List of personalities of the city of Burghausen

This list shows the personalities related to the city of Burghausen .

Born in Burghausen

• Heinrich von Burghausen (1304–1337), Bishop of Seckau
• Hanns Purghauser, called Hans von Burghausen (~ 1350 / 60–1432), builder of the late Gothic
• Hans Stethaimer (~ 1360–1432), architect and painter
• Ludwig IX, the Rich (1417–1479), Duke of Bavaria-Landshut
• George the Rich (1455–1503), Duke of Bavaria-Landshut
• Josef Grünpeck (~ 1473 – after 1530), humanist and natural scientist
• Margaret of Bavaria (1480–1531), abbess
• Sebastian Pollinger († 1590), auxiliary bishop and university rector
• Franz Karl Cura (1716–1769), free corps fighter in the War of the Austrian Succession
• Joseph Franz Xaver von Hoppenbichl (1721–1779), founder of the first agricultural association in the Electorate and rector of the Lyceum
• Clement von Neumayr (1766–1829), lawyer and member of the state parliament
• Carl Sebastian Heller von Hellersberg (1772-1818), legal scholar and statesman
• Johann Baptist von Weißbrod (1778–1865), obstetrician and university professor
• Clemens Evangelist della Croce (1782–1823), painter from Burghausen
• Franz Xaver Kefer (1798–1869), pastor and member of the state parliament
• Anton Riemerschmid (1802–1878), spirits manufacturer and politician
• Karl Klemens della Croce (1816–1891), Burghausen painter and photographer
• Josef Hauser (composer) (Burghausen 1854–1939), composer, instrument maker (including zither) and founder of a music publisher
• Ernst Karl August Klemens Ritter von Mann Edler von Tiechler (1864–1934), State Secretary of the Reichsmarinamt
• Josef Karl Weidenschlager , member of the executive committee in the Munich Soviet Republic
• Max Doerner (1870–1939), painter, restorer, art theorist
• Edmund Steppes (1873–1968), painter
• Friedrich Attenhuber (1877–1947), painter
• Hans Maurer (1926–2001), architect
• August Leidl (1933–1994), church historian
• Hannelore Elsner (1942–2019), actress
• Walter Wakenhut (* 1942), Catholic military chaplain
• Hans Steindl (* 1949), mayor
• Winfried Huebner , actor
• Günther Heydemann (* 1950), historian
• Stephan Barbarino (* 1955), artistic director and musical producer
• Undine Brixner (* 1958), actress
• Helena Waldmann (* 1962), director and choreographer
• Peter Namberger (* 1963), ski racer
• Christine Pitzke (* 1964), writer
• Dietmar Grypa (* 1965), historian
• Wolfgang Koch (* 1966), opera singer
• Oliver Hiefinger (* 1967), actor
• Fritz Kreutzpointner (* 1967), former automobile and truck racing driver and today's entrepreneur
• Anian Zollner (* 1969), actor and voice actor
• Michael Wiesinger (* 1972), soccer player
• Stephan Mayer (* 1973), politician
• Thomas Bihl (* 1975), poker player
• Stefan Esterbauer (* 1978), sculptor
• Daniel Prandl (* 1979), jazz musician
• Elisabeth Kramer (* 1980), sculptor and visual artist
• Roland Bonimeier (* 1982), football player
• Dominik Rohracker (* 1989), soccer player
• Anna Monz (* 1989), handball player
• Kerstin Spielberger (* 1995), ice hockey player

Associated with Burghausen

• Franz Sickinger , a late Gothic stonemason, had his workshop in Burghausen from 1475 to 1503
• Innocent Anton Warathy (1694–1758), painter based in Burghausen
• Leopold von Hartmann (1734–1791), privy councilor, chamberlain and farmer
• Johann Georg Lindt (1734–1795), Rococo sculptor, had his workshop in Burghausen
• Johann Nepomuk della Croce (1736–1819), painter, resident in Burghausen
• Franz Xaver Lechner (1774–1849), pastor, later also dean in Burghausen, member of the state parliament
• Martin Kreutzhuber (1775–1854), master craftsman lived in Burghausen
• Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler (1811–1877), Archbishop of Mainz, died here in 1877 on his return journey from Rome
• Emil Reynier (1836–1928), artist, lived in Burghausen
• Ludwig Thoma (1867–1921), attended the Kurfürst-Maximilian-Gymnasium here . That is why some of his stories are set in Burghausen.
• Maximilian Liebenwein (1869–1926), Austrian-South German painter, lived in Burghausen
• Wolfgang Gruber (1886–1971), Austro-German chemist, pioneer, alpinist. Author of a detailed autobiography
• Wilhelm Hoegner (1887–1980), Bavarian Prime Minister and honorary citizen of the city of Burghausen
• Albert Figel (1889–1954), painter, active in Burghausen
• Georg Schenk (1901–1992), politician, honorary citizen of the city
• Fritz Harrer (1930–2019), member of the state parliament and mayor of the city
• Josef Pfennigmann (1923–1978), Bavarian historian, from 1953 city archivist in Burghausen, museum director for the first major expansion of the museum at Burghausen Castle
• Malwine Moeller (1924–2019), opera singer and actress, died in Burghausen
• Herbert Riehl-Heyse (1940–2003), journalist, attended the Kurfürst-Maximilian-Gymnasium in Burghausen
• Philipp Vandenberg (* 1941), non-fiction author mainly of historical novels, was a student at the Kurfürst-Maximilian-Gymnasium and for a short time head of the local editorial office of the Burghauser Anzeiger . He has his second home in the Schergenturm of Burghausen Castle.
• Martin Lüttge (1943–2017), actor and director, had lived at the “Theaterhof Priessenthal” near Burghausen since 1980
• Wolfgang A. Herrmann (* 1948), honorary citizen of the city of Burghausen (2016), German chemist, former President of the Technical University of Munich (1995 to 2019)
• Peter-Alexander Wacker (* 1951), CEO of Wacker Chemie AG , honorary citizen of the city
• Gerhard Stock (* 1962), German physicist, attended the Aventinus-Gymnasium Burghausen
• Sascha Ciric (* 1974), actor and director at the Cabaret des Grauens in Burghausen, 2017 cultural award winner of the Altötting district, initiator of the comedy mix show "Comedy Night of Horror"
• Martin Grütter (* 1983), composer and pianist, grew up in Burghausen

Web links

• Honorary citizen of the city of Burghausen , burghausen.de