List of personalities from the city of Meissen

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Coat of arms of the city of Meissen

The following personalities were born in Meissen and / or had their sphere of activity in this city; they are sorted according to their date of birth. The honorary citizens of the city are also listed in the order in which they were awarded the title.

sons and daughters of the town

Until 1800

  • after 1160, Adelheid von Meißen , † February 2, 1211 in Meißen, Bohemian queen
  • around 1300, Johann I von Meißen , † July 30, 1355 at Heilsberg Castle , Bishop of Warmia
  • in the 15th century, Johann von Breitenbach , † 1507 or 1509 in Leipzig, legal scholar and university professor
  • 1416, March 3, Duke Sigismund of Saxony , † December 24, 1471 in Rochlitz, 1440–1443 Bishop of Würzburg
  • 1420, April 5, Anna of Saxony , † September 17, 1462 in Spangenberg, by marriage Landgravine of Hesse
  • 1422, May 21, Heinrich von Sachsen , † July 22, 1435 in Dresden, Duke of Saxony
  • 1425, April 30th, Wilhelm III. , † September 17, 1482 in Weimar, Duke of Saxony
  • 1436, April 4, Amalia von Sachsen , † November 19, 1501 in Rochlitz, by marriage to the Duchess of Bavaria-Landshut
  • 1437, March 7, Anna of Saxony , † October 31, 1512 in Neustadt an der Aisch, by marriage Electress of Brandenburg
  • 1441, March 24, Ernst , † August 26, 1486 near Colditz, Elector of Saxony
  • 1444, Margarete von Sachsen , † after November 19, 1498 in Seusslitz, Abbess of Seusslitz
  • 1445, October 31, Hedwig von Sachsen , † June 13, 1511 in Quedlinburg, Abbess of the Quedlinburg Imperial Monastery
  • 1467, May 8, Adalbert III. , † May 1, 1484 in Aschaffenburg, administrator of the Archdiocese of Mainz
  • 1468, June 13th, Johann the Steadfast , † August 16, 1532 in Schweinitz, Elector of Saxony
  • 1469, August 4, Margarete von Sachsen , † December 7, 1528 in Weimar, by marriage to the Duchess of Braunschweig-Lüneburg
  • 1471, August 27, George the Bearded , † April 17, 1539 in Dresden, Duke of Saxony
  • 1514, June 24, Johann Baumgart , † March 18, 1578 in Magdeburg, Lutheran theologian, hymn poet and school dramatist
  • 1528, Sebastian Starck , † August 17, 1586 in Mühlhausen, Evangelical Lutheran theologian, pastor and superintendent
  • 1586, March 21, Donatus von Freywaldt , † January 21, 1640 in Kayna, medic and Kgl. Court doctor and personal physician
  • 1616, Johann Klaj , † February 16, 1656 in Kitzingen, poet
  • 1623, August, Sebastian Friedrich von Kötteritz , † August 13, 1666 in Oldenburg, Oldenburg Oberlanddrost
  • 1671, September 13, Christian Jacob Koitsch † August 21, 1734 in Elbing, pietistic theologian and hymn poet
  • 1719, January 17, Johann Elias Schlegel , † August 13, 1749 in Sorø (Denmark), poet, lawyer and poetry theorist
  • 1721, September 17, Johann Adolf Schlegel , † September 16, 1793 in Hanover, poet and clergyman
  • 1755, April 10, Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann , † July 2, 1843 in Paris, doctor, founder of classical homeopathy
  • 1764, January 28, Gottlob Heinrich Schulz , † February 26, 1821 in Dresden, Mayor of Dresden
  • 1777, March 3, Friedrich Matthäi , † October 23, 1845 in Vienna, painter at the Dresden Academy
  • 1778, February 24, Karl Heinrich Ferdinand Schütze , † May 14, 1860 in Dresden, merchant, manor owner, benefactor (orphan association in Meißen)
  • 1778, March 21, Karl Ludwig Matthäi , † August 9, 1848 in Dresden, master builder and writer
  • 1782, October 16, Karl August Weinhold , † September 29, 1829 in Halle (Saale), physician and professor

1801 to 1900

  • 1805, Curtius Grolig , † 1863 in Versailles , painter
  • 1805, February 3 in Hintermauer, Karl Christian Sparmann , † December 18, 1864, porcelain and landscape painter
  • 1809, January 28, Carl Hugo Tzschucke , † March 20, 1879 in Meißen, Mayor of Meißen, member of the Frankfurt National Assembly, member of the state parliament
  • 1809, July 27, Gottfried Pulian , † March 4, 1875 in Düsseldorf, architecture and landscape painter
  • 1818, January 27, Heinrich Richard Baltzer , † November 7, 1887 in Giessen, mathematician
  • 1819, March 26, Louise Otto-Peters , † March 13, 1895 in Leipzig, writer, suffragette.
  • 1828, January 16, Karl Gottfried Mäser , † February 15, 1901 in Salt Lake City, Mormon theologian and educator.
  • 1830, October 26, Gustav Martin Wunder , † September 20, 1885 in Chemnitz, chemist and director of the Chemnitz State Technical College
  • 1833, January 11, Theodor Dietrich † October 1, 1917 in Hanover, agricultural chemist
  • 1833, May 27, Anton Dietrich , † August 4, 1904 in Leipzig, painter
  • 1838, January 28, Otto König , † December 30, 1920 in Vienna, sculptor
  • 1841, June 15, Carl Bruno Kurtz , † December 21, 1909 in Dresden, lawyer and member of the Reichstag
  • 1844, Emil Otto Grundmann , † August 27, 1890, painter
  • 1844, March 6, Otto Loth , † March 17, 1881 in Leipzig, Arabist, orientalist and university professor
  • 1853, October 27, Paul Umlauft , † June 7, 1934 in Dresden, composer, royal professor in Dresden
  • 1854, September 11th Edmund Naumann , † February 1st, 1927 in Frankfurt am Main, geologist, university professor in Japan, head of the topographical and geological survey in Japan
  • 1858, March 19, Richard Oskar Gänzel , † June 3, 1936 in Dresden, master builder
  • 1859, September 22, Paul Baum , † May 15, 1932 in San Gimignano (Italy), painter of German impressionism, draftsman and graphic artist
  • 1867, December 31, Rudolf Hirschberg , † 1943, writer
  • 1869, May 5, Georg Jahn , † November 18, 1940 in Loschwitz, painter
  • 1871, March 22, Franz Adam Beyerlein , † February 27, 1949 in Leipzig, writer
  • 1875, August 30, Hermann Ludwig Kutzschbach , † February 9, 1938 in Dresden, conductor and music teacher
  • 1876, October 28, Paul Walther , † 1933 in Meißen, sculptor and animal sculptor at the porcelain manufactory
  • 1879, January 18, Paul Bang , † December 31, 1945 in Hohenfichte near Chemnitz, member of the Reichstag (DNVP and for NSDAP), State Secretary in the Reich Ministry of Economics
  • 1879, March 2, Herbert Böhme , † June 7, 1971 in Dresden, superintendent 1933–1950, 1945 in resistance against the Meißner SS fortress commandant
  • 1879, August 11, Paul Gerhard Zeidler , † July 14, 1947 in Berlin, writer
  • 1880, August 8, Paul Schwenk , † August 22, 1960 in Berlin, politician (KPD), member of the Prussian state parliament
  • 1880, December 4, Ernst Otto Horn, † May 7, 1945 in Meißen, art collector and wine wholesaler (Otto and Emma Horn Foundation)
  • 1885, January 17, Willy Anker , † June 4, 1960 in Meißen, SPD local chairman 1923–1933 / 45, advocates the surrender of Meißen to the Red Army on May 6, 1945 without a fight. 1945–1950 2nd mayor and city councilor
  • 1885, March 4, Hans Ueberschaar , † June 21, 1965 in Kobe (Japan), Japanologist, founding professor of Japanology at the University of Leipzig
  • 1887, March 31, Waldus Nestler , † May 19, 1954 in Döbeln, peace and reform pedagogue
  • 1888, February 12, Emil Paul Börner , † November 7, 1970 in Meißen, painter, sculptor and medalist
  • 1894, 14 August, Hans Rothe , † 31 December 1977 in Florence , writer, dramaturge, author of numerous radio plays and translator of the works of William Shakespeare

1901 to 1950

  • 1901, August 24, Paul Hofmann , † October 16, 1980 in Berlin-Wilmersdorf, free corps fighter and Gauleiter
  • 1905, April 29th, Erich Naumann , † June 7th, 1951 in Landsberg am Lech (executed), SS-Brigadführer, Major General of the Police, SD-Oberabschnittsführer
  • 1906, February 22, Hans Sckommodau , † May 29, 1988, Romanist
  • 1909, May 22, Rudolf Bergander , † April 10, 1970 in Dresden, painter
  • 1920, June 7th, Hans-Joachim Mrusek , † March 9th, 1994 in Halle / Saale, art historian
  • 1922, January 14, Helga Göring , † October 3, 2010 in Berlin, actress
  • 1924, February 17, Eberhard Bachmann , † June 2008 in Dresden, painter and sculptor
  • 1925, April 21, Gudrun Goeseke , † February 23, 2008 in Halle / Saale, orientalist, head of the library of the Oriental Society
  • 1927, March 2, Siegfried Köhler , † July 14, 1984 in Berlin, musician and composer
  • 1929, August 11, Sieglinde Wiegand , † November 4, 2018, actress and director
  • 1929, August 13, Jutta Damme , † April 4, 2002 in Dresden, painter and graphic artist
  • 1929, October 13, Siegfried Dähne , † December 3, 2011, chemist
  • 1933, July 6, Rolf Dietrich , † March 14, 2012 in Dresden, actor
  • 1934, February 28, Ingeborg Stein , born as Ingeborg Dähne , musicologist, museologist and writer
  • 1935, January 29th, Herbert Richter , climber and famous first climber
  • 1935, July 29, Peter Schreier , † December 25, 2019 in Dresden, singer (tenor)
  • 1935, August 12, Dieter Schumann , chemist, President of the TU Berlin (1993–1997)
  • 1936, January 12th, Wolfgang Krug , automobile racing driver
  • 1936, June 1st, Peter Sodann , actor, director and theater manager
  • 1936, October 21, Heidrun Hegewald , painter, graphic artist, draftsman and author, lives today in Berlin-Karow
  • 1938, February 26, Manfred Grabs , † October 8, 1984 in Berlin, musicologist and composer
  • 1938, Rainer Kauschke , mountaineer, first ascent of the Sachsenweg at the Großer Zinne
  • 1940, Stephan Reinhardt , literary critic and essayist
  • 1941, July 19, Gerd Müller-Motzfeld , † July 24, 2009 in Kyrgyzstan, entomologist and ecologist
  • 1943, March 5, Frank Forberger , † September 30, 1998 in Meißen, rower, Olympic champion and world champion
  • 1943, March 26th, Roland Göhler , rower, world champion
  • 1943, December 9, Hans-Jörg Kannegießer , † October 4, 2010 in Chemnitz, member of the state parliament (CDU)
  • 1944, May 3, Gernot Erler , politician (SPD), Minister of State in the Foreign Office a. D., member of the German Bundestag 1987–2017
  • 1945, January 21, Hans-Joachim Ursinus , handball player and coach
  • 1946, April 30th, Joachim Lindner , lawyer and judge, President of the Thuringian Constitutional Court
  • 1950, October 11, Jürgen Hainz , † January 14, 1972 in Wernigerode, fatality on the inner-German border
  • 1950, November 4th, Wolfgang Heichel , singer of the pop group Dschinghis Khan
  • 1950, Sonja Schüler , poet

From 1951

Personalities who have worked in the place

The honorary citizens of the city of Meissen

The city of Meissen has currently granted honorary citizenship to 22 people . An honorary citizenship was revoked.

  1. Christian Beatus Kenzelmann , philosopher, archdeacon (1839)
  2. Samuel Friedrich Christian Hahnemann , founder of homeopathy (1841)
  3. Rudolf Julius Benno Hübner , painter (1845)
  4. Christian Gottlob Steuer , the royal cashier . Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (1852)
  5. Karl Heinrich Ferdinand Schütze , merchant, manor owner, benefactor ("Orphan Society of Meißen") (1856)
  6. Carl Heinrich Meding , Royal District and School Doctor (1858)
  7. Heinrich Gottlob Kühn , from 1814 head of the Königl. Meissen Porcelain Manufactory (1863)
  8. Eduard Leschner , businessman, city councilor, benefactor of the city of Meissen ("Leschner Foundation") (1874)
  9. Ernst Justus Burckhardt (1875)
  10. Gustav Moritz Hallbauer , member of the Frankfurt National Assembly (1879)
  11. Gustav Ludwig Crasso , Chief Inspector of the Royal. Porcelain factory in Meissen (1882)
  12. Karl Friedrich Henke (1894)
  13. Prince Otto von Bismarck , Chancellor of the German Empire (1895)
  14. Karl Robert Kurtz , Royal Saxon Privy Councilor of Commerce (1908)
  15. Carl Gustav Adolf Hofmann (1913)
  16. Albin Max Ay , Mayor of Meissen (1926)
  17. Paul von Beneckendorff and von Hindenburg , Field Marshal General, President of the Weimar Republic (1933)
  18. Adolf Hitler , Chancellor of the German Reich (1933, revoked in 1996)
  19. Ruiji Aoki , Mayor of the Meissen city partner Arita-cho in Japan (1988)
  20. Peter Schreier , singer (1996)
  21. Helmut Reibig , historian and archivist (2006)
  22. Günter Naumann , historian and author (2019)

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thomas Pohlack , Sächsische Zeitung of November 26, 2004
  2. ↑ History of the Lord Mayor on the website of the city of Meißen