List of personalities of the city of Altenburg
This list contains personalities of the city of Altenburg in Thuringia.
Honorary citizen
(according to Altenburg City Archives)
- Bernhard August von Lindenau , (awarded on July 14, 1844)
- Charlotte Julie von Friesen, Provost of the Magdalenenstift, (August 25, 1854)
- Constantin Nicolajewitsch, Grand Duke of Russia, Alexandra Josephowna, Grand Duchess of Russia and Princess of Saxony-Altenburg as well as the children Nicolaus Konstantinowitsch, Olga Konstantinowna, Wera Konstantinowna and Konstantin Konstantinowitsch, (August 26, 1858)
- Hans Ludwig Udo von Tresckow , (July 7, 1864)
- Moritz Laurentius, Lord Mayor of Altenburg, (December 30, 1879)
- Otto Eduard Leopold Prince von Bismarck , (March 7, 1895)
- Gustav Hammer, First Speaker of the Mayor Board (February 13, 1905)
- Hermann Donath, Member of Parliament, (1908)
- Ernst Amende, Antiquarian, (May 13, 1933)
- Hans Richard Köhler, factory owner and founder, (October 10, 1933)
- Baron Börries von Münchhausen , (February 28, 1944)
- Erika von Watzdorf-Bachoff (April 30, 1948)
- Hanns-Conon von der Gabelentz, Director of the Lindenau Museum (November 10, 1962)
- Fritz Voigt, veteran worker, (December 4, 1963)
- Jefim Kowner, 1945 Cultural Officer in Altenburg (December 9, 1972)
- Alexej Archipowitsch Leonow , was stationed in Altenburg, (October 7, 1973)
sons and daughters of the town
1501-1700
- Georg Melhorn (* around 1513; † 1563), educator and Protestant theologian
- Matthias Colerus (around 1530; † 1587), legal scholar
- Christian Richter (1587–1667), Altenburg court painter
- Johann Ernst I (1594–1626), Duke of Saxe-Weimar
- Friedrich von Sachsen-Weimar (1596–1622), Duke
- Wilhelm IV of Saxe-Weimar (1598–1662), Duke
- Albrecht von Sachsen-Eisenach (1599–1644), Duke
- Johann Friedrich von Sachsen-Weimar (1600–1628), Duke of Sachsen-Weimar
- Ernst I of Saxe-Gotha (1601–1675), son of Duke Johann III. of Saxe-Weimar
- Johann Reinboth (1609–1673), General Superintendent of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf
- Johann Arnold Friderici (1637–1672), physician and botanist
- Johann Georg Döhler (1642–1710), administrative lawyer
- Johanna Magdalena of Saxony-Altenburg (1656–1686), Princess of Saxony-Altenburg
- Friedrich Wilhelm III. (1657–1672), the last Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
- Christian Wermuth (1661–1739), medalist
- Christian Friedrich Witt (* around 1666; † 1717), church musician and composer
- Gottfried Schulz (1669–1719), medic
- Simon Paul Hilscher (1682–1748), medic
1701-1800
- Ludwig Friedrich Lenz (1717–1780), lawyer, hymnologist, spiritual poet, freemason
- Daniel Friedrich Loos (1735–1819), medalist, engraver and die cutter
- Julie Clodius (1750–1805), writer
- Johann Georg August Galletti (1750–1828), historian and geographer
- Karl Christoph Förster (1751–1811), Lutheran pastor and church poet
- Theodor Gotthold Thienemann (1754–1827), Lutheran theologian
- Gottlob Heinrich von Lindenau (1755–1830), royal Saxon chamberlain, district chief forester and manor owner
- Sophie Mereau (1770–1806), German Romantic writer
- Johann Severin Vater (1771–1826), theologian and linguist
- Christian August Heinrich Clodius (1772–1836), poet and philosopher
- Bernhard von Lindenau (1779–1854), astronomer, Saxon head of government (1830–1843), art collector
- Ernst August Graf von Beust (1783-1859), Prussian chief miner
- Karl Friedrich Bachmann (1785–1855), philosopher and mineralogist
- Christian Friedrich Hase (1790–1860), ducal Saxon-Altenburg chamber councilor and finance vice-president
- Heinrich August Pierer (1794–1850), officer, publisher and lexicographer
1801-1850
- Hermann Askan Demme (1802–1867), German-Swiss surgeon
- Johann Wilhelm Zinkeisen (1803–1863), historian
- Hermann Schlegel (1804–1884), ornithologist and herpetologist
- Friedrich August Fritzsche (1806–1887), lawyer and politician
- Hans Conon von der Gabelentz (1807–1874), linguist, privy councilor, minister and landscape president
- Friedrich Graf von Beust (1813–1889), Privy Councilor, Chamberlain and Oberhofmarschall, Lieutenant General and Adjutant General
- Hanns Bruno Geinitz (1814–1900), geologist and paleontologist
- Alexander Lincke (1815–1864), politician
- Arthur Dölitzsch (1819–1900), member of the Saxony-Altenburg state parliament and the Altenburg revolutionary state parliament
- Adolph Douai (1819–1888), German-American publicist, social reformer and founder of the USA's first kindergarten
- Gustav Adolf Hahn (1819–1872), architect and architectural painter
- Eugen Pierer (1823–1890), publisher
- Franz Hermann Reinhold Frank (1827-1894), Lutheran theologian
- Alexandra von Sachsen-Altenburg (1830–1911), Princess of Sachsen-Altenburg and by marriage Russian Grand Duchess
- Bernhard Erdmannsdörffer (1833–1901), historian
- Johannes Ezekiel (1835–1918), Protestant theologian
- Georg von der Gabelentz (1840-1893), linguist, sinologist
- Edmund Schmidt (1845–1924), politician and entrepreneur
- Ludovica Ezekiel (1847–1889), writer
- Karl Friedrich Richard Wagner (1848–1915), local politician and association official
1851-1900
- Luise Glaß (1857–1932), writer
- Joseph Petzoldt (1862–1929), philosopher
- Marie Anna of Saxony-Altenburg (1864–1918), Princess of Saxony-Altenburg and, by marriage, Princess of Schaumburg-Lippe
- Elise von Hopffgarten (1869–1937), writer and founder of the German Scout Association for young girls
- Ernst II (1871–1955), Duke of the Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg
- Enno Walther Huth (1875–1964), officer, scientist and pioneer in the aviation industry
- Carl Diesch (1880–1957), librarian
- Carl von Funck (1881–1963), administrative officer and politician
- Otto Pech (1882–1950), sculptor, graphic artist, illustrator of the Schwarzer-Peter-Spielkarten, (animal pet card) and Eier-Peter from Pix.
- Walter Dudek (1890–1976), last Lord Mayor of Harburg-Wilhelmsburg and Hamburg Senator
- Erich Gentsch (1893–1944), German communist and resistance fighter
- Ernst Sieler (1893–1983), Lieutenant General in World War II
- Hans Bauer (1894–1982), writer and journalist
- Hellmuth Pfeifer (1894–1945), officer, most recently lieutenant general in World War II
- Walter Flemming (1896–1977), sculptor
- Wilhelm Nowack (1897–1990), politician
- Ernst Frommhold (1898–1969), party functionary (SPD / USPD / KPD / SED), former concentration camp prisoner, ministerial employee of Thuringia and the GDR
1901-1940
- Wolfgang Bonde (1902–1945), lawyer and diplomat, victim of the Nazi regime
- Joachim Büchner (1905–1978), track and field athlete
- Hellmut Peitsch (1906–1950), politician (NSDAP)
- Hugo Rönck (1908–1990), Protestant pastor and DC bishop
- Hans Bahr (1909–1986), President of the Chamber for Foreign Trade of the GDR
- Gerhard Lotz (1911–1981), Evangelical Lutheran church lawyer and functionary of the GDR CDU
- Heinrich Schmidt (1912–2000), SS-Hauptsturmführer and camp doctor in concentration camps
- Lieselott Herforth (1916–2010), physicist and politician, first female rector of a German university
- Gerhard Vontra (1920–2010), draftsman and caricaturist
- Ekkehard Schwartz (1926-2005), forest scientist
- Erhard Frommhold (1928–2007), art historian and journalist
- Ev Grüger (1928–2017), artist
- Rainer Baumann (* 1930), soccer player
- Harald Dietl (* 1933), actor and voice actor
- Herbie Hess (1933–2015), jazz musician and teacher
- Helmut Polze (1933–1997), stage actor and opera singer
- Hans-Georg Kiupel (1934-2018), football player
- Klaus Schnädelbach (* 1934), geodesist
- Fritz Müller , professor for pathobiochemistry at the University of Leipzig
- Herbert Schnädelbach (* 1936), philosopher
- Eva-Maria ten Elsen (* 1937), swimming athlete and Olympic medalist
- Bernhard C. Lippold (* 1939), pharmacist and university professor
- Helga Gallas (* 1940), literary scholar
- Renate Geißler (* 1940), actress
1941-1960
- Helmut Grieser (* 1941), historian
- Günter Beier (* 1942), apparatus gymnast
- Hermann Beyer (* 1943), actor
- Volker Kluge (* 1944), sports journalist and publicist
- Udo Knapp (* 1945), political scientist and politician
- Klaus Reichenbach (* 1945), politician
- Svend-Gunnar Kirmes (* 1949), lawyer and politician (CDU), member of the Saxon state parliament
- Hans-Jürgen Misselwitz (* 1950), politician
- Elisabeth Dommer (* 1951), author
- Hans-Jürgen Gerhardt (* 1954), bobsledder
- Dieter Kalka (* 1957), author and songwriter
- Andreas Treske (* 1957), soccer player
- Peter Böthig (* 1958), Germanist and literary scholar
- Jürgen Thiele (* 1959), rower, 1980 Olympic champion in a four-man without a helmsman
- Hartmut Schubert (* 1960), politician
1961-2000
- Kerstin Walther (* 1961), track and field athlete who won the gold medal in the 4 × 400 meter run with the GDR relay at the 1983 World Cup
- Ralf Haber (* 1962), athlete
- Uwe Jungandreas (* 1962), handball trainer and handball player
- Tom Pohlmann (* 1962), writer
- Perry Groom (born 1963), soccer player
- Simone Lässig (* 1964), historian
- Gerit Kling (* 1965), actress
- Anke Heinig (* 1968), table tennis player
- Uwe Rösler (* 1968), soccer player
- Carsten Schatz (* 1970), politician (Die Linke)
- Claudia Weiske (* 1970), actress
- Cornelia Osterwald (* 1975), harpsichordist and lecturer in early music
- Judith Enders (* 1976), political scientist and author
- Anja Schneider (* 1977), actress
- Dominik Greger (* 1980), double bass player
- Sarah Lesch (* 1986), songwriter
- Digital Factor (founded 1993), electro music project
- Karl Junghannß (* 1996), athlete
Year of birth unknown
- Bernhard Misselwitz , court jeweler
- Adolph Erdmannsdörffer († 1845), fraternity member in Jena
- Walter Fröhlich, textile technologist, communist, savior of the city from destruction in 1945
Personalities who worked in Altenburg
- Gerhard Altenbourg (1926–1989), painter and graphic artist; lived in Altenburg from 1962 to 1989
- Wilhelm von Beczwarzowski (1862–1932), major and battalion commander of the 8th Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 153 (1899–1913)
- Uwe Dag Berlin (* 1958), actor and director
- Alfred Brehm (1829–1884), lived in Altenburg from 1844 to 1846
- Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus (1772–1823), lived in Altenburg from 1810 to 1817
- Johann Karl Immanuel Buddeus (1780–1844), political scientist, tax officer, lawyer and judge in Altenburg
- Joseph Clauder (1586–1653), Protestant theologian, hymn composer and poet
- Johann Ludwig Choulant (1791–1861), doctor and publisher
- Hermann Christoph Gottfried Demme (1760–1822), pulpit speaker and writer
- Friedrich I "Barbarossa" (around 1122 - 1190), Holy Roman Emperor
- Friedrich Gotthilf Fritsche (1799–1851), general superintendent and consistorial councilor
- August Frölich (1877–1966), Minister of State (Prime Minister) of Thuringia from 1921 to 1924
- Günther Grewe (* 1924), 1952/54 deputy district administrator
- Roland Gumpert (* 1944), founder and managing director of the Gumpert sports car manufacturer
- Karin Hardt (1910–1992), actress
- Auguste Herz (1824–1880), educator and orthopedist
- Medardus Höbelt (1914–2011), visual artist
- Aegidius Hunnius the Younger (1594–1642) was General Superintendent of Altenburg from 1624 to 1642
- Christian Juncker (1668–1714), director of the grammar school
- Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713–1780), composer and organist; died in Altenburg in 1780
- Christian Löber (1683–1747), general superintendent
- Gotthilf Friedemann Löber (1722–1799), general superintendent and secret consistorial councilor
- Erich Mäder (1897–1934), German politician (SPD)
- Johannes Niedling (1602–1668), hymn poet and teacher
- Thomas Reinesius (1587–1667), physician and philologist; from 1627 to 1657 personal and city physician and mayor of Altenburg
- Johann Christfried Sagittarius (1617–1689), General Superintendent of Altenburg
- Michael Schindhelm (* 1960), author and theater director
- Elias Schlegel (1750–1805), instrument maker and piano maker; invented the piano piano in 1792 in Altenburg
- Georg Spalatin (1484–1545), theologian, reformer and confidante of Martin Luther
- Ingo Schulze (* 1962), writer
- Engelbert Zaschka (1895–1955), engineer, inventor and helicopter pioneer; studied at the Technikum Altenburg
Individual evidence
- ^ Honorary citizen of the city of Altenburg. In: abge-info.de. Retrieved December 18, 2019 .
- ^ Fritz Müller (SAW)