List of personalities of the city of Eichstätt

The following list shows personalities who are closely related to the city of Eichstätt .

Honorary citizen

• Karl Ulrich (? –1917), major general
• June 27, 1918: Franz von Hofer (1873–1954), major, local history researcher
• 1930: Georg Wohlmuth (1865–1952), priest, professor and politician
• November 27, 1949: Maria Anna Benedicta von Spiegel (1874–1950), 1926–1950 Abbess of St. Walburg
• 1967: Joseph Schröffer (1903–1983), 1948–1967 Bishop of Eichstätt
• Alfons Fleischmann (1907–1998), 1972–1976 founding rector of the Eichstätt Church Comprehensive University
• Alois Brems (1906–1987; born and died in Eichstätt), 1968–1983 Bishop of Eichstätt
• February 24, 2005: Konrad Regulator (1931–2012), 1970–1996 District Administrator of the Eichstätt district
• February 21, 2008: Karljosef Schattner (1924–2012), architect, diocesan master builder
• January 8, 2014: Franziska Kloos (* 1941), Abbess of St. Walburg since 1985

sons and daughters of the town

• Konrad von Eichstätt (* around 1275 or last quarter of the 13th century; † August 1342), doctor, bath house operator and writer
• Konrad Kyeser (1366 - after 1405), nobleman and war technician of medieval Europe
• Erhard Bauer († 1493), city architect of Eger (including St. Nikolaus)
• Caritas Pirckheimer (1467–1532), Abbess in Nuremberg during the Reformation
• Willibald Pirckheimer (1470–1530), humanist
• Kunigunde Sterzl (around 1544–1620), victim of the witch hunt
• Joseph Mezger (1635–1683), Benedictine, theologian, lawyer and historian
• Paul Mezger (1637–1702), Benedictine, theologian and university professor
• Caspar Adelmann (1641–1703), Jesuit and teacher
• Philipp Jeningen (1642–1704), Jesuit, people's missionary and mystic
• Balthasar Adelmann (1645–1713), Jesuit and teacher
• Joseph Adelmann (1648–1693), Jesuit and university professor
• Johann Baptist Gegg (1664–1730), auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Worms and titular bishop of Trapezopolis
• Lorenz Krach (around 1724–1805), castle commandant
• Anton Fils (1733–1760), composer
• Johann Ignatz Balthasar Pick (e) l (1736–1818), Jesuit, mathematician, astronomer, physicist and ancient scientist
• Christian Wink (1738–1797), Munich court painter
• Marquard Adolph Barth (1809–1885), member of the Frankfurt National Assembly, Reichstag and Landtag
• Raymund Schlecht (1811–1891), theologian, director of the Eichstätt school teacher seminar, musicologist and chorale researcher
• Max von Widnmann (1812–1895), sculptor and Schwanthaler's successor as professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich (1849–1887)
• Heinrich von Buz (1833–1918), technician and industrialist
• Hermann von Safe (1839–1901), lawyer and university professor
• Ludwig von Welser (1841–1931), administrative officer in the higher service, regional president
• Edmund Harburger (1846–1906), Munich draftsman and painter
• Ludwig Heim (1857–1939), doctor and university professor for hygiene
• Adolf Gelius (1863–1945), city architect in Mainz
• Jörg Mager (1880–1939), pioneer of electronic music
• Erich Emminger (1880–1951), Reich Minister of Justice from 1923 to 1924
• Friedrich Gruber (1883–1971), politician, Lord Mayor of Ingolstadt
• Lothar Debes (1890–1960), Lieutenant General of the Waffen SS and SS group leader
• Franz Kolbrand (1892–1952), book illustrator of the 20th century
• Hans Schneider (1921–2017), antiquarian and music publisher
• Traugott Scherg (1936-2017), politician (CSU)
• Hartwig Bauer (* 1942), surgeon
• Karl Frey (* 1943), architect, town builder and diocesan builder in Eichstätt
• Karoline Mayer (* 1943), German-Chilean missionary and development worker
• Raimund Wünsche (* 1944), classical archaeologist
• Wolfgang Sellinger (* 1949), concept artist and gallery owner
• Franz Hawlata (* 1963), opera singer (bass)
• Thomas Böhm (* 1964), Roman Catholic theologian
• Günther Knör (* 1965), natural scientist
• Michael Paulwitz (* 1965), historian and journalist
• Johanna Regnath (* 1968), historian
• Tobias Barnerssoi (* 1969), ski racer and sports reporter
• Thomas Paulwitz (* 1973), historian and journalist
• Hans-Peter Schneider (* 1981), German writer
• Anna Knauer (* 1995), racing cyclist

Personalities associated with the city

• Pope Viktor II (Gebhard von Dollnstein-Hirschberg) († 1057), fifth German Pope 1055–1057
• Bishop Gundekar II (1019-1075), imperial and church politician, ( sarcophagus in the Johannes chapel of the cathedral). He is venerated as a blessed. The Pontifical Gundekarianum created under him is a rare historical source.
• Canon Bernhard Adelmann von Adelmannsfelden († 1523), 1515 founder of the Sebastianbruderhaus
• Loy Hering (* 1484/85), sculptor from Kaufbeuren, council member and mayor in Eichstätt
• Lorenz Hochwart (around 1493–1570), theologian, clergyman, lawyer and historian, cathedral preacher in Eichstätt
• Eva Hohenschildin (1584–1620) executed in the witch trials under Prince-Bishop Johann Christoph von Westerstetten
• Elias Holl (1573–1646), master builder from Augsburg, architect of the Willibaldsburg
• Jakob Engel (Giacomo Angelini) (1632–1714), fortress builder and prince-bishop Eichstätt court building director
• Karl Engel , (* before 1664- † after 1702), brother of Jakob Engel, carpenter and builder (1675 side altars from St. Walburg)
• Gabriel de Gabrieli (1671–1747), Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt, court building director
• Franz de Gabrieli (1688–1726), brother of Gabriel de Gabrieli, plasterer in Eichstätt
• Adam Emanuel de Gabrieli (1715–1785), son of Gabriel de Gabrieli, Jesuit professor, hospital priest in Eichstätt
• Mauritio Pedetti (1719–1799), Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt, court building director
• Johann Anton III. Baron von Zehmen (1715–1790), Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt
• Franz Seraph A. Widnmann (1765–1848), doctor and pioneer of homeopathy, personal physician to the Prince-Bishop, from 1817 personal physician to Eugène de Beauharnais
• Johann Heinrich Liebeskind , (1768–1847), lawyer and author
• Meta Forkel-Liebeskind , (1765–1853), writer and translator
• Anton Gmelch (1821–1905), teacher at the Eichstätt teacher training college, member of the Liechtenstein state parliament
• Johann Evangelist von Pruner (1827–1907), vicar capitular of the Eichstätt diocese
• Franz Xaver Witt (1834–1888), church musician, composer, reformer, founder of the general German Cäcilienverein, 1870–1871 cathedral music director of Eichstätt
• Joseph Kiener (1856–1918), book illustrator and art teacher in Eichstätt
• Heinrich Federer (1866–1928), priest, Swiss poet, 1888 student in Eichstätt
• Max von Sachsen (1870–1951), studies, ordination and chaplain activity in Eichstätt, Eastern Church researcher
• Heinrich Ullmann (1872–1953), architect, preservationist, painter and photographer, first lobbyist for the preservation of the Jura houses , the Willibaldsburg was one of his favorite motifs, 1919 acquisition of the Inching castle
• Cesare Orsenigo (1873–1946 in Eichstätt), from 1930 to 1945 apostolic nuncio in Germany, successor to Pius XII. (Eugenio Pacelli) as Apostolic Nuncio in the German Empire
• Karl Friedrich Lippmann (1883–1957), painter, 1943–1955 in Eichstätt
• Ingbert Naab (1885–1935), Capuchin priest, opponent of National Socialism
• Valentin Müller (1891–1951), saved the city of Assisi from destruction in 1944 .
• Fritz Burkhardt (1900–1983), Munich painter and graphic artist of the “ New Objectivity ”, 1914–1920 pupil in Eichstätt
• Alois Wünsche-Mitterecker (1903–1975), artist, created the figures for the figure field in the Hessental as a memorial against war and violence
• Eduard Aigner (1903–1978), Munich painter, as a student in Eichstätt
• Edmund Endl (1922–2013), architect, director of the Eichstätt State Building Authority, recipient of the Federal Cross of Merit and the Medal for the Protection of Monuments
• Karljosef Schattner (1924–2012), architect, diocesan master builder
• Wolfram Menschick (1937–2010), 1969–2002 cathedral music director, cathedral organist and diocesan church music director at Eichstätt Cathedral
• Karl Röttel (1939–2020), author and boundary stone researcher
• Horst Blechinger (1940–2017), former coach of VfB Eichstätt
• Alexander Rauch (* 1943), art historian, monument conservator, author of the list of monuments in the city ​​of Eichstätt , research on the restoration of Residenzplatz
• Christoph Kühn (* 1963), studied, ordained priest in 1990 in Eichstätt, diplomat of the Holy See, since 2012 cathedral chapter in Eichstätt
• Tanja Schorer-Dremel (* 1964), member of the Bavarian State Parliament (CSU), deputy district administrator in the Eichstätt district and city councilor for the city of Eichstätt
• Richard Auer (* 1965), crime writer and journalist
• Michael Gurski (* 1979), former soccer player at VfB Eichstätt
• Markus Steinhöfer (* 1986), soccer player at VfB Eichstätt
• Roussel Ngankam (* 1993), soccer player at VfB Eichstätt
• Yomi Scintu (* 1997), former soccer player at VfB Eichstätt

Individual evidence

1. ^ The last castle captain in the Eichstätter Kurier on August 22, 2015.
2. ↑ A cozy person with a love for animals and a great interest in history in the Eichstätter Kurier on October 23, 2004.
3. ↑ Werner Josef Hentschel:  Schröffer, Joseph Martin. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-428-11204-3 , p. 582 ( digitized version ).
4. ↑ Richard Auer : "Get out, otherwise you miss Eichstätt!" www.donaukurier.de, January 9, 2014, accessed on January 11, 2014 . 
5. ^ Walter Buckl: On the 650th anniversary of the death of Konrad von Eichstätt. In: Würzburg medical history reports. Volume 11, 1993, pp. 227-234.
6. ↑ Manfred Peter Koch, Gundolf Keil : Konrad von Eichstätt. In: Author's Lexicon . 2nd Edition. Vol. 5, 1985, col. 162-169.
7. ↑ Marlene Ettle: "The Residenzplatz is my life's work" , Donaukurier from April 1, 2012.