since 2016 as FC Waldkirch. People Honorary Citizens Maria Luise Frick (1926–2018) was made an honorary citizen in 1992 Notable residents Mathias Martin (1765–1825), founder of barrel organ building in Waldkirch Ignaz Blasius Bruder (1780–1845), barrel organ builder Karl Jäger (1888–1959), SS-Standartenführer (a mid-ranking official of the SS in Nazi-Germany) and organiser of the Holocausts in Lithuania Georg Scholz (1890–1945), German realist painter, part of the New Objectivity art movement Wolfram Wette (born 1940), historian Richard Leibinger (born 1949), politician (SPD), mayor of Waldkirch from 1983 to 2009, Lord Mayor from 2009 to 2015. Roland Mack (born 1949), entrepreneur and founder of the Europa-Park Alexander Schoch (born 1954), politician (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), member of the Landtag of Baden-Württemberg (State Parliament) since 2011 Peter Weiß (born 1956), politician (CDU), member of the Bundestag (the German federal parliament) since 1998, chair of the working group Labor and Social Affairs of the CDU/CSU-Bundestagsfraktion since 2018. Jürgen Mack (born 1958), entrepreneur Heiko Herrlich (born 1971), former soccer player, now active as a coach and sports manager Roman Götzmann (born 1982), politician (SPD), Lord Mayor of Waldkirch since 2015 Notable people born in Waldkirch Balthasar Merklin (1479 in Waldkirch - 28 May 1531 in Trier) was administrator of the former Benedictine monastery St. Margarethen in Waldkirch, kaiserlicher Rat (advisor of the Holy Roman Emperor), Vizekanzler (vice-chancellor) of the Holy Roman Empire, and Bishop of Hildesheim and Konstanz. Ursula Gatter (died August 1603), washerwoman und mother of Agatha Gatter (born 1589), victim of the witch-hunt in Freiburg Franz von Zwerger (1792–1856), jurist, entrepreneur, politician (Centre Party), Town Schultheiß of Ravensburg from 1821 to 1856, and member of the Württembergischen LandtagLandtag of Württemberg from 1831 to 1844 Ernst Friedrich Diez (1805–1892), actor and opera singer Xaver Weiss (1811–1898), Oberamtman (administratorial post similar to a Vogt) of the Oberamt Baden Franz Ludwig Meyr (1826–1907), member of the Reichstag and the Landtag (State Parliament) Albert Koebele (1853–1924), Entomologist and pioneer on the area of biological pest control Hermann Koelblin (1873–1943), publisher and member of the Landtag (State Parliament) of Baden from 1919 to 1921 Heinrich Baumer (1891–1962), local politician (Centre Party, later CDU), part of the German resistance to Nazism, member of the Kreistag (local parliament) and the Landtag (State Parliament of Baden) from 1947 to 1952 Rudolf Amendt (1895–1987), actor Max Barth (1896–1970), pedagogue, political journalist, poet Hans Reiner (1896–1991), philosopher Paul Mauk (1900–1915), soldier 113 of the