List of personalities from Ruhla
This list contains personalities who are connected to the small Thuringian town of Ruhla in the Wartburg district . The list does not claim to be complete.
The Ruhla honorary citizen Rudolf Meinhold
Honorary citizen
| Surname | born | in | died | in | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marko Baacke | 1980 | Friedrichroda | former Nordic combined athlete was made an honorary citizen of Ruhla in 2001 |
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| Otfried Blumenstein | 1920 | Ruhla | 2018 | Ruhla | Teacher, meteorologist, author |
| Lotar Koellner | 1929 | 2016 | Local chronicler, local historian, author | ||
| Friedrich Lux | 1820 | Ruhla | 1895 | Mainz | Composer of the opera Der Schmied von Ruhla |
| Rudolf Meinhold | 1911 | Bad Klosterlausnitz | 1999 | Freiberg | Mining engineer and geophysicist made an honorary citizen of his hometown in 1996 |
| Juliane Seyfarth | 1990 | Eisenach | Ski jumper made honorary citizen in 2018. |
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| Ron Spanuth | 1980 | Cross-country skier made an honorary citizen in 2001. |
sons and daughters of the town
| Surname | born | in | died | in | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gertrud Alexander | 1882 | Ruhla | 1967 | Moscow | Communist, politician, publicist, author, art critic |
| Albert Andrä | 1878 | Ruhla | ? | ? | Actuary |
| Klaus Baacke | 1955 | Cross-country skier, two-time senior world champion and multiple German senior champion; Trainer of the Ruhla youngsters | |||
| Otto Boettinger | 1867 | Ruhla | 1942 | Ruhla dialect poet | |
| Johannes Cotta | 1794 | Ruhla | 1868 | Willerstedt | Co-founder of the German fraternities, theologian, composer |
| Ernst Ehwald | 1913 | Thal | 1986 | Banská Bystrica | Soil scientist |
| Hans-Joachim Heusing | 1928 | Ruhla | 2020 | Schmalkalden | Climbers, mountaineers, local explorers and preservationists |
| Gerd Krauss | 1952 | Ruhla | Oppositionist in the GDR | ||
| Bärbel Löhnert | 1942 | Ruhla | Track and field athlete | ||
| Friedrich Lux | 1820 | Ruhla | 1895 | Mainz | Musician and composer (including the opera by the blacksmith von Ruhla), organ virtuoso |
| Thorsten Merten | 1963 | Ruhla | actor | ||
| Reinhard Möller | 1855 | Ruhla | 1912 | Sonneberg | Visual artist, director of the Sonneberg industrial school |
| Dieter Neuendorf | 1940 | Ruhla | former ski jumper, was runner-up in Oslo in 1966; Winner of competitions on Holmenkollen and ski flying events | ||
| Karl Reinhardt | 1905 | Kittelsthal | 1968 | Bamberg | Politician (NSDAP), member of the Reichstag |
| Hartmann Schenck | 1634 | Ruhla | 1681 | Ostheim | Writers, pastors, hymn poets |
| Arno Schlothauer | 1872 | Ruhla | 1942 | Ruhla local poet, co-founder of the local museum, local researcher | |
| Franz Donat Stehmann | 1890 | Ruhla | 1960 | Santo Angelo | Adventure writer |
| Ludwig Storch | 1803 | Ruhla | 1881 | Kreuzwertheim | Ruhla local poet and writer |
| Johann Andreas Stumpff | 1768 | Ruhla | 1846 | London | Royal British Harp Maker; Piano maker |
| Karl Weyrich | 1884 | Ruhla | Sontra | Local government official and Lord Mayor of Sontra | |
| Rainer Willingstorfer | 1940 | Ruhla | 1989 | Zirndorf | Graphic designer, created the Playmobil logo |
| Alexander Ziegler | 1822 | Ruhla | 1887 | Wiesbaden | Travel writer and economist, councilor in Dresden |
| Severus Ziegler | 1747 | Ruhla | 1813 | Founder of the tobacco pipe trading business Gebrüder Ziegler |
Personalities who have worked on site
| Surname | born | in | died | in | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marko Baacke | 1980 | Friedrichroda | Former Nordic combined athlete , two-time German youth champion, two German junior champion, two vice junior world champion 2001 in Lahti / Finland at the age of 21, world champion in sprinting |
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| Daniela Danz | 1976 | Eisenach | Writer | ||
| Knut Handke | 2006 | Seebach | multiple strongman world champion | ||
| Thank god king | 1779 | Hardisleben | 1849 | Eisenach | Forest classic, worked from 1805 to 1830 as a forester in the Ruhla Forest, where he also founded a forest school |
| Lisa-Marie Coroll | 1997 | Eisenach | Actress, attended the Albert-Schweitzer-Gymnasium in Ruhla | ||
| Georg Heinrich Lux | 1779 | Sättelstädt | 1861 | Ruhla | Organist and composer |
| Theodor Neubauer | 1890 | Reduce | 1945 | Brandenburg-Görden prison | Communist and resistance fighter, teacher in Ruhla |
| Arthur Richter-Heimbach | 1879 | Neustadt / Orla | 1947 | Mühlhausen / Thuringia | Teacher in Ruhla, poet, founder of the Thuringian-Berg-Burg and Waldgemeinden associations , Jagdhaus-Kissel-Verein and the Mommelsteinemeinde Brotterode . |
| Johann Schilter | 1632 | Pegau | 1705 | Strasbourg | Jurist and historian, 1668 bailiff in Ruhla. |
| Juliane Seyfarth | 1990 | Eisenach | became German school champion in ski jumping in 2003 and 2004, German champion in women's ski jumping in 2004, won the first women's world championship competition at the 30th Junior World Championships in 2006 when she was 15. Participation in the Olympic Games 2018 , two-time world champion and honorary citizen. | ||
| Ron Spanuth | 1980 | won bronze in 2001 with the German cross-country relay for the World Ski Championships in Lahti |
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b eisenachonline.de
- ↑ m.thueringer-allgemeine.de
- ↑ a b Lotar Köllner Important Ruhlaer from four centuries presented by Lotar Köllner. Ruhla 2005
- ↑ Ludwig Storch: A generous man from the people . In: The Gazebo . Issue 32–34, 1857, pp. 437-440, 455-457, 468-470 ( full text [ Wikisource ]).
- ↑ satt.org
- ↑ Christa Reißig: Honoring Arthur Richter-Heimbach in Ruhla In: Hörselbergbote , Heft 46, Wutha-Farnroda 2001, pp. 26 f., 21-25.
- ↑ Johann August Ritter von Eisenhart : Schilter, Johann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 31, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1890, pp. 266-268.