List of personalities of the city of Ludwigsburg

The following people were born in Ludwigsburg or worked there. This list, which by the way does not claim to be exhaustive, does not take into account whether they later had their sphere of activity in Ludwigsburg.

Honorary citizen

The city of Ludwigsburg has granted the following people honorary citizenship:

• 1882: Ludwig von Hofer , court sculptor
• 1897: Heinrich von Abel , retired Lord Mayor D.
• 1899: Hermann Heinrich Franck, manufacturer
• 1903: Reinhold Hoffmann, manufacturer
• 1907: Friedrich von Schaal , building director
• 1909: Wilhelm Eisenmenger, factory director
• 1909: Ferdinand Schnaidt , bank director, member of the Reichstag and Landtag
• 1915: Wilhelm Groener , Lieutenant General, Reich Transport Minister, Reich Defense Minister and Minister of the Interior
• 1918: Robert Franck , manufacturer
• 1918: Richard Franck , manufacturer
• 1920: Carl Weigle , architect
• 1921: Otto Hoffmeister, master mechanic
• 1921: Gottlieb Schäfer, farmer and wine grower
• 1924: Christian Belschner, professor
• 1931: Albert Ahles, Trade Councilor
• 1933: Paul von Hindenburg , President of the Reich
• 1947: Oscar Walcker , master organ builder and manufacturer
• 1950: Wilhelm Keil , politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag, Minister of Labor and Food in Württemberg (1921–23), President of the State Parliament of Württemberg-Baden (1947–1952)
• 1950: Carl Schaefer , manufacturer
• 1962: Karl Hüller, manufacturer
• 1966: Karl Frank , General Director, former Minister of Finance D., Lord Mayor ret. D.
• 1976: Hans Klenk , Senator, Consul General and entrepreneur
• 1990: Albert Schöchle , gardener and non-fiction author
• 2005: Albert Sting , Protestant pastor and director of Karlshöhe
• 2011: Horst Köhler , former German President (2004–2010)
• 2011: Eva Luise Köhler , wife of Horst Köhler

Personalities born in Ludwigsburg

Until 1800

• Johann Joseph Schmidlin (1725–1779), lexicographer
• Johann Andreas Tafinger (1728–1804), educator and Protestant theologian
• Karl Joseph Toeschi (1731–1788), violinist, music director and composer
• Johann Christian von Majer (1741–1821), lawyer and university lecturer
• Ludwig Friedrich Fischer (1750–1837), Oberamtmann of Württemberg
• Karl Ludwig von Phull (1757–1826), military person
• Thomas Wizenmann (1759–1787), theologian, philosopher and writer
• Karl Friedrich Christian Wilhelm von Sponeck (1762–1827), forester, author and professor
• Georg Friedrich von Jaeger (1766–1840), forest clerk
• Joseph Wilhelm Ludwig Mack (1767–1835), classicist sculptor and plasterer
• Friedrich von Phull (1767–1840), general and high-ranking military administrator of the Kingdom of Württemberg
• Nikolaus Friedrich von Thouret (1767–1845), architect and painter of classicism
• Friedrich Distelbarth (1768–1836), classicist sculptor
• Johann Wilhelm Friedrich Nisle (1768–1839), musician, cellist of the Württemberg court orchestra
• Gottlob Friedrich Haug (1769–1850), mechanic, watchmaker and cartographer
• Friedrich von Franquemont (1770–1842), general of the infantry
• Johann Georg Kerner (1770–1812), doctor, political publicist and chronicler
• Ernst Ludwig von Mutschler (1770–1848), Oberamtmann from Württemberg and lawyer
• Georg von Scheler (1770–1826), general and governor of Stuttgart
• Joseph Nicolaus Peroux (1771–1849), miniature painter, etcher and lithographer of the Romantic era
• Immanuel Israel Hartmann (1772–1849), administrative lawyer
• Christian David Nisle (1772–?), Horn player
• Johann Friedrich Ludwig von Mieg (1773–1822), Oberamtmann of Württemberg
• Ernst von Hügel (1774–1849), General and Minister of War
• Ferdinand Varnbuler von und zu Hemmingen (1774–1830), Quartermaster General of the Kingdom of Württemberg
• Karl von Kerner (1775–1840), general, landowner, metallurgical specialist, mountain and interior minister of the Kingdom of Württemberg
• Ludwig Muff (1775–1833), Oberamtmann of Württemberg
• Karl von Zyllnhardt (1779–1828), Baden State Councilor, President of the Ministry of Justice
• Albert von Ringler (1785–1864), officer and member of the state parliament
• Justinus Kerner (1786–1862), poet, doctor and medical writer
• Rudolf Burnitz (1788–1849), architect of classicism and early historicism
• Jonathan Hellmann (1788–1855), entrepreneur and politician
• Carl Deffner (1789–1846), businessman and politician
• Carl Christian Ludwig Starklof (1789–1850), founder and first director of the Oldenburg State Theater
• Ludwig Kachel (1791–1878), Coin Councilor and President of the Baden Art Association
• Karl von Schiller (1793–1857), forest scientist
• Friedrich Hoffmann (1795–1879), Baden General and Minister of War
• Immanuel Dornfeld (1796–1869), administrative officer
• Ernst Mayer (1796–1844), sculptor
• Karl Ludwig David von Krauss (1797–1886), lawyer, member of the state parliament

1801 to 1850

• Ludwig von Hofer (1801–1887), sculptor
• Friedrich Notter (1801–1884), writer and member of the Reichstag
• Friedrich Degen (1802–1850), physicist, chemist and geologist
• Louis Bührer (1803–1863), local politician and founder of the Kreissparkasse Ludwigsburg
• Eduard Mörike (1804–1875), poet, narrator and translator
• Albert von Veiel (1806–1874), doctor and dermatologist, councilor and senior medical officer
• Friedrich Theodor Vischer (1807–1887), literary scholar, philosopher, writer and politician
• David Friedrich Strauss (1808–1874), writer, philosopher and theologian
• Julius von Hardegg (1810–1875), lieutenant general and military writer
• Carl Gottlieb Weigle (1810–1882), organ builder
• Gustav Friedrich Scholl (1811–1885), senior bailiff
• Georg David Hardegg (1812–1879), founder of the German Temple Society
• Oskar von Hardegg (1815–1877), officer and minister of war in the Kingdom of Württemberg
• Karl Christian Meurer (1815-1892), senior bailiff
• Julius Haußmann (1816–1889), businessman, publicist and politician
• Gottlieb von Huber (1817–1882), member of the German Reichstag
• Rudolf Probst (1817–1899), lawyer and politician
• Carl Julius Abel (1818–1883), railway engineer
• Karl von Beck (1818–1886), general superintendent of Schwäbisch Hall, member of the state parliament
• Eduard von Kallee (1818–1888), military and archaeologist
• Rudolf Knosp (1820–1897), entrepreneur
• Wilhelm Siegmund Teuffel (1820–1878), philologist
• Sigmund Lebert (1821–1884), music teacher
• Karl Pfizer (1824-1906), chemist
• Heinrich von Abel (1825–1917), Lord Mayor of Ludwigsburg
• August Fischer (1825–1887), clergyman and adventurer
• Otto von Faber du Faur (1828–1901), officer and painter
• Albert von Suckow (1828–1893), Lieutenant General and Minister of War
• Adolf von Hausch (1831–1900), judge and ministerial official in Württemberg
• Ernst Heinrich Gebhardt (1832–1899), song writer and Methodist preacher
• Gustav von Steinheil (1832–1908), General and Minister of War of the Kingdom of Württemberg
• Philipp von Klett (1833–1910), chess composer and officer
• Albert von Heß (1836–1911), State Councilor, Member of Parliament
• Oscar von Sarwey (1837–1912), officer and military conductor
• Paul Sinner (1838–1925), photographer
• Moriz Gmelin (1839–1879), archivist
• Karl von Leibbrand (1839–1898), civil engineer
• Wilhelm Emil Fein (1842–1898), drill
• Friedrich von Schaal (1842–1909), railway and hydraulic engineer
• Maximilian von Soden-Fraunhofen (1844–1922), lawyer, Bavarian Interior Minister and member of the Reichstag
• Julius von Soden (1846–1921), civil servant and politician
• Paul Walcker (1846–1928), organ builder
• Immanuel von Frohnmeyer (1848–1931), educator and general superintendent of Reutlingen
• Tony Schumacher (1848–1931), writer
• Oskar Nast (1849–1907), city scholar and Lord Mayor of the City of Cannstatt
• Carl Weigle (1849–1931 / 32), architect

1851 to 1900

• Richard Kallee (1854–1933), parish priest and local history researcher
• Friedrich von Gaisberg-Schöckingen (1857–1932), landlord, member of the state parliament
• Karl Mack (1857–1934), physicist and meteorologist
• Ernst von Hammer (1858–1925), geodesist
• Theodor Wundt (1858–1929), officer, mountaineer and writer
• Karl Hürthle (1860–1945), physiologist
• Oskar von Watter (1861–1939), officer
• Otto Haas (1864–1930), officer
• Hugo Sohnle (1864–1938), veterinarian
• Felix Buttersack (1865–1950), military doctor and writer
• Theodore Feucht (1867–1944), painter
• Wilhelm Groener (1867–1939), military and politician
• Kurt von Lupine (1867–1938), major general in the Reichswehr
• Felix Hoffmann (1868–1946), chemist and pharmacist
• Paul Hartmann (1869–1944), art historian and university professor
• Emilie Hiller (1871–1943), politician
• Martin Elsas (1872–1939), businessman and entrepreneur
• Friedrich von Gaisberg-Schöckingen (1857–1932), landowner and politician
• Arnold van Gennep (1873–1957), French ethnologist
• Friedrich Siller (1873–1942), politician
• Wilhelm Koch (1874–1955), German Catholic theologian and university professor
• Otto Geßler (1875–1955), politician
• August Lämmle (1876–1962), dialect poet
• Marie-Louise Müller-Weiss (1876–1935), court opera singer
• Friedrich Graf von Degenfeld-Schonburg (1878–1969), politician and administrative lawyer
• Eugen Schmohl (1880–1926), architect and university professor
• Fritz Eppinger (1882–1951), lawyer
• Hugo Sperrle (1885–1953), Air Force officer
• Karl Hermann (1886–1933), politician
• Hermann Zapf (1886–1957), politician (NSDAP)
• Otto Eichert (1890–1951), architect
• Felix Walter (1890–1949), lawyer, administrative officer and politician
• Friedrich Mußgay (1892–1946), detective and SS-Obersturmbannführer
• Hans Neuffer (1892–1968), doctor, President of the German Medical Association (1949–1959)
• Caesar von Hofacker (1896–1944), conspirator in the assassination attempt of July 20, 1944
• Hugo Benzinger (1900–1944), Tübingen tailor and councilor
• Paul Meyle (1900–1977), Lord Mayor of Heilbronn

1901 to 1950

• Walter Heeß (1901–1951), criminologist
• Harald Koethe (1904–1944), art historian, classical archaeologist and Roman provincial archaeologist
• Eugen Kiemle (1905–1950), architect
• Erwin Scheerer (1905–1984), sculptor
• Walther Lambert (1908–1987), transport scientist
• Fritz Wagner (1908–2003), science historian
• Hugo Rupf (1908–2000), born in Poppenweiler, industrial manager
• Claus Hinkelbein (1909–1967), Stuka pilot and officer, most recently major general in the Bundeswehr
• Curt Meyer-Clason (1910–2012), writer and translator
• Angelika Bischoff-Luithlen (1911–1981), folklorist and archivist
• German Otto Stehle (1912–1987), politician (CDU)
• Hans Lorenser (1916–1989), politician (CDU)
• Walter Ableiter (1922–1993), politician (FDP)
• Kurt Meßmer (1922–2012), presiding judge at the Federal Fiscal Court
• Karl-Heinz Knoedler (1926–2000), painter
• Roland Ostertag (1931–2018), architect and university professor
• Wolfgang Steinhilber (1931–2009), oral surgeon and university professor
• Manfred Schiek (1935–1965), motorcycle and automobile racing driver
• Wolfram Bergerowski (1936–2009), judge and politician (FDP)
• Fritz Stange (1936-2013), wrestler
• Ewald Veigel (* 1936), politician (FDP)
• Eddie Wilson (* 1936), actually Armin Edgar Schaible , country musician
• Wolfram Ostertag (1937–2010), geneticist
• Wolfgang Schluchter (* 1938), sociologist
• Kurt Morwinsky (* 1939), amateur boxer
• Friedrich Niethammer (1942–1996), public prosecutor and local politician (SPD), member of the Heilbronn municipal council
• Klaus Rupprecht (* 1942), diplomat
• Volker Gantner (* 1945), Lord Mayor of Herrenberg from 1985 to 2008
• Rainer Brechtken (* 1945), politician (SPD) and sports functionary
• Norbert Haas (* 1946), trauma surgeon and university professor
• Werner Stegmaier (* 1946), philosopher
• Jakob Derbolowsky (1947–2019), doctor
• Alexander Hoffmann (* 1947), non-fiction author and writer
• Günter Huber (* 1947), laser physicist and university professor
• Eva Luise Köhler (* 1947), wife of the former Federal President Horst Köhler
• Barbara Schock-Werner (* 1947), art historian and 1999–2012 master builder of Cologne Cathedral
• Hartmut Michel (* 1948), biochemist
• Fritz Raff (1948–2011), director of the Saarländischer Rundfunk and chairman of the ARD
• Horst Siewert (* 1948), qualified psychologist
• Matthias Wissmann (* 1949), President of the Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA)
• Franjo Marincic (born 1950), actor

From 1951

• Friederike Naumann-Steckner (* 1951), archaeologist
• Bernhard Rapkay (* 1951), politician (SPD)
• Claus Schmiedel (* 1951), politician (SPD)
• Tomy Wigand (* 1952), film director
• Hubertus von Stackelberg (* 1953), musician and basketball player
• Ulrich Fellmeth (* 1954), ancient historian, archivist and museum director
• Michael Herczeg (* 1956), computer scientist and university professor
• Hans-Christoph Koller (* 1956), educator
• Thomas Leon Heck (* 1957), antiquarian, art history journalist and publisher
• Andreas Schockenhoff (1957-2014), politician (CDU)
• Werner Wolf-Holzäpfel (* 1957), architect and architectural historian
• Jürgen Kurz (* 1958), show jumper and the state trainer of Baden-Württemberg
• Peter Stichler (* 1958), German soccer player
• Thomas Heiler (* 1959), historian and archivist
• Thomas Knapp (* 1959), politician (SPD)
• Heinz Pelz (* 1959), painter
• Hans-Dieter Hermann (* 1960), psychologist, sports psychologist
• Matthias Hermann (* 1960), musicologist and educator, conductor and composer
• Marion Aizpors (* 1961), swimmer
• Jörg Magenau (* 1961), literary critic and non-fiction author
• Armin Jäger (* 1962), soccer goalkeeper
• Joe Crawford (born 1963), pop musician
• Andreas Läsker (* 1963), music manager and publisher
• Tilman Bollacher (* 1964), District Administrator of the Waldshut District
• Ingrid Hönlinger (* 1964), politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
• Karen Tebar (* 1964), dressage rider
• Zoran Bihać (* 1965), music video and commercial director
• Jürgen Hoffmann (* 1965), oral and maxillofacial surgeon and university professor
• Frank Jülicher (* 1965), biophysicist
• Stefan Lorch (* 1966), theater actor
• Ludger Lieb (* 1967), mediaevalist, university lecturer
• Elfie Simchen (* 1967), freestyle skier
• Martin von Arndt (* 1968), writer, musician and scientist
• Frank Kämmer (* 1968), wine specialist and author
• Thomas Vömel (* 1968), writer and illustrator
• Olaf Polziehn (* 1970), modern jazz pianist
• Florian Eichinger (* 1971), director, author and film producer
• Michael Heck (* 1971), basketball player
• Jürgen Kramny (* 1971), soccer player and coach
• Felix Spieß (* 1972), actor and voice actor
• Axel Kromer (* 1977), handball player, currently handball trainer
• Sabine Menne (* 1977), actress and singer
• Jochen Laube (* 1978), film producer
• Marc Lieb (* 1980), racing car driver
• Marc-Nicolai Pfeifer (* 1980), football manager
• Rebecca Mosselman (born 1981), actress
• Marvin Braun (* 1982), soccer player
• Philipp Poisel (* 1983), singer
• Marc Weyrich (* 1983), TV and radio presenter and editor
• Marco Grüttner (* 1985), soccer player
• Manuel Neumann (* 1986), ice hockey player
• Thorsten Salzer (* 1986), handball player
• Rouven Sattelmaier (* 1987), football player
• Benjamin March , (1988 *) Cooking with a star in the Michelin guide awarded
• Nils Langer (* 1990), tennis player
• Martin Kienzle (* 1992), handball player
• Felix Franz (* 1993), athlete
• Lena Nuding (* 1993), soccer goalkeeper
• Patrick Zieker (* 1993), handball player
• Robin Binder (* 1994), soccer player
• Tobias Trautner (* 1995), soccer goalkeeper
• Emily Evels (* 1996), soccer player
• Nicolas Wähling (* 1997), football player
• Roman Kašiar (* 1998), football player
• Tabea Alt (* 2000), artistic gymnast

Individual evidence

1. ^ City of Ludwigsburg: honorary citizen. Retrieved May 15, 2018 .