List of personalities of the city of Goslar

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Coat of arms of the city of Goslar

The list of personalities of the city of Goslar contains people who have played a lasting role in the history of the district town of Goslar in the district of Goslar in Lower Saxony . These are personalities who are honorary citizens, who were born or died here or who worked here.

For the personalities from the localities incorporated into Goslar see also the corresponding local articles.

Honorary citizen

Sigmar Gabriel (2017)
  • 1823: Ludwig Wilhelm von Uslar
  • 1848: Gottfried Carl Friedrich Wiepking
  • 1874: Georg Wilhelm Mittelbach
  • Carl Reuss (1844–1918), worked from 1873 to 1893 as the town's chief forester and was responsible for the reforestation of the northern edge of the Harz up to the outskirts of Goslar; Reussstrasse is also named after him.
  • 1917: Georg von Garßen
  • 1934: Adolf Hitler (1889–1945), Reich Chancellor (revoked 2013)
  • 1935: Walther Darré (1895–1953), Reichsbauernführer and Reich Minister for Food and Agriculture (revoked in 2013)
  • 1957: Heinrich Wulfert
  • 1961: Walther Adam (1881–1964), consul a. D.
  • 1972: Otto Fricke (1902–1972), former Minister D.
  • 2000: Peter Schenning
  • 2009: Hans-Joachim Tessner (* 1944), owner of the furniture discounter Roller and the Tessner Group.
  • 2018: Sigmar Gabriel (* 1959), politician and member of the Bundestag for the SPD

sons and daughters of the town

The following people were born in Goslar or the present-day districts of the city. Whether or not they later had their sphere of activity in Goslar is irrelevant.

Medieval and early modern personalities

Bismarck monument on Georgenberg. Bismarck promoted the reconstruction of the imperial palace .
  • Heinrich IV. (1050–1106), king of the East Franconian Empire since 1056 and emperor since 1084, probably born in Goslar
  • Theodoricus Smedecken (* around 1480–1556), first chaplain and later judge, lawyer and councilor (?) In Goslar. He translated Martin Luther's writings into Low German and was probably born here.
  • Dominicus Dreuer (* 15th or 16th century; † before 1568), court servant to Duke Heinrich the Younger of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel and Braunschweig regional historian.
  • Henning Cramer von Clausbruch (1584–1646), merchant, diplomat and from 1626 to 1646 mayor of the free imperial city of Goslar
  • Trineken Kuhfuß († 1644), is the last documented fatality of the Goslar witch persecution between 1530 and 1657, which killed 28 people.
  • Cathrin Hartmann , widow of Curd Hartmann, was accused of witchcraft in 1657, but with the help of a lawyer, the widow fought for her life and brought an action for defamation.
  • Johann Georg Trumph (1644–?), Doctor and mayor of the city of Goslar
  • Christian Schröder († beginning of the 18th century), court painter at the Prague royal court
  • Valentin Ulrich Grotian (1663–1741), East Frisian organ builder
  • Moritz Graf von Sachsen (1696–1750), general, marshal of France and war theorist in French service
  • Jakob Carpov (1699–1768), philosopher and theologian
  • Johann Nikolaus Frobes called Frobesius (1701–1756), mathematician and philosopher

19th century personalities

Erich von Gündell (1916)

20th century personalities

Hans-Dieter Möhring (2015)
Eckart Würzner (2006)
Mathias Hain (2017)

Personalities who died in the city

Archbishop Adalbert of Bremen
Eduard Crusius (around 1830)
Wilhelm Ripe
Hermann Wislicenus (around 1895)
Themistocles von Eckenbrecher (1912)
  • Gisela von Schwaben († 1043), German Queen since 1024 and German Empress since 1027 as the wife of the King and Emperor of the Roman-German Empire Conrad II.
  • Mathilde von Schwaben († 1060), as the wife of Rudolf von Rheinfelden, Duchess of Swabia
  • Adalbert von Bremen († 1072), Archbishop of Hamburg-Bremen from 1043 to 1072 and one of the leading personalities of the empire at the time of Henry IV.
  • Johannes Amandi († 1530), Lutheran theologian and reformer
  • Eberhard Weidensee († 1547), Lutheran theologian and reformer of the city of Magdeburg
  • Theodor Grusenberg († 1699), classical philologist and Lutheran theologian
  • Bernhard Goeken († 1726), Augustinian canon, provost of Grauhof and builder of the baroque monastery buildings, prior general of the Windesheim congregation, died in Grauhof
  • Johann Christoph Röder († 1813), mountain master
  • Carl Cleve († 1860), administrative lawyer and farmer, died in Grauhof
  • August Wilhelm Papen († 1858), military engineer, geodesist and cartographer
  • Ferdinand von Witzleben († 1859), Prussian lieutenant general, commander of the 12th division and owner of the Jamke and Sorge manors
  • Eduard Crusius († 1861), Lutheran pastor, writer and historian, died in Immenrode
  • Wilhelm Ripe († 1885), painter and graphic artist
  • August List († 1890), businessman and politician (NLP), member of the German Reichstag
  • Hermann Wislicenus († 1899), painter
  • Hugo Luther († 1901), mechanical engineer and entrepreneur
  • Eduard August Borchers († 1902), Markscheider and Bergrat at the Clausthal Mining and Forestry Office
  • Otto Gilbert († 1911), librarian and ancient historian
  • Hermann Prietze († 1911), mine director and politician (NLP), member of the German Reichstag
  • Julius Dominicus Berendes († 1914), pharmacist and pharmacy and medical historian
  • Uvo Hölscher († 1914), from 1886 professor at the Ratsgymnasium, 1887 head of the Goslar City Archives, city historian
  • Emil von Höegh († 1915), optician who is known for calculating a photographic lens called Dagor
  • Hermann Horn († 1918), factory owner, politician (NLP) and member of the German Reichstag
  • Themistocles von Eckenbrecher († 1921), landscape and marine painter of the late Romanticism and historicism
  • Kurt Kruge († 1926), Prussian officer, most recently lieutenant general
  • Carl Zimmermann († 1930), landscape, animal and hunting painter
  • Felix Hoesch († 1933), farmer, landowner, politician (German Conservative Party, DNVP) and member of the German Reichstag.
  • Wilhelm Lattmann († 1935), politician (DSP, DSWV, DNVP)
  • Albert von Werder († 1936), Prussian general of the cavalry
  • Hermann Quantity († 1939), classical philologist, pedagogue and author of a Bible translation named after him, the so-called Quantity Bible
  • Elly Allesch b. Reuss († 1944), writer
  • Hans von Kessel († 1945), Prussian major general and most recently director of the General War Office in the War Ministry until 1919
  • Ernst von Oven († 1945), Prussian officer, most recently General of the Infantry of the Reichswehr
  • Wilhelm Bornhardt († 1946), geologist, explorer, mining official and mining historian
  • Julius Köhler († 1947), Evangelical Lutheran theologian, first court and palace preacher and secret consistorial councilor in Hanover
  • Theodor Thannhäuser († 1950), Mayor of Salzgitter
  • Gerhard Tappen († 1953), officer, most recently general of the artillery
  • Ernst Adolph († 1955), major general of the German Wehrmacht in World War II
  • Heinrich Gahrns († 1955), politician (CDU) and member of the newly appointed Braunschweig Landtag
  • Arndt von Kirchbach († 1963), Evangelical Lutheran theologian
  • Helmut Reinke († 1969), politician (NSDAP) and State Secretary
  • Helmut Krauss († 2019), German actor

Personalities associated with the city

  • Henry III. (1039–1056), Roman-German king and emperor; Goslar was his favorite Palatinate
  • Nikolaus von Amsdorf (1483–1565), Protestant theologian; participated in the Reformation in Goslar in 1528
  • Johann Vogt (died around 1625), founder of the first print shop in Goslar
  • Christian Konrad Wilhelm von Dohm (1751–1820), Prussian diplomat, State Commissioner in Goslar 1802–1804
  • William Wordsworth (1770-1850), British poet; spent the winter of 1798/99 in Goslar and began his main work The Prelude there
  • Hermann Wislicenus (1825–1899), painter; painted the imperial hall of the Palatinate and died in Goslar
  • Alexander Grundner-Culemann (1885–1981), headed the city forestry office from 1921 to 1952 and was mayor from 1952 to 1958
  • Max Drischner (1891–1971), composer, cantor, organist and harpsichordist, lived in Goslar from 1955 to 1971 and received the city's culture award in 1956
  • Erwin Rommel (1891–1944), was commander of the III. Battalion of the 17th Infantry Regiment in Goslar
  • Katharina von Kardorff-Oheimb (1879–1962), businesswoman, entrepreneur, huntress and politician; came to Goslar in 1918, where she held political courses in the Achtermann at her own expense
  • Franz Flintrop (1920–2012), philosophy professor, university rector and committed Catholic; was involved in the development of the St. Jakobushaus Catholic Academy in Goslar
  • Johnny Bruck (1921–1995), draftsman (e.g. Perry-Rhodan covers); lived in Goslar from 1945 to 1959, worked for the Goslarsche Zeitung, among others
  • Joop Bergsma (1928–2011), Roman Catholic clergyman and theologian; From 1963 to 1969 headed the Catholic Academy St. Jakobushaus in Goslar
  • Nikolaus Wyrwoll (* 1938), Roman Catholic clergyman and theologian; From 1969 to 1976 headed the Catholic Academy St. Jakobushaus in Goslar
  • Axel Kutsch (* 1945), writer; worked from 1976 to 1979 as an editor at the Goslarschen Zeitung
  • Peter Gerloff (* 1957), Roman Catholic clergyman, composer and hymn songwriter
  • Jenny Rasche (* 1983), German social worker , active in Romania , passed the technical diploma in 2003 in Goslar

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Nazi past: Adolf Hitler is no longer an honorary citizen of Goslar. Retrieved October 14, 2014 .
  2. ^ Goslar recognizes Hitler's honorary citizenship. ndr.de, October 29, 2013, archived from the original on February 10, 2014 ; accessed on January 28, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Presumably died in Goslar.