List of personalities from the city of Biberach an der Riss

The following people were born in Biberach an der Riss or worked there. This list does not claim to be complete.

Personalities born in Biberach an der Riss

A.

• Felicitas Abt (1741–1783), actress

B.

• Harry Baer (1947), actor, producer, author
• Albert Baur (1856–1933), chemist, inventor and manufacturer of artificial musk fragrances
• Georg Ignatius Christoph Baur (1727–1790), electoral court goldsmith in Augsburg
• Alf Bayrle (1900–1982), painter and graphic artist
• Iris Beck (* 1961), professor for educational science at the University of Hamburg
• Eugen Berger (1886–1962), city councilor and center chairman until 1933
• Sandra Binder (* 1985), author
• Anton Braith (1836–1905), animal painter
• Jakob Bräckle (1897–1987), painter
• Christoph Braun (1828–1898) music director in Giengen and Biberach
• Georg Anton Bredelin (1752–1814), teacher and school visitator, poet and composer of school comedies, operas and sacred choral works
• Jodoku's brother OSB (1442–1529), Abbot Ochsenhausen
• Oliver Brüstle (* 1962), neuropathologist

D.

• Theophil Dachtler (around 1553/54 – after 1623), lawyer and author
• Markus Deibler (* 1990), swimmer , Olympic participant in 2008 and 2012
• Steffen Deibler (* 1987), swimmer , European champion, Olympic participant in 2008 and 2012
• Nicole Delle (* 1977), national table tennis player
• Kurt Diemer (* 1942), historian and archivist
• Georg Christoph Dinglinger (1668–1728), jeweler at the court of August the Strong in Dresden
• Georg Friedrich Dinglinger (1666–1720), court enameller for August the Strong in Dresden
• Johann Melchior Dinglinger (1664–1731), court jeweler for August the Strong in Dresden. His masterpieces can be seen in the Green Vault in Dresden.
• Konrad Dollinger (1840–1925), master builder

E.

• Carl Martin Ebersberg (1818–1880), portrait and horse painter
• Nikolaus Ellenbog OSB, also Cubitus, Cubitensis, (* March 18, 1481; † June 6, 1543 Ottobeuren), Benedictine, humanist
• Jakob Emele (1707-1780), born in Stafflangen, Baroque architect, mainly in the service of empire pin Schussenried worked
• Eberhard Emminger (1808–1885), landscape draftsman and lithographer, known for his precise city views
• Heinz H. Engler (1928–1986), designer, designed the first system tableware in the catering industry
• Franz Joseph Epple (1789–1846), local history researcher and dialect poet in Schwäbisch Gmünd
• Gisela Erler (* 1946), genealogist, entrepreneur and politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
• Franz Georg Ettle (1847–1907), sculptor

F.

• Nikolaus Faber or Nikolaus Schmid OSB (1350 – after June 11, 1422), first abbot of the later Imperial Abbey of Ochsenhausen from 1392 to 1422
• Jochen Feucht (* 1968), jazz musician
• Karl Heinrich Forschner (1880–1959), dentist and prehistorian
• Philomena Franz , (* 1922), Auschwitz survivor, contemporary witness and author
• Bruno Frey (1920–2005), entrepreneur, promoter of culture and patron
• Barbara Fritz (* 1964), economist

G

• Martin Gerster (* 1971), politician (SPD)
• Roland Gießer (* 1971), photographer and filmmaker
• Gustav Theodor Goll (1822–1879), Oberamtmann of Württemberg
• Konstantin Gropper (* 1982), musician ( Get Well Soon )

H

• Christoph Hagel (* 1959), conductor and opera director
• Andreas Hammer (* 1975), lawyer and judge at the Federal Administrative Court
• Arthur Handtmann (1927–2018), engineer, founder of the Handtmann group of companies
• Hugo Häring (1882–1958), architect
• Stefan Heidenreich (* 1965), art and media scientist
• Benjamin Herth (* 1985), handball player
• Albert Hetsch (1812–1876), Vicar General
• Johann Hochmann (1528–1603), lawyer, professor in Tübingen, Brandenburg councilor and rector

K

• Romane Holderried Kaesdorf (1922–2007), draftsman
• Friedrich Kaiser (1814–1874), actor and playwright at the Vienna Volkstheater
• Loris Karius (* 1993), soccer player
• Philipp Käßbohrer (* 1983), producer and director, Grimme Prize winner
• Justin Heinrich Knecht (1752–1817), composer, organist, conductor and music director at the Stuttgart court. As a church musician, he made a name for himself as the author of the chorale book for Württemberg.
• Johannes Knuß OSB († 1476), abbot of the Ochsenhausen monastery
• Joseph Kopf (1737–1822), born in Stafflangen, monastery carpenter of the Reichsstift Schussenried
• Johann Konrad Krais (1755 - 1835), chronicler and local researcher
• Wolfgang Kuhn (* 1956), manager
• Anton Kutter (1903–1985), director and telescope designer

L.

• Gregor Lamparter (around 1458–1523), Württemberg chancellor and councilor
• Friedrich August von Landerer (1829–1918), President of the Regional Court, Member of Parliament
• Hermann Lemperle (1906–1983), art historian and athlete (Olympiad 1928)
• Simon Lengenberger OSB († 1498), Imperial Abbot Ochsenhausen
• Ekke Leupolz (1937–2002), painter and co-founder of the Biberach APO
• Johann Adam Liebert, nobleman von Liebenhofen (1697–1766), silver dealer and patrician in Augsburg , supplier to the Munich and Vienna courts

M.

• Hermann Alois Mayer (1871–1927), businessman, health researcher, inventor, philosopher and writer
• Clemens Martini (1799–1862), textile industrialist in Augsburg
• Eberhard Karl Martini (1790–1835), physician
• Ferdinand Martini (1798–1868), medic
• Joseph Xaver Alexius Martini (1750-1819), medic
• Karl Martini (1796–1869), genre painter
• Ludwig Martini (1805–1878), physician
• Victor Mezger the Elder Ä. (1866–1936), restorer and local researcher in Überlingen
• Mauritius Moritz OPraem (* 1717; † after 1782), 43rd abbot of the Reichsabbey Rot an der Rot

N

• Johann Lorenz Natter (1705–1763), gemstone cutter, gem cutter and medalist
• Karl Josef Bernhard von Neher (1806–1886), painter ( Stiftskirche Stuttgart ) and director of the Stuttgart Art Academy

O

• Ludwig Ofterdinger (1810–1896), mathematician and university professor
• Ernst Ottenbacher (1884–1984), aviation pioneer

P

• Paul Pauli (* 1960), Professor of Biological Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
• Johann Baptist Pflug (1785–1866), genre painter
• Franz Xaver von Pflimmern (1769–1851), mayor of Augsburg
• Josef Probst (1823–1905), pastor and geologist

R.

• Ernst Rau (1839–1875), sculptor of the Uhland bust in Stuttgart and the Schiller monument in Marbach am Neckar
• Dirk Raudies (* 1964), motorcycle world champion 125 cm³ 1993
• Christian Ried (* 1979), racing car driver and entrepreneur
• Siblings Rommer (Auguste Katharine (1857–1883), Kathinka (1861–1883) and Georg (1855–1883)), The Swabian Singing Birds
• Stefan Rosenbauer (1896–1967), fencer, photographer, lived in Rio de Janeiro from 1938
• Jakob Rosius (1598–1676), astronomer, mathematician, teacher and theologian, lived in Biel from 1622

S.

• Christof Sauer (* 1963), Protestant theologian
• Julius Schad (1866–1900), City School of Tuttlingen
• Reinhold Christian Schelle (1845–1930), manufacturer and founder of the Wieland Museum
• Paul Gerhardt Scheurlen (1923–2015), internist and university professor
• Otto Schlecht (1925–2003), from 1973 to 1991 under three chancellors State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Economics
• Gustav Schlotterer (1906–1989); NSDAP functionary, SS superior and NSDAP district economic adviser
• Albert Schmid (1929–1998), theoretical physicist and professor in Karlsruhe
• Sepp Schmid (1908–1992), architect
• Günter Schmitt (* 1946), architect, author and member of the German Castle Association
• Johann Heinrich Schönfeld (1609–1684), baroque painter who lived in Italy for a long time from 1633
• Franz Schöpfer (1798–1864), Oberamtmann in Württemberg
• Dietmar Schwarz (* 1957), German dramaturge and artistic director
• Eduard Springer (1872–1956), Oberamtmann of Württemberg
• Jakob Steigmiller (* 1990), racing cyclist
• Inge Steiner (* 1970), moderator
• Didacus Ströbele (1686–1748), Dept.

T

• Friedrich Thuma (1873–1963), sculptor
• Alexander von Tritschler (1828–1907), architect

V

• Ansgar Vonier (1875–1938), Benedictine monk and abbot of St. Mary's Benedictine Abbey in Buckfast, born in Ringschnait

W.

• Hermann Weber (* 1959), university professor for art & design
• Helmut Weidelener (1937–2017) lawyer and district president of the Dresden administrative district
• Manfred Wespel (* 1942), Germanist and educator
• Christoph Martin Wieland (1733–1813), poet, translator and editor at the time of the Enlightenment, was born in the village of Oberholzheim , then part of the imperial city
• Albert Wirth (1848–1923), painter and university professor in Berlin

X

• Christian Xeller (1784–1872), painter and restorer

Other personalities associated with Biberach

• Matthias Erzberger (1875 - 1921) was a member of the Reichstag in the Biberach constituency until 1918 and later Reich Minister of Finance (center). He was murdered in the Black Forest in 1921 and buried in Biberach.
• Thomas Fettback (* 1959), Lord Mayor 1994 - 2012
• Georg Heinrich Forschner (1853–1928), dentist and painter
• Xaver Hohenleiter (called Der Schwarze Veri ) (1788 - 1819), robber, died from a lightning strike in a cell in the Ehinger Tor.
• Julius Kaesdorf ( 1914-1993 ), painter
• Adrian Kutter (* 1943), Biberach cinema owner
• Heinrich Vollmer (1885 - 1961) founded Vollmer Werke in 1909 and moved it from Ebingen to Biberach in 1910.
• Norbert Zeidler (* 1967), Lord Mayor since 2013

Honorary citizen

The year numbers indicate the time when the honorary citizenship was conferred .

• 1821: Josef Christian von Schliz (1781–1861)
• 1821: Christoph Lerch (1781–?)
• 1860: Christoph Konstantin von Zwerger (1796–1863), chief magistrate
• 1871: Josef Bader, Sergeant
• 1872: Adolf Nachbauer (1808–?), Dean
• 1889: Friedrich Mayer (1817–?)
• 1891: Anton Braith (1836–1905), animal painter and professor in Munich
• 1899: Josef Probst (1823–1905), pastor, geologist, paleontologist and founder of the city museum
• 1905: Christian Friedrich Mali (1832–1906), painter and professor in Munich
• 1919: Elisabeth Karoline Emma Maria Hecht, b. Peucer (1854–1938), widow of a pharmacist
• 1919: Karl Peucer (1843–1937), Privy Councilor of Justice
• 1920: Gustav Baur (1846–1932), Councilor of Commerce
• 1920: Reinhold Christian Schelle (1845–1930), manufacturer
• 1923: Otto Bockshammer (1868–1957), senior councilor
• 1926: Heinrich Forschner the Elder (1853–1928), dentist
• 1930: Johann Adam Kuhn (1860–1932), senior teacher
• 1931: Wilhelm Gustav Gerster (1856–1936), trimmings manufacturer
• 1948: Adolf Pirrung (1878–1965), General Director
• 1949: Otto Fries (1869–1954), senior teacher
• 1950: Friedrich Montag (1875–1958), manufacturer
• 1964: Wilhelm Leger (1894–1964), Lord Mayor
• 1965: Karl Otto Gerster (1890–1967), manufacturer
• 1965: Carl Kleindienst (1878–1970), businessman, local researcher
• 1967: Jakob Bräckle (1897–1987), painter
• 1971: Eugen Schelle (1891–1972), businessman
• 1975: Hans Liebherr (1915–1993), entrepreneur
• 1983: Hugo Rupf (1908–2000), entrepreneur
• 1993: Bruno Frey (1920–2005), entrepreneur
• 1994: Claus-Wilhelm Hoffmann (* 1932), Lord Mayor
• 2002: Friedrich Kolesch (1929–2014), entrepreneur
• 2007: Arthur Handtmann (1927–2018), entrepreneur

Web links

Commons : Personalities of Biberach an der Riß  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Falko Domdey: Who is who; Remarkable Biberach from 10 centuries . 1st edition. Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei, Biberach 2016, ISBN 978-3-943391-84-8 , p. 187 f .