towns – sister cities Ravensburg is twinned with: Brest, Belarus Coswig, Germany Mollet del Vallès, Spain Montélimar, France Rivoli, Italy Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, United Kingdom Varaždin, Croatia Notable people Henry the Lion (1129/1131–1195), Duke of Saxony and Bavaria, allegedly born on the Ravensburg Ladislaus Sunthaym (c. 1440 – c. 1512), historian and geographer Hans Buchner (1483–1538), organist and composer Joannes Susenbrotus (c. 1484 – c. 1542), humanist, taught in Ravensburg Franz Joachim Beich (1666–1748), painter August Natterer (1868–1933), art brut artist Karl Erb (1877–1958), tenor Klaus Schwab (born 1938), economist, founder of the World Economic Forum Theo Seiler (born 1949), ophthalmologist and physicist Erich Buck, (born 1949), figure skater Angelika Buck (born 1950), figure skater Andreas Gestrich (born 1952), historian and director of the German Historical Institute in London Gregor Amann (born 1962), politician (SPD), Member of Bundestag 2005–2009 Kai Diekmann (born 1964), journalist and chief editor of the Bild-Zeitung Stefanie Dimmeler (born 1967), biologist and biochemist, Leibniz Prize Winner Kofi Ansuhenne (born 1973), boy group singer ("Bed & Breakfast") Simon Henzler (born 1976), football player and coach Linus Roth (born 1977), classical violinist and academic teacher Daniel Unger (born 1978), triathlete, Christoph Meschenmoser (born 1983), cyclist Susanne Fellner (born 1985), ice hockey player Rahman Soyudogru (born 1989), footballer Ömer Toprak (born 1989), Turkish footballer Emanuel Buchmann (born 1992), cyclist References External links Rutenfest Blaserturm.de 1803 disestablishments States and territories established in 1276 Towns in Baden-Württemberg Upper Swabia Württemberg