Baumgärtel (1885–1939), Austrian politician Otto Jäger (1894–1917), German flying ace Wilhelm Ludwig (1901–1959), German geneticist Karl Fritzsch (1903–1945), German KZ-commander Hermann Fischer (1912–1984), German athlete and Communist resistance fighter against Nazism Karl Komma (1913–2012), German composer Rudolf Hilf (1923–2011), German historian and political scientist Ernst Wilfer (1923–2014), German engineer Oskar Fischer (1923–2020), German politician Anton Bodem (1925–2007), German theologian Gerhard Hahn (born 1933), German professor of medieval studies Horst Tomayer (1938–2013), German writer and actor Markéta Zinnerová (born 1942), children's book writer Charly Höllering (1944–2009), German jazz musician Wolf Stegemann (born 1944), German journalist, author and poet Rüdiger Bartelmus (born 1944), German theologian and professor Milan Bokša (born 1951), football manager Petr Sepéši (1960–1985), singer Jiří Plíšek (born 1972), football player and manager Lukáš Rešetár (born 1984), futsal player Lenka Marušková (born 1985), athlete Jiří Sekáč (born 1992), ice hockey player Twin towns – sister cities Aš is twinned with: Fiumefreddo di Sicilia, Italy Marktbreit, Germany Oelsnitz, Germany Plauen, Germany Rehau, Germany See also NSTG Asch References External links Populated places in Cheb District Cities and towns in the Czech Republic