List of personalities of the town of Česká Lípa
The list of personalities of the city of Česká Lípa in the Czech Republic contains people who played an important role in the history of the city of Česká Lípa (German: Bohemian Leipa ). These are personalities who were born or died here or who worked here.
For the personalities from the localities incorporated into Česká Lípa, see the corresponding local articles.
sons and daughters of the town
The following people were born in Česká Lípa or the present-day parts of the city. Whether or not they later had their sphere of activity in Česká Lípa is irrelevant.
Personalities of the early modern period
- Mauritius Elbel (1730–1798), Abbot of Osek
- Joseph Hickel (1736–1807), portrait painter
- Joseph Gottfried Mikan (1743–1814), botanist and doctor
- Anton Hickel (1745–1798), painter
19th century personalities
- Josef Scheiner (1798–1867), Roman Catholic theologian and university professor
- Ferdinand Karl Klimsch (1812–1890), painter, lithographer and engraver
- Franz Schmeykal (1826–1894), politician, member of the Bohemian state parliament , the state committee and the kk state court
- Heinrich Wedrich (1835–1904), industrialist, art collector and patron
- Hermann Zschokke (1838–1920), Roman Catholic theologian and auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Vienna
- Anton Robert Leinweber (1845–1921), painter and illustrator
- Vinzenz Bieber (1851–1909), paleontologist and teacher, born in Niederliebich
- Alois Prasch (1854–1907), actor, director, theater director and writer
- Franz Herold (1854–1943), poet and writer
- August Lederer (1857–1936), industrialist, collector and art patron
- Hugo Salus (1866–1929), doctor and writer
20th century personalities
- Rudolf Krausz (1872–1928), Austrian architect
- Ernst Kutzer (1880–1965), painter, graphic artist, author and, above all, picture book illustrator in Vienna
- Rudolf Thume (1885–1945), District Administrator of the Bohemian Leipa district
- Otto Kletzl (1897–1945), art historian
- Ernst Kundt (1897–1947), National Socialist politician and Undersecretary of State in the General Government
- Pavel Altschul (1900–1944), journalist, editor and photographer
- Rudolf May (1902–1941), Austro-German SA leader, most recently with the rank of SA brigade leader
- Viktor Aschenbrenner (1904–1992), author of numerous books on Sudeten German culture
- Max Schneider (1909–1958), communist party functionary
- Dolf Brandmayer (1913–2000), singer, composer and lyricist
- Wilhelm von Wölfel (1913–2011), civil engineer and university professor
- Erhard Theodor Astler (1914–1998), painter, graphic artist and draftsman
- Rudolf Ducke (1918–2012), German entrepreneur
- Rudolf de la Vigne (1920–2004), football player
- Rudolf Jürschik (* 1935), chief dramaturge at the DEFA feature film studio in the GDR
- Walter Steiner (1935–2012), geologist, paleontologist and museum director in Weimar
- Angela Jursitzka (* 1938), journalist and writer
- Heinz Gaube (* 1940), German Iranian scholar
- Arnulf Lode (* 1941), German politician (CSU)
- Jaroslav Foldyna (* 1960), Czech politician (ČSSD)
- Petr Kellner (* 1964), entrepreneur and richest man in the Czech Republic
- Petr Sklenička (* 1964), university lecturer in environmental sciences
- Lenka Jiroušková (* 1971), Middle Latin
- Radek Mynář (* 1974), football player
- Petr Benčík (* 1976), racing cyclist
- Luboš Bartoň (* 1980), basketball player
- Petra Soukupová (* 1982), writer and dramaturge
People who died in Česká Lípa
- Heinrich Wedrich († 1904), industrialist, art collector, museum founder and patron of the city of Leipa
- Franz Mohaupt († 1916), composer, educator and author who used the pseudonym Ernst Schelmerding for his educational writings
- Anton Goldbach Edler von Sulittaborn († 1924 in Neugarten), officer who belonged to the Austro-Hungarian generals during the First World War [1] and was awarded the Military Maria Theresa Order in 1922
- Emil Ressel († 1926), teacher, poet and reciter
- Heinrich (Heinz) Rutha († 1937), interior designer and politician of the Sudeten German Party (SdP), was a leading member of the Sudeten German youth movement after the First World War, a close confidante of Konrad Henlein and co-founder of the SdP
- Rudolf Thume († 1945), factory owner and district administrator in the German district of Böhmisch Leipa
- Emil Ludvík († 2007), jazz musician (piano, accordion, band leader), film composer and human rights activist
Personalities associated with the city
- Alfred Knotz (1844–1906), lawyer in Bohemian Leipa and member of parliament.
- Franz Hantschel (1844–1940), doctor, local researcher, high school professor in Bohemian-Leipa and co-founder of the North Bohemian Excursion Club
Individual evidence
- ↑ Meyer's Lexicon (accessed on October 21, 2018)