Meißenheim ( gsw, label=

Low Alemannic Low Alemannic German (german: Niederalemannisch) is a branch of Alemannic German, which is part of Upper German. Its varieties are only partly intelligible to non-Alemannic speakers. Subdivisions * Lake Constance Alemannic ( de) **Northern Vor ...

, Missennä) is a municipality in the district of

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Personalities

Sons and daughters of the place

* Ferdinand Kopf (1857-1943), born in Kürzell, lawyer, member of parliament * Karl Hoppe (1889-1963), politician (

Social Democratic Party of Germany The Social Democratic Party of Germany (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, ; SPD, ) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Germany. It is one of the major parties of contemporary Germany. Saskia Esken has been the ...

, Communist Party of the Saar), member of the Saarland Parliament 1947-1952

Other personalities related to the place

Friederike Brion Friederike Elisabeth BrionKarl Robert Mandelkow, Bodo Morawe: ''Goethes Briefe''. 2nd edition, vol. 1: ''Briefe der Jahre 1764–1786'' (Hamburg: Christian Wegner, 1968, p. 571. (probably 19 April 1752 – 3 April 1813) was a parson's d ...

(1752-1813), the youthful love of Goethe was buried in Meißenheim

References

External links

* Ortenaukreis {{Ortenaukreis-geo-stub