List of personalities of the city of Großenhain
The following overview contains well-known personalities who were born in the Saxon town of Großenhain or who are connected to Großenhain.
sons and daughters of the town
The following personalities were born in Großenhain:
15.-16. century
- Caspar Borner (around 1492–1547), Lutheran theologian, humanist, reformer and rector of the University of Leipzig
- Valentin Weigel (1533–1588), Protestant theologian and philosopher
- Sigismund Badehorn (1585–1626), Lutheran theologian, professor at the University of Leipzig and superintendent in Grimma
17th century
- Martin Blochwitz (1602–1629), physician, general practitioner, city physician in Oschatz
- Christian Trentsch (1605–1677), didactic logician and metaphysician
- Marcus Dornblüth (1642–1715), Mayor of Dresden
- Basilius Petritz (1647–1715), church musician and Kreuzkantor
- Gottfried Adolph Daum (1679–1743), Prussian entrepreneur and banker
18th century
- Paul Jacob Förtsch (1722–1801), Lutheran theologian and general superintendent of the general dioceses of Göttingen and Harburg
- Karl August Gottlieb Keil (1754–1818), Protestant theologian and rector of the University of Leipzig
- Carl Gottfried Theodor Chladenius (1759–1837), lawyer and mayor of Großenhain
- Frederick Traugott Pursh (1774–1820), actually Friedrich Pursch , botanist
- Adolf Theodor Roscher (1782–1861), entrepreneur in the glass industry
- Emil Reiniger (1792–1849), doctor, poet and co-founder of Germany's first public library in Grossenhain
19th century
- Ernst Heinrich Pfeilschmidt (1809–1894), Protestant pastor at the Annenkirche Dresden and writer
- Franz Dietrich (1810–1883), Protestant theologian and orientalist
- Eduin Bauer (1816–1892), pastor and author
- Gustav Fedor Zschille (1819–1888), cloth manufacturer
- Richard von Meerheimb (1825–1896), officer and writer
- Heinrich Ernst Stötzner (1832–1910), educator
- Richard Richter (1839–1901), educator
- Camillo Ehregott Zschille (1847–1910), draftsman
- Richard Zschille (1847–1903), cloth manufacturer, art collector and benefactor
- August Kaden (1850–1913), cigar manufacturer, publisher, SPD politician, member of the German Reichstag and member of the Saxon state parliament
- Victor Alexander von Otto (1852–1912), lawyer, politician, Saxon Minister of Justice and Prime Minister of Saxony
- Friedrich Geyer (1853–1937), politician of the SPD, USPD and KPD, member of the German Reichstag, member of the Saxon state parliament and Saxon finance minister
- Ernst Nitzschke (1855–1924), SPD politician and member of the German Reichstag
- Paul Schumann (1855–1927), art historian and co-founder of the Dürerbund
- Paul Harzer (1857–1932), astronomer
- Georg Buchwald (1859–1947), Lutheran theologian
- Hermann Käppler (1863–1926), Müller, SPD politician, member of the state parliament of Saxony-Altenburg and member of the German Reichstag
- Max Geißler (1868–1945), author and literary scholar
- Arthur Hedrich (1870–1937), folk singer, vocal comedian (bassist)
- William Müller (1871–1913), architect
- Johann Jaenichen (1873–1945), German sculptor
- Kurt Lindner sr. (1877–1966), entrepreneur in the electrical engineering industry
- Agnes Susanne Scheurmann (1881–1974), painter and graphic artist
- Reinhard Buchwald (1884–1983), literary and cultural historian and co-founder of the German adult education center movement
- Max Müller (1885–1960), painter and graphic artist
- Rudolf Zocher (1887–1976), philosopher and university professor
- Fritz Geyer (1888–1966), lawyer, politician of the USPD, SPD and SED, government official, head of the office of the President of the Council of Ministers of the GDR
- Kurt Globig (1895–1972), painter
- Carlo Mierendorff (1897–1943), SPD politician, member of the German Reichstag and resistance fighter against National Socialism
- Franz Bänsch (1899–1961), Oblate of the Immaculate Virgin Mary and prison chaplain
- Walter Neul (* 1899), politician of the NSDAP, member of the Saxon state parliament and member of the German Reichstag
20th century
- Gerhart Gunderam (1904–1992), non-fiction author and chess theorist
- Johanna Kunath (1904–1993), diet nurse, pioneer of the profession of dietician
- Kurt Eggert (1909–1997), teacher, local historian and painter
- Walter Klöditz (1911–1994), SPD politician and Lord Mayor of Braunschweig
- Richard Hönicke (1921–2000), painter
- Werner Kirst (1924–2012), handball player, handball trainer and university lecturer
- Helmut H. Schaefer (1925–2005), mathematician, professor at the University of Halle (Saale), at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, at the California Institute of Technology and at other US universities
- Georg Otto (* 1928), co-founder of the political party Die Grünen and founder of the quarterly magazine "Alternatives"
- Wolfgang Herrmann (* 1939), politician (SED)
- Eberhard Schneider (* 1941), political scientist
- Cornelia Zanger (* 1953), economist, professor at the University of Kiel, at the RWTH Aachen and at the TU Chemnitz
- Roger Baptist (* 1966), also known as Rummelsnuff, musician and bodybuilder
- Mario Beger (* 1966), politician (AfD) and member of the Saxon state parliament
- Lutz Jenke (* 1967), badminton player
- André Wendt (* 1971), politician (AfD)
- Ingo Senftleben (* 1974), politician, chairman of the CDU parliamentary group in the Brandenburg state parliament and state chairman of the CDU Brandenburg
- Stefan Jänke (* 1975), composer, church musician and choir director
- Ulrike Almut Sandig (* 1979), writer
- Robin Hoffmann (* 1984), musician and composer
Other personalities associated with the city
17th century
- Gottfried Meisner (1618–1690), Protestant theologian at the University of Wittenberg and superintendent in Jessen and Großenhain
- Benjamin Hederich (1675–1748), rector in Großenhain, lexicon and textbook author
- Adam Friedrich Zürner (1679–1742), Protestant pastor in the district of Skassa, cartographer and installation manager of the Saxon postal mile columns
18th century
- Johann Gottfried Pilarik (1705–1764), Protestant pastor, hymn poet, superintendent in Liebenwerda and Großenhain
- August Friedrich Ernst Langbein (1757–1835), writer, worked at times in the Grossenhain judicial office
- Karl Benjamin Preusker (1786–1871), rent clerk in Großenhain, archaeologist, librarian and founder of Germany's first public library in Großenhain
- Carl Wilhelm Hering (1790–1871), Protestant theologian, superintendent in Großenhain and local researcher
19th century
- William Hering (1812–1897), Protestant pastor in Strauch and member of the Saxon state parliament
- Paul Glasses (1871–1937), church musician, composer and church music director in Großenhain
- Horst von Minckwitz (1877–1956), military aviator and construction manager of the Großenhain aviation station
- Alfred Fellisch (1884–1973), politician of the SPD and SED, Saxon State Minister, Prime Minister of Saxony and Governor of Grossenhain
20th century
- Rudolf Bernhardt (1904 – after 1970), lawyer, Mayor of Großenhain from 1933 to 1945
- Herbert Gadsch (1913–2011), church musician, composer and church music director in Großenhain
- Heino (* 1938), bourgeois Heinz Georg Kramm , pop singer, spent part of his childhood in Großenhain
- Chris Doerk (* 1942), pop singer, was trained as a commercial applicant in Großenhain
- Corinna Harfouch (* 1954), actress, spent her childhood in Großenhain, graduated from high school there and gained her first acting experience at the city's pioneering theater
- Tom Sello (* 1957), publicist and GDR oppositionist, grew up in Großenhain
- Kerstin Lauterbach (* 1959), member of the state parliament and city councilor (DIE LINKE)
- Corinna Köhler (* 1964), nurse, politician of the SPD, member of the Saxon state parliament, graduated from high school in Großenhain
- Sebastian Fischer (* 1981), Member of the State Parliament (CDU)
- Josephin Hönicke (* 1989), inline speed skater
- Lisa Kaluzni (* 1989), inline speed skater
Honorary citizen
- 1840: Karl Benjamin Preusker (1786–1871), archaeologist, librarian and founder of Germany's first public library in Großenhain
- 1895: Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898), Reich Chancellor
Individual evidence
- ↑ Johanna Kunath. In: Rhein-Neckar-Wiki.de. June 29, 2018, accessed August 2, 2019 .
- ↑ Important personalities - City of Grossenhain. (No longer available online.) In: Großenhain.de. Grossenhain city administration , 2011, archived from the original on April 2, 2012 ; Retrieved September 24, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.