List of personalities of the city of Füssen

This list contains personalities who are associated with the city of Füssen .

sons and daughters of the town

Mayor of the city of Füssen

• Johann Baptist Zoz - Mayor of Füssen
• Johann Baptist Spaiser - Mayor of Füssen; Weinwirt Zum Güldenen Löwen in Füssen No. 58 (after renaming: Reichenstrasse 13)
• around 1670 Johann Jakob Socher († 1676), mayor of Füssen; Kramer and member of the city court of Füssen
• around 1700 Johann Jakob Heel (* 1688; † 1739), mayor of Füssen; Weinwirt zum Goldenen Löwen
• Otto Wanner (* 1919 in Füssen; † July 26, 2004 in Kaufbeuren), honorary citizen and former mayor of the city of Füssen
• 1990–2002 Paul Wengert (born November 18, 1952 in Ellwangen), from 1990 to 2002 first professional mayor of Füssen

Humanities scientist

• Konrad Bernhard (born January 13, 1801 in Füssen, † September 8, 1861 in Ingenried), home historian
• Richard Bletschacher (born October 23, 1936), musicologist and writer
• Martin Furtenbach (16th century in Füssen), chronicler
• Georg Guggemos (born March 8, 1890 in Weißensee, † October 13, 1979 in Füssen), home historian
• Rudibert Ettelt (born June 26, 1931 in Rosenheim; † January 11, 2005 in Kelheim), city chronicler

Church people and church scholars

• Magnus Bernhard OSB (born April 17, 1825 - † August 4, 1882 in Ottobeuren), librarian
• Alexander Franz Joseph von Engel ( Engl zu Wagrain , born February 13, 1722, † February 22, 1800), bishop of the Diocese of Leoben
• Maria Barbara Fellner OFM (born September 26, 1688 - † July 6, 1765 in Speyer), abbess
• Joachim Fendt OSB (* around 1513 - † January 22, 1553 in Thierhaupten), Dept.
• Ulrich Freyberger OSB (born October 8, 1617 - † March 22, 1681 in St. Georgen), professor of theology
• Burkard Furtenbach OSB (* 1544 - † August 19, 1599 in Vienna), Dept.
• Chrysostomus Hailland (born August 6, 1708; † October 27, 1753 in Wil), librarian at the St. Gallen monastery
• Magnus Heel OSB (born November 10, 1654; † 1711 in Neresheim), Dept.
• Edmund Heiland OSB (born January 16, 1713, † August 13, 1789 in Neresheim), university professor
• Placidus Hieber (born October 22, 1615 - † September 12, 1678 in Lambach, Austria), Dept.
• Placidus Keller OSB (born September 8, 1754; † 1831 in Rückholz), monastery historian
• Arduin Heinrich Kleinhans OFM (born October 1, 1882; † probably in Rome), theologian
• Karlheinz Knebel (born October 26, 1951; † November 4, 2017 in Augsburg), vicar general and cathedral capitular in the diocese of Augsburg
• Pius Kolb OSB (* 1712; † 1762 in St. Gallen, Switzerland), monastery historian
• Maria Bernarda Kohlhund , († in Heiligkreuztal Monastery), abbess
• Gottfried Lumper (born February 9, 1747 - † March 8, 1800 in Villingen), Catholic theologian
• Franz Xaver Pelle (born December 4, 1746; † 1821 in Reutte), provincial superior of the Franciscans
• Gottfried Rether († around 1680), Provost
• Anselm Schwab SOCist (born January 10, 1713 - † May 22, 1778 in the Salem Monastery), Imperial Prelate
• Franz Anton Schweikart OSB (born August 14, 1724, † December 30, 1787 in Ottobeuren), professor of theology
• Georg Spaiser SJ (* 1594; † 1669), Jesuit superior , poet
• Gilbert Schmid von Wellenstein OPraem (* 1636; † October 17, 1684 in Steingaden), Dept.
• Magnus Schmid von Wellenstein OSB (born January 17, 1641; † September 6, 1723 in Fultenbach), Dept.
• Benedikt Maria von Werkmeister (born October 22, 1745 - † July 16, 1823 in Stuttgart), professor, court preacher, enlightener

Artist

• Philipp Jakob Baudrexel (born May 2, 1627 in Füssen, † March 28, 1691 in Mainz), court and cathedral music director, composer
• Franz Karl Fischer (born November 4, 1710 in Füssen; † 1772), baroque master builder
• Johann Martin Fischer (born November 2, 1740 in Bebele bei Hopfen, † April 27, 1820 in Vienna), sculptor
• Joseph Fischer (born March 15, 1704 in Faulenbach, † October 2, 1771 in Fichtenfeld, Hungary), plasterer
• Günther Förg (born December 5, 1952 in Füssen; † December 5, 2013), internationally known painter, sculptor and photographer
• Jakob König (* around 1536 in Füssen, † around 1600 probably in Prague), goldsmith, art publisher, art dealer
• Simpert Kramer (born October 2, 1679 in Weißensee; † January 14, 1753 in Edelstetten), baroque master builder
• Benedikt Lechler OSB (born April 24, 1594 in Füssen, † January 18, 1659 in Kremsmünster), music director, composer
• Jörg Lederer (* around 1470 in Füssen or Kaufbeuren, † around 1550 in Kaufbeuren), carver
• Joseph Lipp (* 1900 in Weißensee, † 1982 in Weißensee), farmer, painter, book illustrator and graphic artist
• Alois Mayer (born March 3, 1855 in Füssen, † October 7, 1936 in Munich), sculptor
• Marie Mayer (born June 26, 1991 in Füssen), film and theater actress
• Volker Prechtel (born August 9, 1941 in Füssen-Hopfen, † August 7, 1997 in Groebenzell), theater, cinema and television actor
• Balthasar Pröbstl (born January 2, 1830 in Füssen, † October 10, 1895 there), organ builder
• Lotte Schädle (born October 23, 1926, soprano)
• Hans Schwarzenbach (* around 1560 in Füssen; † around 1606), organ builder
• Thomas Seitz (* late 17th century in Eschach near Füssen; † mid 18th century), sculptor, plasterer

Politician

• Philipp Jakob Kögel (* around 1650 in Füssen; † December 30, 1714 in Dillingen), prince-bishop chancellor
• Karl von Schicker (* 1847 in Füssen, † 1907 in Stuttgart), State Councilor
• Theresa Schopper (born April 9, 1961), state chairwoman of the Bavarian Greens
• Otto Wanner (* 1919 in Füssen; † July 26, 2004 in Kaufbeuren), honorary citizen and former mayor of the city of Füssen. Carrier of the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class and the Bavarian Order of Merit. Former President of the German Ice Hockey Federation DEB. Honorary President of EV Füssen.

athlete

• Paul Ambros (born June 22, 1934; † June 26, 2015), ice hockey defender nicknamed "Tiger vom Hopfensee"
• Oliver Axnick (born May 17, 1970), curling player, now national coach
• Marcus Bleicher (* 1967), ice hockey player
• Hannelore Danzl (born November 25, 1944 in Füssen), national ice stock player
• Markus Egen (born September 14, 1927), national ice hockey player and coach
• Michael Eggerbauer (born February 18, 1960), ice hockey player and businessman
• Julian Eichinger (born May 7, 1991), ice hockey player
• Patrick Einsle (born April 22, 1987), snooker player
• Michael Greis (born August 18, 1976), biathlete
• Thomas Greiss (born January 29, 1986), ice hockey goalkeeper for the New York Islanders in the NHL
• Jennifer Harß (born July 14, 1987), ice hockey player
• Uli Hiemer (born September 21, 1962), ice hockey player
• Holger Höhne (born May 6, 1970), curling player
• Oswald Huber (born May 24, 1926 - † January 4, 1995), ice hockey player
• Sebastian Huber (born June 26, 1901; † March 6, 1985 in Füssen), bobsleigh driver, world champion and Olympic knight
• Alexander Jung (born August 1, 1978), ice hockey player
• Andreas Kapp (born December 8, 1967), curling player
• Ulrich Kapp (born April 14, 1971), curling player
• Toni Kehle (born November 8, 1947, † September 24, 1997 in Füssen), national ice hockey player
• Kilian Keller (born May 13, 1993), ice hockey player
• Andreas Kempf (born June 14, 1967), curling player
• Bernd Kuhn (born August 17, 1944), ice hockey player and coach
• Ludwig Kuhn (born May 26, 1918; † May 6, 2001 in Füssen), ice hockey player
• Rainer Lutz (born April 23, 1961), ice hockey player
• Jörg Mayr (born January 3, 1970), national ice hockey player
• Kurt Sepp (born September 14, 1935), ice hockey player and coach
• Rudolf Thanner (born August 20, 1944 - August 9, 2007), national ice hockey player and local politician
• Xaver Unsinn (born November 29, 1929 - † January 4, 2012 in Füssen), national ice hockey coach
• Leonhard Waitl (born April 5, 1939 - † March 7, 2010 in Füssen) ice hockey player
• Heinz Weisenbach (born August 30, 1945 - † December 9, 2018), ice hockey player and coach
• Tobias Wörle (born August 1, 1984), ice hockey player
• Thomas Zettlmeier (born July 11, 1990), ice hockey player

Others

• Christian Henze (born June 27, 1968 in Füssen), cook and author
• Max Koegel (born October 16, 1895 in Füssen, † June 1946 in Nuremberg, in American custody), commandant of the Flossenbürg concentration camp
• Thomas Kotte (born May 28, 1968 in Füssen), antiquarian
• Ulrich Magnus (* 1944), lawyer and university professor
• Gall Heinrich Schmid von Wellenstein (* 1637 in Füssen), general sergeant
• Ludwig Zametzer (* unknown; † in Füssen), lawyer and 1st President of the DEB 1963/64 (with Dr. Günther Sabetzki (Düsseldorf) both have equal rights)

Personalities associated with feet

(See also the list of names of important Füssen musical instrument makers in the article " Lute and violin making in Füssen " and the list of abbots in the article " Kloster Sankt Mang ")

Church people

• Magnus , St. († around 750 in Füssen), hermit
• Franz Xaver Seelos , sl. (Born January 11, 1819 in Füssen; † October 6, 1867 in New Orleans), missionary, beatified by Pope John Paul II on April 9, 2000

Artist

• Carl Fr.J. Benedek (born January 19, 1902 in Constantinople, † March 6, 1967 in Füssen / Hopfen am See); Painter and illustrator
• Julius Berger (* 1954 in Augsburg), cellist
• Stephan Cosacchi (* 1903 in Budapest, † 1986 in Frankenthal); Linguist, musicologist and composer
• Johann Georg Fischer (born January 21, 1673 in Marktoberdorf; † April 24, 1747 in Füssen) Baroque master builder
• Oskar Freiwirth-Lützow (born May 12, 1862 in Moscow, † May 3, 1925 in Faulenbach near Füssen), painter
• Johann Jakob Herkomer (* 1652 in Sameister; † October 27, 1717 in Füssen), baroque master builder, painter, plasterer
• Gottfried Andreas Herrmann (born July 23, 1907 in Erlangen; † December 27, 2002 in Schwangau), painter
• Jakob Hiebeler (* around 1560 in Obergünzburg, † around 1625 in Füssen), painter
• Andreas Jäger (born November 4, 1704 in Roßhaupten; † April 24, 1773 in Füssen), organ builder
• Wolf Maurer (* 1941), painter, winner of the art award of the city of Kempten (Allgäu) (1989) and the colleague award of the professional association of visual artists (BBK) Schwaben-Süd
• Josef Neumann (born April 26, 1860 in Essen, † September 21, 1931 in Munich), engraver and etcher
• Joseph Pröbstl (born May 19, 1798 in Brunnen near Schwangau, † September 3, 1866 in Füssen), organ builder
• Percy Rings (born December 30, 1901 in Riga, † January 18, 1994 in Füssen), painter
• Anton Sturm (born May 30, 1690 in Faggen, Parish Prutz, Tyrol, † October 25, 1757 in Füssen), sculptor

scientist

• Leopold Natterer OSB (born December 6, 1732 in Niederhofen near Füssen, † October 6, 1806), botanist
• Basilius Sinner OSB (born February 15, 1745 in Enkenhofen, † March 8, 1827 in Wallerstein), universal scholar

athlete

• Alois Kuhn (born November 23, 1910 - † February 12, 1996), ice hockey player
• Siegfried Schubert (Silla) (born October 4, 1939 in Zabrze ), former German national ice hockey player and coach
• Wolfgang Schubert (Bossi) (born December 26, 1949 in Pfronten ; † May 7, 2008 in Füssen), former football and ice hockey player, brother of Franz and Siegfried Schubert.
• Andrejs Vlascenko (born June 15, 1974 in Weimar), figure skater
• Felix Petermann (born April 11, 1984 in Marktoberdorf), ice hockey player
• Michael Wolf (born January 24, 1981 in Ehenbichel Austria), national ice hockey player
• Alexander Golz (born March 12, 1972 in Chelyabinsk), ice hockey player
• Andreas Lang (born April 26, 1979 in Schwenningen), curling player
• Thomas Zettlmeier (born July 11, 1990 in Füssen), former ice hockey goalkeeper
• Silvan Zacek (born February 3, 1995 in Fischerbichl), active national team player, German national baseball team

Others

• Eduard Dietl (born July 21, 1890 in Bad Aibling; † June 23, 1944 in Styria near Hartberg), Colonel of the Mountain Infantry Regiment in Füssen
• Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb (born September 5, 1876 in Landsberg am Lech , † April 29, 1956 in Füssen), Field Marshal General
• Franz Josef Eichele (born March 1809 in Einharz near Immenstadt, † October 5, 1876 in Immenstadt) factory owner
• Johann Nepomuk Glöggler (born April 9, 1910 in Kaufbeuren; † July 26, 2004 in Füssen), building contractor and building materials wholesaler, managing director of Füssener Hanfwerke (Textil AG)
• Georg Gossembrot (* around 1445; † 1502), imperial caretaker on Ehrenberg
• Nikola Schekow (born January 6, 1865 in Sliven , † November 1, 1949 in Füssen), Bulgarian infantry general and minister of war and commander-in-chief of the Bulgarian army during the First World War .
• Franz Achim Schubert (born November 14, 1932 in Zabrze ; † May 7, 1991 in Füssen), founder of the Füssen Youth Hostel. Brother of Siegfried and Wolfgang Schubert.
• Raphael Rainer von Thurn und Taxis (born May 30, 1906 in Regensburg, † June 8, 1993 in Schwangau), Prince of Thurn and Taxis
• Hermann Wegscheider (born March 26, 1880 in Wank, Nesselwang; † May 18, 1941 in Flossenbürg concentration camp), resistance fighter
• Paul Wengert (born November 18, 1952 in Ellwangen ), first professional mayor from 1990 to 2002, from 2002 to 2008 mayor of Augsburg ( SPD )

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