List of personalities of the city of Kołobrzeg
The list of personalities of the city Kołobrzeg leads to persons in the city of Kolobrzeg (Kolberg) were born or who temporarily worked there.
People born in the city
By 1700
- Jacob Holk († after 1416), merchant and councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck
- Hans Schlief († 1466), mayor of Kolberg
- Dietrich Steffan († 1473), German university professor, dean of the artist faculty and rector of the University of Greifswald
- Peter Wolkow († 1516), German Roman Catholic clergyman and bishop of Schwerin
- Martin Karith († 1521), German Roman Catholic clergyman and Bishop of Cammin
- Konrad Bergius (1544–1592), German educator, rhetorician and Protestant theologian
- Paul Lütkemann (~ 1560–1611 / 1612), German composer
- Petrus Pachius (1579–1642), German Protestant clergyman, teacher and poet, vice-rector in Kolberg
- Cosmus von Simmer (1581–1650), German chronicler
- Christoph von Manteuffel (1622–1688), Oberhofmarschall Württembergischer Oberhofmarschall and Obervogt zu Marbach am Neckar
- Johannes Colberg (1623–1687), German Evangelical Lutheran theologian
- Valerius Jasche (1624–1684), German Evangelical Lutheran clergyman and schoolmaster, rector in Kolberg
- Christoph Bernhard (1628–1692), probably born in Kolberg as a singer, composer, conductor and music theorist
- Martin von Rango (1634–1688), German lawyer and historian, councilor of Kolberg
- Konrad Tiburtius Rango (1639–1700), German theologian and botanist
- Ewald Joachim von Eichmann (1653–1714), German legal scholar, district administrator and mayor of Kolberg
- God of honor Daniel Colberg (1659–1698), German Lutheran theologian, associate professor in Greifswald
- Jakob Brunnemann (1674–1735), German lawyer, director of the Schöppenstuhl zu Stargard
- Simon Peter Gasser (1676–1745), German legal scholar and economist
- Euphrosyne Auen (1677–1715), German poet
- Christoph Hermann von Schweder (1678–1741), German lawyer
- Caspar von Wolden (~ 1685–1745), district administrator of the Belgard district
- Hans Samuel von Pritz (1698–1756), Prussian major general, chief of Infantry Regiment No. 30
1701 to 1800
- Christiaan Hendrik Pots (1703–1773), German-Dutch legal scholar
- Martin Ludwig von Eichmann (1710–1792), royal Prussian general
- Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Wachse (1714–1773), German Protestant pastor, published the story of Colberg (1769)
- Otto Christoph von Podewils (1719–1781), German statesman, royal Prussian envoy and budget minister
- Karl Wilhelm Ramler (1725–1798), German lyric poet, translator, director of the Berlin National Theater
- Johann Jacob Meyen (1731–1797), German mathematician, professor at the Academic Gymnasium in Stettin
- Johann Christoph Paucker (1736–1776), German Protestant clergyman, provost of Jerwen in Estonia
- Joachim Nettelbeck (1738–1824), German navigator, citizen representative during the siege of Kolberg in 1807
- Christian Wilhelm Gericke (1742–1803), German Pietist and Protestant missionary
- Johann Gottlieb Stieg (1742–1806), German lawyer and Lord Mayor of Kolberg
- Christian Friedrich von Blanckenburg (1744–1796), German literary scholar
- Karl Ernst Ludwig von Lettow (1746–1826), Prussian general
- Mathias Julius von Laurens (1755–1807), Prussian major general, most recently head of the engineering department in the Upper War College
- Carl Philipp Wilhelm von Rango (1764–1827), Prussian colonel and commandant of the Minden fortress
- Georg Wilhelm Bartholdy (1765–1815), German educator, magazine editor and writer
- Ernst Conrad Peterson (1778–1841), German architect, city planner in Bromberg
- Ernst Heinrich Zettwach (1787–1857), Prussian administrative lawyer
- Karl von Bagensky (1794-1859), German officer and military writer
- Karl von Herrmann (1794–1876), Prussian general of the infantry
- Friedrich Ellendt (1796–1855), German classical philologist and grammar school director
1801 to 1850
- Ernst Ellendt (1803–1863), German classical philologist and grammar school director
- Franz von Boehn (1806–1890), Prussian lieutenant general and commander of Stettin
- Robert von Schröder (1807–1894), German manor owner and politician, district administrator of the Kolberg-Körlin district
- Hermann Freihold Plüddemann (1809–1868), German history painter and illustrator
- Helmuth von Gordon (1811–1889), Prussian officer, most recently general of the infantry
- Hermann von Schaetzel (1814–1892), Prussian officer, most recently major general and director of the rifle factory in Spandau
- Jeanne Marie von Gayette-Georgens (1817–1895), German writer and educator
- Oskar Danzier (1820–1879), German district administrator
- Albert Marth (1828–1897), German astronomer
- Paul Eduard Starcke (1837–1885), German military doctor
- Theodor Simon (1841–1874), German doctor and psychiatrist
- August von Schroeder (1842–1915), Prussian major general
- Max Simon (1844–1918), German math historian and math teacher
- Wilhelm Giese (1847–?), German physicist and polar researcher
1851 to 1900
- Paul von Basse (1851-1919), German administrative officer and landowner,
- Hans Gaede (1852-1916), German general
- Gustav Fock (1854–1910), German antiquarian bookseller and publisher
- Martin Plüddemann (1854-1897), German ballad and song composer and music teacher
- Otto Theodore Gustav Lingner (1856–1930), German nude, genre and portrait painter
- Ernst Maass (1856–1929), German classical philologist
- Max Wallies (1856–1925), German classical philologist, senior teacher at the Sophiengymnasium in Berlin
- Richard Poelchen (1857–1947), German surgeon in Zeitz
- Georg Bodenstein (1860–1941), German administrative lawyer and ministerial official
- Max Girschner (1861–1927), German doctor, worked as a colonial doctor and civil servant in Ponape
- Max Behrend (1862–1927), German theater actor, artistic director and playwright
- Walther Schultze (1862–1939), German historian and librarian
- Magnus Hirschfeld (1868–1935), German doctor and sex researcher
- Hans Benzmann (1869–1926), German poet
- Elsa Reger (1870–1951), wife and estate administrator of the artist Max Reger
- Ernst Lucht (1871–1934), German architect, head of the University Building Office in Greifswald
- Ernst Janke (1873–1943), German politician, mayor and district administrator
- Alfred Uckeley (1874–1955), German Protestant theologian
- Paul Müller (1875–1925), German sailor, journalist and union official
- Paul Oestreich (1878–1959), German reform pedagogue
- Walter Witting (1879–1947), German officer, lieutenant general in the Air Force in World War II
- Günther Schwantes (1881–1942), German officer, lieutenant general in World War II
- Ernst Behrend (1882–1938), German lawyer, President of the Senate at the Reich Insurance Office
- Konrad Zander (1883–1947), German naval and air force officer, most recently General der Flieger
- Ernst Issberner-Haldane (1886–1966), German-Australian palm reader, yoga teacher and occultist
- Ulrich Burmann (1887–1970), German lawyer and politician (SPD)
- Tassilo Hoffmann (1887–1951), German numismatist, chairman of the Numismatic Society in Berlin
- Robert Petschow (1888–1945), German balloonist, photographer and sports official
- Hans-Jürgen Stumpff (1889–1968), German Air Force General
- Heinrich Graf Luckner (1891–1970), German painter and graphic artist
- Willi Schultz (1892–1972), German school teacher and collector of Pomeranian folk songs and folk dances
- Günther Angern (1893–1943), German officer, most recently lieutenant general in World War II
- Lucian Zabel (1893–1936), German commercial artist
- Walter Schulz (1897–1934), German SA leader and victim of the Röhm putsch
1901 to 1945
- Hans Sponholz (1902–1982), German writer
- Emil Otto (1903–1974), German politician (KPD / SED) and trade unionist (FDGB)
- Hildegard Behr (1905–2000), German writer, genealogist and local history researcher
- Georg Fleischmann (1906–1970), German lawyer and criminal police officer and Obersturmführer in the SD main office
- Kurt Zillmann (1906–1980), German lawyer and criminal police officer as well as SS-Sturmbannführer at the Reich Security Main Office
- Kurt Zipper (1906–1952), German politician (LDPD), member of the People's Chamber of the GDR, executed in 1952
- Kurt Brunow (1907–?), German SS leader and police officer
- Erwin Assmann (1908–1984), German historian
- Gerhard Wesenberg (1908–1957), German legal historian, professor at the University of Vienna
- Karl Hans Janke (1909–1988), German engineer, artist and inventor
- Hans Kies (1910–1984), German sculptor and politician
- Werner Krüger (1910–2003), German aeronautical engineer, inventor of the Kruger flap in aircraft construction
- Erika Countess von Brockdorff (1911–1943), German resistance fighter against National Socialism
- Joachim Albrecht (1913–1997), German artist, professor at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts
- Hans-Joachim Friedländer (1915–2005), German politician (DBD), chairman of the Central Revision Commission of the DBD
- Karl-Heinz Marbach (1917–1995), German naval officer in World War II
- Hans Firzlaff (1921–2012), German writer, editor and publisher
- Eberhard von Block (1923–2019), German general
- Karl Hempel (1923–2018), German surgeon, former President of the Professional Association of German Surgeons
- Rudolf Raasch (1925–2008), German pedagogue and history teacher
- Hans-Albert Walter (1925–2005), German artist
- Erich Breese (1926–1990), German actor, radio play and voice actor
- Waltraut Rubien (1927–2017) deserved educator for German-Israeli relations
- Dietwulf Baatz (* 1928), German archaeologist
- Jörg Blaurock (1928–2014), German shipbuilding engineer, specialist in ship propellers
- Klaus Wischnewski (1928–2003), German dramaturge, author and film critic
- Wolfgang Freitag (* 1930), German architect
- Hans-Georg Mews (1931–2010), German educator, state school board in Bremen
- Hans Bellin (1932–2016), German internist, university professor in Rostock
- Hans Langenfeld (* 1932), German sports scientist and sports historian
- Erdmann-Michael Hinz (1933–1950), German sculptor
- Jürgen Dummer (1935–2011), German classical philologist
- Egon Krenz (* 1937), German politician (SED)
- Hartmut Backe (* 1941), German experimental physicist, professor in Mainz
- Johann-Peter Hinz (1941–2007), German artist, sculptor and local politician
- Joachim Kath (* 1941), German non-fiction author
- Richard Teßmer (* 1941), German engineer and university professor
- Heidrun Hartmann (1942–2016), German botanist and university professor
- Buzz Bütow (1943–2004), German cartoonist, graphic designer, film and literature reviewer
- Hasso von Wedel (* 1943), German audiologist, professor in Cologne
- Fee von Zitzewitz (1943–2006), German photo model
- Wolf-Rüdiger Krause (* 1944), German former football player
- Andreas Lüderwaldt (* 1944), German ethnomusicologist
- Christine Lucyga (* 1944), German politician (SPD)
- Heidemarie Steiner (* 1944), German former figure skater
From 1946
- Marek Drewnowski (* 1946), pianist
- Sebastian Karpiniuk (1972–2010), Polish politician
- Daria Korczyńska (* 1981), Polish sprinter
- Jolanta Siwińska (* 1991), Polish soccer player
Personalities who worked in the city
17th and 18th centuries
- Balthasar Timaeus von Güldenklee (1600–1667), German doctor, was the mayor of Kolberg
- Hans Heinrich von Schlabrendorf (1646–1692), Brandenburg major general, 1690–1692 commander of the Kolberg Fortress
- Georg Arnold von Grolman (1678–1762), Prussian colonel, was in command of the Kolberg Fortress
- Friedrich Wilhelm von Borcke (1680–1743), Prussian major general, was in command of the Kolberg Fortress
- Volrath von Hellermann (1686–1756), Prussian colonel, was in command of the Kolberg Fortress
- Asmus Ehrenreich von Bredow (1693–1756), Prussian lieutenant general, was governor of Kolberg from 1749
- Johann Ludwig d'Arrest (1709 – after 1771), German lawyer, was mayor and municipal district administrator in Kolberg from 1757 to 1771
- Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (1730–1794), United States General in the War of Independence, was captured by Russia as a Prussian officer during the siege of 1761
- Ludwig Moritz von Lucadou (1741–1812), Prussian major general, commandant of the Kolberg Fortress from 1803 to 1807
- Heinrich Friedrich von Diez (1751–1817), Prussian diplomat, orientalist and writer, lived from 1791 to 1807 as prelate of the cathedral chapter in Kolberg
- Friedrich Otto Wichmann (1763 – after 1791), theologian and schoolboy, was rector of the Lyceum in Kolberg from 1785 to 1787
- Hans von Held (1764–1842), author of the influential text About the sea bath near Colberg and the best and cheapest way to use it with benefit (1803)
- Otto August Heinrich Dahlke (1767 – after 1806), German lawyer, was Lord Mayor of Kolberg from 1806
- Karl Friedrich Franciscus von Steinmetz (1768–1837) Prussian major general, commandant of the Kolberg Fortress from 1807 to 1808
- Karl Wilhelm Ernst von Waldenfels (1772–1807), Prussian officer, killed in defense of Kolberg
- Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (1778-1852), also called gymnastics father Jahn , lived from 1820 to 1825 as an exile in Kolberg
- Adolf von Lützow (1782–1834), Prussian officer, received the order Pour le Mérite for the defense of Kolberg
- Heinrich von Holleben (1784–1864), bearer of the peace message in 1807, honorary citizen of Kolberg in 1857
- Friedrich Wilhelm Roth (1787–1862), Prussian major general, made outstanding contributions to the defense of Kolberg in 1807 as a young officer and published on it
19th to 21st century
- Nestor Girschner (1821–1885), German high school teacher and local historian, prorector of the Kolberg high school
- Hermann Hirschfeld (1825–1885), father of Magnus Hirschfeld , who was born in Kolberg , was a medical advisor and spa doctor. He was instrumental in making the city a seaside resort. He also made a contribution to the establishment of a sewer system in Kolberg.
- Joachim Kummert (1834–1914), German politician, was mayor of Kolberg from 1878 to 1907
- Hermann Ziemer (1845–1908), German philologist, high school professor in Kolberg
- Wilhelm Grisard (before 1877 – after 1937), organ builder and owner of a piano house
- Paul Hinz (1899–1988), cathedral preacher in Kolberg from 1930 to 1945, member of the resistance in the Third Reich. Saved valuable cathedral treasures in 1945 (including the famous Schlieffenkrone and the baptismal font),
- Albrecht Wegener (1905–1973), Lord Mayor of Kolberg from 1935 to 1941
- Sebastian Machowski (* 1972), German basketball coach, coached Kotwica Kołobrzeg from 2006-2009 and won the Polish Cup with the team
Honorary citizen
- the year in the end is the year of the award -
- Heinrich von Holleben (1784–1864), Prussian general, bearer of the message on the peace of Tylża (1807), which ended the French siege; 1857
- Paul Heyse , German writer (Drama Colberg ); 1890
- Hermann Haken , Lord Mayor of Szczecin
- Zygmunt Maj (born June 12, 1920 in Radom ; † February 1, 1994 in Kolberg), physician, pediatrician, active in Kolberg from 1970; a street was also named after him; 1990
- Ignacy Jeż , Bishop of Köslin and Kolberg (1972–1992); 2004
- John Paul II , 2005
- Józef Słomski (2009)
Individual evidence
- ↑ An illustrated information board on the spa promenade, seen and photographed in May 2018
- ↑ Honorowi obywatele Kołobrzegu (German: Kolbergs honorary citizen ). Retrieved November 15, 2019 (Polish).