List of personalities of the city of Bautzen
The following personalities are connected to the city of Bautzen .
sons and daughters of the town
Until 1800
- Simon Schaidenreisser (around 1497 - 1572), writer and humanist
- Johann Hoppe (1512–1565), teacher and school reformer
- Pantaleon Blasius (around 1520 - after 1560), reformer of the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg
- Caspar Peucer (1525–1602), physician, astronomer, mathematician
- Gregor Mättig (1585–1650), philosopher and physician, founder
- Johann Christian Nelkenbrecher (*?; † 1760), mathematician
- Christian Nicolaus Naumann (1720–1797), poet of the anacreontic and early Sturm und Drang
- Johann Jakob Hentsch (1723–1764), philosopher, mathematician and university professor
- Otto Ferdinand von Loeben (1741–1804), envoy and cabinet minister
- Baron von Mortczinni (1742–179?), Impostor , preacher and author
- August Gottlieb Meißner (1753–1807), writer, founder of the German crime story
- Karl Friedrich Brescius (1766–1842), clergyman and theologian
- Friedrich Wilhelm Ehrenfried Rost (1768–1835), theologian and philosopher
- Friedrich August Carus (1770–1807), psychologist and philosopher
- Heinrich Gottlob Gräve (1772–1847), historian and folklorist
- Carl Friedrich August Fischer (1778–1842), paper manufacturer
- Jan Bohuchwał Dejka (1779–1853), Sorbian publicist
- Karl Friedrich Gottlob Wetzel (1779–1819), writer
- Friedrich Gotthilf Fritsche (1799–1851), general superintendent and consistorial councilor in Altenburg
1801 to 1900
- Gustav Leberecht Flügel (1802–1870), orientalist and important editor of the Koran
- Handrij Zejler (1804–1872), born in the Salzenforst district, founder of modern Sorbian poetry
- Eduard Friedrich Ferdinand Beer (1805–1841), orientalist
- Hermann Theobald Petschke (1806–1888), lawyer and composer
- Wolf Curt von Schierbrand (1807–1888), Dutch officer and patron
- Samuel Erdmann Tzschirner (1812-1870), revolutionary leader (Dresden May Uprising)
- Franz Julius Anders (1816–1869), stenographer
- Ernst Theodor Stöckhardt (1816–1898), agricultural scientist
- Rudolf Hermann Lotze (1817–1881), philosopher
- Rudolf Buchheim (1820–1879), co-founder of modern pharmacology
- Guido Brescius (1824–1864), railway engineer
- Rudolf Thiel (1825–1884), MdR
- Gerhard von Zezschwitz (1825–1886), Lutheran theologian
- Ernst Köhler (1829–1903), natural scientist and folklorist, founder of the Erzgebirgsverein
- Clara Henriette Marie Stöckhardt (1829–1897), landscape painter
- Julius Reinhold Stöckhardt (1831–1901), Prussian ministerial official and composer
- Curt von Raab (1834–1908), royal Saxon general and historian
- Richard Reymann (1840–1913), city historian
- Stephan Hoffmann (1845–1924), judge, President at the Imperial Court
- Friedrich Alfred Klemm (1855–1901), businessman, politician and member of the German Reichstag
- Richard Hering (1856–1943), lawyer, editor, music critic and composer
- Alfred Müller (1866–1925), General Staff Officer of the Saxon Army, Lieutenant General of the Reichswehr
- Kurt Dinter (1868–1945), botanist and explorer in South West Africa
- Georg Rudorf (1868–1948), director of the Quakenbrück agricultural school, reformed agriculture in Artland
- Wilhelm Buck (1869–1945), Prime Minister of the Free State of Saxony
- Hans Unger (1872–1936), artist
- Robert Helbig (1877–1956), high school teacher and politician
- Anna Elisabeth Angermann (1883–1985), painter
- Marianne Britze (1883–1980), painter in Bautzen
- Friedrich Hänichen (1883–1962), lawyer and local politician
- Hans Kratzert (1883–1958), Lieutenant General in World War II
- Ferdinand Neuling (1885–1960), infantry general in World War II
- Will Grohmann (1887–1968), art historian and critic
- Georg-Hans Reinhardt (1887–1963), Colonel General of the German Wehrmacht
- Hans von Tettau (1888–1956), infantry general
- Curt Heinke (1890–1934), high school teacher and local geologist
- Werner von Erdmannsdorff (1891–1945), infantry general in World War II
- Nora Groß (1891–1976), mineralogist, crystallographer and university professor
- Hans-Ulrich Rottka (1895–1979), Reich judge at the time of National Socialism
- Gerhard Lindner (1896–1982), major general in World War II
- Kurt Göbel (1900–1983), politician, member of the Hessian state parliament
- Willy Zschietzschmann (1900–1976), classical archaeologist, professor in Giessen
From 1901
- Werner Braunbek (1901–1977), physicist (theoretical physics), sponsor of the. Wilhelm Bölsche Medal 1961, professor in Tübingen
- Eberhard Spenke (1905–1992), physicist, "father of silicon semiconductors"
- Liesbeth Krzok (1909–?), Nurse in the Ravensbrück concentration camp
- Bert Bilzer (1913–1980), art historian, numismatist and museum director
- Hanscarl Leuner (1919–1996), psychoanalyst, founder of Katathym-Imaginative Psychotherapy
- Hans Haller (1920–2018), internist
- Werner Bergmann (1921–1990), director and cameraman
- Erhard Heinz (1924–2017), mathematician
- Horst Bachmann (1927–2007), painter, sculptor and draftsman
- Peter von Polenz (1928–2011), linguist and Germanist
- Günter Vojta (* 1928), theoretical physicist
- Jutta Zoff (1928–2019), harpist of the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, honorary member of the Saxon State Opera
- Harald Metzkes (* 1929), painter in Berlin
- Jochen Sachse (1930–2013), marine painter
- Eberhard Feister (1930–1987), diplomat, ambassador of the GDR in Sudan, Angola, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore
- Margot Ehrich (* 1936), writer
- Johannes Rohlf (* 1936), organ builder
- Martin H. Schmidt (* 1937), psychiatrist
- Bernhard Klausnitzer (* 1939), entomologist
- Wolfgang Berghofer (* 1943), politician, former Lord Mayor of Dresden
- Beate Herbst (married: Beate Müller , * 1943), badminton player
- Reinhild Böhnke (* 1944), Germanist and literary translator
- Volker Herbst (* 1944), badminton player
- Tina Austria (* 1944), teacher and author
- Ulrike Wolf (* 1944), journalist and presenter
- Bernhard Baier (* 1946), actor
- Elke Wehr (1946–2008), translator
- Konrad Herrmann (* 1948), director and producer
- Ulrich Hildebrandt (* 1949), surgeon
- Marko Schiemann (* 1955), member of the state parliament (CDU)
- Hael Yxxs (* 1956), painter and object artist in Leipzig
- Knut Schubert (* 1958), figure skater and figure skating coach
- Hagen Melzer (* 1959), athlete
- Simone Ritscher (* 1959), actress
- Maik Hosang (* 1961), philosopher, futurologist and social ecologist
- Udo Wagner (* 1963), foil fencer
- Bogna Koreng (* 1965), Sorbian radio and television presenter
- Gabriela Maria Schmeide (* 1965), actress
- Carla Nicholson (* 1966), musical singer in Zwickau and Hamburg
- Sven Kmetsch (* 1970), former soccer player, coach at FC Schalke 04
- Roman Knižka (* 1970), actor
- Marko Dyrlich (* 1975), actor
- René Kindermann (* 1975), journalist and television presenter
- Maik Petzold (* 1978), triathlete
- Carsten Bergemann (* 1979), racing cyclist
- MadC (actually Claudia Walde ; * 1980), graffiti artist and author
- Robert Kaufmann (* 1987), drummer and singer and former member of the band Die Cappuccinos
- Maik Krahl (* 1991), jazz musician
- Annabella Zetsch (* 1993), actress
Also:
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Silbermond band members
- Stefanie Kloß (* 1984), singer
- Andreas Nowak (* 1982), drummer
- Johannes Stolle (* 1982), bassist
- Thomas Stolle (* 1983), guitarist
Other personalities associated with the city
The bailiffs of Upper Lusatia had their official seat on the Ortenburg and administered the Upper Lusatia from there .
The noble family Baudissin is named after the city of Bautzen.
For prominent prisoners in Bautzen prisons, see Bautzen I and Bautzen II .
The following people also lived, worked or died in Bautzen for a while:
- Karl Benjamin Acoluth (1726–1800), lawyer and writer
- Alvin Anger (1859–1924), architect (including Bremen City Library, 1893), professor of shadow theory, perspective and architecture at the Dresden School of Applied Arts (1911: New Textbook of Perspective ), lived in the health resort Hartha ; Architect of the "Villa Weigang" in Bautzen in 1902/03
- Peter Bamm (Curt Emmerich), 1897–1975, native Rhinelander, ship's doctor and writer; was a high school student in Bautzen from 1905 to 1914. His book The Invisible Flag was one of the bestsellers on the German book market during the post-war years.
- Jurij Brězan (1916–2006), Sorbian writer, attended grammar school in Bautzen (today Philipp Melanchthon grammar school) from 1928, essential sections of his novel “Der Gymnasiast” report on his school days in the district town; lived in Bautzen's Westvorstadt for a long time
- Matthäus Crocinus (1580–1654), painter, Bohemian exile
- Gottfried Finckelthaus (1614–1648), Baroque songwriter, died in Bautzen
- Johannes Franke (1545–1617), doctor and early botanist, spent the last years of his life in Bautzen
- Johann Gottlieb Frenzel (1715–1780), lawyer, historian and philosopher
- Arndt Ginzel (* 1972), journalist, grew up in Bautzen
- Gunzelin von Kuckenburg (965-1017), Margrave of Meissen; participated in the siege of Budusin Castle and prevented the city from burning down
- Hermann I. (Meißen) , 1007-1038 Count in Bautzen, Margrave of Meißen, Margrave of Upper Lusatia, Count in Hassegau
- Lutz Hillmann (* 1959), actor, director and director of the German-Sorbian People's Theater
- Artur Immisch (1902–1949), pianist and composer
- Sigmund Jähn (1937–2019), first German in space; studied for four years at the Bautzen Officers College , a branch of the Officers College in Kamenz
- Judith of Bohemia (1070–1108), daughter of King Vratislav II of Bohemia; died in Bautzen
- Detlef Kobjela (1944-2018), Sorbian composer
- Friedrich Krause-Osten (1884–1966), painter, lived in Bautzen from 1923 to 1966
- Volker Kreß (* 1939), Superintendent in Bautzen from 1979 to 1989, from 1994 to 2004 Regional Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Lutheran Church. Regional Church of Saxony
- Johann Kreuter (around 1549–1599), painter
- Petrus Legge (1882–1951), Bishop of the Diocese of Meissen
- Johann Leisentrit (1527–1586) Apostolic Administrator of Upper Lusatia, hymn book editor, keeper of Catholicism in Lusatia after the Reformation
- Pawoł Nedo ; (Eng. Paul Nedo) (1908–1984), educator and ethnologist of Sorbian nationality, school councilor in Bautzen and chairman of the Domowina
- Paulus Niavis (1460–1514), humanist, educator, writer
- Friedrich Olbricht (1888–1944), involved in the assassination attempt of July 20, 1944 on Adolf Hitler, attended the Bautzener Gymnasium (today Philipp-Melanchthon-Gymnasium) until 1907
- Johann Samuel Petri (1738–1808), cantor and composer
- Wilhelm von Polenz (1861–1903), poet, novelist and novelist
- Christian Wilhelm Pöppelmann (1701–1782), Chief Postmaster in Dresden (1729–34) and Bautzen (1734–81)
- Leopold Schefer (1784–1862), poet and composer
- Karl Gottfried Siebelis (1769–1843), classical philologist and teacher; Rector of the Bautzener Gymnasium (today Philipp-Melanchthon-Gymnasium)
- Artur Speck (1877–1960), civil engineer; significantly involved in the planning and construction of the Kronprinzenbrücke
- Agnes Stavenhagen (1860–1945), soprano and chamber singer ; died in Bautzen-Westvorstadt (Seidau)
- Horst Weisse (1919–1993), wood carver, sculptor and poet; worked in and for Bautzen from 1960 until the end of his life
- Johann Gottfried Zeiske (1686–1756), educator
Honorary citizen of the city of Bautzen
The city of Bautzen has granted the following people honorary citizenship.
- 1895: Hermann von Salza and Lichtenau (1829–1915), baron, district chief of Bautzen
- 1895: Otto von Bismarck , Reich Chancellor
- Gertrud Bobek (1898–2000), politician (KPD / SED), former state secretary and deputy GDR minister for popular education 1954 to 1958, honorary citizenship expired
- 2002: Helga Schwarz, music teacher, choir director and committed citizen
- 2002: Siegfried Seifert (1936–2013), former head of the Bautzen Cathedral Treasury and committed citizen
- 2006: Herbert Flügel , local researcher, author (“Dogebliebm und oagepackt, poems of an Upper Lusatian”) and committed citizen
- 2007: Jan Buck (1922–2019), an important contemporary Sorbian painter with 40 years of focus in Bautzen
- 2019: Christian Schramm (* 1952), longtime mayor and lord mayor of Bautzen
See also
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- Bautzen city archive: From Budissin to Bautzen, Lusatia Verlag, Bautzen 2002, ISBN 3-929091-91-7