List of personalities of the city of Boxberg (Baden)

This list of personalities of the city of Boxberg shows the mayors, honorary citizens, sons and daughters of the city of Boxberg and its districts ( Angeltürn , Bobstadt , Epplingen , Kupprichhausen , Lengenrieden , Oberschüpf , Schwabhausen , Schweigern , Uiffingen , Unterschüpf , Windischbuch and Wölchingen , partly with other small settlements), as well as other personalities connected with Boxberg. The list does not claim to be complete.

mayor

Mayor of Boxberg

The following people were mayors of Boxberg:

• Until 2005: Horst Hollenbach
• Since 2005: Christian Kremer, was re-elected in 2013.

Mayor of the old communities and today's districts

The following people were mayors of Angeltürn:

• 1875–1902: Karl Böres
• 1902–1920: Burkhard Volk
• 1920–1938: Albert Böres
• 1938–1941: Emil Merkert
• 1941–1945: Karl Zorn
• 1945–1954: Eugen Kettemann
• 1954–1956: Emil Merkert
• 1956–1973: Alois Böres - Mayor until the municipality of Angeltürn was incorporated into the town of Boxberg on January 1, 1973, then as mayor until 1984.

Honorary citizen

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

• Alois Böres (* 1921; † 2014) (appointed February 25, 1985)
• Karl Hofmann (* 1867; † 1966).
• Horst Hollenbach (* 1943).

sons and daughters of the town

The following people were born in Boxberg (or in a district of what is now the urban area of ​​Boxberg):

17th century

• Maria Eleonore von Dernbach (born February 16, 1680 in the Unterschüpf district; † April 26, 1718), Countess von Wiesentheid, 1697–1704.

19th century

• Gustav Friedrich Adolph Vulpius (born June 9, 1839 in Boxberg; † August 5, 1917), German pharmacist. He was one of the best-known pharmaceutical and scientific writers of the late 19th century.
• Oskar Vulpius (born January 30, 1867 in Boxberg; † July 28, 1936), German orthopedist .
• Jakob Wilhelm Reichert (born March 13, 1885 in Boxberg; † January 17, 1948), German economist, association official and politician (DNVP).
• Edmund Nied (born March 27, 1889 in Boxberg; † March 27, 1939), German priest and name researcher .
• Gert Louis Lamartine (born July 20, 1898 in Uiffingen; † January 9, 1966), German painter, sculptor and interior designer.

20th century

• Renate Heinisch (born December 15, 1937 in Boxberg), German pharmacist and former CDU politician .
• Dora Flinner (born February 19, 1940), Boxberger farmer and politician (Die Grünen), Member of the Bundestag 1987–1990.
• Reinhold R. Geilsdörfer (* 1950 in the Wölchingen district) is a German engineer and former university professor . From 2010 to the end of January 2016 he was President of the Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW) and has been the managing director of the Dieter Schwarz Foundation since February 2016, responsible for the foundation's entire university area.
• Ludwig Gramlich (born January 28, 1951 in Boxberg), German professor of public law.
• Sybille Reichert (* 1962 in Boxberg; † November 15, 2013), artist name "Nänzi", German sculptor.

Other people connected with Boxberg

19. – 20. century

• Senior magistrates and district administrators of the Boxberg district office (1813 to 1857, 1864 to 1872 and 1898 to 1924).
• Inhabitants murdered during the Nazi era (1933–1945): The inhabitants of Boxberg who were murdered during the period of National Socialism from 1933 to 1945 are mentioned in the articles of the Jewish communities Angeltürn and Unterschüpf .

literature

• Karl Diefenbacher: Ortssippenbuch Schweigern, Tauberbischofsheim district in Baden . Grafenhausen: Albert Köbele 1968 (= Badische Ortssippenbücher 40), processed period 1566–1967
• Files of the General State Archives in Karlsruhe.
• Records in the baptismal register of the city of Boxberg as well as in the deanery and parish offices.

Web links

Commons : Personalities of the City of Boxberg (Baden)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the City of Boxberg at www.boxberg.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Franconian news: Round birthday. Boxberg's Mayor Christian Kremer turns 50 today, Friday. A Schaffer at home and in the town hall . April 25, 2014. Online at www.fnweb.de. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
2. ^ Fränkische Nachrichten: Mayoral election. Incumbent gets a little more than 60 percent of the votes cast / Strong challenger / voter turnout at over 65 percent. Christian Kremer remains in office . February 25, 2013. Online at www.fnweb.de. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
3. ↑ ^{a b} H. Gagalick, E. Weisslein, W. Gerst Berger: Heimatfest Angeltürn . Ed .: Festival Committee Angeltürn. Angeltürn 1986, p. 27 .
4. ^ Franconian news: memories. Honorary citizen Karl Hofmann saw the light of day in Boxberg 150 years ago. Professor at the Humboldt Gymnasium in Karlsruhe. Profound connoisseur of local history . March 7, 2017. Online at www.fnweb.de. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
5. ^ Fränkische Nachrichten: Round birthday. Boxberg's former mayor and honorary citizen Horst Hollenbach turns 70 today. The focus is on the grandchildren . August 20, 2013. Online at www.fnweb.de. Retrieved February 7, 2018.
6. ↑ Prof. Reinhold R. Geilsdörfer new managing director of the Dieter Schwarz Foundation. Retrieved December 28, 2016 . 
7. ↑ German photo library: Nänzi , deutschefotothek.de, accessed January 14, 2013.