List of personalities of the city of Bad Pyrmont
The list of personalities of the town of Bad Pyrmont in Niedersachsen displays people who in the history of the town of Bad Pyrmont (to 1914 Pyrmont have played a significant role). These are personalities who were born or died here, who worked here or who were spa guests.
For the personalities from the localities incorporated into Bad Pyrmont, see the corresponding local articles.
sons and daughters of the town
The following people were born in Bad Pyrmont or the present-day districts of the city. Whether or not they later had their sphere of activity in Bad Pyrmont is irrelevant.
Personalities of the early modern period
- Johann Philipp Seip (1686–1757), spa doctor and author, born in Oesdorf
- Christian Friedrich von Haxthausen (1690–1740), Chamberlain and Oberlanddrost
- Johann Rudolph Anton Piderit (1720–1791), Protestant theologian and educator
- Daniel Alexander Eichhorn (1758–1833), Lutheran theologian
- Carl Anton von Diederichs (1762–1827), municipal civil servant and parliamentarian, was a member of the imperial estates of the Kingdom of Westphalia from 1808 to 1813
19th century personalities
- Sophie Sander b. Diederichs (1768–1828), salonière and acquaintances of many famous personalities of their time
- Christoph Hemmerich (1795–1885), wine merchant and politician
- August Wilhelm Papen (1799–1858), military engineer, geodesist and cartographer
- Wilhelm Gleisner (1803–1873), politician and president of the state parliament
- Friedrich Drake (1805–1882), sculptor and architect, his best-known work is the figure of Victoria on the Berlin Victory Column
- Friedrich Lyncker (1806-1892), doctor and politician
- Adolph Windel (1806–1886), judge and politician
- Philipp Fehrmann (1807–1879), wood turner and politician
- Carl Rudolph Waldeck (1807–1861), innkeeper and politician, Mayor of Pyrmont 1854
- Carl Georg Siemens (1809–1885), professor of technology
- Prince Hermann Otto Christian zu Waldeck and Pyrmont (1809–1876), Prussian lieutenant general
- Ludwig Kruhöffer (1811–1900), forester and politician, born in Thal
- Carl Ludwig Rumpf (1811–1857), wine merchant and politician
- Adolf Siemens (1811–1887), Prussian major general of the artillery and inventor
- Ludwig Leberecht Dietrich Arnold Theodor Severin (1811–1867), lawyer in Waldeck, was President of the State Parliament and a national liberal member of the Reichstag of the North German Confederation
- Ferdinand Büchner (1823–1906), flautist and composer
- Hugo Schröter (1831–1871), reindeer and politician, member of the state parliament of the Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont
- Adolf Seebohm (1831–1916), doctor and politician, member of the state parliament of the Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont
- Friedrich Gösling (1837–1899), entrepreneur and architect, born in Holzhausen
- Carl Rumpff (1839–1889), partner and chairman of the supervisory board of the paint factories Friedrich Bayer & Co., Berlin patron
- Wilhelm Sievers (1840–1917), spa pension owner and politician, member of the state parliament of the Principality of Waldeck-Pyrmont
- Wolrad Wolff (1842–1934), Evangelical Lutheran clergyman and court preacher at the grand ducal court of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- Julius Simmonds (1843–1924), genre, still life and portrait painter of the Düsseldorf School
- Theodor Stroefer (1843–1927), publisher
- Heinrich Schaper (born February 3, 1847 in Oesdorf; † May 27, 1884), farmer, saved the flag of the fusilier battalion on December 2, 1870, during the battle of Loigny and Poupry.
20th century personalities
- Emil Albes (1861–1923), actor, theater director and film director
- Wilhelm Lentrodt (1864–1914), writer, born in Oesdorf
- Georg Vietmeyer (1864–1940), lawyer and member of the Reichstag
- Friedrich Weitz (1865–1929), businessman
- Emil Bermann (1869–1935), lawyer and politician
- Siegfried Herwig (1871–1933), officer, estate manager and politician (Waldeckischer Landes Wahlverband)
- Richard Seebohm (1871–1945), administrative lawyer
- Wilhelm Weitz (1881–1969), internist and university professor
- Philipp de Haas (1884–1935), rabbi who held the post of Oldenburg regional rabbi from 1929 to 1935
- Ilse Schreiber née Gottwald (1886–1980), writer of books for young people and adventure literature
- Harry Gondi (1900–1968), actor
- Herbert Kötter (1916–2003), agricultural and economic sociologist
- Helmut Wildt (1922–2007), actor
- Heidemarie Bretz (* 1944), CDU local politician and holder of the Lower Saxony Order of Merit
- Yolanda Feindura (* 1945), painter
- Knut-Michael Wolf (* 1945), game designer
- Ursula Körtner (* 1946), CDU local politician and member of the Lower Saxony state parliament
- Petra Elsner (* 1947), politician (SPD) and member of the Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament since 1996
- Sigrid Sternebeck (* 1949), former member of the Red Army faction
- Rainer Brüninghaus (* 1949), jazz pianist and composer
- Wilfried Klingler (* 1949), clergyman of the New Apostolic Church, since 1993 District Apostle of the New Apostolic Church in Central Germany
- Detlef Zühlke (* 1949), engineer and university professor
- Thomas Webel (* 1954), politician
- Andreas Horlitz (1955–2016), artist
- Paul-Gerhard Klumbies (* 1957), Protestant theologian
- Ulrich Watermann (* 1957), local politician of the SPD and member of the Lower Saxony state parliament
- Ralph Röber (* 1959), medieval and modern archaeologist
- Jörg Klein (* 1961), Flotilla Admiral of the German Navy
- Leni Hoffmann (* 1962), artist
- Caren Marks b. Bayer (* 1963), politician (SPD)
- Anja Voeste (* 1965), Germanist
- Christian Stäblein (* 1967), Lutheran theologian, provost in Berlin
- Jörn Lamla (* 1969), sociologist and university professor, best known for his research in the field of digital change and consumer protection
- Stefan Manier (* 1970), cook
- Friederike Range (* 1971), behavioral scientist
- Chris Geletneky (* 1972), screenwriter, comedian and musician in Cologne
- Morten Kühne (* 1972), screenwriter and cameraman
- Costa Meronianakis (* 1973), rapper with the stage name "Illmatic"
- Alexa Waschkau (* 1974), author, podcaster and folklorist
- Stephan Maaß (* 1976), soccer player
21st century personalities
- Johannes Schraps (* 1983), political scientist and politician (SPD), member of the 19th German Bundestag since 2017
- Bianca Lity (* 1985), soccer player
- Patrick Wulf (* 1985), television presenter
- Ferhat Tuncel (* 1998), musician who as Fero47 occurs
Personalities associated with the city
- Heinrich Matthias Marcard (1747–1817), was a well doctor in Bad Pyrmont in 1776
- Jakob Calmann Linderer (1771–1840), dentist (1797–1807), especially for high-ranking people during the bathing season
- Carl August Wackerhagen (1786–1857), sponsor of the poor house around 1850
- Reinhard Kleinschmit (1820–1863), lawyer and politician, mayor of Pyrmont
- Max Born (1882–1970), mathematician and physicist, received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1954 , lived in Bad Pyrmont since 1953
- Marc Roland (1894–1975), film music composer.
- Mario Traversa (1912–1997), violinist and Kapellmeister, directed the Bad Pyrmont spa orchestra from the late 1950s.
- Hans Bartel (1918–1970), freelance architect in Bad Pyrmont
- Annette Humpe (* 1950), singer and musician, spent her childhood in Herdecke and Bad Pyrmont, where she passed her Abitur in 1971 at the Humboldt Gymnasium
- Lionel Pracht (1875–1945), administrative officer and politician (DDP), Mayor of Bad Pyrmont from 1918 to 1924
People who died in Bad Pyrmont
- Wolfgang Ernst von Eller (1610–1680), major general in Brandenburg, secret war council and governor of Minden, Landdrost in Ravensberg and governor of Sparrenberg
- Johann Kahler (1649–1729), mathematician and Lutheran theologian and university professor in Rinteln
- Caspar Corswant (1664–1713), lawyer and mayor of Stargard in Pomerania
- Friedrich Anton Ulrich von Waldeck (1676–1728), Count or Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
- Ernst Ludwig Orlich (1706–1764), chief pastor of St. Michaelis
- Georg I (1747-1813), was Count of Pyrmont from 1805 to 1813 and Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont from 1812 to 1813
- Johann Georg Spangenberg (1786–1849), General Staff Doctor in the Kingdom of Hanover
- Levin Schücking (1814–1883), writer and journalist.
- Otto Lüer (1865–1947), architect with numerous buildings in Hanover (Markuskirche, Nazareth Church, Hölty monument), lived in Bad Pyrmont since 1932
- Hans Baatz (1906–1996), gynecologist and spa doctor
- Alfred Kubel (1909–1999), politician (SPD), Prime Minister of Lower Saxony 1970–1976
- Erhard Wehrmann (1930–2004), photographer
Famous spa guests
- Tsar Peter I , 1716
- King George I of Great Britain , 1716
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz , 1716
- Karl Friedrich , Grand Duke of Baden
- Jens Immanuel Baggesen , poet
- Friedrich Justin Bertuch , author
- Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher , Prince of Wahlstadt, Field Marshal General
- Friedrich Heinrich , Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt
- Ferdinand of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel
- Gottfried August Bürger , poet
- Joachim Heinrich Campe , educator, author and publisher
- Adelbert von Chamisso , poet
- Matthias Claudius , poet
- Friedrich von der Betten , Count, General Feldzeugmeister
- Thomas Dehler , Minister, Vice-President of the Federal Assembly
- Karl August Devrient , actor, nephew of Ludwig Devrient
- Eugen Diederichs , publisher
- Christian Wilhelm von Dohm , statesman and minister
- Heinz Erhardt shot his last film in Bad Pyrmont in 1971, Willi will rock the child
- Benjamin Franklin , statesman
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Gustav Friedrich Wilhelm Großmann , theater director
- Samuel Hahnemann , founder of homeopathy
- Karl August von Hardenberg , Prussian State Secretary
- Christian Graf von Haugwitz , Prussian State Secretary
- Johann Gottfried Herder , poet
- Wilhelm IV of Great Britain and Hanover
- Willem III, King of the Netherlands
- Friedrich Heinrich Himmel , composer
- August Horneffer , Ernst Horneffer and Klaus Horneffer, philosophers
- Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland , doctor
- Wilhelm von Humboldt
- Herbert von Karajan
- Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock , poet
- Adolph Freiherr Knigge , author
- Johanna König , actress
- August von Kotzebue , playwright
- Karl Christian Friedrich Krause , philosopher
- Heinrich Lachmann , doctor
- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing , poet
- Leopold, Prince of Lippe , later Prince Leopold II of Lippe
- Albert Lortzing , composer
- Felix Graf von Luckner , captain
- Marie-Luise Marjan
- Friedrich von Matthisson , poet
- Karl (Ludwig Friedrich), Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz , called "Prince von Mirow" (father of Queen Sophie Charlotte of Great Britain)
- Karl II. Von Mecklenburg-Strelitz (father of Queen Luise of Prussia and Queen Friederike of Hanover)
- Queen Luise of Prussia 1806
- Queen Friederike of Hanover
- Karl Philipp Moritz , author, poet
- Fritz Muliar , actor
- Christoph Friedrich Nicolai , author
- Friedrich Graf Kleist von Nollendorf , Prussian Field Marshal General
- Frederick II of Prussia , called Frederick the Great
- Friedrich III. , German emperor
- Friedrich Wilhelm II. , King of Prussia
- Wilhelm I , German Emperor
- Johann Stephan Pütter
- August von Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg , a friend of Herder and Goethe
- Carl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
- Johanna Schopenhauer
- Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden
- Louis Spohr , composer
- Heinrich Friedrich Karl von und zum Stein , Prussian statesman
- Heinrich von Stephan , Postmaster General
- Christian and Friedrich Leopold Count zu Stolberg-Stolberg , poet brothers
- Gustav Stresemann , Chancellor of the Reich
- Friedrich Bogislav von Tauentzien , Prussian General of the Wars of Liberation
- Georg Philipp Telemann
- Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein , painter
- Karl August Tittmann
- Johann Heinrich Voss , poet, Homer translator
- Otumfuo Nana Opoku Ware II. , King of Asante / Ghana
- Christoph Friedrich Wedekind , poet
- Grete Weiser , actress
- Paul of Württemberg
- Prince Friedrich, Duke of York and Albany
Individual evidence
- ↑ Was founded on August 13, 1875 by Kaiser Wilhelm I , in the presence of the Crown Prince, who later became Emperor Friedrich III. , personally honored in Pyrmont.
- ↑ Klaus Mlynek : MARCARD, H (e) inrich Matthias , in: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon , p 246; online through google books
- ↑ Ullrich Rainer Otte: Jakob Calmann Linderer (1771-1840). A pioneer in scientific dentistry. Medical dissertation, Würzburg 2002, especially pp. 25-27.