to Leupoldsdorf and from Holenbrunn to Selb. These lines have now been closed and the trackbeds used as cycle paths in places. Bus connections go from Wunsiedel Bus Station in all directions (). There is a regional airport at Hof-Plauen (ca. from Wunsiedel). Notable residents Eugen Johann Christoph Esper (1742-1810), entomologist, botanist and pathologist Jean Paul (1763–1825), author Karl Ludwig Sand (1795-1820), Burschenschafter, murderer of August von Kotzebue Heinrich Hohenner (1874-1966), professor of geodesy Wilhelm Wirth (1876-1952), psychologist Hannsheinz Bauer (1909–2005), politician (SPD), one of the "fathers" of the Basic Law, (1923-2003), teacher and expert for natural stone, founder of the Naturstein Archive of the State Technical College for Stone Processing in Wunsiedel Siegfried Roch (born 1959), handball national goalkeeper, silver medal winner Wolfgang Haffner (born 1965), jazz drummer Markus Dorsch (born 1982), comedian References Sources Die Kunstdenkmäler von Oberfranken, Bd. 1: Landkreis Wunsiedel und Stadtkreis Marktredwitz. 1954. External links Town of Wunsiedel District of Wunsiedel Information at Bayern-Fichtelgebirge Wunsiedel (district) Fichtel Mountains