List of personalities of the city of Falkenstein / Harz
The list of personalities of the city of Falkenstein / Harz contains people who have played a lasting role in the history of the Saxony-Anhalt city of Falkenstein / Harz in the Harz district . These are personalities who were born or died in the town of Falkenstein / Harz and today's districts or who worked here.
For the personalities from the localities incorporated into the town of Falkenstein / Harz see also the corresponding local articles.
sons and daughters of the town
- Christian Julius von Hoym (1586–1656), born in Ermsleben, treasurer of the Principality of Halberstadt and owner of the manor
- Joachim Ramdohr (1587–1667), born in Ermsleben, builder, entrepreneur and member of the magistrate in Aschersleben
- Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim (1719–1803), born in Ermsleben, poet and writer, founder of the Halberstadt group of poets
- Achatz Ferdinand von der Asseburg (1721–1797), born in Meisdorf, diplomat
- Johann Ludwig Anton Rust (1721–1785), born in Reinstedt, lawyer, archivist and librarian
- Friedrich Eberhard Siegmund Günther von Goeckingk (1738–1813), born in Ermsleben, royal Prussian general of the cavalry and chief of the hussar regiment No. 2 and holder of the Pour le Mérite
- Wilhelm Gottlieb Hankel (1814–1899), born in Ermsleben, physicist
- Carl Albert Dauthendey (1819–1896), a photographer born in Ermsleben and later active in Russia
- Ludwig von Doetinchem de Rande (1826–1899), born in Pansfelde, Prussian District Administrator and Privy Councilor
- Werner Sombart (1863–1941), born in Ermsleben, sociologist and economist
- Carl Delius (1874–1953), born in Ermsleben, politician (DDP), member of the Reichstag
- Walter Tießler (1903–1984), born in Ermsleben, Reichsamtsleiter on the staff of the Führer’s deputy (later party chancellery) and liaison to the Reich Propaganda Ministry
- Horst Keitel (1928–2015), born in Meisdorf, actor and voice actor
Personalities associated with the city
- Egeno I. von Konradsburg (also Conradsburg), at the end of the 11th century one of the noble free from Konradsburg near Ermsleben
- Jacob Friedrich Reimmann (1668–1743), scholar and bibliophile, lived in Ermsleben until his famous library was destroyed by flames in 1710
- Moritz Levin Friedrich Graf von der Schulenburg (1774–1814), Saxon Chamberlain, Majorate Lord on castle and church divisions, died in Meisdorf
- Ludwig Graf von der Asseburg (1796–1869), Lord of the Minorgrave Falkenstein, Prussian court hunter and member of the Prussian manor house
- Eduard Nehse (1794 – after 1855), natural scientist, operator of an inn at the foot of Falkenstein Castle and editor of a Falkenstein castle chronicle
- Friedrich Graf von der Asseburg (1861–1940), owner of Falkenstein Castle and Meisdorf Castle, Prussian officer and chamberlain
Individual evidence
- ↑ Currently the city of Falkenstein / Harz does not have any honorary citizens.