A great number of notable personalities who achieved extraordinary success in a wide variety of
fields came from the rural community of Laupheim in Württemberg. They were not only remarkable
for a small town like Laupheim but also unique in all of Germany. Among these eminent
personalities are for example co-founder of the Württembergische Vereinsbank and
art-enthusiast Kilian von Steiner artist and designer Friedrich Adler composer Moritz Henle
author Siegfried Einstein and last but not least world-class high jumper Gretel from the
entrepreneurial family Bergmann who was the inspiration for the movies Berlin 36 and Hitler's
Pawn.For the first time Laupheim expert Udo Bayer combines a concise historical overview of
the former German-Jewish community of Laupheim with six vignettes of these distinguished
people.
