List of personalities of the city of Bad Elster
The list of personalities of the city of Bad Elster contains people who played a lasting role in the history of the Saxon city of Bad Elster (until 1875 Elster ). These are the honorary citizens of Bad Elster or personalities who were born here or who worked here.
For the personalities from the localities incorporated into Bad Elster, see the corresponding local articles.
Honorary citizen
- before 1940: Paul Köhler (1854–1940), doctor, founder of a local health clinic
- 1991: Herbert Jordan (1919–1991), from 1960 to 1985 head of the local institute for balneology, Prof.-Herbert-Jordan-Straße in the district of Bärenloh is named after him
- 2016: Christoph Flämig, Mayor from 1990 to 2015
- 2019: Hansjörg König
sons and daughters of the town
- Ernst Flechsig (1852–1890), chemist and chess master
- Gustav Wilhelm Theodor Spindler (1859–1928), representative of near-natural forestry in the Saxon Ore Mountains
- Fritz Schaarschmidt (1901–1970), architect, born in Bärenloh
- Gerda von Uslar (1909–1966), dramaturge, translator and radio play director
- Hans Brückner (1913 - after 1963), politician (LDPD), was a member of the People's Chamber of the GDR from 1958 to 1963
- Siegfried Göhler (1916–1976), actor
- Eberhard Wölfel (1927–2019), Protestant theologian
- Siegfried Schönherr (* 1934), military economist, political scientist and local researcher
- Robert Sturm (1935–1994), sculptor, ceramicist and university professor
- Christoph Albrecht (* 1944), theater and musicologist
- Lothar Ibrügger (* 1944), SPD politician
- Heinz Plank (* 1945), visual artist
- Heinz Wosipiwo (* 1951), GDR ski jumper, 2nd place at the 1972 ski flying world championships
- Klaus Ostwald (* 1958), GDR ski jumper
Personalities associated with the city
- Johann Christoph Hilf (1783–1885), musician, worked and died in Elster
- Rudolf Anger (1806–1866), Protestant theologian and philosopher, died in Elster
- Bernhard August Graf von der Schulenburg-Altenhausen (1809–1872), manor owner, administrative officer and parliamentarian, died in Elster
- Robert Flechsig (1817–1892), balneologist, first fountain and bath doctor at the Royal Saxon State Bath
- Kurt von Burgsdorff (1886–1962), director of the state bath from 1921 to 1927, SA Brigadier General and war criminal convicted in Poland
- Hermann Richard Otto Knothe (1891–1961), painter and graphic artist, died there
- Renate Preuß (* 1947), writer, stayed in Bad Elster for a cure. She processed her experiences in the book Diagnoses - Ways out of a Maze (2016).
- Pierre Geisensetter (* 1972), presenter, spent his youth in Bad Elster