List of personalities of the city of Dinkelsbühl

The following list shows personalities who are closely connected with the city of Dinkelsbühl .

Honorary citizen of the city

• Fritz Doederlein. Awarded in 1959.
• Hildegard Beck, Mayoress, for her services in the field of social affairs. Awarded in 2008.
• Wenzel Hammerl, Chairman of the Catholic Workers' Movement and the Sudeten German Landsmannschaft and former city councilor. Awarded in 2010.

According to the statute on honors of the large district town of Dinkelsbühl, a maximum of three living personalities can be honorary citizens.

City Ring of Honor

The Golden Ring of Honor has been presented as a high honor for voluntary and professional commitment since 1966.

• 1966: Hans Brunner; Kurt Chaborski; Friedrich Doederlein; Peter Grimm; Heinrich Hiltner; Erwin Mohaupt; Karl Schlatterbeck; Franz Schmidl; Otto Staudacher; Ernst Wissmeyer; Anton Zoller.
• 1970: Wilhelm Bauer; Max Gebhard; Ludwig Neeser; Wilhelm Reulein; Hans-Günther Schaudig; Karl Ries.
• 1976: Erich Bauer; Karl Christ; Karl Härtlein; Wolfgang Wenng.
• 1978: Anton Jaumann , Bavarian State Minister; Waldemar Kohlmeyer.
• 1981: August Gabler.
• 1985: Walter Bogenberger; Georg Ehnes, District Administrator.
• 1992: Johannes Beuthner.
• 1996: Ernst Früh; Ludwig Kastl; Hans Goderbauer; Hermann Maier.
• 1998: Hermann Meyer.
• 2004: Rainer Mehl, publisher of the Fränkische Landeszeitung ; Wenzel Hammerl.
• 2005: Hans Mattausch.
• 2006: Gottfried Kiesow , Chairman of the German Foundation for Monument Protection; Hubert Fuchs.
• 2007: Walter Hauth.
• 2008: Hans Weber.
• 2009: Thomas Sandfuchs.
• 2010: August Forkel.
• 2013: Fritz Hammer.
• 2014: Georg Habelt.
• 2015: Ursula Schaudig.
• 2016: Manfred Kiesel.
• 2017: Rudolf Weigel.

sons and daughters of the town

• Nikolaus von Dinkelsbühl (around 1360–1433), Catholic theologian, reformer, memorial plaque on the cathedral
• Johannes von Dinkelsbühl (1370–1465), physicist
• Hieronymus I. Biechelberger († 1508), abbot of the Imperial Abbey of Ochsenhausen
• Sebastian Sprenz (around 1480–1525), Prince-Bishop of Brixen and Chancellor of Tyrol
• Friedrich Walter (around 1430–1494 / 1495), altar painter
• Johann Ober (* around 1500), school teacher and arithmetic master, created an arithmetic booklet in 1545
• Hans Behringer (presumably 1543–1590), master builder at the cathedral in Freiburg / Breisgau
• Walter von Drechsel (1531–1595), councilor, chancellor and co-regent of Pfalz-Neuburg
• Isaiah Rompler von Löwenhalt (1605 to after 1672), poet
• Gelasius Hieber (1671–1731), Catholic theologian, preacher at the Bavarian court
• Christoph von Schmid (1768–1854), author of young adult books, poet of “Ihr Kinderlein, kommet”, memorial on the market square, Christoph-von-Schmid-Eiche on Schießwasen
• Friedrich BW von Hermann (1795–1868), national economist, founder of statistics, member of the Frankfurt National Assembly in 1848
• Karl Theodor Gustav Julius Krafft (1804–1878), pastor, church councilor and doctor of philology
• Eduard Bürklein (1816–1871), architect
• Carl Herpfer (1836–1897), painter
• Gottlob Schüssel (1892–1967), painter
• Fritz Rayhrer (1896–1918), painter
• Max Gebhard (1896–1978), church musician
• Georg Schulz (1896–1956), painter, member of the state parliament
• Hans Gebhard (1897–1974), composer and music teacher
• Georg D. Heidingsfelder (1899–1967), journalist and opponent of the NSDAP
• Erich Bauer (1902–1977), writer
• Ludwig Gebhard (1907–1993), church musician
• Peter Kuhn (* 1938), theologian, Judaist and university professor
• Karl-Friedrich Haag (* 1942), Protestant theologian
• Peter Fuchs (* 1949), sociologist
• Reinhard Knodt (* 1951), writer, philosopher, journalist and radio author
• Torsten Maß (* 1951), director, festival director and theater curator
• Michael Höhenberger (* 1954), Ministerial Director in the Ministry of Health of the Free State of Bavaria, son of the former Mayor of Dinkelsbühl, Friedrich Höhenberger
• Egon Werdin (1954–2018), cameraman
• Georg Satzinger (* 1956), art historian
• Hardy Pfanz (* 1956), biologist
• Markus Fritsch (* 1963), musician, lecturer, author
• Martin Scharff , (1963 *) Cooking with a star in the Michelin guide awarded
• Stefan Reuter (* 1966), soccer player, manager in the Bundesliga
• Jan Udo Holey (* 1967), author
• Monika Hofmann (* 1967), trombonist and university professor
• Peter Scharff (* 1969), cook
• Jürgen Ludwig (* 1970), district administrator for the district of Ansbach
• Philipp Schiepek (* 1994), jazz musician

Personalities who have worked in the place

• Seyfried Fasser (15th century), theologian
• Nikolaus Eseler the Elder (around 1405–1482), a. a. Master builder of the minster St. Georg
• Nikolaus Eseler the Younger (* around 1440), a. a. Master builder of the minster St. Georg
• Paul Speratus (1484–1551), priest and reformer
• Johannes Schildberger († 1583), mayor of Dinkelsbühl
• Master of the Dinkelsbühler Marienleben (15th / 16th century), altar painter
• Michael Tonsor (Michael Scherer) (around 1540 – around 1605), church musician
• Claus Dietrich von Sperreuth (1600–1653), took the city in 1632 for the Swedes
• Albert Decker (Carmelite Father Justinius Desponsatione BMV; 1675–1747), composer, author of sermon works
• Sebastian Reigel (around 1608–1675), painter, last portrait after the life of King Gustav Adolf of Sweden in 1632
• Hans von Raumer (1820–1851), member of the Frankfurt National Assembly 1848
• Ludwig Stark (1851–1917) wrote the historical festival for the children's mine, which premiered in 1897
• Raoul Heinrich Francé (1874–1943), natural scientist, founder of bionics and inventor of a bionic salt shaker , main plant 1919–1925 in Dinkelsbühl
• Annie Francé-Harrar (1886–1971), naturalist, writer and wife of Raoul Heinrich Francé
• Rudolf John Gorsleben (1883–1930), racist-esoteric writer and runologist, was the director of the historical festival for the children's mine from 1923–1925
• Rudolf Warnecke (1905–1994), master woodcut, all-round painter
• Reinhard Wrobel (1959–2006), theater actor
• Karl Corino (* 1942), journalist, literary critic and writer, graduated from high school in Dinkelsbühl in 1954
• Friedrich Ulmer , (1877–1946), professor of theology, was Protestant dean in Dinkelsbühl from 1920–1924

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Award of honorary citizenship . City of Dinkelsbühl. Archived from the original on August 19, 2010. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 17, 2010. 
2. ↑ Award of honorary citizenship . CSU local association Dinkelsbühl. Retrieved on January 1, 2011.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ^ Statute on honors of the large district town of Dinkelsbühl . City of Dinkelsbühl. Retrieved July 2, 2016.