List of personalities of the city of Freistadt

This list contains personalities who are connected to the small Upper Austrian town of Freistadt in the Mühlviertel . The list does not claim to be complete.

Honorary citizen

Surname	born	in	died	in	Award	annotation
Emanuel Lechner					1900	Mayor from 1879 to 1883
Theodor Scharizer	1860		1939			Mayor from 1909 to 1919
Edward Samhaber	1846	Free City	1927	Linz	1926	Literary historian, poet, playwright, high school teacher
Johann Zeitlhofer	1870	Free City	1926			Mayor from 1919 to 1925
Franz Neuhofer	1870	Free City	1949	Linz		Composer, choir director and cathedral organist in Linz
Edmund Merl	1912		1992	catfish	1953	District captain of the district of Freistadt
Gottfried Fosen					1958	Mayor from 1949 to 1953
Leopold Tröls					1977	Mayor from 1958 to 1973
Josef Knoll	1926	Leopoldschlag			1986	Mayor from 1973 to 1987, member of the National Council
Johann Affenzeller	1952	Free City			2010	City councilor, deputy mayor, member of the state parliament
Josef Mühlbachler	1945	Neumarkt in the Mühlkreis			2010	Mayor 1988–2007, member of the National Council
Franz Mayrhofer	1952	Enns			2015	City pastor 1986–2016

sons and daughters of the town

Surname	born	died	in	annotation
Bernhard Bamberger	1964			Musician (film)
Gerald Bast	1955			University lawyer, rector
Ewald Brenner	1975			Professional footballer
Johann Eibensteiner	1898	1956	Free City	Member of the state parliament
Franz Ferschl	1929	2006	Munich	Statistician and professor
Martin Fischerlehner	1975			Professional cyclist from 2000 to 2005, rally driver
Erland Maria Freudenthaler	1963			Composer and teacher
Rudolf Freudenthaler	1949			Model flight; 4-time world champion 1986–1992
Melanie Hie				Musician (classical), professor
Maria Christine Jachs	1956			Local councilor, member of the state parliament
Adalbert Krims	1948			Austrian journalist, publicist and peace activist
Gabriele Lackner-Strauss	1953			Member of the state parliament, head of WK Freistadt
Richard Lainer	1896	1983	Free City	Member of the state parliament
Fritz Lehner	1948			Director and writer
Norbert Kapeller	1970			Politician, member of the National Council
Mathes Klayndl	1430-1440	around 1510		Master stonemason in and around Freistadt
Stefan Klayndl	1430-1440	1492	Chur	Master stonemason in Chur and Graubünden
Karl Kronberger	1841	1921	Munich	painter
Heinrich Mensdorff-Pouilly	1916	1995		Doctor, head of the LKH
Josef Neuhofer	1818	1906		Musician and composer, father of Franz Neuhofer
Josef Nöbauer	1944			Painter and photographer
Paul Obermayr	1844	1926	Free City	Member of the state parliament
Josef Pichler	1967			Catholic theologian
Gerhard Pils	1954			Botanist, author
Erich Pizka	1914	1996	Linz	Horn player and professor at a music college
Lukas Plöchl	1989			Trackshittaz - tractor gangsta rapper
Gottfried Pöchinger	1911	1986		sculptor
Bernd Preinfalk	1966			Composer and musician
Gerald Preinfalk	1971			Musician
Martin Pröll	1981			Track and field athlete and Olympic participant in 2004
Hans Pum	1954			ÖSV sports director
Hannes Raffaseder	1970			Composer and musician
Erika Reinhardt	1932			Politician in Germany
Adelheid Rumetshofer	1976			Painter in Linz
Rudolf Scharizer	1859	1935	Free City	Mineralogist and petrographer
Theodor Josef Scharitzer	1860	1939	Free City	Member of the state parliament
Karl Scharizer	1901	1956	Vienna	Politician, representation of Austria in the Greater German Reich
Josef Schuller	1897			Member of the state parliament
Brigitte Schwaiger	1949	2010	Vienna	Writer
Roland Spendlingwimmer	1946			Development workers in Latin America
Eva Umbauer	1970			Radio presenter (ORF Radio)
Anton Vergeiner	1858	1901		Musician and composer, student of Anton Bruckner
Hermann Pius Vergeiner	1859	1900		Musician and composer, student of Anton Bruckner
Rainer Widmann	1967			Politician, member of the National Council
Andrea Winkler	1972			Writer
Wilhelm Tulzer	1914	1999	Sandl	Member of the state parliament
Volker Tulzer	1940	2005	Vienna	Track and field athlete and Olympic participant in 1964
Josef Wolfsegger	1920			Member of the state parliament
Wilhelm Wolfsgruber	1911	1999	Linz	Member of the state parliament
Anton Zemann	1925	1991	Free City	architect
Aloys Zötl	1803	1887	Eferding	Dyer master and painter (surrealist)

Other personalities associated with the city

Surname	born	in	died	in	annotation
Robert Elmecker	1942	Summerau	1997	Linz	Politician, member of the National Council
Julian Gillesberger	1972	Vienna			Violist and member of the Spring String Quartet
Kajetan Karmeyer	1788		1847		Examining magistrate and criminalist. His criminal collection was only published posthumously by Hans Gross in 1899 .
Joseph Kenner	1794	Vienna	1868	Bad Ischl	District captain, lawyer, poet and draftsman
Roderich Müller-Guttenbrunn	1892	Vienna	1956		writer
Nikolaus Newerkla	1974	horn			Harpsichordist, arranger and ensemble leader of the Quadriga Consort
Christine Ortner	1939	Schenkenfelden			Artist of the "naive painting", mainly paints pastels and oil paintings Mühlviertel landscapes and people
Bernhard Prammer	1968	Linz			Musician, organist, harpsichordist, organist on the Bruckner organ in the old cathedral in Linz, founder of the concert series Originalklang Freistadt, Orgelpunkt12
Joseph Maria Stowasser	1854	Troppau	1910	Vienna	Classical philologist, publisher of the Latin-German dictionary Stowasser
Herbert Wagner	1931	Heiligenbrunn			akad. Painter, creates portraits, watercolors and oil paintings of Mühlviertel landscapes

See also

• List of pastors in Freistadt

Footnotes

1. ↑ ^{a b} Mühlviertler Heimatblätter: The brothers Mathes and Stefan Klayndl and their work , page 11ff, online (PDF; 2.7 MB) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at
2. ↑ Adelheid Rumetshofer in: website of Regiowiki.at