedictine abbot and saint
- Adolf Günther (1881–1958), lawyer and political scientist and university professor
H
- Karl Hammer (1936–2010), Protestant church historian
- Richard Hänel (1895 - unknown), Lord Mayor (NSDAP)
- Heinrich Carl Alexander Hänlein (1762–1829), Protestant theologian
- Herbert Hechtel (1937–2014), composer
- Ferdinand Herbst (1890–1950), Protestant theologian
- Melanie Herrmann (* 1989), German-Austrian handball player
- Johann Caspar Herterich (1843–1905), history and genre painter
- Karl Andreas Hofmann (1870–1940), chemist, university professor and Privy Councilor
- Wilhelm vom Holtz (1801–1868), lawyer and politician
- Fritz Hommel (1854–1936), orientalist
J
- Michael Jakob (* 1978), author, slam poet and moderator, as well as organizer of poetry slam events
- Erika Jordan (* 1982), American actress and model
- Gustav Josephthal (1831–1914), lawyer
- Johann Zacharias Leonhard Junkheim (1729–1790), theologian, rector, philologist and song writer
K
- Friedrich Alexander Keyl (1809–1878), member of the Bavarian Chamber of Deputies
- Alex King (born 1985), basketball player
- Olga Knoblach-Wolff (1923–2008), painter, graphic artist and poet
- Friedrich Kolb (1917–2012), doctor
- Gustav Kolb (1870–1938), psychiatrist
- Hans König (1910–2002), physicist and university professor
- Victor Kraus (* 1954), painter
- Torsten Krill (* 1971), drummer and composer
L.
- Adalbert von Ladenberg (1798–1855), Prussian politician
- Leopold von Leonrod (1829–1905), lawyer and Bavarian Minister of Justice
- Günther von Le Suire (1846–1906), Bavarian major general and chamberlain
- Robert Limpert (1925–1945), Catholic resistance fighter executed shortly before the American troops marched in
- Curt Loeffelholz von Colberg (1874–1945), politician (NSDAP)
M.
- Julius Karl Mayr (1888–1965), physician and university professor
- Gustav Ritter von Meyer (1834–1909), counselor and honorary citizen of Bayreuth
- Johann Matthias von Meyer (1814–1882), clergyman and senior consistorial president of the regional church in Bavaria
- Peter Moosleitner (1933–2015), founding editor of the popular science PM magazine
- Lars Müller-Marienburg (* 1977), German-Austrian Lutheran clergyman
N
- Karl Ferdinand Friedrich von Nagler (1770–1846), General Post Director of the North German Confederation
- Eric Nzeocha (* 1993), football player in the NFL
- Mark Nzeocha (born 1990), NFL football player
O
- Georg Oberhäuser (1798–1868), optician and microscope manufacturer
- Georg Christian Oeder (1728–1791), botanist
P
- Bernhard Pabst (* 1960), philologist
- Lydia Pflanz (* 1949), politician
- August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796–1835), poet, see also August-Graf-von-Platen Prize
- Andreas Popp (* 1973), lawyer and university professor
- Sebastian Preiß (* 1981), handball player
R.
- Albert Reif (* 1951), vegetation ecologist and university professor
- Ernst Ludwig Rochholz (1809–1892), Germanist and legend researcher
S.
- Andreas Schalk (* 1984), entrepreneur and politician (CSU)
- Friedrich Schamberger (1788–1829), senior church councilor in Munich
- Hans Michel Schletterer (1824-1893), musician
- Patrick Schmidt (* 1992), handball player
- Abdias Schneider (before 1673–1733), organist and church music director
- Conrad Michael Schneider (1673–1752), composer, organist and church music director
- Carl Julius Wilhelm Ernst von Schumm (1794–1863), Oberamtmann of Württemberg and district president
- Johann Schuster (1900–1966), painter
- Otfried Schwarz (1912–1999), finance lawyer and federal judge
- Stefan Sichermann (* 1981), founder of the satirical website Der Postillon ; grew up in a place near Ansbach
- Friedrich Julius Heinrich von Soden (1754–1831), writer
- Georg Ernst Stahl (1659–1734), chemist, physician and metallurgist
- Reinhold Stamminger (* 1969), basketball player
- Gerhard Strube (* 1948), director of the Center for Cognitive Science at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
T
- Fabian Theis (* 1976), computer scientist
- Abdias Trew (1597–1669), astronomer
- Martina Trumpp (* 1986), violinist and teacher
U
- Johann Peter Uz (1720–1796), poet
V
- Johann Michael Voit (1771–1846), architect
- Georg Volkert (1945–2020), football player
W.
- Joseph Wilhelmi (1597–1652), Evangelical Lutheran clergyman and poet
- Georg Simon Winter von Adlersflügel (baptized 1629–1701), riding master, hippiatric and author
- Christian Wurm (1771–1835), Police Commissioner for the City of Nuremberg 1806–1818
People who work or have worked on site
The following list does not claim to be complete and only lists people who are not already listed under # Honorary Citizen , # Lord Mayor or the overviews under #See also .
- Theodor Alt (1846–1937), painter
- Andreas Althamer (around 1500 – around 1539), reformer
- Ferdinand Jakob Baier (1707–1788), medic
- Joachim Ludolf von Bassewitz (1721–1786), district administrator, privy councilor
- Blasius Berwart (1530–1589), master builder
- Mathias Beytler (around 1550 – after 1615), goldsmith and copper engraver
- Max Bezzel (1824–1871), Bavarian chess master
- Franz Bonn (1830–1894), poet, humorist, public prosecutor and judge
- Carl Buzengeiger (1771–1835), mathematician, mineralogist and university professor, professor of mathematics at grammar school
- Claire Clairon (1723–1803), French tragedian and court maitress in Ansbach
- Cornelia Dumler (* 1982), national volleyball player
- Carl Eichhorn (1855–1934), Protestant pastor and leader of the community movement
- Albrecht von Eyb (1420–1475), born at Sommersdorf Castle , humanist and writer
- Ludwig Feuerbach (1804–1872), philosopher
- Paul Johann Anselm von Feuerbach (1775–1833), lawyer, father of Ludwig Feuerbach and guardian of Kaspar Hauser
- Johann Wilhelm Fliesen (1766–1852), Protestant church lawyer, Bavarian civil servant
- Ludwig von Förster (1797–1863), architect (Wiener Ringstrasse, three synagogues in Vienna and Budapest)
- Evert Fraterman (* 1950), Dutch rock and fusion musician
- Christian Heinrich Free Life (1696–1741), author, lawyer and professor
- Ingo Friedrich (* 1942), university professor
- Waldemar Fritsch (1909–1978), porcelain sculptor
- Leonhart Fuchs (1501–1566), doctor and author
- Anton Graff (1736–1813), portrait painter of the late 18th and early 19th centuries
- Aaron Bär Grünbaum (1812–1893), district rabbi and preacher
- Bernhard Joachim Hagen (1720–1787), member of the court orchestra (1769–1787, violinist and lutenist)
- Christoph Christian Handel (1671–1734), Protestant theologian and general superintendent
- Gottfried Handel (1644–1698), Protestant theologian and song writer
- Johann Georg Hasenest (1688–1771), physician, city physician and personal physician at the court in Ansbach
- Jacob Friedrich Georg Emmrich (1766–1839), university professor and appellate judge in Ansbach
- Kaspar Hauser (allegedly 1812–1833), foundling, lived in Ansbach from 1831 and died of a stab wound in the courtyard garden
- Bernd Heesen (* 1964), university professor
- Georg D. Heidingsfelder (1899–1967), local poet; Grammar of Ansbach, Catholic resistance to Hitler
- Martin Heidingsfelder (* 1965), national football player
- Johann Moritz Hofmann (1653–1727), physician, personal physician at the court in Ansbach
- Johann Friedrich Hunger (1800–1837), lawyer and university professor
- Jörg Jaksche (* 1976), professional racing cyclist
- Hans-Otto Keunecke (* 1945), librarian
- Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht (baptized 1722–1794), composer
- Wolf Knüpffer (* 1967), university professor
- Ernst Kober (1885–1963), professor, city archivist and museum director in Ansbach
- Hans Koessler (1853–1926), composer, university professor
- Pinchas Kohn (1867–1941), rabbi
- Gerhard Mammen (1947–2012), professor and president of Ansbach University of Applied Sciences
- Simon Marius (1573–1624 / 25), astronomer who is said to have discovered the moons of Jupiter from the towers of the castle before Galileo Galilei
- Jakob Meiland (1542–1577), composer and first court conductor in Ansbach
- Johann Christian Friedrich Meyer (1777–1854), forest scientist, was government and forestry councilor in Ansbach from 1818 to 1849
- Gabriel Müller (around 1688 – after 1760), painter
- Benjamin Neukirch (1665–1729), poet and editor, decisive for the development of the German gallant style
- Georg Parsimonius (around 1512–1576), Protestant theologian, reformer and confessionalist
- Juda Pinhas (1727–1793), court painter to Margrave Karl Wilhelm Friedrich von Ansbach
- Wolfgang Heinrich Puchta (1769–1845), legal scholar, was an administrative officer and judge at the regional court
- Wilhelm Rebay von Ehrenwiesen (1909–2004), a lawyer, was government director in Ansbach in the early 1950s
- Johann Rurer (around 1480–1542), reformer
- Max Schmidt (born February 13, 1899; † September 28, 1977 in Ansbach), manufacturer and inventor, owner of Bellmann & Co. Ansbach
- Christian Schoen (* 1970), art historian, curator, local politician
- Hermann Schreibmüller (1874–1956), high school teacher and historian
- Susanne Schulz (* 1963), director, dramaturge, author and artistic director
- Johann Christoph Schuster (1759–1823), watchmaker and inventor of calculating machines, died in Ansbach
- Nicolaus Schwebel (1713–1773), philologist, poet and educator, rector of the city's illustrious grammar school
- Giuseppe Torelli (1658–1709), Italian composer and margravial court conductor from 1698 to 1699
- Wilhelm Wiedfeld (1893–1970), publicist and journalist
See also
- List of provosts of the collegiate monastery St. Gumbertus in Ansbach (up to the 16th century)
- Category: Margrave (Brandenburg-Ansbach)
- Category: Hohenzoller (Brandenburg-Ansbach line)
- Category: District President of Middle Franconia
Individual evidence
- ↑ Honorary citizen of the city of Ansbach. Ansbach , 2019, accessed November 1, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Uwe Schaper: Krafft Graf von Crailsheim: The life and work of the Bavarian Prime Minister. Nuremberg City Archives, Nuremberg 1991, ISBN 3-87432-117-7 (also dissertation, University of Erlangen , 1988), p. 61.