List of personalities of the city of Blankenburg (Harz)

Coat of arms of the city of Blankenburg (Harz)

The list of personalities of the city of Blankenburg (Harz) contains people who have played a lasting role in the history of the city of Blankenburg (Harz) . These are personalities who have been granted honorary citizenship, who were born here or who worked in the city.

For the personalities from the localities incorporated into Blankenburg (Harz) see also the corresponding local articles.

Honorary citizen

• Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898), first German Chancellor, honorary citizen since 1885
• Albert von Otto (1836–1922), administrative officer and politician, honorary citizen since 1908
• Tatjana Hüfner (* 1983), luge rider
• Manuela Lutze (* 1974), rower

Joseph von Radowitz

Adolph von Steinwehr

Robert Hartmann

Joachim Albrecht Eggeling

Günter Nightingale

Christian Lademann

sons and daughters of the town

Born in the 18th century

• Ludwig Rudolf Schiller (1710–1779), Evangelical Lutheran clergyman and superintendent
• Anton Carl Luplau (1745–1795), porcelain embosser and modeller
• Johann Carl Moll (1748–1831), mathematician and president of the War College and city commander of the Braunschweig garrison
• Karl Ludwig Ferdinand Sallentien (1780–1848), Lutheran theologian, born in Cattenstedt
• Julius von den Brinken (1789–1846), forester
• Wilhelm von Schleinitz (1794–1856), for many years leading minister in the Duchy of Braunschweig
• Joseph von Radowitz (1797-1853), general and politician

Born in the 19th century

• Julius von Schleinitz (1806–1865), Prussian civil servant and politician
• Gustav Adolf Breymann (1807–1859), architect and professor at the Royal Württemberg Polytechnic School in Stuttgart
• Adolf Ernst Theodor Müller (1813–1877), lawyer and member of the Reichstag of the North German Confederation
• Carl Friedrich Jacob Zincken (1814–1894), metallurgist
• Carl Heinrich Wilhelm Wolf (1820–1876), architect and Brunswick construction clerk
• Friedrich Bretschneider (1821–1878), engraver, eraser and drawing teacher
• Adolph von Steinwehr (1822–1877), geographer, cartographer, brigadier general in the American Civil War ( Battle of Gettysburg )
• Claire von Glümer (1825–1906), writer and translator
• Wilhelm Wehrenpfennig (1829–1900), liberal member of the Reichstag and Landtag
• Robert Hartmann (1832–1893), naturalist and ethnologist
• Oswald Berkhan (1834–1917), medic
• Albert von Otto (1836–1922), administrative officer and politician
• Adolf Ledebur (1837–1906), metallurgist, discoverer of the Ledeburit
• Theodor Hecht (1850–1917), architect
• Julius Elster (1854–1920), physicist
• Robert Koldewey (1855–1925), archaeologist
• Gustav Rienäcker (1861–1935), painter
• Hermann von Frankenberg (1865–1931), administrative lawyer and chief chairman of the Harz Club
• Werner Steinhoff (1875–1949), economist and politician (DNVP)
• Carl Mühlenpfordt (1878–1944), architect, construction clerk and university professor
• August Winnig (1878–1956), trade unionist, writer, senior president in East Prussia
• Oswald Spengler (1880–1936), philosopher
• Wilhelm Gustav Damm (1881–1949), German-Swiss composer and conductor
• Elisabeth Botz (1883–1964), actress who was mainly seen in batch roles
• Joachim Albrecht Eggeling (1884–1945), NSDAP Gauleiter and Upper President
• Walther von Hollander (1892–1973), writer
• Kurt Helle-Haeusler (1894–1965), politician (DP) and member of the Lower Saxony state parliament
• Hans Buttler (1894–1970), theologian and opponent of the Nazi regime

Born in the 20th century

• Kurt Ranke (1908–1985), folklorist, Germanist, antiquarian and storyteller
• Hildegard Kornhardt (1910–1959), classical philologist
• Polykarp Kusch (1911–1993), Nobel Prize in Physics
• Friederike von Hannover (1917–1981), wife of the Greek King Paul
• Günther Meinhardt (1925–1999), historian and numismatist
• Ernst Henze (1927–1986), mathematician
• Ferdinand Dieterich (1928–2006), university professor, surgeon and urologist
• Manfred Borges (* 1928), theater actor who also appeared in over 100 DEFA and DFF film and television productions
• Günter Nachtigall (* 1930), former gymnast
• Dieter Schlenstedt (1932–2012), literary scholar, President of the PEN Center Germany (East)
• Siegmar Gottfried Markus Freiherr von Schnurbein von und zu Meitingen (* 1941), Provincial Roman archaeologist
• Dieter Ladewig (* 1953), painter, sculptor and graphic artist
• Birgit Großhennig (* 1965), former athlete
• Susi Erdmann (* 1968), former luge and bobsleigh rider
• Heike Tillack (* 1968), former athlete who specialized in the 100 meter hurdles
• Manuela Lutze (* 1974), rowing athlete, two-time Olympic champion in quadruples
• Christian Lademann (* 1975), racing cyclist
• Toni Kater (* 1977), musician
• Daniel Kulla (* 1977), writer, translator and editor
• Kenah Cusanit (* 1979), author known for her poetry and essays
• Claas Gutsche (* 1982), artist
• Sebastian Nebe (* 1982), painter
• Robin Pietsch (* 1988), cook
• Pretty Pink , bourgeois Anne Karolczak (* 1989), music producer and deep house djane

People who worked on site

• Jordan von Blankenburg (1161–1196), Truchsess
• Nicolaus Sauerwaldt (1638–1722), Protestant theologian, from 1672 pastor at St. Bartholomew's Church in Blankenburg (Harz). The baroque altar was inaugurated during his tenure.
• Issachar Berend Lehmann (1661–1730), banker, coin agent, army supplier and negotiating diplomat
• Eberhard Finen (1668–1726), Protestant theologian, abbot and Brunswick court preacher, died in Blankenburg
• Leonhard Christoph Sturm (1669–1719), writer, architectural theorist , master builder, theologian and chiliast, died here
• Christine Luise von Oettingen-Oettingen (1671–1747), Princess of Oettingen-Oettingen and by marriage Duchess of Braunschweig and Lüneburg, Princess of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel and Princess of Blankenburg, died here
• Johann Conrad Eichler , court painter in the Duchy of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel, worked at Blankenburg Castle from 1717 to 1730
• Johann Christian Credius (1681–1741), composer, concertmaster at Blankenburg Palace
• Friederike Caroline Neuber (1697–1760), actress and co-founder of regular German drama
• Johann Georg von Langen (1699–1776), forestry and chief hunter of the duke
• Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Ziegenbein (1766–1824), educator and general superintendent
• Johann Elias Olfermann (1776–1822), major general
• Ernst Hampe (1795–1880), botanist and pharmacist
• Carl Löbbecke (1809–1869), banker and mayor of Blankenburg
• Albert Schneider (1833–1910), engineer
• Eugen von Albedyll (1842–1916), member of the literary society
• Paul Höfer (1845–1914), archaeologist, educator and historian
• Oscar Eyselein (1847–1892), owner and director of the sanatorium for people suffering from nerves in Blankenburg
• Elisabeth Gnauck-Kühne (1850–1917), women's rights activist
• Hermann von Kotze (1851–1925), Prussian lieutenant general
• Hans Geitel (1855–1923), physicist
• Adolf Just (1859–1936), naturopath
• Karl Bürger (1866–1936), classical philologist, who made significant contributions to the critical investigation of ancient Greek and Roman novels
• Hermann Mertz von Quirnheim (1866–1947), Lieutenant General and President of the Reich Archives
• Karl von Müller (1873–1923), sea captain, commander of SMS Emden , lived in Blankenburg and is buried here
• Otto Korfes (1889–1964), Major General of the Wehrmacht and the Barracked People's Police, co-founder of the Association of German Officers
• Rahel Sanzara (1894–1936), dancer, actress and writer
• Friederike Pusch (1905-1980), a psychiatrist and neurologist at the polyclinic Blankenburg, during the Nazi-time medical crimes in the context of children's euthanasia was involved
• Bernd Wolff (* 1939), educator and writer, winner of the culture award of the city of Wernigerode
• Hanns – Michael Noll (* 1945), former Air Force officer in the German Armed Forces, Mayor of Blankenburg 2008–2015
• Heinz A. Behrens (* 1950), historian and former mayor of Blankenburg (SPD)
• Tatjana Hüfner (* 1983), luge rider

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Blankenburger Official Journal , September 29, 2007, p. 5.