List of personalities of the city of Grimma
The list of personalities of the city of Grimma contains people who have played a lasting role in the history of the Saxon city of Grimma in the Leipzig district . These are personalities who were honorary citizens of the city, who were born or died in Grimma and the current districts or who worked here.
For the personalities from the localities incorporated into Grimma, see also the corresponding local articles.
Honorary citizen
- 1873: Christian Gottlob Lorenz (1804–1873), educator, historian and author of the first chronicle of the city of Grimma
- 1895: Prince Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898), Chancellor of the German Empire
- 1996: Robert Tournier (1927–2014), initiator of the Grimma-Bron town twinning
- 1997: Hans Pippig (1911–1998), photographer and local history specialist
- 2000: Kurt Schwabe (1916–2010), former prince pupil and 1992–2010 archivist and head of the archives of the prince pupil foundation
- 2007: Ulrich Mühe (1953–2007), actor
- 2010: Horst Naumann (1925–2015), linguist
sons and daughters of the town
Personalities of the early modern period
- Albrecht the Courageous (1443–1500), Duke of Saxony and founder of the Albertine line of the Wettins
- Catherine of Saxony (1468–1524), second wife of Archduke Siegmund of Tyrol
- Lorenz Peckenstein (1549 – after 1618), Saxon historian
- Adam Theodor Siber (1563–1616), literary scholar, rhetorician and linguist
- Johann Völkel (around 1565–1618), theologian and leading exponent of Polish Unitarianism
- Johan Lorentz the Elder (around 1580–1650), organ builder
- Christoph von Houwald (1601–1661), royal Swedish, electoral Saxon and Brandenburg general, also a privy councilor and chamberlain and lord of the Straupitz class
- Jacob Wächtler (1638–1702), Lutheran theologian
- Johann Winckler (1642–1705), Lutheran theologian and senior pastor of the St. Michaelis Church in Hamburg, born in Golzern
- Christfried Wächtler (1652–1732), lawyer and polyhistor
- Christian August Jacobi (1685 – after 1725), composer
- Johann Friedrich Ermel (1696–1764), Saxon court physician
- Christoph Jeremias Rost (1718–1790), philologist and educator
- Karl Christian Tittmann (1744–1820), Protestant theologian, born in Großbardau
19th century personalities
- Christian August Münckner (1788–1864), Protestant theologian
- Carl Traugott Queisser (1800–1846), trombonist and violinist and member of the Gewandhaus Orchestra under Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, born in Döben
- Johann Georg Theodor Grasse (1814–1885), philologist, historian
- Johann Gustav Schweikert (1816–1903), physician and homeopath
- Friedrich Strampfer (1823–1890), Austrian theater actor, director and director
- Johannes Emil Kuntze (1824–1894), lawyer and university professor
- Friedrich Strampfer (1823–1890), Austrian actor and theater director
- Oskar Theodor Kuntze (1827–1911), German lawyer and politician, MdL
- Gustav Scharfe (1835–1892), opera singer and singing teacher
- Ernst Otto Schlick (1840–1913), shipbuilding engineer
- Friedrich Martin Schubart (1840–1899), Protestant theologian, educator and art collector, born in Hohnstädt
- Friedrich Winfried Schubart (1847–1918), Protestant general superintendent, bell expert and local researcher, born in Hohnstädt
- Georg Langbein (1849–1909), chemist and electroplating technician
- Georg Elias Müller (1850–1934), psychologist
- Maximilian Senfft von Pilsach (1854–1931), royal Saxon major general, from 1914 to 1918 member of the first chamber of the Saxon state parliament
- Charles August Polack (1860–1934), navigator and captain of the North German Lloyd
20th century personalities
- Oscar Günther (1861–1945), politician in the German Empire and the Weimar Republic
- Carl Jäger (1868–1961), architect who mainly worked in Munich
- Maria Elisabeth Pembaur (1869–1937), pianist
- Otto Clemen , (1871–1946), Protestant theologian, educator, historian and librarian
- Ewald Weber (1876–1944), veterinarian, born in Naundorf
- Lili Marberg (1876–1962), German-Austrian actress
- Hermann Stephani (1877–1960), musicologist and university professor at the Philipps University of Marburg
- Rudolf Däbritz (1880–1945), classical philologist and grammar school director
- Hans Poeschel (1881–1960), administrative lawyer and Lord Mayor of Mönchengladbach
- Walther Däbritz (1881–1963), economist
- Constantin Bock von Wülfingen (1885–1954), administrative lawyer, politician and NSDAP member
- Georg Fraustadt (1885–1968), philologist and from 1924 to 1938 the 28th Rector of the Grimma State School
- Erich Waschneck (1887–1970), director, screenwriter and film producer
- Friedrich Florey (1892–1965), politician (LDP), was a member of the German People's Council and the Thuringian state parliament in the Soviet zone of occupation
- Walter Timmling (1897–1948), painter
- Erich Burck (1901–1994), classical philologist
- Willy Hörning (1902–1976), teacher, local researcher and local poet
- Kurt Sperling (1903–1992), film and theater actor
- Thassilo von der Betten (1911–1995), lawyer, was from 1956 to 1977 senior district director of the Stade district and chairman of Concordia insurance
- Siegfried Grosse (1924–2016), Germanist and university lecturer
- Wolfgang Steglich (1927–2004), historian
- Diethard Hellmann (1928–1999), church musician and university professor
- Ekkehard Göpelt (1945–2016), singer and moderator
- Ulrich Mühe (1953–2007), actor and director
Personalities of the present
- Rainer Kößling (* 1936), classical philologist, Germanist and translator
- Rudolf Priemer (* 1938), local and regional researcher, born in Döben
- Albrecht Horn (* 1940), diplomat and economist, has written numerous specialist publications
- Gernot Busch (* 1943), industrial engineer
- Verena Reichel (* 1945), literary translator
- Peter Winterhoff-Spurk (* 1945), psychologist, author and publisher
- Gerhard Gey (* 1950), Saxon local politician, district administrator
- Karl-Heinz Gerstenberg (* 1951), Parliamentary Director of the Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen parliamentary group in the Saxon state parliament
- Carmen Blazejewski (* 1954), filmmaker and writer
- Johannes Reiche (* 1955), composer, clarinetist, conductor and teacher
- Carmen Nebel (* 1956), television presenter
- Olaf Beyer (* 1957), athlete (800 meter run, 1500 meter run)
- Holger "Makarios" Oley (* 1959), singer
- Uwe Schirmer (* 1962), historian
- Hermann Winkler (* 1963), former Saxon State Minister (CDU)
- Matthias Lindner (* 1965), soccer player
- Torsten Kracht (* 1967), soccer player
- Jochen Kupfer (* 1969), opera singer (baritone)
- Gee Vero (* 1971), artist and author
- Stefan Gerber (* 1975), historian
- Marina Schuck (* 1981), canoeist
- Tobias Burdukat (* 1983), youth educator, council member (BfG), youth project Village of Youth , Goldene Henne 2016
- René Rogge (* 1985), artist who works as an illustrator, cartoonist and graphic designer
- Ronny Garbuschewski (* 1986), football player
- Maria Kiedrowski (* 1988), handball player
- Sandra Seyfferth (* 1992), volleyball and beach volleyball player
Personalities associated with the city
- Wilhelm I, the one-eyed man (1343–1407), Margrave of Meissen, died in Grimma
- Magdalena von Staupitz (around 1485–1548), nun and headmistress of the first elementary school for girls in Grimma
- Katharina von Bora (1499–1552), wife of Martin Luther
- Adam Siber (1516–1584), humanist and educator, founding rector of the grammar school
- Balthasar Sartorius (1534–1609), Lutheran theologian and Superintendent of Grimma
- Martin Hayneccius (1544–1611), scholar, pedagogue and neo-Latin poet of the 16th century, was rector of the electoral state school in Grimma from 1588
- Johann Weber († around 1613), educator, was the fourth rector of the electoral state school St. Augustin in Grimma
- Johann Merck (1577–1658), educator, was twice rector of the Princely School Grimma with a total of more than 31 years of service
- Paul Helmreich (1579–1631), theologian and superintendent of Grimma
- Sigismund Badehorn (1585–1626), Lutheran theologian, pastor and superintendent of Grimma
- Christoph Schlegel (1613–1678), Lutheran theologian, pastor and superintendent of Grimma
- Paul Gerhardt (1607–1676), important hymn poet
- Andreas Kunad (1602–1662), educator and Lutheran theologian, was superintendent in Grimma
- Samuel von Pufendorf (1632–1694), was a student at the Grimma Princely School of St. Augustin from 1645 to 1650
- Johann Friedrich Mayer (1650–1712) was superintendent in Grimma
- Samuel Jacobi (1652–1721), composer and cantor of the Princely School Grimma (1680–1721)
- Georg Ermel (1659–1745), educator and philologist, was rector of the Saxon Princely School in Grimma for 26 years
- Heinrich August Schumacher (1683–1760), historian and educator, was rector of the Princely School in Grimma for 18 years
- Johann Tobias Krebs (1718–1782), philologist and educator, was rector of the Princely School Grimma for 19 years
- Friedrich Immanuel Schwarz (1728–1786), Lutheran theologian and educator, was the rector of the Princely School in Grimma
- Johann Heinrich Mücke (1735–1799), educator, philologist and rector of the Princely School of Grimma
- Karl Ludwig Nitzsch (1751–1831), theologian
- Georg Joachim Göschen (1752–1828), publisher and bookseller during Goethe's time, died in Grimma
- Friedrich Wilhelm Sturz (1762–1832), classical philologist and teacher, was rector of the Princely School Grimma for 20 years
- Johann Gottfried Seume (1763–1810), poet; This occurred in 1801 by Grimma from his walk to Syracuse on
- Jonathan August Weichert (1788–1844), German classical philologist and pedagogue, rector of the Princely School Grimma for 20 years
- Eduard Wunder (1800–1869), German philologist and long-time rector of the Princely School Grimma
- Christian Gottlob Lorenz (1804–1873), author of the city chronicle, professor and deputy rector at the Princely School Grimma
- Louis Plaidy (1810–1874), pianist, piano teacher and composer
- Julius Lasse (1819–1898), politician (National Liberal Party), died in Grimma
- Karl Schnelle (1831–1890), classical philologist and high school teacher
- Hugo Nauck (1837–1894), architect, master builder and senior building officer in Saxony, created the building plans for today's St. Augustin high school , which, together with the monastery church of Grimma, is one of the landmarks of the Mulde city
- Christian August Julius Clemen (1838–1920), Protestant theologian, senior teacher at the Princely and State School in Grimma and senior church councilor
- Kurt Bernhardi (1847–1892), educator, rector of the Princely School Grimma
- Kurt Schwabe (1916–2010), archivist and regional researcher, died in Grimma
- Günter Ketelhut (1926–2019), painter and graphic artist, lived in Bahren since 1967
Individual evidence
- ↑ Festschrift on the occasion of the 200th birthday of Magister Christian Gottlob Lorenz, published in 2004 by Geschichts- und Altertumsverein zu Grimma e. V., p. 10
- ^ Grimma honorary citizen and princely school archivist died - Wurzen - Region - LVZ-Online ( Memento from April 2nd, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ meinmuldental.de
- ↑ http://www.lvz.de/Region/Grimma/Ein-Leben-fuer-die-Wwissenschaft-Namensforscher-Horst-Naumann-ist-tot
- ↑ Collecting for the container café in the village of youth , from: grimma.de.
- ↑ Tobias Burdukat received a prize in the Charity category for his project “Village of Youth”, Focus online, October 29, 2016
- ↑ Nomination for the taz Panther Prize 2016
- ↑ Nomination for the taz Panther Prize 2016
- ↑ Tobias Burdukat wants to revitalize the old lace factory in Grimma with young people , from: lvz.de, May 22, 2016.
- ↑ About the broadcast: Sagenhaft - Das Sächsische Burgenland. Industrial ruin becomes the “Village of Youth” in mdr, April 10, 2016 ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , from: mdr.de.
