List of personalities of the city of Merseburg
The list of personalities of the city of Merseburg contains people who were born in Merseburg , as well as those who lived and worked there from time to time, each listed chronologically according to the year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.
Honorary citizen of Merseburg
Friedrich von Kleist, woodcut by Hermann Scherenberg 1863
- Friedrich von Kleist , Prussian Field Marshal General (1821)
- Adolf Heinrich von Arnim-Boitzenburg , District President of the Merseburg District (1841)
- Friedrich von Krosigk , Canon and District President of the Merseburg District (1858)
- Carl Christian Hohl , manufacturer (1864)
- Gottlob August Schäfer , City Councilor (1870)
- Robert Rothe , District President of the Merseburg District (1875)
- Friedrich Heinrich Gabriel Seffner (1805–1888), Mayor of Merseburg (1841–1876); Member of the Prussian National Assembly 1848/49
- Otto Fürst von Bismarck , German Chancellor (1877).
- Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke , Prussian Field Marshal General (1890)
- Gottlieb Friedrich Wilhelm Reinefarth , Lord Mayor of Merseburg (1906)
- Eberhard von der Recke , District President of the Merseburg District (1909)
- Paul von Hindenburg , Field Marshal General and President (1933)
The honorary citizenships granted to Adolf Hitler and Rudolf Jordan during the Nazi regime were revoked on June 15, 1945. After that, this award was no longer awarded. Alternatively, the city of Merseburg awards deserving citizens with the citizen medal. These are carriers:
- Hans-Günther Wauer , church musician (January 19, 2006)
- Peter Ramm, City Council Chairman (2010)
- Ulrich Schlase, cathedral priest (2011)
Personalities born in Merseburg
Until 1800
- Ernst Brotuff (1497 - around 1565), historian and lawyer, mayor of Merseburg
- Georg Cruciger (1575–1637), Lutheran theologian, philosopher and university professor
- Johann Friedrich Henckel (1678–1744) physician, mineralogist, metallurgist and chemist; Henckel's laboratory and his teaching collection formed one of the germ cells of the Freiberg Bergakademie
- Johann Michael Hoppenhaupt (1685–1751), master builder and sculptor
- Karl Friedrich II. Of Württemberg-Oels (1690–1761), Duke of Württemberg-Oels, regent of the Duchy of Württemberg
- Johann Christian Kirchner (1691–1732), sculptor
- Johann Christian Buxbaum (1693–1730), botanist
- Johann Samuel Agner (1701–1769), pastor and writer
- Johann Gottlieb Kirchner (1706–1768), sculptor and porcelain modeler
- Johann Christian Hoppenhaupt the Younger (1719 - between 1778 and 1786), ornament sculptor and decorator
- Johann Michael Ladensack (1724–1790), German spiritualist
- Simon Gottlieb Zug (1733–1807), architect
- Karl Friedrich Senf (1739–1814), Protestant theologian and hymn poet
- Franz Heinrich von Naumann (1749–1795), engineer officer and draftsman
- Karl Heinrich Grumbach (1790 – after 1851), theologian, educator and writer
- Hans Heinrich Graf von Könneritz (1790–1863), diplomat, real secret councilor, manor owner and politician
- Julius Traugott von Könneritz (1792–1866), Chairman of the Saxon Ministry as a whole
- Wilhelm Stiehler (1797–1878), lawyer and natural scientist
- Friedrich Albert von Langenn (1798–1868), lawyer and historian
1801 to 1900
- Eduard von Könneritz (1802–1875), Saxon State Official and Real Privy Councilor
- Carl Friedrich Koch (1802–1871), secret government and medical councilor
- Friedrich Henning von Arnim (1804–1885), entrepreneur and manor owner
- Carl von Helldorff (1804–1860), Prussian district administrator, chamberlain and member of the United State Parliament and House of Representatives
- Kurt von Krosigk (1819–1898), Prussian district administrator
- Hans Ulrich von Schaffgotsch (1831–1915), German coal and steel industrialist and parliamentarian in Upper Silesia
- Richard Brenner (1833–1874), Africa explorer
- Lucian Müller (1836–1898), classical scholar, philologist
- Heinrich Kühne (1838–1926), Vice Admiral of the Imperial German Navy, Chief Shipyard Director of the Imperial Shipyard in Kiel (KWK), member of the Geographical Society of Lübeck
- Traugott Hermann von Arnim-Muskau (1839–1919), politician, member of the Prussian manor house
- Rudolf von Bitter (1846–1914), lawyer, civil servant and politician
- Richard Eilenberg (1848–1927), composer
- Kurt von Wilmowsky (1850–1941), manor owner, head of the Reich Chancellery
- Curt Herrmann (1854–1929), painter, founding member of the Berlin Secession
- Paul Schmidt (1856–1921), head of the medical corps of the Imperial Navy
- Oskar Herrfurth (1862–1934), painter and illustrator
- Ernst Däumig (1866–1922), politician, chairman of the USPD and KPD, member of the Reichstag
- Paul Juckoff (1874–1936), sculptor
- Alfred Blancke (1875 - after 1935), entrepreneur and art collector
- Otto Geithner (1876–1948), communist politician, 1918 chairman of the local council of people's representatives and thus de facto head of government of the Free State of Saxony-Gotha
- Paul Horn (1876–1959), sculptor
- Herbert von Conrad (1880–1946), administrative officer and manor owner
- Sibylle Ascheberg von Bamberg (1888–1966), painter
- Elisabeth Schumann (1888–1952), soprano
- Siegfried Berger (1891–1946), writer
- Friedrich Peter (1892–1960), theologian, Protestant pastor and bishop of the German Christians
- Wolf-Heinrich von Helldorff (1896–1944), member of the Reichstag and police president of Berlin
- Hans Weinreich (1896–1963), NSDAP member of the Reichstag
- Arno Chwatal (1897–1963), ethnic-national socialist politician and member of the Reichstag
- Kurt Kühn (1898–1963), trade unionist, politician (KPD / SED) and resistance fighter
- Günther Nikolaus (1899–?), Administrative lawyer and district administrator
- Rudolf Oeltzschner (1899–1935), aviator and glider record holder
1901 to 1950
- Walter Bauer (1904–1976), writer
- Erich Gimpel (1910–2010), spy in World War II
- Margarete Bothe (1914–1945), elementary school teacher, historian and Nazi victim
- Gustav Rödel (1915–1995), Brigadier General of the Bundeswehr
- Hans-Günther Weber (1916–2003), City Director of Braunschweig
- Lothar Kampf (* 1923), zoologist
- Kurt-Hermann Kühn (1926–1989), painter and graphic artist
- Klaus Tennstedt (1926–1998), conductor
- Inge Hieblinger (1928–2007), constitutional lawyer and politician
- Klaus Robock (1931–1991), physicist in occupational medicine in mining
- Hans-Dieter Belitz (1931–1993), food chemist
- Heinz Sauer (* 1932), jazz musician
- Karl-Wolfgang Zschiesche (1933–1996), pathologist
- Inge Ristock (1934–2005), table tennis player, cabaret artist and television writer
- Jürgen Petersohn (1935–2017), historian
- Feliks Büttner (* 1940), painter and graphic artist
- Heidemarie Koch (* 1943), Iranist and university professor
- Hartmut Meyer (* 1943), graduate engineer and politician, Minister in Brandenburg
- Horst Gundlach (* 1944), psychologist
- Rainer Zille (1945–2005), painter
- Michael Schwandt (* 1947), musician
- Hans-Jürgen Ulbricht (* 1947), sports scientist, judo functionary
From 1951
- Marion Fischer (* 1951), member of the state parliament (CDU)
- Doris Claudia Mandel (* 1951), writer, publisher, choir director
- Jörg Pfeifer (* 1952), track and field athlete and Olympic medalist
- Jürgen Jankofsky (* 1953), writer
- Manfred Gorr (* 1953), actor and director
- Claudia Hempel (* 1958), swimmer
- Karin Püschel (* 1958 as Karin Kahlow), volleyball player and Olympic medalist
- Carola Dombeck (* 1960), gymnast
- Uwe Heppner (* 1960), rower, 1980 Olympic champion in quadruples
- Martina Jäschke (* 1960), water diver, 1980 Olympic champion in high diving
- Stephan Hauck (* 1961), handball player
- Ullrich Martin (* 1963), transport scientist
- Theresa Rinecker (* 1964), Protestant theologian
- Andreas Franke (* 1965), volleyball player
- Torsten Miksch (1965–2017), Member of the State Parliament (DVU)
- Gerd Frey (* 1966), writer
- Andrea Kathrin Loewig (* 1966), actress
- Kristina Mundt (* 1966), rower, two-time Olympic champion
- Ralf Jacob (* 1967), archivist and historian
- Peter Adeberg (* 1968), speed skater
- Matthias Benesch (* 1968), bobsledder
- Carola Ciszewski (* 1968), handball player
- Steffen Görmer (* 1968), bobsledder
- Jan Peter (* 1968), director and author
- Uwe Nolte (* 1969), artist
- Uta Rohländer (* 1969), track and field athlete and Olympic medalist
- Sven Thiele (* 1969), wrestler
- Ulrike Adeberg (* 1970), speed skater
- Tino Weber (* 1970), swimmer
- Steffen Stiebler (* 1971), handball player
- Stefan Pohl (* 1978), swimmer
- Jawed Karim (* 1979), multimillionaire and co-founder of the online portal YouTube
- Marcus Becker (* 1981), canoeist
- Maik Franz (* 1981), soccer player
- Christian Kramer (* 1983), triathlete
- Bernhard Spring (* 1983), journalist and writer
- Ramon Roselly (* 1993), singer
- Viktoria Dönicke (* 1999), bobsledder
People related to Merseburg
- Erwin von Merseburg (* around 840 probably in Merseburg; † before 906 there)
- Heinrich I (* around 876; † July 2, 936) married Hatheburg von Merseburg in 906 , thereby acquiring large estates and laying the foundations for his later election as a king
- Hatheburg von Merseburg (* 876, † after 909), daughter of Count Erwin , first wife of the later East Franconian King Heinrich I.
- Siegfried von Merseburg (* around 895, † 937), also Siegfried von der Ostmark
- Thietmar (1009-1018), bishop, important chronicler, builder of the Merseburg Cathedral
- Rudolf von Rheinfelden (around 1025-1080), antagonist, is buried in the cathedral
- Lucas Brandis (before 1450 - after 1500), one of the first book printers, worked in Merseburg
- Thilo von Trotha (1466–1514), bishop, among other things a reference figure in the Merseburg raven legend
- Johannes Knolleisen (1450–1513), 1489 canon in Merseburg
- Gottfried Cundisius (1599–1651), Lutheran theologian, was superintendent in Merseburg
- David Pohle (1624–1695), composer, conductor, worked and died in Merseburg
- Christian Reuter (1665–1712), comedy writer, student at the cathedral high school
- Johann Theodor Roemhildt (1684–1756), composer, worked and died here
- Johann Joachim Quantz (1697–1773), composer, trained here
- Johann David Steinmüller (1708–1767), Evangelical Lutheran theologian, Superintendent Merseburg
- Charlotte Kanitz (1773–1826), writer with time in Merseburg
- Christian Weiss (1774–1853), philosopher and educator, school and government councilor in Merseburg
- Friedrich Graf Kleist von Nollendorf (1762–1823), General Field Marshal, first General Commander of the Province of Saxony in Merseburg
- Carl von Basedow (1799–1854), doctor, worked and died in Merseburg
- Friedrich Herwarth von Bittenfeld (1802-1884), Prussian general, died here
- Franz Liszt (1811–1886), composer, wrote some pieces for the cathedral organ, including the dedication music
- Carl Joseph Chwatal (1811–1887), organ builder
- Friedrich Ladegast (1818–1905), builder of the Merseburg cathedral organ
- Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919), biologist, student at the Domgymnasium
- Otto Küstermann (1837–1913), pastor and local historian
- Ludolf Penkert (1844–1904), doctor and government official, government and secret medical councilor
- Otto Rademacher (1847–1918), high school teacher and local historian
- Hugo Vogel (1855–1934), created the monumental paintings in the plenary hall of the Ständehaus in 1898
- Ernst von Rebeur-Paschwitz (1861–1895), astronomer and seismologist, worked and died here
- Friedrich Zollinger (1880–1945), architect, town planning officer in Merseburg
- Arthur Drews (1884–1964), head of department and department head in the Merseburg government
- Ernst von Harnack (1888–1945), Merseburg District President 1929–32, executed on March 5, 1945 in Plötzensee
- Axel Crewell (1896–1945), NSDAP district leader and district administrator in Querfurt
- Helmut Schoepke (1903–1996), publisher and poet
- Elmar Profft (1905–1978), chemist, professor, rector of the Technical University Leuna-Merseburg
- Herbert Dallmann (1909–1996), mathematician, professor, founding rector of the Technical University of Chemistry Leuna-Merseburg
- Heinz Schmellenmeier (1909–1994), physicist, professor, rector of the Technical University of Leuna-Merseburg
- Eberhard Leibnitz (1910–1986), chemist, professor, rector of the Technical University of Chemistry in Leuna-Merseburg
- Lieselott Herforth (1916–2010), nuclear physicist and first female rector (wife as rector) of a German university, worked at the TH Leuna-Merseburg
- Rolf Landsberg (1920–2003), chemist, professor, rector of the Technical University of Leuna-Merseburg
- Willi Sitte (1921–2013), painter, former president of the Association of Visual Artists (VBK) of the GDR
- Hans-Joachim Bittrich (1923–2010), chemist, professor, rector of the Technical University of Leuna-Merseburg
- Helmut Pohle (1925–1994), economist and university professor, worked and died here
- Hans-Günther Wauer (1925–2016), musician, cathedral organist
- Kurt Biedenkopf (* 1930), lawyer, university professor and CDU politician
- Hans-Heinz Emons (* 1930), chemist, professor, rector of the Technical University of Leuna-Merseburg
- Gert Naue (* 1934), engineer (flow technician ), professor, rector of the Technical University of Leuna-Merseburg
- Margit T. Rätzsch (1934–2016), physical chemist, professor, rector of the Technical University of Leuna-Merseburg
- Alfred Göpfert (* 1934), mathematician, professor, rector of the Technical University of Leuna-Merseburg
- Egon Fanghänel (* 1935), chemist, professor, rector of the Technical University of Leuna-Merseburg
- Lothar Teschke (* 1936), mathematician, professor, founding rector of the Merseburg University of Applied Sciences
- Bernd Göbel (* 1942), creator of the two worlds fountain on the duck plan, built in 2004
- Friedrich Schorlemmer (* 1944), theologian, student pastor in Merseburg from 1971 to 1978
- Heinz Zwanziger (* 1947), chemist, professor, rector of the University of Merseburg
- Axel Noack (* 1949), theologian, former bishop of the Evangelical Church of the Church Province of Saxony
- Johanna Wanka (* 1951), mathematician, professor, rector of the Merseburg University of Applied Sciences , 1989 co-founder of the New Forum Merseburg, politician (CDU), Federal Minister for Education and Research
- Jörg Kirbs (* 1957), engineer, professor, rector of the University of Merseburg
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Debate in Merseburg: The horrors of history in the Mitteldeutsche Zeitung , accessed on October 23, 2014.
- ↑ Carola Ciszewski in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on September 27, 2015.
- ↑ Ulrike Adeberg in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ), accessed on September 27, 2015.