page_title: Rapperswil
section_title: Notable people
hierarchical_section_title: Rapperswil / Notable people
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Das 2010/2012 runderneuerte Stadtmuseum in Rapperswil (SG) und seine Sammlung:English: Collection of the Stadtmuseum) in Rapperswil (Switzerland): Ausstellung Der Zeit voraus. Drei Frauen auf eigenen Wegen. Marianne Ehrmann-Brentano Schriftstellerin und Journalistin (1755–1795) ++ Alwina Gossauer Fotografin und Geschäftsfrau (1841–1926) ++ Martha Burkhard Globetrotterin und Malerin (1874–1956)&#160;: Marianne Ehrmann-Brentano, «Kleine Fragmente für Denkerinnen, von der Frau Verfasserinn der Philosophie des Weibs» 1789. Die reproduzierten Titelseiten zeigen einen Schattenriss von Marianne Ehrmann, das einzige Porträt, das von ihr existiert.
context_page_description: Rapperswil is a former municipality and since January 2007 part of the municipality of Rapperswil-Jona in the Wahlkreis of See-Gaster in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland, located at the east side of the Lake Zurich.
context_section_description: early times
  (Saint) Kunigunde of Rapperswil died in early 4th century AD, a Christian saint, beatified 1504
  Elisabeth von Rapperswil (c.1251 – 1309)  the last countess of the House of Rapperswil
  Albrecht von Rapperswil (13th century) one of the Minnesingers featured in the Codex Manesse
  Wernher von Homberg (1284–1320) a knight in the service of Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor
  Count Johann I (Habsburg-Laufenburg) (c.1297–1337), son of Countess Elisabeth von Rapperswil
  Count Johann II (Habsburg-Laufenburg) (c.1330 – 1380), son of Johann I
  modern times
  Valentin Molitor (1637–1713) a composer and Benedictine monk
  Marianne Ehrmann (1755–1795) early woman novelist, publicist and journalist 
  Felix Maria Diogg (1762–1834) a painter and Swiss Classicism portraitist
  Count Wladyslaw Plater (1808–1889) a Polish count, in 1870 co-founded the Polish Museum, Rapperswil
  Joachim Raff (1822–1882) a German-Swiss composer, teacher and pianist
  Agaton Giller (1831–1887) a Polish historian, journalist and politician; co-founded the Polish Museum, Rapperswil
  Alwina Gossauer (1841–1926) one of the first Swiss women professional photographers 
  Stefan Zeromski (1864–1925) a Polish novelist and dramatist; nominated four times for the Nobel Prize in Literature
  Martha Burkhardt (1874–1956) a painter and photographer 
  Josef Müller-Brockmann (1914–1996) a graphic designer and teacher
  Kurt Aepli (1914-2002) a silversmith, designer of fine jewelry and implements and teacher
  Josef Helbling (born 1935) a former cyclist, competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics
  Gerold Späth (born 1939) an author, poet and writer 
  Hans Heinemann (born 1940) a former cyclist, competed in the 1960 and the 1964 Summer Olympics
  Alfredo Battistini (1953–2008) an Italian-Swiss sculptor, illustrator and athlete
  Alexander Hahn (born 1954) is an electronic media artist
caption: Marianne Ehrmann, 1789
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