List of personalities of the city of Lüneburg

The list of personalities of the city of Lüneburg contains the lists of the honorary citizens, the sons and daughters of the city who were born in Lüneburg , and those of the other personalities who worked in the city.

The listings are made

• according to the date of award for honorary citizens ,
• chronologically with the sons and daughters of the city and
• alphabetically with the other personalities

Honorary citizen

Georg Theodor Meyer, honorary citizen 1832

The city's archives did not record honorary citizens until 1800.

• 1832: Georg Theodor Meyer (1798–1870), lawyer, Liberal MP and Minister, Senator
• 1832: Johann Rudolf Christiani (1761–1841), superintendent and founder of the first elementary school in Lüneburg (1816)
• 1832: Ernst Langrehr (1802–1863), lawyer and poet ("Isidor Bürger")
• 1900: Privy Counselor Carl Gravenhorst (1837–1913), volunteer for 25 years in the mayor council
• 1906: Senator Johannes Reichenbach (1836–1921), for voluntary work in the citizen board and as a senator
• 1918: Field Marshal General Paul von Hindenburg (1847–1934), for his services in the First World War
• 1937: Gauleiter Otto Telschow (1876–1945) (revocation of honorary citizenship by the City Council of Lüneburg on April 19, 2007)
• 1956: William A. Watt (Thomasville, USA), for his support of Lüneburg after the Second World War
• 1984: Johannes Eisenbeiss (Hamburg), for the promotion of Lüneburg's economy and patronage
• 1984: Lord Mayor Mitsuji Tani ( Naruto , Japan ), for international understanding
• 1986: Mayor Jean Fonteneau ( Clamart , France ), for international understanding
• 1998: Entrepreneur couple Lucia Pfohe (1919–2008) and Hans Pfohe (1918–2004), entrepreneurs, for patronage
• 1998: Helga Schuchardt (* 1939), engineer and minister, for the efforts to found the university
• 2017: Henning J. Claassen (* 1944), entrepreneur; created many jobs and training positions in Lüneburg through the settlement of numerous companies; Commitment to the historic water district and its listed building fabric, high level of social commitment

sons and daughters of the town

Until 1800

• Nikolaus von Grönhagen († 1438), Mayor of Lüneburg
• Heinrich Brömse (1440–1502), Lübeck mayor
• Lutke von Dassel (1474–1537), Mayor of Lüneburg
• Nikolaus Bardewik (1506–1560), Lübeck mayor
• Lucas Bacmeister the Elder (1530–1608), theologian and hymn composer
• Hartwig Schmidenstet (1539–1595), rhetorician
• Andreas Crappius (1542–1623), hymn composer
• Leonhard von Elver (1564–1631), lawyer and mayor of Lüneburg
• Johannes Bisterfeld (1568–1618), professor of Reformed theology and philosophy, rector of the High School in Herborn
• Peter Finxius (1573-1624), medic
• Hieronymus Stephan von Elver (1584–1624), Reichshofrat, imperial envoy and writer
• Albrecht von Dassel (1602–1657), councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck
• Christian Hoburg (1607–1675), theologian and mystic
• Johann Bacmeister the Younger (1624–1686) professor of medicine and mathematics and personal physician
• Georg Niehenck (1628–1714), theologian
• Georg von Dassel (1629–1687), Mayor of Lüneburg
• Franz Joachim Burmeister (1633–1672), theologian and poet
• Johann Georg Ebeling (1637–1676), Johanniter, hymn composer ("The golden sun full of joy and delight", text by Paul Gerhardt)
• Jakob Dornkrell ab Eberhertz (1643–1704), Protestant theologian, founder of a printing company, was provost in Gülzow in the district of Cammin i from 1690–1700 . Pom.
• Caspar Sagittarius (1643–1694), historian and university professor
• Johann Caspar von Völcker (1655–1730), engineer, architect, Braunschweig fortress construction director and major general
• Johann Wilhelm Reinbeck (1691–1764), lawyer, bailiff in Neuhaus
• Ludwig Albrecht Gebhardi (1735–1802), historian and librarian
• Johann Abraham Peter Schulz (1747–1800), Johanniter, composer and conductor (The moon has risen; your little children, come)
• Georg Heinrich Nieper (1748–1841), lawyer and vice-president of the provincial government in the Kingdom of Hanover
• Johanna Stegen (1793–1842), symbolic figure of German nationalism ("hero girl of Lüneburg")
• Wilhelm Friedrich Volger (1794–1879), rector of the Johanneum, archivist, librarian and historian
• Christian Wilhelm Lindemann (1798–1867), lawyer, Lord Mayor of Lüneburg and Minister of the Interior of the Kingdom of Hanover
• Georg Theodor Meyer (1798–1870), Johanniter, lawyer, member of the Paulskirche 1848, 1850/51 Minister of Culture in the Kgr. Hanover
• Wilhelm Theodor Kraut (1800–1873), lawyer and university lecturer

1801 to 1900

• Alexander von Arentschildt (1806–1881), Hanoverian and Prussian lieutenant general
• Eduard Krüger (1807–1885), musicologist, composer and university professor
• Georg Gottlieb Schirges (1811–1879), pharmacist, writer and journalist; Co-founder of the Hamburg labor movement
• Heinrich Ringklib (1819–1886), statistician, calculator and monastery administrator
• Otto Volger (1822–1897), geologist, mineralogist
• Rudolf von Bennigsen (1824–1902), Johanniter, politician, co-founder of the German National Association , chairman of the National Liberals in the Reichstag
• Georg Dietrich August Ritter (1826–1908), mathematician and astrophysicist
• Georg Keferstein (1831–1907), Lord Mayor of Lüneburg
• Carl Gravenhorst (1837–1913), secret councilor and lawyer, b. in Carrenzien / Krs. Bleckede - Neuhaus office, Johanniter, 1900 honorary citizen of Lüneburg; 46 years in the mayor council, 38 of which as "spokesman"
• Louis Böhmer (1843-1896), German-American horticultural scientist
• Hans von Hammerstein-Loxten (1843–1905), politician, Prussian interior minister
• August Egbert von Derschau (1845–1883), lawyer and novelist
• Gustav von Hoppenstedt (1847-1918), Prussian general (field artillery)
• Otto von Lauenstein (1857-1916), Prussian general (field artillery)
• Wilhelm Bornemann (1858–1946), Protestant theologian and hymn poet
• Hans Görges (1859–1946), electrical engineer, university professor in Dresden
• Adelheid von Bennigsen (1861–1938), women's rights activist
• Hans Reichenbach (1864–1937), hygienist and university professor
• Adolf Jenckel (1870–1958), surgeon
• Hermann Matthies (1871–1911), architect
• Hugo Röttcher (1878–1942), architect and railway construction officer
• Hermann Jacobsohn (1879–1933), Johanniter, linguist (University of Marburg)
• Otto Wolter-Pecksen (1882–1954), doctor, SS-Sturmbannführer; worked as a concentration camp doctor in the Moringen concentration camp
• Henry Heinemann (1883–1958), tropical medicine specialist, Dutch from 1950
• Anna Jacobson (1888–1972), Germanist
• Fritz Heinemann (1889–1970), Johanniter, philosopher (Frankfurt), after emigrating in 1937 in Oxford
• Richard von Börstling (1892–1984), sinologist and diplomat
• Conrad Engelhardt (1898–1973), naval officer, most recently rear admiral in World War II and German head of sea transport in Italy

1901 to 1950

• Heinrich Braune (1904–1990), journalist
• Wilhelm Stephan (1906–1994), conductor, music engineer in the Bundeswehr
• Jean Leppien (1910–1991), painter; Studied at the Bauhaus, pupil of Josef Albers, Wassily Kandinsky and Paul Klee
• Bubi Aderhold (1924–2008), jazz musician
• Gerhard Dierssen (1925–2008), photojournalist and author
• Niklas Luhmann (1927–1998), Johanniter, sociologist (University of Bielefeld), founder of sociological systems theory ("Theory of Society")
• Heinz Friedrich Meyer (1933–2004), hand weaver and lecturer
• Hans Jürgen Koch (1934–2014), editor and author
• Klaus Alpers (* 1935), classical philologist
• Hans Dieter Meyer (1936–2015), lawyer and insurance specialist
• Uwe Hüffer (1939–2012), lawyer and university professor
• Detlev Ganten (* 1941), doctor, member of the National Ethics Council, since 2004 Chairman of the Board of Charité Berlin
• Dirk Hansen (* 1942), former member of the Bundestag (FDP) and Vice President of the Federal Agency for Civic Education
• Pit Müller (1942–2017), jazz musician
• Henning J. Claassen (* 1944), founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Impreglon SE
• Edmund Gleede (* 1944), theater director and dramaturge
• Klaus H. Leprich (* 1945), Federal Chairman of the BDZ - German Customs and Finance Union from 2001 to 2014
• Nick Benjamin , b. Lutz Jörg Nicolai (1946–2018), singer, presenter and actor
• Annegret Soltau (* 1946), artist
• Manfred Harder (1947–2018), DFB Bundesliga referee, 54 Bundesliga and 44 second division games
• Ina Barfuss (* 1949), artist
• Ulrich Fischer (* 1949), theologian and regional bishop of the Evangelical Church in Baden

From 1951

• Rolf-Dieter Krause (* 1951), television journalist
• Antje Niewisch-Lennartz (* 1952), judge and politician (B'90 / Greens); from 2013 to 2017 Minister of Justice of Lower Saxony
• Kai-Uwe Bielefeld (* 1954), administrative officer and politician (independent)
• Thomas Leinkauf (* 1954), philosopher at the Westphalian Wilhelms University
• Rainer Schmalz-Bruns (1954–2020), political scientist and university professor
• Ingeborg Harms (* 1956), journalist, literary scholar and writer
• Christoph Meyer (* 1960), director, theater manager, general manager
• Heinrich Schlange-Schöningen (* 1960), ancient historian, professorship in Saarbrücken (Saarland)
• Tex Rubinowitz (* 1961), cartoonist, travel journalist, publisher
• Matthias Leja (* 1962), actor
• Eckhard Pols (* 1962), politician (CDU)
• Tanja Schumann (* 1962), actress
• Mathias Jeschke (* 1963), editor and writer
• Bahne Rabe (1963–2001), rowing athlete and gold medalist at the 1988 Olympic Games
• Joachim Braun (* 1965), journalist
• Brigitte Haar (1965–2019), legal scholar
• Corinna Rückert (* 1965), cultural scientist and author
• Frank Godt (* 1966), production designer
• Hilke Petersen (* 1967), journalist and television presenter
• Marco Börries (* 1968), founder of Star Division and inventor of StarOffice
• Ilka Brüggemann (* 1968), journalist, radio presenter and Low German author
• Sebastian Niemann (* 1968), director and screenwriter
• Friedrich von Mansberg (* 1969), dramaturge and singer (tenor)
• Thorben Albrecht (* 1970), State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs
• Florian Voss (* 1970), writer
• Patricia Pantel (* 1971), presenter; Radio: FRITZ, You FM formerly HR-XXL (HR); Television: Loveparade, Kanzlerbungalow (WDR), Channel 4 (GB) etc.
• Mirko Reisser ( DAIM ) (* 1971), graffiti artist
• Patrick Wirbeleit (* 1971), illustrator, comic author and cartoonist
• Jenny Elvers (* 1972), actress, presenter and author
• Alexis Krüger (* 1972), speaker and puppeteer
• Jan Böttcher (* 1973), writer and musician
• Trooper Da Don (* 1973), rapper and actor
• Jan-Philipp Müller (* 1975), journalist and television presenter
• Katarina Waters (* 1980), British wrestler
• Christian Meyer (* 1982), moderator, musician, cabaret artist and author
• Marie-Madeleine Krause (* 1986), actress and musician
• Jannik Scharmweber (* 1990), actor and model
• Phil Hungerecker (* 1994), ice hockey player

Other personalities

• Erdal Akdari (* 1993), professional footballer
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), student at St. Michaelis from 1700 to 1702
• Maximilian Beister (* 1990), professional footballer
• Jan Bender (1909–1994), church musician; after the Second World War until 1960 organist at St. Michaelis
• Georg Böhm (1661–1733), cantor to St. Johannis
• Max Bräuner (1882–1966), psychiatrist and director of the state sanatorium and nursing home in Lüneburg, who was involved in euthanasia crimes during the National Socialist era
• Johannes Buno (1617–1697), pedagogue and theologian, rector of the Michaelis School, pastor at St. Michaelis
• Willer Crowell († 1401), head of the Lüneburg law firm
• Andreas Ebel (* 1968), editor-in-chief of the Ostsee-Zeitung; studied business administration in Lüneburg
• Christian Flor (1626–1697), composer and organist; Organist at St. Johannis from 1676 until his death
• Friedrich Funcke (1642–1699), clergyman, cantor and composer; from 1664 to 1694 cantor at the St. Johannis School
• Frieder Gadesmann (1943–2014), Protestant theologian and educationalist (resident from 1968 to 1971)
• Tobias Gravenhorst (* 1962), cantor at St. Michaelis from 1994 to 2008 , now cathedral cantor in Bremen
• Volker Gwinner (1912–2004), from 1957 to 1977 cantor at St. Johannis and professor at the Hanover University of Music
• Heinrich Heine (1797–1856), visits to his parents 1822 to 1826 ( Heinrich-Heine-Haus )
• Hans Heintze (1911–2003), cantor at St. Johannis , later cathedral cantor in Bremen
• Werner Hoppenstedt (1883–1971), director of the cultural studies institute of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society
• Johann Christopher Jauch (1669–1725), Superintendent of Lüneburg, author
• Johann Jacob Löwe (1629–1703), organist, composer and court conductor; from 1682 until his death organist at St. Nicolai
• Karl Reinhold Mai (* 1951), bank manager and CEO of Sparkasse Lüneburg
• Boldewin von Marenholtz († 1532), theologian, last Catholic abbot of the Michaeliskloster in Lüneburg, built a water art for Lüneburg
• Johann Wilhelm Petersen (1649–1727), theologian, mystic and chiliast
• Curt Pomp (* 1933), founder of the "Lüneburg Old Town Working Group"
• Karl Rathgeber (* 1950), church musician, choir director and university professor; Head of the municipal music school in Lüneburg (1984–92)
• Urbanus Rhegius (1489–1541) reformer, active in Lüneburg from 1531
• Bernhard Riemann (1826–1866), mathematician ( Riemann's integral )
• Sigismund Scherertz (1584–1639), superintendent and writer
• Fritz Schumacher (1869–1947), architect, town planner, construction officer and university professor
• Ralf Sievers (* 1961), professional footballer, 232 Bundesliga games
• Christoph Steiner (* 1952), editor-in-chief of the Lüneburg newspaper for the Lüneburg Heath (LZ)
• Joachim Vogelsänger (* 1958), cantor and church music director at St. Johannis
• Klaus Wegenast (1929–2006), Professor of Protestant Theology, Lüneburg University of Education
• Jörg W. Ziegenspeck (* 1941), professor of psychology and educational science at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg
• Ziggy X , techno DJ

Web links

• Hanseatic City of Lüneburg: Honors and honorary citizens

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Honorary Citizen of the Hanseatic City of Lüneburg (since 1832) ( Memento from January 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), Hanseatic City of Lüneburg
2. ↑ Honorary citizenship: Council dissociates itself unanimously ( Memento of the original from February 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Press archive, Hanseatic City of Lüneburg, April 21, 2007. 
3. ↑ Christian Gottlieb Jöcher : Compendioses learned Lexicon . Volume 2, third edition, Leipzig 1733, column 929.
4. ↑ Frauke Bittner: On the person: Gerhard Mellin , press release No. 288b / 2017 of the Hanover region of June 27, 2017
5. ^ Friedrich von Mansberg - biography