für privaten Rundfunk and neue Medien ("Saxon State Institute for Private Broadcasting and New Media", SLM) Gernot Meyer-Grönhof (born 1951), visual artist André Borsche (born 1955), plastic surgeon Helmut Kickton (born 1956), cantor of the kreuznacher diakonie Gabriele B. Harter (born 1962), archaeologist and author Frank Leske (born 1965), sculptor (2002 Cultural Prize winner) Susanne Schäfer (born 1966), author and optical engineer Anna Dogonadze (born 1973), German-Georgian Olympic champion in trampolining Beate Rux-Voss, cantor at Paul's Evangelical Church (Pauluskirche) (2000 Cultural Prize winner) Alexander Esters (born 1977), painter and sculptor Selina Herrero (born 1993), pop singer Jean Mannheim (1862–1945), California Impressionist painter and educator, born in Bad Kreuznach. Yann Peifer DJ of Cascada (born 1974), known by his stage name Yanou Sundry In Eisenach, the well-to-do salesman and patrician Conrad Creutznacher had the later so-called Kreuznacher Haus (or Creuznacherhaus) built in the Renaissance style next to Saint George's Church (Georgenkirche) in 1507/1539. In the early 17th century this was integrated into the residential palace (today Markt 9). In Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe, which came out in 1719, the title character tells the reader that his mother's family originally bore the name "Kreutznaer" and had emigrated to England by way of Bremen. Since then, the surname Crusoe has been taken to be a corruption of the word Kreuznacher ("person from Kreuznach"). In 1720, at first anonymously, Defoe's novel Memoirs of a Cavalier appeared, in which receipts from "Creutznach" are described. Marcel Proust visited the town with his mother in 1895. Bad Kreuznach is known among photographers as the home of Schneider Optische Werke, a famous photographic lens maker. References Further reading All these works are in German: Johann Goswin Widder: Versuch einer vollständigen Geographisch-Historischen Beschreibung der Kurfürstl. Pfalz am Rheine, Bd. IV, Frankfurt am Main / Leipzig 1788, S. 22–48 (Online-Resource, accessed 21 December 2011) Walter Zimmermann (editor): Die Kunstdenkmäler des Kreises Kreuznach (Die Kunstdenkmäler der Rheinprovinz 18/1), Düsseldorf: L. Schwann 1935 (Nachdruck München / Berlin: Deutscher Kunstverlag 1972, ) Ernst Emmerling: Bad Kreuznach (Rheinische Kunststätten, Heft 187). 2nd edition. Neuss 1980. Heimatchronik des Kreises Kreuznach. Archiv für Deutsche Heimatpflege GmbH, Cologne 1966. Stadt Bad Kreuznach (publisher): 50 Jahre amerikanische Streitkräfte in Bad Kreuznach. Bad Kreuznach 2001. Stadt Bad Kreuznach (publisher): Das Kreuznacher Sportbuch. Bad Kreuznach 2006. External links Town’s official webpage Tourist information about Bad Kreuznach Kreuznacher.de, a wiki for residents and ex-residents The bridge competition award The future