- Burchard Of Würzburg
Burchard of Würzburg was a Bishop of Würzburg in 741–754. He was an Anglo-Saxon who left England after the death of his kinsfolk and joined Boniface in his missionary labors, some time after 732. When Boniface organized bishoprics in Middle Germany, he placed Burchard over that of Würzburg; his consecration can not have occurred later than the summer of 741, since in the autumn of that year, … - Bruno, Bishop Of Würzburg
Bruno (died 26 May 1045) was prince-bishop of Würzburg from 1034 until his death. He was the son of Conrad I, Duke of Carinthia, and served as counselor to his relative, Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor. Bruno was not formally canonized by the Roman Catholic Church, but is revered as a saint. His feast day is May 27. - Adalbero Of Würzburg
Adalbero of Würzburg or Saint Adalbero was Bishop of Würzburg and Count of Lambach-Wels. - Arn, Bishop Of Würzburg
- Richard Wagner
Wilhelm Richard Wagner (22 May 1813 - 13 February 1883) was a German composer, conductor, music theorist, and essayist, primarily known for his operas (or "music dramas" as they were later called). Unlike most other great opera composers, Wagner always wrote the scenario and libretto for his works himself. Wagner's compositions, particularly those of his later period, are notable for their contrapuntal texture, rich chromaticism, harmonies and orchestration, … - Dirk Nowitzki
Dirk Werner Nowitzki (born June 19 1978 in Würzburg, West Germany) is a German basketball player for the United States' National Basketball Association's (NBA) Dallas Mavericks. Standing at, Nowitzki is an all-purpose forward, able to play any position in the frontcourt (center, power forward, or small forward). - Konrad von Würzburg
Konrad von Würzburg was the chief German poet of the second half of the 13th century. As little is known of his life as that of any other epic poet of the age. By birth probably a native of Würzburg, he seems to have spent part of his life in Strassburg and his later years in Basel, where he died. Like his master, Gottfried von Strassburg, Konrad did not belong to the nobility, from which most of the poets of the time sprang. - Tilman Riemenschneider
Tilman Riemenschneider was a German sculptor and woodcarver active in Würzburg from 1483. He was one of the most prolific and versatile sculptors of the transition period between late Gothic and Renaissance, a master in stone and limewood. - Friedrich Koenig
Friedrich Gottlob Koenig (April 17, 1774 in Eisleben - January 17, 1833) was a German inventor best-known for his high-speed printing press, which he built together with watchmaker Andreas Friedrich Bauer. He moved to London in 1806 and in 1811 was granted a patent on his press, which was finally ready in December 1812. The machine was set up in their workshop, and invitations sent out to potential customers, notably John Walter of "The Times". - Werner Heisenberg
Werner Karl Heisenberg was a celebrated German physicist and Nobel laureate, one of the founders of quantum mechanics, and acknowledged to be one of the most important physicists of the twentieth century. He was born in Würzburg, Germany and died in Munich. Heisenberg was the head of German nuclear energy project, though the nature of this project, and his work in this capacity, has been heavily debated. - Josef Stangl
Josef Stangl was a Roman Catholic Bishop of Würzburg, Germany. Born in Kronach, Bavaria, Stangl became a priest on March 16, 1930, and he was appointed by Pope Pius XII as bishop of Würzburg on June 27, 1957. He approved the exorcism on Anneliese Michel "after careful consideration and good information" by Father Arnold Renz. On 8 January 1979, Stangl withdrew as a bishop of Würzburg and died three months later in April 1979. - Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn
Julius Echter von Mespelbrunn was a Prince-Bishop of Würzburg, Echter was born in Mespelbrunn Castle, Spessart (Lower Franconia) and died in Würzburg. Educated in Mainz, Louvain, Douai, Paris, Angers, Pavia, and Rome. In Rome he became a licentiate of canon and civil law. In 1567 he entered on his duties as canon of Würzburg, an office to which he had been appointed in 1554; in 1570 he became the dean of the cathedral chapter, and in 1573, at the age of twenty-eight, … - Oswald Külpe
Oswald Külpe was one of the structural psychologists of the late 19th and early 20th century. He was influenced strongly by his mentor Wilhelm Wundt, but later disagreed with Wundt on the complexity of human consciousness that could be studied. Külpe was a student of history at the University of Leipzig when he encountered Wundt and decided to change his major to work with Wundt. When he graduated he became Wundt's assistant. - Albert Renger-Patzsch
Albert Renger-Patzsch was a German photographer associated with the New Objectivity. Renger-Patzsch was born in Würzburg and began making photographs by age twelve. After military service in the First World War he studied chemistry at Dresden Technical College. In the early 1920s he worked as a press photographer for the Chicago Tribune before becoming a freelancer and, in 1925, publishing a book, "The choir stalls of Cappenberg". - Klaus von Klitzing
Klaus von Klitzing is a German physicist. For his discovery of the Integer Quantum Hall Effect he was awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize in Physics. After studying physics in Braunschweig, von Klitzing spent 10 research years at University Würzburg (Ph.D. thesis 1972 on "Galvanomagnetic Properties of Tellurium in Strong Magnetic Fields", habilitation 1978), with research work at the Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford and High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Grenoble. - Alois Alzheimer
Aloysius "Alois" Alzheimer was a German psychiatrist and neuropathologist and a colleague of Emil Kraepelin. Alzheimer is credited with the first published case of "presenile dementia", which Kraepelin would later identify as Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's father served in the office of notary public in the family's hometown. Alzheimer attended Aschaffenburg, Tübingen, Berlin, and Würzburg universities. He received a medical degree at Würzburg University in 1887. - Julius Döpfner
Julius August Cardinal Döpfner was a German prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Munich and Freising from 1961 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1958. - Fritz Müller
Fritz (Friedrich) Müller was a Swiss doctor and zoologist. He was born in Basel and studied at the University of Basel from 1852 to 1854, and then at Würzburg and Prague, where he became a medical doctor in 1857. After further experience in Vienna, Paris and Berlin, he returned to Basel to practise medicine. He was a founder member of the regional medical society in 1860 and took a leading role in the sanitary services in Basel, which he directed from 1872. - Lorenz von Bibra
Lorenz von Bibra, Duke in Franconia (1459-1519), was Prince-Bishop of the Bishopric of Würzburg from (1495-1519). His life paralleled Maximilian I, (1459-1519), who served as Holy Roman Emperor from (1493-1519) to which Lorenz did serve as an advisor. - Friedrich von Spee
Friedrich von Spee (February 25, 1591 - August 7, 1635) was a German Jesuit and poet, most noted as an opponent of trials for witchcraft. Spee was the first person in his time who spoke strongly and with arguments against torture in general. He may be considered the first who ever gave good arguments why torture is not a way of obtaining "truth" from someone undergoing "painful" questioning. He was born at Kaiserswerth on the Rhine. - Johann Adam Möhler
Johann Adam Möhler, was a German theologian. He was born at Igersheim in Württemberg, and after studying philosophy and theology in the lyceum at Ellwangen, entered the University of Tübingen in 1817. Ordained to the priesthood in 1819, he was appointed to a curacy. He returned to Tübingen where he became "privatdozent" in 1825, extraordinary professor of theology in 1826 and ordinary professor in 1828. - Johannes Trithemius
Johannes Trithemius (1 February 1462 - 13 December 1516) was born Johann Heidenberg. The name by which he is more commonly known is derived from his native town of Trittenheim on the Mosel in Germany. He studied at the University of Heidelberg. Travelling from university back to his home town in 1482, he was surprised by a snowstorm and took refuge in the Benedictine abbey of Sponheim near Bad Kreuznach. He decided to stay and was elected abbot in 1483, … - Carl Stumpf
Carl Stumpf was a German philosopher and psychologist. Born in Wiesentheid, he studied with Franz Brentano and Rudolf Hermann Lotze. He had an important influence on Edmund Husserl, the founder of modern phenomenology, Max Wertheimer, Wolfgang Köhler and Kurt Koffka, co-founders of "Gestalt" psychology, as well as the renowned Austrian novelist Robert Musil who was his doctoral student. - Norbert Geis
Norbert Geis is a German politician. He is a member of the CSU. Geis studied Philosophy,Theology and Law at the Universities of Freiburg and Würzburg. Since 1970 he has worked as a freelancing lawyer in Aschaffenburg. In 1967 Geis joined the Junge Union and the CSU.Since 1972 he has been chairman of the CSU in the administrative district of Aschaffenburg. - Klaus Kleinfeld
Klaus Kleinfeld (born November 6 1957 in Bremen, Germany) was chief executive officer (CEO) of Siemens AG from 2005 till July 2007. On April 25, 2007, Siemens AG distributed a press release announcing that the supervisory board was not planning to renew Kleinfeld's contract, due to United States authorities' ongoing investigations of the Siemens corruption scandal. Displeased by this decision, Kleinfeld announced that he would leave his position by September 30, 2007. - Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht
Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht is a German-born American literary theorist and currently the Albert Guérard Professor in Literature in the Departments of Comparative Literature, of French and Italian, at Stanford University. Born in 1948 in Würzburg, Germany, Gumbrecht received his academic education in Paris, Munich, Regensburg, Salamanca, Pavia and Konstanz, receiving his Ph.D. at the University of Konstanz in 1971 where he was also an assistant professor from 1971 to 1974. - Johann Balthasar Neumann
"'"' (January 27, 1687 - August 19, 1753) was a German military engineer and architect who developed a refined brand of Baroque architecture, fusing Austrian, Bohemian, Italian, and French elements to design some of the most impressive buildings of the period, including the Würzburg Residence and Vierzehnheiligen. The Würzburg Residence is one of the most beautiful and well proportioned palace in Europe and Vierzehnheiligen is considered by some as the crowning work of the period. - Wilhelm Gustloff
Wilhelm Gustloff (January 30, 1895 - February 4, 1936) was the German leader of the Swiss NSDAP (Nazi) party; he founded the Swiss branch of the party at Davos in 1932. Gustloff, who worked as a Swiss government meteorologist, joined the NSDAP in 1929 and put much effort in the distribution of the anti-Semitic book Protocols of the Elders of Zion, to the point that members of the Swiss Jewish community sued the book's distributor, the Swiss Nazi Party, for libel. - Fritz Koenig
Fritz Koenig, born June 20, 1924, in Würzburg, Germany, is a sculptor best known outside his native country for "The Sphere," which once stood in the plaza between the two World Trade Center towers in Lower Manhattan but which now stands, its damage deliberately left unrepaired, in Battery Park as a memorial to the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks. His long and distinguished career has included other works, including other memorials. - Rudolf Wagner
Rudolf Wagner, German anatomist and physiologist was born at Bayreuth, where his father was a professor in the gymnasium. He was the co-discoverer of the germinal vesicle. He made important investigations on ganglia, nerve-endings, and the sympathetic nerves. He began the study of medicine at Erlangen in 1822, and finished his curriculum in 1826 at Würzburg, … - Albin Eser
Prof. Dr. Albin Eser is a German jurist and an ad litem judge at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. He studied law at the universities of Würzburg, Tübingen and the Free University of Berlin between 1954 and 1958. He served as a judge in German courts from 1971, and was director of the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Freiburg from 1991 to 1994, … - Welf VI
Welf VI (1115 - 15 December 1191) was the margrave of Tuscany (1152-1162) and duke of Spoleto (1152-1162), the third son of Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria, and a member of the illustrious Italo-German family of the Welf. Welf inherited the familial possessions in Swabia, including the counties of Altdorf and Ravensburg, while his eldest brother Henry the Proud received the duchies of Bavaria and Saxony and his elder brother Conrad entered the church. - Lujo Brentano
Lujo Brentano was an eminent German economist and social reformer. Lujo Brentano, born in Aschaffenburg into one of the most distinguished German-Catholic intellectual families (originally of Italian descent), attended school in Augsburg and Aschaffenburg. He studied in Dublin (Trinity College), Münster, Munich, Heidelberg (doctorate in law), Würzburg, Göttingen (doctorate in economics), and Berlin (habilitation in economics, 1871). - Alfred Meyer
Dr. Alfred Meyer was a Nazi official, achieving the rank of "Staatssekretär" and Deputy Reichsminister in the Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories ("Reichministerium für die Besetzten Ostgebiete" or "Ostministerium"). Meyer was born in Göttingen, the son of a government official. He was educated at the Gymnasium in Soest, graduating in 1911. In 1912 he became a "Fahnenjunker" (cadet officer) with Infanterieregiment 68 (Koblenz), … - Saint Kilian
Saint Kilian, also spelt Killian or Cillian, was an Irish missionary bishop and the apostle of eastern Franconia (a region in the north of Bavaria, Germany), where he began his labors towards the end of the 7th century. There are several biographies of him. The oldest texts which refer to him are an 8th century necrology at Würzburg and the notice by Hrabanus Maurus in his martyrology. According to Maurus, Kilian was a native of Ireland, … - August Kundt
August Adolf Eduard Eberhard Kundt was a German physicist. Kundt was born at Schwerin in Mecklenburg. He began his scientific studies at Leipzig, but afterwards went to Berlin University. At first he devoted himself to astronomy, but coming under the influence of H. G. Magnus, he turned his attention to physics, and graduated in 1864 with a thesis on the depolarization of light. In 1867 he became privatdozent in Berlin University, … - Harald Parigger
Harald Parigger, born 1953 in Flensburg, is a German writer. He studied history and German in Würzburg. He became a secondary school teacher and later worked at the House of Bavarian History in Munich. He has written a number of academic essays, poems, plays, short stories and historical novels, mainly for children and young people. His novels include "Im Schatten des schwarzen Todes", "Der schwarze Mönch" and "Der Rubin des Königs". - Franz von Rinecker
Franz von Rinecker was a German pharmacologist who was a native of Schesslitz from the district of Bamberg. He studied medicine at Munich and Würzburg, earning his medical degree in 1834. In 1838 he became professor of pharmacology at the University of Würzburg. Some of his more well known students and assistants were Emil Kraepelin, Franz von Leydig, Ernst Haeckel and Carl Gerhardt, who later succeeded Rinecker at the department of pediatrics. - Gustav Nachtigal
Gustav Nachtigal, German explorer in Central Africa, son of a Lutheran pastor, was born at Eichstädt in the Province of Brandenburg. After medical study at the universities of Halle, Würzburg and Greifswald, he practised for a few years as a military surgeon. Finding the climate of his native country injurious to his health, he went to Algiers and Tunis, and took part, as a surgeon, in several expeditions into the interior. - Otto Hellmuth
Otto Hellmuth was a member of the Nazi Party. Born at Markt Einersheim, he was Gauleiter of the German region of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) from 1928 to 1945. His home and office were in Würzburg. By 1935, Hellmuth had his Gau renamed as "Mainfranken". After World War II, the region's original name was reinstated. Over most of his term as Gauleiter, Hellmuth was not an impressive personality.
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