List of personalities of the city of Harzgerode
The list of personalities of the city of Harzgerode contains people who have played a lasting role in the history of the city of Harzgerode in the Harz district in Saxony-Anhalt . These are personalities who are honorary citizens, who were born or died here or who worked in Harzgerode and the incorporated localities and today's districts. All mayors of the city of Harzgerode since 1900 are also listed.
For the personalities from the localities incorporated into Harzgerode see also the corresponding local articles.
Honorary citizen
- Ernst Bremmel (1903–1992), sports teacher, initiator of sporting life in the city for over 30 years, creation of the ski jumping hill complex and self-sacrificing commitment to jumping in Harzgerode, other honors: Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Medal in gold, badge of honor from the DTSB in gold, DSLV Medal of Merit
- April 14, 2015: Günter Maluche (* 1943), founder
sons and daughters of the town
The following people were born in Harzgerode or the incorporated localities or today's districts of the city. Whether or not they later had their sphere of activity in Harzgerode is irrelevant.
Personalities of the early modern period
Johann Carl von Eckenberg (1717)
- Johann Georg I (1567–1618), from 1586 Prince of Anhalt, 1606–1618 Prince of Anhalt-Dessau
- Rudolf I (1576–1621), 1606–1621 Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst
- Viktor I. Amadeus (1634–1718), 1656–1718 Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
- Wilhelm (1643–1709), 1670–1709 Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Harzgerode
- Wilhelmine Charlotte Nüßler , since 1719 Wilhelmine Charlotte Countess von Ballenstedt (1683–1740), second wife of Prince Karl Friedrich von Anhalt-Bernburg
- Johann Carl von Eckenberg (1684–1748), power acrobat and theater manager
- August Friedrich Sack (1703–1786), philosopher and theologian
- Johann Philipp Sack (1722–1763), composer and keyboard player
19th century personalities
- Johann August Rienäcker (1779–1859), Protestant Reformed theologian and author, born in Güntersberge
- Friedrich Ernst von Busse (1828–1916), politician, member of the Reichstag
- Louis Reuss (1812–1888), Forstmann, 1853 techn. Head of the forest administration in Bernburg , 1857 head of the Wittgenstein Rent Chamber , from 1872 in Dobříš / Bohemia.
- Carl Reuss (1844–1918), forester, creator of the first hiking trails in the Harz Mountains
- Hermann Reuß (1848–1931), forester, specialist book author and educator
- Alexis Bishop (1857–1922), industrialist from Anhalt, born in Mägdesprung
20th century personalities
- Wilhelm Otto (1871–1943), bronze caster and sculptor, professor at the Berlin School of Applied Arts
- Kurt Müller (1876–1952), lawyer, politician and Anhalt Minister of State (1924–1929)
- August Wolf (1889–1945), printer and social democratic resistance fighter, victim of Nazi rule
- Erich Gostynski (1904 – after 1948), German-British physician
- Karl Hagedorn (1922–2005), German-American artist, born in Güntersberge
- Wilhelm Müller (1928–1999), painter and graphic artist
- Peter Betthausen (* 1941), art historian
- Axel Manthey (1945–1995), set designer, costume designer and director, born in Güntersberge
- Hella Brumme (* 1946), horticultural engineer and director of the Europa-Rosarium
- Veronika Hesse, b. Schmidt (* 1952), world champion and Olympic champion in cross-country skiing
- Christel Vogel (* 1959), politician (CDU)
Personalities who died in the city
- Johanna Elisabeth von Nassau-Hadamar (1619–1647), 1st wife of Prince Friedrich von Anhalt-Bernburg-Harzgerode
- Elisabeth Albertine zu Solms-Laubach (1631–1671), 1st wife of Prince Wilhelm von Anhalt-Bernburg-Harzgerode
- Johann Jacob Büchting (1729–1799), surveyor, surveyor and forester
- Johann Gottfried Keßler (1754–1830), mining and building advisor
- Franz Pfeil († 1945), colonial official and teacher
- Walter Weigmann (1902–1945), professor of business administration, fell at Güntersberge
- Karl Heinz Knepper (1945–2014), lyric tenor
Personalities associated with the city
- Friedrich (1613–1670), 1635–1670 Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Harzgerode
- Heinrich Heine (1797-1856), poet, stayed in Harzgerode in connection with his work Die Harzreise 1824; Memorial plaque on the house at Oberstrasse 24
- Carl Adolf Riebeck (1821–1883), industrialist and mining entrepreneur
- Karl-Heinz Börner (* 1935), teacher and historian
Mayor of the city of Harzgerode since 1900
- 1897–1914: Wilhelm Krause
- 1915–1927: Otto Schmidt
- 1927–1933: Paul Grotsch
- 1933–1945: Fritz Ehlert
- Apr. – Aug. 1945: Karl Sentker
- Aug-Dec 1945: Paul Grotsch
- 1946–1951: Karl Oppermann
- 1951–1952: Herbert Ziegenhahn
- 1952–1955: Erwin Prezewowski
- 1955–1962: Fritz Kietz
- 1962–1964: Kurt Lengning
- 1964–1967: Gustav Söder
- 1967–1974: Otto Seifert
- 1974–1980: Walter Berndt
- 1980–1990: Manfred Diwinski
- March – May 1990: Klaus Euchner
- 1990–1994: Hubert Boßmann
- Apr-June: 1994 Joachim Ender
- 1994-2007: Manfred Diwinski
- July-Aug. 2007: Gotthard Kube
- 2007–2009: Horst Schöne
- 2010–2016: Jürgen Bentzius
- since Jan. 1, 2017: Marcus Weise