List of personalities of the city of Nürtingen
This list includes
- personalities born in Nürtingen ,
- People who had their sphere of activity in Nürtingen without being born there and
- the honorary citizens of the city of Nürtingen
The first two sections are sorted chronologically according to the year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.
Personalities born in Nürtingen
To 1900
- Ulrich von Ensingen (1350? –1419), master builder, was probably born in the Oberensingen district
- Joseph Hettler (1566–1605), Chancellor of the Margraviate of Baden-Durlach
- Heinrich Schmid (1611–1653), Protestant theologian, professor and rector at the University of Tübingen
- Johann Jacob Lang (1646–1690), Protestant theologian, hymn poet
- Eberhard Christoph Canz (1720–1773), lawyer
- Christian Friedrich Duttenhofer (1742–1814), theologian
- Gottlieb Jakob Planck (1751–1833), Protestant theologian and church historian, great-grandfather of Max Planck
- Karl August Friedrich von Duttenhofer (1758–1836), first civil servant water engineer from Württemberg
- Johann Friedrich Wurm (1760–1833), teacher and astronomer
- Johann Gottlieb Süßkind (1767–1849), banker in Augsburg, raised to the baron status in 1821
- Karl Gok (1776–1849), viticulture expert and half-brother of Friedrich Hölderlin
- Nathanael Friedrich von Köstlin (1776–1855), senior consistorial councilor and general superintendent of Tübingen, member of the state parliament
- Karl Wilhelm Gottlieb von Köstlin (1785–1854), Ephorus in Bad Urach
- Heinrich von Köstlin (1787–1859), physician and reformer of clinical psychiatry and member of the Swabian school of poets
- August Friedrich von Köstlin (1792–1873), Württemberg State Councilor and Consistorial President
- Friedrich Glück (1793–1840), pastor and composer, born in Nürtingen-Oberensingen
- Carl Heinrich Ludwig Hoffmann (1807–1881), professor of finance, police and administrative law
- Hermann Späth (1824–1894), pastor and author of Protestant liberalism
- Eduard Bacmeister (1825–1922), Oberamtmann of Württemberg
- Ferdinand Wilhelm Schmid (1829–1896), Stadtschultheiß, member of the state parliament from 1882 to 1888
- Albert Schäffle (1831–1903), scientist and statesman
- Friedrich Nübel (1831–1883), hospital administrator and member of the state parliament from 1870 to 1882
- Eugen Ulmer (1837–1917), publisher
- Gustav Siegle (1840–1905), manufacturer, member of the Reichstag
- Robert Wiedersheim (1848–1923), physician
- Gustav Friedrich Eugen Rümelin (1848–1907), legal scholar
- Ludwig Eisenlohr (1851–1931), architect
- Carl Beck (1852–1939), pharmacist, chemist and fossil collector
- Wilhelm Eugen Hartmann (1853–1915), electrical engineer
- Heinrich Beck (1853–1914), publisher and councilor of commerce
- Otto Umfrid (1857–1920), theologian
- Adolf Scheef (1874–1944), Lord Mayor of Tübingen, member of the Landtag and Reichstag
- Karl Fausel (1877–1939), master carpenter, member of the state parliament from 1920 to 1924
- Herbert Maisch (1890–1974), theater director, stage and film director
- Ludwig Jehle (1899–1960), schoolmaster and local researcher
From 1901
- Viktor Scheufele (1905–1978), District Administrator, District Judge
- Fritz Ruoff (1906–1986), painter and sculptor
- Gotthilf Kurz (1923–2010), born in Reudern , bookbinder, book artist and graphic artist
- Erwin Waldner (1933–2015, both in Neckarhausen), national soccer player
- Helmut Heiland (* 1937), professor at the Gerhard Mercator University in Duisburg
- Bernd Hoss (1939–2016), born in Neckarhausen, soccer coach
- Gerhard Knecht (1942–2020), agricultural economist and university professor
- Dieter König (* 1946), writer, journalist, editor and publisher
- Friedrich Kurz (* 1948), musical producer
- Manfred Cierpka (1950–2017), specialist in psychotherapeutic medicine, psychoanalyst
- Klaus Feßmann (* 1951), pianist, composer and sound artist
- Bernhard Kurz (* 1951), music producer
- Fritz Schilling , (1951 *) chef with two stars in the Michelin guide awarded
- Joachim Wissler (* 1963), cook
- Klaus Just (* 1964), former athlete
- Alois Schwartz (* 1967), soccer player and coach
- Claus Vogt (* 1969), President of VfB Stuttgart
- Petra Papke (* 1974), television presenter
- Thomas Brdaric (* 1975), former soccer player
- Wolf Henzler (* 1975), automobile racing driver
- Andreas Deuschle (* 1978), politician (CDU), member of the state parliament
- Alessandro Di Martile (* 1979), Italian football player
- Heike Gnida (* 1980), film editor
- Marielle Bohm (* 1981), handball player
- Annika Strauss (* 1984), actress, writer and screenwriter
- Christian Gentner (* 1985), soccer player
- Carina Enoch (* 1987), soccer player
- Dominic Maroh (* 1987), soccer player
- Thomas Sauerborn (* 1987), jazz musician
- Alexander Steireif (* 1988), entrepreneur
- Markus Schlichter (* 1988), table tennis player
- Matthias Jaissle (* 1988), soccer player
- Thomas Gentner (* 1988), football player
- Nadine Enoch (* 1989), soccer player
- Daniel Didavi (* 1990), football player
- Pascal Breier (* 1992), football player
Personalities who have worked or are working in Nürtingen
Famous people who have spent part of their life in Nürtingen without being born here:
- Henriette von Mömpelgard , (between 1384 and 1391–1444), Countess of Württemberg, widow of Count Eberhard IV. , Lived from 1426 to 1442 in Nürtingen.
- Elisabeth von Brandenburg (1451–1524), Duchess of Württemberg, widow of Duke Eberhard II , lived in Nürtingen from 1499 until her death.
- Sabina von Bayern (1492–1564), Duchess of Württemberg, widow of Duke Ulrich von Württemberg , lived in Nürtingen from 1551 until her death.
- Anna Maria von Brandenburg-Ansbach (1526–1589), Duchess of Württemberg, widow of Duke Christoph von Württemberg (1515–1568), lived in Nürtingen Castle for 20 years after the death of her husband.
- Ursula von Pfalz-Veldenz-Lützelstein (1572–1635), Duchess of Württemberg, widow of Duke Ludwig von Württemberg , lived in Nürtingen Castle for 42 years.
- Wilhelm Schickard (1592–1635), the first designer of a mechanical calculating machine, worked as a Protestant deacon in Nürtingen from 1614 after completing his studies.
- Jakob Friedrich Duttenhofer (1697–1769), citizen and hospital master, represented Nürtingen in the state parliament in Stuttgart.
- Johann Adam Groß the Elder (1697–1757), ducal architect and master builder under Carl Eugen von Württemberg .
- Immanuel Gottlob Brastberger (1716–1764), was dean in Nürtingen and died here too.
- Jakob Friedrich Klemm (1733–1793), theologian; 1782–1793 was dean and first pastor in Nürtingen; In 1783 he founded the first Württemberg secondary school in Nürtingen.
- Christian Friedrich von Jäger (1739–1808), personal physician to Duke Carl Eugen von Württemberg, grew up in Nürtingen as the son of the senior physician Georg Friedrich Jäger.
- Friedrich Hölderlin (1770–1843), poet; As the stepson of the mayor of Nürtingen, Johann Christoph Gock, spent his childhood and youth in Nürtingen and attended the Nürtingen Latin School .
- Friedrich Schelling (1775–1854), philosopher; attended the Latin school in Nürtingen.
- Friedrich Wilhelm von Fischer (1779–1836) was senior bailiff in Nürtingen from 1824 to 1836 and member of the state parliament from 1819 to 1825.
- Eduard Mörike (1804–1875), poet and pastor; worked as a vicar in various positions in the area around Nürtingen and lived in the city for some time.
- Gustav von Rümelin (1815–1889), educator and politician, rector of the Nürtingen Latin School, member of the Frankfurt National Assembly, Chancellor of the University of Tübingen, member of the state parliament
- Adam Friedrich Gabler (1834–1915), building contractor, member of the state parliament from 1889 to 1906.
- Julius Kornbeck (1839–1920), professor, German landscape painter; lived and worked from 1887 to 1920 in his little castle in Nürtingen-Oberensingen.
- Albert von Melchior (1844–1913), manufacturer from Württemberg
- Gottlob Eitle (1854–1881), German preceptor administrator, teacher and socialist publicist
- Hermann Planck (1869–1913), German district notary and socialist publicist
- Jakob Kocher (1871–1944), teacher, local history researcher, folder of documents of the city, author of an important historical work of the city.
- Anna Haag (1888–1982), writer, pacifist, politician and women's rights activist. She lived in Nürtingen for several years.
- Max Rehm (1896–1992), lawyer and historian, he lived and died in Nürtingen
- Johannes Knecht (1904–1990) was the founding director (1949–1967) of the Higher Agricultural School / Engineering School Nürtingen, which has since developed into the HfWU University of Applied Sciences .
- Ottomar Domnick (1907–1989), doctor, art collector and director; founded the Domnick art collection on the Oberensinger Höhe.
- Otto Kübler (1907–1992), local painter and animal painter, lived in Nürtingen for 50 years.
- Ingo Herzog (1913–1980), 1956–1978 editor-in-chief of the Nürtinger Zeitung
- Walter Staffa (1917–2011), a functionary for expellees, was a parliamentary group leader in a free electorate in the Nürtingen city council.
- Hans Binder (1924–2005), secondary school teacher and cave explorer, cultural advisor
- Klaus Harpprecht (1927–2016), German journalist and book author
- Hans-Otto Schwarz (1929–2011), member of the state parliament, Minister of Economics of Baden-Württemberg; lived in Nürtingen-Oberensingen for many years.
- Alexander Pflum (1930–2012), football player, innkeeper and local politician
- Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder (1933–2015), politician (CDU) and sports functionary; began his professional career as a consultant at the Nürtingen district office.
- Peter Härtling (1933–2017), writer; spent his youth in Nürtingen and attended grammar school here; since October 2004 tenth honorary citizen.
- Rolf Kosiek (* 1934), publicist, politician ( NPD ), multifunctional right-wing scene
- Egon Eigenhaler (* 1938 in Plochingen), commercial artist, politician (Republican), 1996–2001 member of the state parliament, lives in Nürtingen
- Ulrich Brixner (1941–2009), manager in the cooperative financial network; spent his childhood and youth in Nürtingen.
- Herbert Henzler (* 1941), economics professor and management consultant; spent his childhood and school days in Neckarhausen.
- Gerhard Knecht (1942–2020), agricultural economist, university professor and prorector at the HfWU
- Helmut Rau (* 1950), politician (CDU), member of the state parliament, was Minister of Education from October 2005 to February 2010 and then Minister in the State Ministry of Baden-Württemberg until May 2011 ; grew up in Nürtingen and graduated from the Max-Planck-Gymnasium .
- Otmar Heirich (* 1951), Lord Mayor from 2003 to 2019
- Martin Umbach (* 1956), actor and voice actor; spent his childhood in Nürtingen.
- Herbert Briem (* 1957) is a former German soccer player and coach. He lives in Nürtingen.
- Harald Schmidt (* 1957), cabaret artist, actor and television entertainer; spent childhood and youth in Nürtingen, attended the Nürtingen Hölderlin-Gymnasium and was organist in the Catholic parish of Nürtingen-Frickenhausen.
- Guido Wolf (* 1961), lawyer and politician (CDU), President of the state parliament of Baden-Württemberg, CDU top candidate for the state elections in 2016. From 1996 to 2002 first mayor of the city of Nürtingen.
- Nils Schmid (born July 11, 1973 in Trier), lawyer and politician (SPD), Minister of Finance and Economy, Deputy Prime Minister. He grew up in Nürtingen.
- Wolff-Christoph Fuss (* 1976), football commentator, spent childhood and youth in Nürtingen, attended the Nürtingen Hölderlin-Gymnasium
- Hosam el Miniawy (* 1976), FDP politician, lives in Nürtingen
- Stefan Schumacher (* 1981), racing cyclist, third in the 2007 World Championship, two-time stage winner in the 2008 Tour de France . He lives in Nürtingen.
The honorary citizens of Nürtingen
The honorary citizenship is the highest municipal award of the city of Nürtingen . So far ten people have been made honorary citizens. Awards in the Third Reich are excluded .
Note: The listing is done chronologically according to the date of award.
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Theodor Eisenlohr (born April 30, 1805 in Herrenberg; † August 31, 1869 in Zurich)
- Rector of the teachers' college
- Awarded in 1868
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Matthäus Baur
- City school hot
- Awarded in 1930
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Hermann Weilenmann
- mayor
- Awarded in 1948
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Robert Reiner
- Industrialist in the USA
- Awarded in 1949
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August Pfänder
- mayor
- Awarded in 1959
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Paul Jordery
- Mayor of the twin town Oullins
- Awarded in 1966
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Walter Rauch
- Factory owner, co-founder of Metabo
- Awarded 1970
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Karl Gonser (* 1914 in Tailfingen, † 1991 in Nürtingen)
- Lord Mayor
- Awarded in 1979
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Fritz Ruoff (born December 31, 1906 in Nürtingen; † October 5, 1986 ibid)
- Painter and sculptor
- Awarded in 1986
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Peter Härtling (born November 13, 1933 in Chemnitz; † July 10, 2017 in Rüsselsheim)
- Writer and journalist
- Awarded in 2004