List of personalities of the city of Bad Salzungen
The list of personalities of the city of Bad Salzungen contains people who have played a lasting role in the history of the Thuringian city of Bad Salzungen . These are personalities who were honorary citizens of Bad Salzungen, were born here or who worked here.
For the personalities from the localities incorporated into Bad Salzungen, see the corresponding local articles.
Honorary citizen
- Philipp Wagner (1829–1906), spa doctor and President of the Thuringian Spa Association
- Arno Nennstiel, physician, (* 1930)
sons and daughters of the town
- Heinrich VII von Kranlucken (1303–1372), from 1353 to 1372 Prince Abbot of Fulda
- Andreas Fulda (1534–1596), philologist and Protestant theologian
- Johann Theodor Roemhildt (1684–1756), composer
- Johann Elias Greifenhahn (1687–1749), professor at the University of Jena
- Johann Christian Sulzberger (1730–1803), founder of the Dr. Sulzberger'schen Armen- und Krankenstiftung and inventor of the Salzunger Drops
- Johann Christian Hofmann (1739–1792), real privy councilor in Coburg
- Ernst Julius Walch (1751-1825), superintendent
- Christian Friedrich Ruppe (1753–1826), musician and composer
- Johannes Walch (1760–1829), clergyman and educator in Schweina
- Christian Schüler (1798–1874), lawyer and member of the Frankfurt National Assembly
- Ludwig Wucke (1807–1883), dialect poet and legend researcher
- Karl Zeitz (1844–1912), member of the Reichstag
- Ludwig Heim (1844–1917), architect
- Richard Mühlfeld (1856–1907), musician
- Otto Brandt (1868–1924), economist
- Johann Robert Korn (1873–1921), sculptor
- Heinrich Eckardt (1877–1957), entrepreneur and politician (SPD)
- Heinrich Beck (1878–1937), engineer and inventor of the Beck arc lamp and headlight
- Carl Eckardt (1882–1958), politician (USPD; KPD), member of the Reichstag
- Fritz Wagner (1895–1962), machinist, Reichsbanner official and party official (SPD / SED)
- Günther Morgenweck (1909–1944), German plant scientist
- Gerhard Unger (1916–2011), tenor
- Dieter Scharfenberg (1932–2012), director, scriptwriter and author
- Albrecht Fölsing (1940–2018), physicist and science journalist
- Marianne Sandig (1941-2005), trade unionist (FDGB)
- Friedrich-Leopold von Stechow (* 1942), business lawyer and entrepreneur
- Axel Kutsch (* 1945), writer
- Thomas Hertel (* 1951), composer
- Hans-Ulrich Jörges (* 1951), journalist ( Stern (magazine) )
- Uwe Reipert (* 1960), graphic artist and heraldist
- Rüdiger Erben (* 1967), politician (SPD)
- Stefan Stößel (* 1970), painter and graphic artist
- Steffen Skel (* 1972), luge rider
- Anja Müller (* 1973), politician (Die Linke), MdL
- Alexander Zickler (* 1974), soccer player and German national player
- Mark Zimmermann (* 1974), soccer player and coach
- Christian Hirte (* 1976), politician (CDU), Member of the Bundestag
- Ronny Ackermann (* 1977), Nordic combined athlete
- Marcus Malsch (* 1978), politician (CDU), Member of the Bundestag and sports official
- Philipp Marschall (* 1988), biathlete and former cross-country skier
- Thomas Bing (* 1990), cross-country skier
- Benjamin Fuß (* 1990), soccer player
- Christian Schaft (* 1991), politician (Die Linke), MdL
Personalities associated with the city
- Johann Heinrich Rumpel (1650–1699), poet and pastor, superintendent of Salzungen
- Rudolf Hertel (1826–1885), Mayor and Lord Mayor of Salzungen (1861–1885), Member of the State Parliament of Saxony-Meiningen, in Bad Salzungen Hertelstrasse is named after him
- Alexander von Fielitz (1860–1930), composer, died in Bad Salzungen
- Mark Ashley (born 1973), pop singer