List of personalities of the city of Eschwege
The list of personalities of the city of Eschwege contains a chronologically ordered selection of personalities who are connected with the city of Eschwege . These people are either honorary citizens of the city, born in Eschwege, worked in Eschwege or have another connection to Eschwege.
sons and daughters of the town
To 1900
- Otto Melander (1571–1640), lawyer, diplomat at the Viennese court, collector of the "Joca Seria" or German "Tales of Schimpf und Ernst"
- Johann Georg Brand (1645–1703), professor of mathematics in Marburg
- Johann Heinrich Horche (1652–1729), mathematician and theologian, important exponent of Pietism and Philadelphentism
- Heinrich Horch (1652–1729), separatist mystic
- Juliane von Hessen-Eschwege (1652–1693), noblewoman from the Hesse family at the Swedish court
- Christian Friedrich von Cochenhausen (1769–1839), Lieutenant General and Minister of War under Elector Wilhelm II of Hesse, founder of the library, initiated the topographical survey of the state
- Eobanus Friedrich Krebaum (1786–1845), important organ builder in the region
- Carl Justus Heckmann (1786–1878), coppersmith and industrialist
- Ferdinand von Eschwege (1790–1857), lieutenant general of the Electorate of Hesse, member of the Electorate of Hesse assembly of estates
- Jacob Christoph Heinemann (1794–1863), businessman, entrepreneur, “ Lützower Jäger ” at Theodor Körner's side
- Ludwig Arnold (1798–1886), lawyer, Lord Mayor of Kassel, President of the Hessian Estates Assembly, member of the board of the Landeskreditkasse
- Philipp Carl von Canstein (1804–1877), Prussian general of the infantry, knight of the order Pour le Mérite
- Wilhelm Dunker (1809–1885), geologist, paleontologist, zoologist, malacologist, founder of the journal "Paläontographica"
- Julius Schmincke (1811–1886), theologian, historian
- Elise von Hohenhausen (1812–1899), writer, intimate friend of Annette von Droste-Hülshoff
- Friedrich Ernst Gebhard (1823–1889), mayor and honorary citizen of Eschwege, member of the 2nd Chamber of the Estates Assembly and the Kassel Municipal Parliament
- Eduard Gumpert (1834–1893), physician in Manchester, friends with Marx and Engels
- Julius W. Braun (1843–1895), writer
- Sigismund Ungewitter (1853–1925), Reich judge
- Oscar Tellgmann (1857–1936), (court) photographer, also known for his military and maneuver pictures
- Otto Heinemann (1864–1944), authorized signatory at Krupp in Essen, father of the former Federal President Gustav Heinemann
- Margarete Kahn (1880–1942), 1st woman with a doctorate in the city, mathematician and student councilor, murdered in the concentration camp
- Ferdinand Grebestein (1883–1974), painter
- Paul Westheim (1886–1963), art writer, art critic, editor of the magazine "Kunstblatt", known and admired in Mexico for his work on ancient Mexican art and Indian architecture
- Ludwig Pappenheim (1887–1934), SPD politician, murdered in a concentration camp
- Siegfried Bacharach (1886–?), Newspaper editor and victim of the Holocaust
- Hans Meinshausen (1889–1948), editor of the Rheinisch-Westfälische Zeitung, teacher, deputy of Joseph Goebbels as Nazi Gauleiter of Berlin and city school council there, Lord Mayor of Görlitz, executed in Dresden
- Eduard Weiter (1889–1945), last regular camp commandant of the Dachau concentration camp
- Friedrich Luther (1891–1968), painter
- Grete Kletke (1892–1987), member of the Hessian state parliament 1950–1962; Vice President 1958–1962
- Alfred Lomnitz (1892–1953), painter and graphic artist
- Caspar Heinrich Schwendt (1898–1966), painter
- Rudolf Brill (1899–1989), chemist
1901 to 1950
- Werner Hartke (1907–1993), classical philologist, ancient historian and science organizer
- Grete Heilbrunn (1907–1983), artist, married to the Jena glass artist Fritz Körner (1888–1955)
- Herta Heinemann (1913–1999), opera singer, married to Kapellmeister Fritz Müller (1905–1979)
- Friedrich Auffarth (1918–2004), lawyer, judge at the Federal Labor Court and most recently its Vice President
- Martin Doernberg (1920–2013), Protestant pastor, violinist and composer
- Shalhevet Freier (1920–1994), mathematician, Israeli government official, various posts in the area of the nuclear and nuclear energy authorities in his country
- Günther Schaumberg (1922–2017), art teacher, painter and palaeontologist, honorary doctorate from the University of Marburg
- Hanno Beck (1923–2018), Professor of the History of Natural Sciences at the University of Bonn, Humboldt researcher
- Herbert Knierim (1924-2007), politician (CDU)
- Jürgen Runzheimer (1924–2012), historian, local researcher and author
- Ludwig Larry Stein (1924–2009), engineer in the USA, directed the restoration of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York from 1983 to 1989
- Gideon Schüler (1925–2017), bookseller, publisher, gallery owner and poet
- Dieter Aschenbrenner (1928–2020), university professor in Hanover
- Uwe Berger (1928–2014), poet, essayist and narrator
- Dieter Welzel (1929–2019), painter, craft and art teacher
- Rolf Hochhuth (1931–2020), writer and playwright
- Arnhelm Neusüß (* 1937), political scientist and sociologist
- Wolfgang Schmitz (* 1937), geologist and politician (CDU) and former member of the Saxon state parliament
- Eckart Schäfer (1939–2018), classical philologist
- Rotraut Sänger (* 1940), teacher, co-founder of the Werra Meißner hospice network, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
- Klaus Engelmann (* 1943), lawyer, judge at the Federal Social Court
- Menso Folkerts (* 1943), science and math historian
- Hans-Jürgen Schülbe (* 1944), politician (Die Grünen), former member of the Hessian state parliament
- Peter Riemann (* 1945), architect for building construction and urban planning and freelance author
- Aliza Olmert (* 1946), writer, wife of the former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert
- Johannes Ritzkowsky (* 1946), horn player and lecturer at a music college
- Bernd Schleicher (* 1947), Hessian politician (SPD) and former member of the Hessian state parliament
- Ernst Alexander von Eschwege (1948–2000), film director
- Sam Gejdenson (* 1948), American politician
- GG Anderson (* 1949), pop singer, lyricist, composer, honorary citizen of Eschwege
- York-Egbert König (* 1949), historian, author and editor, employee in the Eschwege town archive and in the town museum
- Gunther Mai (* 1949), historian
- Barbara Nauheimer (* 1949), graduate psychologist and politician (animal protection party, non-party)
- Hartmut Schickert (1950–2008), author and translator
From 1951
- Birgit Brandau (* 1951), author and translator
- Dieter Franz (* 1952), Hessian politician (SPD) and member of the Hessian state parliament
- Rita Russek (* 1952), actress and director
- Cornelia Kempers (* 1954), actress
- Norbert Schäfer (* 1956), piano teacher, pianist and composer
- Peter Köhler (* 1957), writer
- Wolfgang Breul (* 1960), Protestant theologian and university professor
- Matthias Bullach (* 1963), actor
- CS Mahrendorff (1963-2004), writer
- Wolfram Spyra (* 1964), sound artist and composer
- Markus “Zimbl” Zimmer (1964–2006), singer and bass player in the music group The Bates
- Christian Lenk (* 1971), philosopher and medical ethicist
- Selinde Missy Ramsey (* 1975), production manager
- Markus Schulz (* 1975), DJ and music producer
- Francis Bugri (born 1980), football player
- Felix Martin (* 1995), politician (Greens), MdL
- Paul Hartmann (* 1998), actor
Personalities who worked or lived on site
- Moritz von Hessen-Kassel (1572–1632), from the House of Hessen , ruled Hessen-Kassel from 1592 to 1627
- Agnes Magdalene von Anhalt-Dessau (1590–1626), Princess of Anhalt-Dessau and by marriage Landgravine of Hessen-Kassel
- Christian von Hessen-Wanfried (1689–1755), Landgrave of Hessen-Wanfried and of Hessen-Rheinfels
- Elise von Hohenhausen (1789–1857), poet, discoverer and supporter of Heinrich Heine
- Johann Adam Lemp (1793–1862), brewer and founder of a brewing empire in St. Louis
- Eugen Höfling (1808–1880), medic and creator of the song "O old Burschenherrlichkeit"
- Ludwig Mohr (1833–1900), poet, teacher, local researcher
- August Wilhelm Eichler (1839–1887), botanist, director of the Botanical Garden in Berlin and founding director of the Botanical Museum in Dahlem
- Johannes Schanze (1846–1913), rector and pioneer of the vocational school system
- Karl Friedrich Ernst Hempfing (1848–1915), pastor and writer
- Edward Stendell (1854–1937), teacher, 1899–1920 director of the Friedrich Wilhelm School, honorary citizen
- Max Woelm (1875–1964), founder of chem.-pharmaz. Factory M. Woelm in Spangenberg (North Hesse), later in Eschwege
- Konrad von Monbart (1881–1945), administrative lawyer and member of the NSDAP since 1937
- Lisa Heise (1883–1969), author, recipient of Rilke's letters to a young woman, also published her own letters to Rilke
- Ernst Metz (1892–1973), draftsman and painter
- Wilhelm Schott (1893-1990), was known as the Hessian mill painter known
- Walter Miritz (1895–1956), painter and graphic artist
- Richard A. Diez (1904–1982), General Manager of Massey Ferguson , received from Mayor Dr. Thom received the “Silver Plaque” from the city of Eschwege for the first time
- Vera von Bissing (1906–2002), aerobatic pilot
- Julius Hackethal (1921–1997), surgeon and book author, 1946–50 assistant and senior physician at the Eschwege district hospital
- Eitel Oskar Höhne (1922–1998), member of the Hessian state parliament 1950–70, district administrator of the Eschwege and Werra-Meißner districts 1961–1988, long-time chairman of the board of directors of Hessischer Rundfunk ; born in Dresden
- Ruth Hammeran (1922–2007), high school teacher and poet
- Laszlo Berkeczy (1925–2009), Hungarian, Romanian and German sculptor
- Dietrich Meister (1927–2014), member of the Hessian state parliament 1970–91
- Imelda Landgrebe (* 1927), lived in Eschwege from 1945 to 1972; Member of the district council and city council, first honorary citizen of Wehretal, long-time chairwoman of the municipal council, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit 1st class , the golden badge of honor from Wehretal and the medal of honor of the city of Eschwege
- Ursula Vaupel (1928–2018), German high school teacher, historian, politician and author
- Erika Wagner (1933–2011), member of the Hessian state parliament 1978–95, vice-president 1991–95; born in Wanfried
- Bernd Baron von Maydell (1934–2018), social and labor lawyer, graduated from the Friedrich Wilhelm School in 1954
- Herbert Fritsche (* 1934), historian, headmaster of the Friedrich Wilhelm School from 1982 to 1999, author of non-fiction books on regional history around the district town of Eschwege, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit, honorary citizen
- Gerhard Rudolph († 1999), mayor from 1965 to 1983
- Henning Schäfer (1942–2014), doctor and crime writer
- Hartmut Holzapfel (* 1944), Hessian Minister of Education 1991–99; born in Ringgau-Röhrda, up to high school in Eschwege
- Heinz Fromm (* 1948), 2000–2012 President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution , up to graduation in Eschwege
- Lothar Quanz (* 1949), Hessian politician (SPD) and Vice President of the Hessian State Parliament, worked for many years as a teacher at the Friedrich Wilhelm School in Eschwege
- Karl Kollmann (* 1950), historian, author and editor, director of the Eschwege town archive and the town museum
- Jürgen Zick (* 1951), mayor from 1985 to 2009
- Marco Weißhaupt (* 1972), soccer player, played for SV 07 Eschwege from 2009 to 2010
- Sheila Gaff (* 1989), martial artist
Individual evidence
- ^ Silver plaque / Massey-Ferguson / Diez in: MF im Bild, 12th edition