List of personalities of the city of Walldürn
This list of personalities of the city of Walldürn shows the mayors, honorary citizens, sons and daughters of the city of Walldürn and its districts ( Altheim , Gerolzahn , Glashofen , Gottersdorf , Hornbach , Kaltenbrunn , Reinhardsachsen , Rippberg and Wettersdorf ), as well as other personalities associated with Walldürn are. The list does not claim to be complete.
mayor
The following people were mayors of Walldürn:
| Term of office | mayor | Political party |
|---|---|---|
| approx. 1779–1785 | Jordan, Johann Georg (appointed) | |
| 1785-1800 | Eckart, Sebastian (appointed) | |
| approx. 1800-1832 | Blau, Ignatz Fiedel (appointed) | |
| 1832-1842 | Heimberger, Joseph Wilhelm | |
| 1842-1854 | Kieser, Felix Anton | |
| 1854-1869 | Thiry, Wilhelm | |
| 1870-1879 | Kieser, Heinrich | |
| 1879-1901 | Hildenbrand, Wilhelm | |
| 1901-1907 | Knoth, Hermann | |
| 1907-1909 | Fine, Friederich (provisional) | |
| 1909-1919 | Nimis, Wilhelm | |
| 1919-1920 | Helmling, Peter | |
| 1920-1925 | Scheurich, Otto | |
| 1925-1930 | Trautmann, Arthur | |
| 1930-1933 | Vulture, Michael | |
| 1933 | Merchant, Josef | |
| 1933-1940 | Kiefer, Karl (appointed) | |
| 1940-1945 | Leiblein, Josef (appointed) | |
| 1945-1946 | Trunk, Heinrich (provisional) and Scheurich, Otto (provisional) | |
| 1946-1948 | Schmidt, Hermann | |
| 1948-1966 | Trautmann, Arthur | SPD |
| 1966-1974 | Huebner, Alfred | |
| 1974-1975 | Hollerbach, Robert (Administrator) | CDU |
| 1975-1991 | Hollerbach, Robert | CDU |
| 1991-2007 | Joseph, Karl-Heinz | SPD |
| since 2007 | Günther, Markus | CDU |
Honorary citizen
The city of Walldürn has granted honorary citizenship to the following people who have made a special contribution to the good or reputation of the municipality:
- 1924, March 14: Wilhelm Weimar (founder) | Wilhelm Weimar (1867–1938), founder
- 1932, July 6: Franz Dorbath (1866–1946), priest
- 1948, October 11: Heinrich Köhler (1878–1949), politician
- 1953, March 13: Wendelin Rauch (1885–1954), Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau
- 1954, December 15: Oscar Stalf (1882–1974), entrepreneur
- 1962, September 22nd: Hermann Schäufele (1906–1977), Archbishop of Freiburg im Breisgau
- 1967, April 6: Alfred Zeller (1919–2010), senior teacher
- 1971, March 17: Arthur Trautmann (1894–1974), former mayor of Walldürn
- 1971, July 19: Adolf Hehn (1905–1983), teacher
- 1971, November 3: Paul Bleichroth (1893–1982), Catholic pastor
- 1973, March 30th: Otto Gehrig (1903–1974), former mayor of Altheim
- 1974, June 12: Alfons Engert (1882–1979), senior teacher
- 1975, July 2nd: Ludwig Stich (1904–1979), former mayor of Hornbach
- 1977, March 16: August Berberich (1912–1982), politician
- 1981, June 24: Karl Gnädinger (1905–1995), auxiliary bishop in Freiburg
- 1985, July 22nd: Josef Spieler (1900–1987), psychologist, pedagogue, curative pedagogue
- 1994, February 22: Wigbert Richter (OSA) (1924–1998), parish priest
- 2002, April 26: Robert Hollerbach (1924–2013), Former Mayor
sons and daughters of the town
The following people were born in Walldürn (or in a district of today's urban area of Walldürn):
18th century
- Felix Anton Blau (1754–1798), theologian, philosopher
- Sebastian Eckardt (1782–1846), painter
19th century
- Karl Felix Brunner (1803–1857), Baden State Councilor and President of the Ministry of Justice
- Johannes Joseph Schweitzer (1831–1882), priest, composer and cathedral music director in Freiburg im Breisgau
- Philipp Ruppert (1842–1900), teacher and historian
- Maria Zeeb (1859–1927), midwife who performed the first caesarean section with Ferdinand Adolf Kehrer
- Blandina Mairon SSpS (1879–1946), China missionary from the order of the Steyler Missionary Sisters
- Oscar Stalf (1882–1974), entrepreneur
- Walter Zimmermann (1892–1980), biologist and botanist
20th century
- Josef Spieler (1900–1987), psychologist, pedagogue, curative pedagogue
- August Berberich (1912–1982), born in the Gottersdorf district, politician (CDU), member of the Landtag and Bundestag
- Fritz Sebastian (1895–1960), from 1946 headmaster at the commercial college Walldürn, initiator of the establishment of the business school (1952), today Frankenlandschule Walldürn
- Hubert Weckbach (1935–2018, born in Rippberg), archivist
- Lambert Dörr (1936–2017), born in the Gerolzahn district, Catholic priest, Benedictine abbot in Tanzania
- Josef Tadler (1938–2015), composer and pianist
- Peter Assion (1941–1994), folklorist, Germanist
- Peter Hauk (* 1960), forestry graduate, member of the State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg (CDU) and Minister for Rural Areas
- Silvia Neid (* 1964), former soccer player and world champion trainer of the German women's national soccer team
- Rolf Miller (* 1967), cabaret artist
Other people connected to Walldürn
20th century
- Inhabitants murdered during the Nazi era (1933–1945): The residents of Walldürn who were murdered during the National Socialist era from 1933 to 1945 are mentioned in the article on the Walldürn Jewish community .
literature
- Files of the episcopal archive in Freiburg.
- Files of the General State Archives in Karlsruhe.
- Records in the baptismal register of the city of Walldürn as well as in the deanery and parish offices.
Web links
Commons : Personalities from Walldürn - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- Website of the city of Walldürn at www.wallduern.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Walldürner Stadtarchiv: Walldürner Ehrenbürger ; online at www.wallduern.de; accessed on March 28, 2019