in the house where his birth took place, and this can be visited by appointment. Today the area has four Roman Catholic parishes, two parishes of the "Old Catholic Church" that follows Ultrajectine theology, as well as a Protestant and a New Apostolic Church. Associated with Blumberg Sophie Scholl one of the founders of the White Rose, a non-violent Anti-Nazi resistance student group from the University of Munich, lived in Blumberg for six months at the beginning of World War II, while working for the Reichsarbeitsdienst, State Labor Service, as an 'Arbeitsmaiden', a female worker. In 1940 she helped at a Protestant crèche in Blumberg. This had been set up to care for children of women forcibly recruited to work, in jobs considered important for the war effort, and in her memory, the 'Kindergarten Sophie-Scholl' was opened on February 28, 1992. Executed for treason on February 22, 1943, she, and the group to which she belonged, have been the subject of many books and films. Twinned Cities Valdoie, Franche-Comté, northeastern France. Kunszentmiklós, Bács-Kiskun County, southern Hungary. Personalities Gustav Häusler (1894-1964), a native of Hohenstaufen, a native of Stühlingen Augustin Cardinal Bea (1881-1968), Roman Catholic Cardinal Herbert Baumann (1927-1990), sculptor Dieter Koulmann (1939-1979), German footballer References External links Blumberg Tourist Office(English) Blumberg: Bilder & Ortsgeschichte Towns in Baden-Württemberg Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis