List of personalities from the city of Arnstadt
This list contains personalities from the city of Arnstadt in Thuringia.
Honorary citizen
- May 7, 1877: Hermann Wurffbain (1804–1889), Prussian hydraulic engineer
- April 1, 1895: Prince Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898), Reich Chancellor
- April 25, 1904: Hermann Petersen (1844–1917), Schwarzburg-Special House Minister of State
- October 2, 1917: Paul von Hindenburg (1847–1934), Field Marshal General and President
- September 9, 1927: Benjamin Kiesewetter (1853–1934), member of the state parliament and district councilor
- March 21, 1933: Adolf Hitler and Wilhelm Frick ; revoked by a meeting of municipal representatives on November 19, 1946
- November 27, 1993: Albin Schaedel (1905–1999), glass artist
- November 27, 1993: Wolfgang Tittelbach-Helmrich (1931–2000), superintendent and councilor
sons and daughters of the town
Born in the 16th century:
- Günther XLI. von Schwarzburg (1529–1583), from 1552 ruling Count von Schwarzburg
- Hieronymus Frobenius (1580–1666), Mayor of Arnstadt
Born in the 17th century:
- August Heinrich Fasch (1639–1690), physician and botanist
- Philipp Ernst Förster (1618–1658), Councilor of the Counts of Stolberg-Wernigerode
- Johann Christoph Bach (1642–1703), composer
- Jeremias Rhetius (1631–1681), doctor
- Jakob August Hünerwolff (1644–1694), doctor
- Christian Leonhard Leucht (1645–1716), lawyer
- Johann Michael Bach (1648–1694), composer
- Johann Ernst Bach (1683–1739), organist
- Gottfried Wunderlich (1689–1749), court painter to the royal Schwarzburg court, father of Christian Gottfried Wunderlich
Born in the 18th century:
- August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof (1705–1759), naturalist
- Anton Christian von Strampff (1754–1822), Prussian lieutenant general
- Johann Christian Gottlieb Ernesti (1756–1802), scholar
- Gabriel Christoph Benjamin Busch (1759–1823), clergyman, theologian and writer, preacher Arnstadt
- Valerius Wilhelm Neubeck (1765–1850), doctor and author
- Christian Julius Wilhelm Mosche (1768–1815), educator
- Aemil Freiherr von Lyncker (1777-1851), district administrator
- Gottlieb Wilhelm Ludloff (1782–1840), Imperial Russian mining official
- Christian Friedrich Kranich (1784–1849), Protestant theologian
- Christian Gottfried Wunderlich (1721–1765), royal Schwarzburg court painter, son of Gottfried Wunderlich
Born in the 19th century:
- Friedrich Emmerling (1801–1879), Mayor of Arnstadt from 1857 to 1871
- Christoph Friedrich von Walther (1809–1886), Russian State Councilor and librarian
- Julius Hülsemann (1824–1888), lawyer and politician and mayor of Arnstadt
- E. Marlitt (1825-1887), writer
- Hermann Auleb (1832–1911), judge and member of the state parliament
- Reinhold Bärwinkel (1834–1898), President of the State Parliament
- Edmund Günther Böttcher (1836–1929), member of the state parliament
- Bernhard Stade (1848–1906), Protestant theologian
- Robert Poseck (1858–1939), architect
- Alfred Ley (1873–1945), automobile pioneer
- Hermann Schwarzbold (1886–1956), trade unionist, resistance fighter against National Socialism and local politician (SED)
- Wolfgang Bäseler (1888–1984), railway engineer
- Hermann Steudner (1896–1986), communist carpenter, Lord Mayor of Arnstadt and Lieutenant Colonel of the MfS
- Andreas Paul Weber (1893–1980), draftsman
- Irmgard von Witzleben (1896–1944), artist
Born in the 20th century:
- Johannes König (1903–1966), politician (KPD / SED), diplomat of the GDR
- Ernst Höse (1909–1968), member of the Baden-Württemberg state parliament (SPD)
- Otto Knöpfer (1911–1993), painter
- Walter Lendrich (1912–1999), actor
- Christa Reetz (1922–2009), politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
- Rolf Grunert (1925-2006), criminalist
- Ekkehard Böhmer (1929-2014), television director
- Rudolf Schlegelmilch (1931–2018), physicist and paleontologist
- Roland Henning (* 1935), racing cyclist
- Klaus Körner (1939–1962), victim on the inner-German border
- Frank Steiner (* 1943), physicist and university professor
- Jan Knopf (* 1944), literary scholar
- Andreas Schmidt-Schaller (* 1945), actor
- Jens Herzer (* 1963), Protestant theologian and professor for the New Testament
- Katrin Schreiter (* 1969), track and field athlete
- Kornelia Greßler (* 1970), swimmer
- Sandra Wallenhorst (* 1972), former triathlete and duathlete
- Ina Heinemann (* 1976), cyclist
- Katrin Weißensee (* 1976), graduate in business administration (FH) and first performance artist in sand animation
- Thomas Ziegler (* 1980), cyclist
- Saskia Schwarz (* 1982), soccer player
- Theresa Senff (* 1982), racing cyclist
- Marcel Kittel (* 1988), cyclist
- Stefanie Bock (* 1988), actress
- Maximilian May (* 1988), cyclist
- Sebastian May (* 1988), cyclist
Other personalities
- Hedan II , Duke of the Thuringians; Arnstadt donated to Bishop Willibrord in 704
Born in the 16th century:
- Heinrich Schneidewein (1510–1580), lawyer, 1569–1573 Chancellor in Arnstadt; buried here too
- Joachim Mörlin (1514–1571), reformer and theologian, superintendent of Arnstadt
- Nicodemus Lappius (1582–1663), court preacher in Arnstadt
Born in the 17th century:
- Christoph Bach (1613–1661), musician; lived in Arnstadt from 1654
- Johannes Musaeus (1613–1681), Protestant theologian; attended high school in Arnstadt
- Heinrich Bach (1615–1692), organist; lived in Arnstadt from 1641
- Peter Musaeus (1620–1674), Protestant theologian; attended high school in Arnstadt
- Adam Drese (1620–1701), composer, Hofkapellmeister von Arnstadt
- Johann Ambrosius Bach (1645–1695), composer; lived in Arnstadt for a few years
- Johann Christoph Bach (1645–1693), from 1671 court musician in Arnstadt
- Ludwig Günther Martini (1647–1719), lawyer and writer; lived temporarily in Arnstadt
- Georg Konrad Büttner (1648–1693), hymn poet, lived in Arnstadt from 1684
- Anton Günther II von Schwarzburg (1653–1716), from 1681 Count von Schwarzburg-Arnstadt
- Wilhelm Ernst Tentzel (1659–1707), scholar; lived in Arnstadt for some time
- Auguste Dorothea von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1666–1751), founder of the Mon plaisir doll collection
- Christian Schlegel (1667–1722), numismatist, librarian, writer and member of the Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, worked in Arnstadt from 1700 to 1712.
- Johann Christoph Olearius (1668–1747) was a theologian, numismatist and historian. He worked in Arnstadt from 1694 until his death.
- Christian Friedrich Hunold (1680–1721), writer; went to school in Arnstadt
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), composer; lived in Arnstadt from 1703 to 1707
- Johann Alexander Thiele (1685–1752), court painter in Arnstadt
- Johann Gottfried Gregorii (1685–1770), wrote most of his books on geography, cartography and genealogy in Arnstadt between 1706 and 1720
Born in the 18th century:
- Johann Friedrich Christoph Ernesti (1705–1758), Protestant theologian; active in Arnstadt from 1744
- Johann Stephan Schmaltz (1715–1784), organ builder; lived and worked in Arnstadt from 1751
- Wilhelm Heinse (1746–1803), writer; attended high school in Arnstadt
- Johann Samuel Ferdinand Blumröder (1793–1878), Protestant theologian; attended high school in Arnstadt
- Willibald Alexis (1798–1871), writer; lived in Arnstadt from 1851
Born in the 19th century:
- Eduard Wedekind (1805–1885), lawyer and politician; lived and died in Arnstadt
- Emil Palleske (1823–1880), actor and writer; lived temporarily in Arnstadt
- Friedrich Helbig (1832–1896), lawyer, district judge of Arnstadt
- Johann Sperl (1840–1914), painter, head of the lithographic institute in Arnstadt
- Wilhelm Bock (1846–1931), politician (SPD), completed his professional training in Arnstadt
- Karl Wilhelm Julius Hugo Riemann (1849–1919), music theorist, music historian, music teacher and music lexicographer; attended grammar school in Sondershausen and Arnstadt, passed the final exams in Arnstadt
- Harald Bielfeld (1863–1933), politician and First Mayor of Arnstadt from 1894 to 1928, lived in Arnstadt and died here
- Wilhelm Kammeier (1889–1959), writer; lived in Arnstadt after the Second World War, where he also died
- Bruno Bieligk (1889–1969), politician (SPD), between 1919 and 1933 District Administrator of Arnstadt
- Ernst Sorge (1899–1946), geographer, polar explorer and teacher; died in Arnstadt
Born in the 20th century:
- Herbert Heinicke (1905–1988), chess player; grew up in Arnstadt
- Rudolf Fischer (1910–1971), linguist; lived and worked in Arnstadt after the Second World War
- Günter Rexrodt (1941-2004), politician (FDP), grew up in Arnstadt
- Joachim Krauledat (* 1944), singer in the band Steppenwolf; spent his earliest childhood in Arnstadt after fleeing East Prussia
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Individual evidence
- ^ Karl Rudolf von Jacobi: Schneidewein, Heinrich and Johannes . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 32, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, pp. 144-149.