Bad Kissingen
In the 1980s Steinberger resumed relations with his native town Bad Kissingen. He often visited Bad Kissingen since then. The school he had attended there was named "Jack-Steinberger-Gymnasium" in 2001. In 2006 Steinberger was made honorary citizen of Bad Kissingen. "I feel welcome in Bad Kissingen. This is my hometown and I was raised there. I feel as a German again now" he told the Bavarian broadcasting company "Bayerischer Rundfunk" in 2013.