biomasse and cogeneration power stations. Notable people John Charles Meussdorffer I ( 1823–1894), created one of the first hat manufacturing businesses in San Francisco Friedrich Sesselmann (c. 1410– 1483), 1445–83 chancellor of the Electorate of Brandenburg, 1455–83 Bishop of Lebus Kaspar Preyel (?–1517), 1504–17 auxiliary bishop in Bamberg and titular bishop of Athyra (appointed by Pope Julius II) Pankraz Gutteter (1472–1532), long-distance trader Hans Suess, also Hans von Kulmbach (c. 1480 – c. 1522), artist and graphic designer of the Albrecht Dürer school Ludwig Agricola (c. 1508 – c. 1540), theologian, reformer Caspar Vischer (c. 1510–1579), senior builder and engineer for the margrave, George Frederick, during the rebuilding of the Plassenburg; heavily involved in the rebuilding of Kulmbach after its devastation in the Second Margrave War Jakob Ellrod (1601–1671), priest, astronomer and mathematician, ancestor of the Reichsfreiherr family of Ellrod Sigmund Theophil Staden (1607–1655), organist, composer, wait, artist and poet Johann Georg Hoffmann (1705–1778), castle master builder Johann Peter Apollonius Weltrich (1781–1850), treasurer, carried out historic and scientific research Gottlieb Keim (1783–1868), politician Alexander von Hanstein, Count of Pölzig and Beiersdorf (1804–1884), second husband to Louise of Saxe-Gotha, stepfather to Prince Albert Johann Adam Ries (1813–1898), coin engraver, punchcutter and graphic designer at the Münzhof in Munich Johann Gramp (1819–1903) vigneron and pioneer, Barossa Valley, Australia Fritz Huther (1827–1899), artist and Kunsterzieher Johann Karl Hetz (1828–1899), artist, professor and teacher in Munich Johann Christoph Lauterbach (1832–1918), violin virtuoso, concertmaster, conservatorium teacher, privy councillor in Dresden Johannes Kaulfuß (1859–1947), scientist, specialist in mosses and lichens Michel Weiß (1867–1951), artist, numerous paintings of Kulmbach and its countryside Hans Wilsdorf (1881–1960), businessman, founder of Rolex Georg Hagen (1887–1958), politician (SPD) Fritz Schuberth (1897–1977), politician (NSDAP) and SS Oberführer Nikolaus Wehner (1901–1942), politician (NSDAP) Philipp Zeitler (1901–1984), alderman of Würzburg Wilhelm Murrmann (1907–1975), lord mayor (FWG) Karl Herold (1921–1977), politician (SPD) Horst Lohse (born 1943), composer, founder and artistic director of the “Days of New Music” in Bamberg Heiner Keupp (born 1943), social psychologist and professor Philipp Simon Goletz alias Frankensima (born 27 September 1954), entertainer, author and musician Jürgen Teipel (born 1961), journalist and playwright Bernd Förtsch (born 1962), founder and owner of the trade magazine Der Aktionär, operator of the Deutschen Anleger Fernsehens DAF Alexander Herrmann (born 1971), celebrity and TV chef Associated to Kulmbach Matthias Tretzscher (1626–1686), organ maker Johann Christoph Stierlein (1759–1827), cartographer Caspar Walter Rauh (1912–1983), artist and illustrator,