List of personalities of the city of Herzberg am Harz
The list of personalities of the city of Herzberg am Harz contains people who have played a lasting role in the history of the city of Herzberg am Harz in Lower Saxony . These are personalities who were born here or who worked here.
For the personalities from the localities incorporated into Herzberg am Harz, see the corresponding local articles.
Sons and daughters of the place
- Duke Wolfgang von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen (1531–1595), was Prince of the Principality of Grubenhagen from 1567 to 1595
- Christian Ludwig Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg (1622–1665), Duke of the Principality of Calenberg and Duke of the Principality of Lüneburg
- Georg Wilhelm Duke of Braunschweig-Lüneburg (1624–1705), Duke of the Principality of Calenberg and Duke of the Principality of Lüneburg
- Johann Friedrich Duke of Braunschweig and Lüneburg (1625–1679), Duke of the Principality of Calenberg
- Sophie Amalie von Braunschweig-Calenberg (1628–1685), Queen of Denmark, married to Friedrich III. from Denmark and Norway
- Ernst August (1629–1698), first elector of Hanover
- Franz Daniel Freiherr von Schwachheim (1708–1794, under unknown circumstances), pharmacist in Lausanne, owner of Bad Schinznach and host of the Helvetic Society
- Carl Daniel Tanner (1791–1858), engraver, rifle manufacturer and royal Hanoverian court armorer
- Louis Sichart von Sichartshoff (1797–1882), Hanoverian lieutenant general and military writer
- Ida Arenhold (1798–1863), co-founder and first head of the Friederikenstift hospital in Hanover
- Bernhard Rodewald (1806–1874), administrative officer and parliamentarian
- Johann August Ludwig Preiss (1811–1883), German-British natural scientist, his official botanical author's abbreviation is L. Preiss
- Hermann Hähnel (1830–1894), master bricklayer, building contractor and architect
- Karl von Eine (1853–1934), Prussian Colonel General
- Ernst von Eine (1856–1931), Prussian lieutenant general
- Alma Erdmann (1872 − around 1930), portrait painter and illustrator
- Oswald Riedel (1887–1969), journalist and politician (DDP, DStP)
- Ernst Füllgrabe (1888–1971), called "Brommes", Harz native poet, born in Lonau
- Karl Peix (1899–1941), politician (KPD) and Nazi victim
- Wilhelm Pook (1905–1993), architect and regional planner, born in Sieber in the Harz region
- Gerd Kunath (1930–2017), actor and theater director
- Wolf Spillner (* 1936), German nature photographer and writer
- Otto Koch (1937–2010, emigrated 1959), owner of Chicken Delight Canada
- Gisela Zies (* 1939), writer
- Hans-Jörg Uther (* 1944), literary scholar and narrative researcher
- Antje-Katrin Kühnemann (* 1945), doctor and television presenter
- Hanne Bergius (* 1947), art historian
- Lutz Bandekow (* 1948), physician and officer, general physician in the Bundeswehr 2003–2007
- Peter Zilvar (* 1950), head of the Intercultural Center and Esperantist of the year 2007
- Friedrich Neumann (* 1957), music teacher and textbook author in Glienicke near Berlin
- Wilfried Ließmann (* 1958), mineralogist and mining historian
- Andreas Pohlmann (* 1959), artist, art historian and photographer
- Sabine Ziemke (* 1970), journalist, television and event presenter and media trainer
- Tatjana Steinhauer (* 1991), national water polo player and European Championship participant.
- Steffen Brinkmann (* 1994), composer for digital film music
Other personalities associated with the place
- Philipp I, Duke of Braunschweig-Grubenhagen (1476–1551), from the Welfen family, was a prince in the Principality of Grubenhagen and died in Herzberg
- Johann Georg Conrad Oberdieck (1794–1880), Lutheran pastor and one of the most important German pomologists of the 19th century, died in Herzberg
- Johann Andreas Engelhardt (1804–1866), organ builder of the 19th century, had his workshop on Fabrikstrasse
- Georg Schulze (1807–1866), Protestant theologian in Schwarzfeld, Germanist, author, editor and poet, collaborator on the Grimm dictionary
- Fritz Becker (1892–1967), officer, most recently lieutenant general and last combat commander of Bremen in World War II
- Joachim Gießner (1913–2003), station master from 1966 to 1978 and resident of the city until 2002
- Zofia Słaboszowska (1933–2004), Polish actress, died here
- Wolfgang Lampe (1953–2015), engineer, non-fiction author, mining historian and archivist in Clausthal-Zellerfeld
- Ralf Nielbock (* 1954), geologist and operations manager of the Einhornhöhle in Scharzfeld
- Eva Herman (* 1958), author and former television presenter, spent most of her childhood in Herzberg and attended the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Gymnasium
Individual evidence
- ↑ The city of Herzberg am Harz currently has no honorary citizens.
- ^ Chicken Delight in the English language Wikipedia
- ^ Obituary for Otto Koch. WinnipegFreePress, accessed August 7, 2011 .