Scherzmarkt ("Fun Market") Michaelismarkt Johannisfest ("John's Festival") "Sporthits für Kids" (Sportsfestival for kids) Kirmes in Niedergrenzebach (fair) Johannisfeuer (Niedergrenzebach) ("John's Fire", a midsummer festival) Theaterabend der Trutzhainer Bühne (Theatre Evening in Trutzhain) Personalities Sons and daughters of the town Carl Bantzer, painter and art writer (born 6 August 1857 in Ziegenhain) Stanisław Kubicki, artist, poet, philosopher (born 1889 in Ziegenhain, died 1943 in Poland (murdered)) Hans John, jurist and resistance fighter (born 1 August 1911 in Treysa, died 23 April 1945 in Berlin (executed)) Guido Knopp, historian, publicist and TV moderator (born 29 January 1948 in Treysa) Wilhelm Böttner, Baroque painter (born 24 February 1752 in Ziegenhain, died 24 November 1805 in Kassel) Herbert Henck, pianist (born 28 July 1948 in Treysa) Roswitha Aulenkamp, composer, pianist, piano lecturer at the Musikakademie Kassel (born 20 June 19xx in Ziegenhain) Gereon Karl Goldmann (1916–2003) Franciscan father and former WW2 soldier and nazi opponent. Alfred Hartenbach, Member of the Bundestag (SPD) (born 5 March 1948 in Niedergrenzebach) Gottlieb Dietrich, botanist and garden architect (born 9 March 1765 in Ziegenhain, died 2 January 1850 in Eisenach) Adam Dietrich, botanist (born 4 November 1711 in Ziegenhain, died 11 July 1782 in Ziegenhain) Albert Wigand, painter (born 4 August 1890 in Ziegenhain, died 17 May 1978 in Leipzig) Julius Weiffenbach, jurist (born 26 April 1837 in Ziegenhain, died 29 June 1910 in Berlin) Konrad Wiederhold, colonel (born 20 April 1598? in Ziegenhain, died 13 June 1667 in Kirchheim) Klaus Stern, documentary filmmaker (born 1968 in Ziegenhain) Otto Stern, one of the founders and first president (1955) of the Dairy Food Association of America (Born November 21, 1897 in Ziegenhain) He fled Germany with his family in mid-1930s when Nazis revoked citizenship to Jews. References External links Museum der Schwalm Gedenkstätte und Museum Trutzhain Allendorf Michelsberg Rörshain Schwalm-Eder-Kreis