List of personalities of the city of Herrenberg

This list of personalities of the city of Herrenberg shows the mayors, sons and daughters of the city of Herrenberg and their districts ( Affstätt , Validstein , Haslach , Kayh , Kuppingen , Mönchberg and Oberjesingen ), as well as other personalities associated with Herrenberg. The list does not claim to be complete.

mayor

The following people were mayors of Herrenberg:

• 1953–1985: Heinz Schroth
• 1985–2008: Volker Gantner (resignation on January 31, 2008)
• since 2008: Thomas Sprißler (since February 21, 2008)

Honorary citizen

→ Main article : List of honorary citizens of Herrenberg

sons and daughters of the town

The following people were born in Herrenberg (or in a district of what is now the city of Herrenberg):

16th Century

• 1505, April 25, Marx Schickhardt , † 1555 in Herrenberg, cabinet maker
• 1511, November 2, Lucas Schickhardt (I.) , † August 13, 1585 in Herrenberg, cabinet maker
• 1512, Hans Schickhardt , † October 17, 1585 in Tübingen, painter
• 1550, October 23, Maria Andreae née Moser, † 1632 in Calw, German pharmacist
• 1560, February 9, Lucas Schickhardt (II.) , † September 7, 1602, cabinet maker
• 1558, February 5, Heinrich Schickhardt , † January 14, 1635 in Stuttgart, master builder of the Renaissance
• 1562, July 24, Philipp Schickhart , † October 7, 1635 in Göppingen, pastor, dean and prelate
• 1572, November 12, Johann Valentin Neuffer , † April 5, 1610 in Tübingen, lawyer and professor for jurisprudence at the University of Tübingen
• 1582 Johann Christoph Neyffer , † 1632 in Tübingen, painter and draftsman
• 1585, around June 1, Lucas Schickhardt , † before 1613 in Mömpelgard, goldsmith and draftsman
• 1586, Johannes Schickhardt , † December 12, 1623 in Herrenberg, town clerk, box keeper and cellar
• 1586, August 17, Johann Valentin Andreae , † June 27, 1654, theologian and writer
• 1592, April 22, Wilhelm Schickard , † October 23, 1635 in Tübingen, inventor of the calculating machine

17th century

• 1603, January 3, Lucas Schickhardt (III.) , September 24, 1651 in Stuttgart, Preceptor and Rentkammer expedition council
• 1655, November 23, Johann Conrad Klemm , † February 18, 1717 in Tübingen, clergyman, theologian and university professor
• 1696, November 2, Conrad Weiser , born in Affstätt, † July 13, 1760 in Pennsylvania, USA. Settlers, interpreters and diplomats
• 1697, January 15, Johann Georg Fischer , † October 14, 1780 in Freiburg im Breisgau, organ builder

19th century

• 1803, October 3, Rudolf von Mohl , † August 18, 1892 in Stuttgart, President of the Administrative Court
• 1805, April 30, Theodor Eisenlohr , † August 31, 1869 in Nürtingen, educator, rector of the teachers' college, 1849 member of the Frankfurt National Assembly
• 1807, March 5, Karl Philipp Fischer , † February 25, 1885 in Winnenden, philosopher, professor at the University of Tübingen
• 1856, December 14, Julius Ackerknecht , † July 8, 1932 in Stuttgart, high school professor a. a. for French, author of teaching materials on phonetics
• 1883, Julie Majer , † 1963 in Herrenberg, anti-fascist resistance fighter

20th century

• 1900, July 8, Karl Kühnle , born in Kuppingen, † October 15, 1981, artist (painter of the Gäus)
• 1926, March 17, Bernhard Ulrich , forest scientist and ecosystem researcher, † October 14, 2015
• 1927, February 21, Otto Roller , born in Oberjesingen, † May 10, 2017 in Speyer, archaeologist
• 1935, May 8, Martin Dorn , member of the state parliament
• 1942, July 27th, Karl Link , Olympic and world champion 1964 track cycling 4000 m team pursuit
• 1953, December 22nd, Hans-Michael Holczer , head of the former Gerolsteiner cycling team
• 1957, March 24th, Martin Kolbe , guitarist
• 1958, September 10, Klaus Dürr , † June 21, 2020, politician
• 1960, October 16, Hartmut Schick , musicologist
• 1961, Roland Deines , Protestant theologian and professor at the Liebenzell International University
• 1965, July 19, Markus Hinzke , sound engineer and event manager
• 1968, April 4th, Jochen Novodomsky , former professional soccer player for the Stuttgarter Kickers
• 1974, Bernd Lange , screenwriter and director
• 1983, January 6th, Sven Krauss , racing cyclist
• 1984, June 9th, Stephanie Halm , racing driver
• 1986, August 7th, Mahir Savranlıoğlu , football player
• 1986, August 25th, Thorsten Barg , soccer player
• 1990, April 3, Laura Glaser , handball goal woman
• 1990, April 9, Kim Kulig , national soccer player
• 1993, September 17th, Manuel Bihr , football player

Other personalities associated with Herrenberg

The following personalities who have worked on site are connected to the city of Herrenberg and its districts:

18th century

• Friedrich Christoph Oetinger (1702–1782), Pietist theologian, 1759–1765 / 1766 special superintendent (dean) and first parish priest in Herrenberg, since December 2, 1765 (appointed; 1766), ducal councilor, prelate and abbot of the Protestant monastery Murrhardt First pastor in Murrhardt
• Philipp Matthäus Hahn (1739–1790), pietistic theologian and mechanic, 1762–1763 vicar in Herrenberg with Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, most recently (1781–1790), pastor in Echterdingen, today's district of Leinfelden-Echterdingen

19th century

• Willy Planck (1870–1956), painter, influenced by Swabian Impressionism, well-known illustrator of Heidi and Karl May books, related to the Nobel Prize winner Max Planck

20th century

• Luise Schöffel (1914–1997), founder of the Association of Single Mothers and Fathers
• Antoinette de Boer (* 1939), textile designer, whose designs have received international awards, longstanding artistic director of the Stuttgart curtain factory based in Herrenberg .

literature

• Records in the baptismal register of the city of Herrenberg as well as in the deanery and parish offices.

Web links

Commons : Personalities von Herrenberg  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Website of the city of Herrenberg at www.herrenberg.de