List of personalities of the city of Duderstadt

The list of personalities of the city of Duderstadt contains people who have played a lasting role in the history of the Lower Saxony city of Duderstadt in the district of Göttingen . These are personalities who were or still are honorary citizens of the city, who were born or died in Duderstadt and the current districts or who worked here.

For the personalities from the localities incorporated into the city of Duderstadt, see also the corresponding local articles.

Honorary citizen

Ludwig Karl Hartmann , District Court Director in Glogau (May 12, 1857)
Georg Cardinal von Kopp , Prince-Bishop of Breslau (August 18, 1887)
Fritz Biermann, Senator in Bremen, Major Manufacturer, Councilor of Commerce (February 1, 1914)
Rudolf Bank, Provost, Episcopal Commissioner, Prelate, City Pastor of Duderstadt (December 1, 1918)
Franz Hollenbach, manufacturer (May 17, 1958)
Max Näder , entrepreneur (1990)
Hans Georg Näder , entrepreneur (September 3, 2011)
Wolfgang Nolte , Mayor of the City of Duderstadt (October 31, 2019)

sons and daughters of the town

Albrecht Kunne (approx. 1430–1520), Gutenberg's apprentice and incunabula printer in Memmingen (1480–1520)
Johann Bartholomäus von Busch (1680–1739), Professor of Law in Heidelberg , diplomat and Vice Chancellor of the Electoral Palatinate
Ludwig Philipp Behlen (1714–1777), priest and auxiliary bishop in the diocese of Mainz
Ludwig Karl Hartmann (1787–1871), Prussian Privy Councilor, Knight of the Red Eagle Order, 1st class
Gustav Glubrecht (1809–1891), Lord Mayor of Schweidnitz
Gustav Schmidt (1829–1892), historian
Louis Krell (1832–1919), organ builder
Louis Hackethal (1837–1911), inventor of the Hackethal wire, was involved in the development of the German telegraph and telephone system
Georg von Kopp (1837–1914), Prince-Bishop of Breslau and Cardinal
Theodor Barth (1849–1909), member of the Reichstag
Eduard Ey-Steineck (1849–1931), Prussian major general
Otto Rust (1871–1945), Catholic clergyman and archpriest. He is considered a martyr of the 20th century
Heinrich Ziesing (1881–1924), German local politician
Walter Meyerhoff (1890–1977), President of the District Court and CDU politician
Franz Hackethal (1891–1966), from 1945 to 1956 first district president in Münster after the Second World War
Hans Ballhausen (1894–1980), German educator, editor and editor
Karl August Poth (1895–1960), German politician (SPD) and member of the Lower Saxony state parliament
Wilhelm Käber (1896–1987), politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag ( Schleswig-Holstein )
Heribert Busse (* 1926) Islamic scholar
Elmar Brohl (* 1935), architect and historian
Bernd Windhausen (1942–2014), striker in the Bundesliga: 1967 to 1969 with 1. FC Kaiserslautern , 1969 to 1971 with Werder Bremen
Wolfgang Windhausen (* 1949), poet and graphic artist
Harry Böseke (1950–2015), writer
Ulrich Joost (* 1951), literary scholar
Hans Georg Näder (* 1961), managing director of the Otto Bock group of companies based in Duderstadt , honorary professor, entrepreneur 2003, honorary ring holder of the city of Duderstadt
Christoph Karrasch (physicist) (* 1982), physics professor
Lea Heinrich (* 1984), artist, illustrator and cartoonist
Kevin Artmann (* 1986), soccer player at Brinkumer SV

Personalities associated with the city

Johannes Creutzburg (1686–1738), master organ builder in Central Germany during the Baroque period, died in Duderstadt
Caspar Heinrich Matthias von Korff called Schmising zu Tatenhausen (1687–1765), Landdrost in the Prince Diocese of Munster, died in Duderstadt
Johann Joseph Adam Homeyer (1786–1866), church musician and organist
Louis Hackethal (1837–1911), telegraph director, inventor of the Hackethal wire
Andreas Dornieden (1887–1976), Mayor (NSDAP) from 1933 to 1945
Lode van der Linden (1888–1960), professor, academic painter and architect of Belgian nationality, stayed in Duderstadt from 1917 to 1927 and from 1944 to 1950, painter of numerous pictures about Duderstadt and the surrounding area
Joseph Müller (1894–1944), priest and martyr, worked from 1922 to 1924 as a chaplain in the Catholic parish of St. Cyriakus. He was executed by the National Socialists in 1944.
Karl Hackethal (1901–1990), Chief Agriculture Councilor and politician (CDU), member of the Lower Saxony state parliament from 1951 to 1957, member of the Bundestag from 1957 to 1961, member of the Duderstadt district (DUD) from 1948 to 1968, councilor of the city of Duderstadt, Carrier of the Federal Cross of Merit 1st class

Matthias Gleitze (1902–1989), senior district director of the Duderstadt district from 1948 to 1967, member of the district council of Duderstadt from 1968 to 1972, councilor of the city of Duderstadt from 1981 to 1986, honorary citizen of the Seeburg community , holder of the Federal Cross of Merit , 1st class

Georg Greve (1876–1963), impressionist painter, spent a few years of his life in Duderstadt

Heinz Sielmann (1917–2006), together with his wife founder of the Heinz Sielmann Foundation , honorary ring holder of the city of Duderstadt

Georg Pyttel (* 1938), long-distance runner, started for VfL Duderstadt

Matthias Gleitze (born July 27, 1946 in Seeburg), senior director of studies (1998-2013), honorary professor at the State Rittmeister Witold Pilecki University in Oświęcim in Małopolska in Poland

Individual evidence

^ University of Applied Sciences in Oświęcim, Poland - Matthias Gleitze appointed honorary professor - GT - Göttinger Tageblatt. Retrieved June 28, 2020 (German).

[1] University of Applied Sciences in Oświęcim, Poland - Matthias Gleitze appointed honorary professor - GT - Göttinger Tageblatt. Retrieved June 28, 2020 (German).