Simon Rottmanner (also known under the pseudonyms Theobald Fröhlich, Johann T. zu Schollenberg and Theophilus Neumann; 2 February 1740 – 6 September 1813) was a German writer, agrarian reformer, jurist, landowner and accountant. He was born in Rottmann-Hof near Erding and died in Ast. Among his works was an anonymously published discussion of Bavarian laws limiting home-brewing, and their economic and social effects, Ueber die Schädlichkeit des Bierzwanges und der Nothwirthe in Bayern (1799). He was the father of the poet, philosopher, and politician Karl Rottmanner and the greatuncle of composer and organist Eduard Rottmanner. Sources Pius Wittmann: "Rottmanner, Simon", Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie 1740 births 1813 deaths Cameralists German male writers