persecution, this community had to flee and eventually emigrated to America where they formed the Church of the Brethren with its many offshoots, among them the Old German Baptist Brethren. Since the beginning of the 19th century, there were increasing numbers of Pietistic groups in Schriesheim and in 1895, Ludwig Grüber established a Baptist community. After the Second World War, a New Apostolic Community was formed in Schriesheim. A Muslim mosque is also located in Schriesheim, founded by immigrants. Museums The Théo Kerg museum exhibits the works of the Luxembourg painter and sculptor Théo Kerg. Famous residents Alexander Mack (1679–1735), Pietist, and emigrant to the United States of America, Alfred Herbst (?-1943) Baptist pacifist and opponent of Hitler, murdered in the Görden quarter of Brandenburg an der Havel Reiner Kröhnert (born 1958), stand-up comedian Adam Miller (pioneer) Honorary citizens 1993: Peter Hartmann (1914-2018), longtime alderman of the Free Voter Party, acting mayor, deputy mayor from 1954-1993, centenarian References Literature External links Schriesheim, Germany, celebrates the grape, article in Stars and Stripes Rhein-Neckar-Kreis Holocaust locations in Germany Baden