List of personalities of the city of Marburg

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This list contains personalities born in Marburg as well as those who had their sphere of activity in the city without having been born there. Both sections are sorted chronologically according to the year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.

Personalities born in Marburg

Philip I the Magnanimous
Hermann von Vultejus
Anna Sophie of Hessen-Darmstadt
Karl Wilhelm Justi
Georg Friedrich Creuzer
Karl Gustav Adolf Knies
Adolf von Hildebrand
Siegfried von Roedern
Otto John
Hermann Albrecht
Karin Friedrich
Hans Mommsen
Claus Bantzer
Ludwig Schick
Alois Rhiel
Margot Käßmann
Roland Suso Richter
Jo Steinebach
Thomas Spies
Manfred Hilberger
Willi Weitzel
Lena Gercke

12th to 17th centuries

18th century

19th century

1801 to 1820

1821 to 1840

1841 to 1860

1861 to 1880

1881 to 1900

20th century

1901 to 1920

1921 to 1940

1941 to 1960

1961 to 1980

1981 to 2000

Personalities who worked in Marburg

  • Elisabeth of Thuringia (1207–1231), saint, hospital nurse, noblewoman and benefactress
  • Guda (around 1206 – after 1235), woman in the wake of Elisabeth of Thuringia
  • Isentrud von Hörselgau (? - after 1235), woman in the wake of Elisabeth of Thuringia
  • Heinrich I (1244–1308), Landgrave of Hesse
  • Sophie von Brabant (1224–1275), daughter of Elisabeth von Thuringia, lived in Marburg from 1228
  • Siegfried zum Paradies (? –1386), politician and patrician, grew up in Marburg
  • Henry III. (1440 / 41–1483), since 1458 Landgrave of Upper Hesse in Marburg
  • Johannes Ferrarius (1486–1558), lawyer, theologian and philosopher, lived in Marburg from 1523
  • Ludwig IV. (1537–1604), Landgrave of the Landgraviate of Hesse-Marburg
  • Johann Balthasar Schupp (1610–1661), theologian, priest, writer and poet, lived in Marburg 1625–1649
  • Hedwig Sophie von Brandenburg (1623–1683), interim regent, ran the Landgraviate of Hesse independently
  • Reinhold Pauli (1638–1682), Reformed theologian, was pastor of the Reformed community in Marburg
  • Philipp Casimir Schlosser (1658–1712) was superintendent and consistorial councilor in Marburg
  • Denis Papin (1647– around 1712), professor of mathematics and physics in Marburg from 1688–1695
  • Ludwig Christian Mieg (1668–1740), Reformed preacher in Marburg
  • Michail Wassiljewitsch Lomonossow (1711–1765), important Russian polymath, writer, painter, studied physics and chemistry in Marburg from 1736 to 1739
  • Bernhard Hupfeld (1717–1796), composer and university musician
  • Johann Franz Coing (1725–1792), theologian and university professor
  • Johann Gottlieb Waldin (1728–1795), university professor and founder of the Mineralogical Museum of the Philipps University of Marburg
  • Sophie von La Roche (1730–1807), novelist
  • Johann Heinrich Jung , called Jung-Stilling (1740–1817), professor of economic science 1787–1803
  • Ludwig von Wildungen (1754–1822), forester, writer
  • Hans Adolph Friedrich von Eschstruth (1756–1792), lawyer and composer
  • Caroline Schlegel-Schelling (1763–1809), writer and translator
  • Sophie Mereau (1770–1806), poet, translator and narrator, wife of Clemens Brentano
  • Daniel Jeanne Wyttenbach (1773–1830), author, first woman to receive an honorary doctorate from the Philipps University of Marburg
  • Karoline Engelhard (1781–1855), writer under the pseudonym "Julie", close contact with the Brothers Grimm
  • Bettina Brentano (1785-1859),
  • Eduard Sigismund Loebell (1791–1869) was a member of the state estates for Marburg
  • Robert Wilhelm Bunsen (1811–1899), chemist
  • Ernst Ranke (1814–1888), professor of church history and New Testament exegesis, worked at the University of Marburg from 1850
  • Georg August Rudolph (1816–1893), administrative lawyer and Lord Mayor of Marburg from 1856–1884
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Beneke (1824–1882), doctor, resided in Marburg from 1857–1882
  • Hermann Cuno (1831–1896), 1874–1879 district architect in Marburg
  • Ludwig Schüler (1836–1930), Lord Mayor of Marburg from 1884–1907
  • Max Seippel (1850–1913), writer, lived in Marburg from 1906
  • Georg Wenker (1852–1911), linguist
  • Gottfried Friedrich Aly (1852–1913), classical philologist and school politician, lived in Marburg from 1900
  • Emil Adolf von Behring (1854–1917), physician, bacteriologist, discoverer of serum therapy and the tetanus vaccine, Nobel laureate and honorary citizen of Marburg, lived in Marburg from 1895–1917
  • Carl Bantzer (1857–1941), painter, university professor and art writer, lived in Marburg from 1863–1875 and from 1924
  • Agnes Günther (1863–1911), writer, resided in Marburg from 1906
  • Gustav Jenner (1865–1920), composer and conductor, resided in Marburg from 1895
  • Anna Ritter (1865–1921), writer
  • Theophil Krawielitzki (1866–1942), pastor, founded the German Community Diakonieverband in 1922 , living in Marburg from 1908
  • Tada Urata (1873–1936), the first female doctor to study in Germany, before the introduction of women's studies to become a Dr. med. PhD
  • Ferdinand Sauerbruch (1875–1951), surgeon (from 1908 as senior physician to 1910 as professor) at the university clinic
  • Arnold Krumm-Heller (1876–1949), adventurer, doctor, occultist and Rosicrucian, lived in Marburg from 1939
  • Gertrud von le Fort (1876–1971), writer, one of the first women to be admitted to study in Marburg in the winter semester of 1907/08
  • Johann Viktor Bredt (1879–1940), constitutional lawyer and politician, lived in Marburg from 1910
  • Hedwig Jahnow (1879–1944), Old Testament scholar and first woman in the magistrate of the city of Marburg, lived in Marburg from 1907
  • Alfred Wegener (1880–1930), meteorologist, polar researcher, developed the theory of continental drift
  • Hermann Kätelhön (1884–1940), draftsman, etcher, wood cutter and ceramicist, grew up and lived in Marburg from 1908–1917
  • Ina Seidel (1885–1974), poet, narrator and essayist
  • Martin Heidegger (1889–1976), philosopher, associate professor at the University of Marburg from 1923 to 1927, wrote his main work Being and Time during this time
  • Anne Marie Heiler (1889–1979), CDU politician
  • Elisabeth von Thadden (1890–1944), Protestant educator and resistance fighter
  • Albrecht Kippenberger (1890–1980), art historian, resident in Marburg from 1927
  • Luise Berthold (1891–1983), linguist, first and only professor at the Philipps University of Marburg for over 22 years, she described her path in her biography "Experienced and Fought"
  • Werner Bergengruen (1892–1964), German Baltic writer, attended the Philippinum Marburg grammar school from 1908 to 1910 and from 1910 studied at the Philipps University
  • Elisabeth Blochmann (1892–1972), first professor for education at the Philipps University of Marburg
  • Erwin Piscator (1893–1966), theater director, director and acting teacher, resident in Marburg 1899–1913
  • Christian Werner (1893–1965), porter and Marburg original, known as porter Christian and as the last servant in Marburg, as a pensioner living in the Marburg workhouse, Christian statue on the watershed in the upper town
  • Erich Keyser (1893–1968), co-founder and director of the Herder Institute
  • Ingeborg Schnack (1896–1997), scientist and librarian, her book: “Marburg. Picture of an old city "became known beyond the borders, received the silver Phillips plaque of the university town of Marburg and the" badge of honor of the university town of Marburg an der Lahn "
  • Elisabeth Selbert (1896–1986), mother of the Basic Law, who became famous as a fighter for equal rights for women, received the Federal Cross of Merit, and studied for a while at the Philipps University in Marburg
  • Franz Frank (1897–1986), graphic artist and painter, lived in Marburg from 1954
  • Cilly Schäfer (1898–1981), politician, resident in Marburg from 1949
  • Karl Ziegler (1898–1973), chemist and Nobel Prize laureate, lived in Marburg 1910–1925
  • Marie Luise Kaschnitz (1901–1974), poet and essayist
  • Fritz Bouillon (1903–?), Soccer referee from Königsberg , lived in Marburg from 1949
  • Adolf Schröter (1904–1997), portrait painter, landscape painter, printmaker and art teacher, lived in Marburg from 1956
  • Hannah Arendt (1906–1975), philosopher and sociologist, studied philosophy and ancient languages ​​at the Philipps University in Marburg with Martin Heidegger in 1924/25
  • Mascha Kaléko (1907–1975), writer
  • Friedrich Leinert (1908–1975), composer, musicologist, church music director of the Luth. Parish Church of St. Marien and co-founder of the Marburg Drama Association (predecessor of the Hessian State Theater)
  • Hans-Joachim Fränkel (1909–1996), Protestant bishop and human rights activist, resident in Marburg from 1979
  • Rosa Friess (1916–2007), doctor and painter, lived and worked in Marburg
  • Tom Mutters (1917–2016), founder of Lebenshilfe, lived in Marburg and died there
  • Ingeborg Weber-Kellermann (1918–1993), professor of folklore
  • Christine Brückner (1921–1996), writer, turned the university town of Marburg into a novel in her “Poenichen Trilogy”
  • Günther Blau (1922–2007), painter, resident in Marburg-Cyriaxweimar from 1971
  • Annemarie Schimmel (1922–2003), qualified as a professor at Philipps University in 1946, scholar of Islam
  • Christa Czempiel (1925–2007), politician, has lived in Marburg since 1969
  • Louisa Biland (1925–2008), painter, SPD politician, educator, city councilor 1985–1997, co-founder of the Marburg Summer Academy
  • Gerhard Jahn (1927–1998), SPD politician, former Federal Minister of Justice and honorary citizen of Marburg
  • Wolfgang Klafki (1927–2016), educationalist, has lived in Marburg since 1963, 1963–1992 university professor at Philipps University
  • Karl-Heinz Kress (1928–1979), painter, resident in Marburg from 1954
  • Reinfried Pohl (1928–2014), financial merchant, honorary citizen of the city of Marburg, lived in Marburg from 1948
  • Irmgard Oepen (1929-2018), physician
  • Käte Dinnebier (1931–2010), trade unionist, winner of the Marburg beacon
  • Hanno Drechsler (1931–2003), Lord Mayor of Marburg from 1970–1992
  • Ingrid Langer (1935–2012), Professor of Political Science
  • Dietrich Möller (* 1937), Lord Mayor of Marburg from 1993–2005
  • Ferdinand Kilian (1937–1985), master hairdresser and Marburg original, known as the man who “almost” brought the Beatles to Marburg
  • Karl Schnabel (1938–2017), SPD politician, founder of the Marburger Tafel, co-founder of the Association for the Promotion of Cardiac Surgery Marburg, co-founder of TerraTech, former chairman of the DRK district association Marburg-Biedenkopf
  • Irmela Florin (1938–1998), Professor of Clinical Psychology
  • Ulrike Marie Meinhof (1934–1976), journalist and publicist, founding member and leader of the “Red Army Group”, studied philosophy, education, sociology and German studies in Marburg
  • Gerald Woehl (* 1940), master organ builder
  • Joachim Kahl (* 1941), freelance philosopher, lives in Marburg
  • Friedrich Christian Delius (* 1943), writer, grew up in Marburg-Wehrda
  • Friedrich Bohl (* 1945), former Member of the Bundestag, formerly Member of the Bundestag and as Federal Minister for Special Tasks, former head of the Federal Chancellery, residing in Marburg (?)
  • Klaus Zaczyk (* 1945), soccer player, grew up near Marburg after his mother was fleeing from Upper Silesia
  • Doris Conrads (* 1949), artist, lives in Marburg
  • Rose Nabinger (* 1948), jazz singer and trade unionist, lives in Marburg
  • Martin Schneider (* 1964), comedian and actor, lives in Marburg
  • Handan Özgüven (* 1973), lawyer and politician (SPD), studied and state examination in Marburg
  • Verena Bentele (* 1982), biathlete, cross-country skier and twelve-time Paraolympic winner, graduated from the Blista School for the Blind
  • Johannes Hinrich von Borstel (* 1988), non-fiction author and science slammer
  • Sarah Pisek (* 1992), singer and songwriter, graduated from high school for the blind (Blista)

Honorary citizen

→ Main article: List of honorary citizens of Marburg

Honorary citizenship was first granted in Marburg in 1834. Since then, over 70 people have been made honorary citizens. 47 people were made honorary citizens in 1834. Honorary citizens include Otto von Bismarck , Paul von Hindenburg , Ferdinand Wurzer , Karl Wilhelm Justi , Eduard Zeller , Emil von Behring and Gerhard Jahn .

Memorial plaques in the urban area

In the city of Marburg, especially in the historic old town around the market square, there are several memorial plaques that indicate where outstanding personalities can stay.

See also

Leaflet “Important personalities in the main cemetery of the university town of Marburg” with a map of their graves

The overlap between the lists shows how closely the university and the city are intertwined.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ From all over the world: Pasternak, Ortega y Gasset, Eliot ( Memento from August 1, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  2. ↑ http://www.op-marburg.de/OP-extra/Serien/Eine-r-von-hier/Von-Marburg-in-die-grosse-weit-Welt/Eine-r-von-hier-die -Hall-of-Fame-des-Landkreises / (from) / 749178 / (mode) / full / (offset) / 1
  3. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 6, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.theaterkontakte.de
  4. ↑ http://www.op-marburg.de/OP-extra/Serien/Eine-r-von-hier/Eine-r-von-hier-die-Hall-of-Fame-des-Landkreises/(from) / 1072650 / (mode) / full / (offset) / 0
  5. ↑ http://www.op-marburg.de/OP-extra/Serien/Eine-r-von-hier/Von-Marburg-in-die-grosse-weit-Welt/Eine-r-von-hier-die -Hall-of-Fame-des-Landkreises / (from) / 749178 / (mode) / full / (offset) / 1
  6. ↑ http://www.op-marburg.de/OP-extra/Serien/Eine-r-von-hier/Ich-bin-ein-Buehnenkind
  7. ↑ http://andreagerhard.de/vita/
  8. ↑ Lisa-Marie Fischer - Home ( Memento from October 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  9. ↑ http://www.op-marburg.de/Lokales/Kultur/Kultur-lokal/Marburger-ist-deutscher-Beatbox-Meister
  10. ^ Marita Metz-Becker and Karin Stichnothe Ambassador (both ed.): Denk - Mal in Marburg cultural monuments of a city
  11. ↑ marburg.de ( Memento from May 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  12. ↑ Alexander Laux: "I wasn't a guy who stayed lying around for a long time". December 24, 2008, accessed January 26, 2019 .

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