List of personalities from the city of Neustadt an der Weinstrasse

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The following overview contains important personalities related to Neustadt an der Weinstrasse , sorted according to honorary citizens, people who were born in the city and those who worked in Neustadt. The list does not claim to be complete. Another list that contains people related to Neustadt is the list of participants in the Hambach Festival .

Honorary citizen

Personalities born in Neustadt

Friedrich II of the Palatinate
Johannes von Geissel
Friedrich Deidesheimer
Squidward Stahler
Karl Helfferich
Johannes Pfeiffer
Lina Staab
Uwe Wolf
Mario Basler
Bernhard Hoëcker
Clint Lukas
Fabian book

Until 1800

19th century

1801 to 1850

  • Johann Philipp Abresch (1804–1861), participant in the Hambach Festival of 1832
  • Friedrich Deidesheimer (1804–1876), participant in the Hambach Festival of 1832
  • Karl Friedrich Scholler (1807–1863), theologian, writer and member of the Second Chamber of the Bavarian Estates Assembly
  • Ludwig Frey (1810–1871), lawyer and publicist, participant in the Hambach Festival of 1832
  • Jakob Becker (1811–1879), piano maker
  • Theodor Frey (1814–1897), wine merchant, member of the Constituent Assembly for Baden 1848 and initiator of the German Trade Convention
  • Friedrich Jakob Dochnahl (1820–1904), natural scientist and pomologist
  • Jakob Ludwig Buhl (1821–1880), painter, engraver, etcher and lithographer
  • Ludwig Groß (1825–1894), politician (National Liberal Party)
  • Clemens Grohe (1829–1900), businessman and politician (National Liberal Party)
  • Max von Siebert (1829–1901), architect, chief building officer in Bavaria
  • Friedrich Helfferich (1845–1917), textile manufacturer
  • Conrad Freytag (1846–1921), building contractor
  • Heinrich Ebel (1849–1931), painter and sculptor

1851 to 1875

1876 ​​to 1900

20th century

1901 to 1925

1926 to 1940

1941 to 1950

1951 to 1960

1961 to 1970

1971 to 2000

21st century

People who worked on site

  • Johannes Acronius , reformed theologian, began studying theology at the Casimirianum in Neustadt in 1582.
  • Karl Adams , oenologist, holder of the Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
  • Jakob Baegert , Jesuit, missionary in California, was a pastor at the Neustadt collegiate church from 1769, where he wrote an important ethnological work.
  • Gustav-Adolf Bähr , SWF head of department, cultural sponsor, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit and the Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
  • Theodor Barthel , holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
  • Doris Bischof-Köhler , graduated from high school in Neustadt.
  • Wolfgang Brix , politician (CDU), was the mayor of Neustadt from 1964 to 1980.
  • Heinrich von Bünau , politicians and SA - Standartenführer
  • Walter Eitelmann (1922–2009), local history researcher, author of knight stones in the Palatinate Forest
  • Ludwig Fellner , landscape painter, lived and died in Neustadt.
  • Bettina Fless , German playwright and actress, lived and worked in Neustadt from 2001 until her death in 2007.
  • Anton Frank , holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
  • Luise Hackelsberger , educator and publisher, daughter of the writer Werner Bergengruen , lives in Neustadt.
  • Alban Haas , Catholic prelate, local history researcher, holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
  • Matthäus Harnisch , printer, printed several editions of David Pareus' Neustadt Bible from 1588 .
  • Georg Hilgert , holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
  • Ulf Hoelscher , violinist and lecturer, graduated from high school in Neustadt.
  • Dieter Hofherr , entrepreneur, managing director of Radio Weinstrasse and initiator of the Südpfalz-Draisine
  • Gerhard Hofmann , painter and etcher, lives and works in Neustadt.
  • Walter Hück , journalist, holder of the Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
  • Johann Kasimir from the House of Wittelsbach, administrator of the Electoral Palatinate at the end of the 16th century, founded the Casimirianum named after him in Neustadt as the University of the Reformed Church in 1578.
  • Hilde Kerner , member of the state parliament (1971–1983), holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
  • Ruth Koppenhöfer , worked, lived and died in Neustadt / Weinstr.,
  • Erika Köth , soprano, lived in Neustadt.
  • Georg Kosak , holder of the Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
  • Maxim Kuraner , member of the state parliament (1950–1959), holder of the Federal Order of Merit
  • Klaus-Jürgen Lais , Member of the State Parliament (1983-2001)
  • Michael Landgraf , head of the Religious Education Center of the Evangelical Church of the Palatinate in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse
  • Josef Leininger , holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
  • Jakob Mack , a pasta manufacturer in Neustadt, ran the oldest pasta factory in Germany.
  • Christiane Maether , painter, has lived and worked in Hambach since 1977.
  • Bernhard Magel , Catholic parish priest in Neustadt (1839–1863), had the Marienkirche built.
  • Katharina Mainka , photo model, comes from Neustadt.
  • Christian Mehlis , historian, lived and worked in Neustadt.
  • Daniel Meininger , founder of the publishing house, initiator of the German Wine Festival and the election of the German Wine Queen, lived and died in Neustadt.
  • Henning Miehe , recipient of the Federal Cross of Merit
  • Joseph Moog , pianist, lives in Neustadt.
  • Heiko Müller , holder of the Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
  • Siegfried Orth , administrative lawyer
  • David Pareus , reformed theologian, taught as a lecturer at the Casimirianum from 1578 to 1583 and worked as an author and editor of religious printed works in Neustadt until 1598.
  • Johann Philipp Pareus , son of David Pareus, Latinist, was the rector of the Neustadt high school forerunner education from 1610 to 1622.
  • Jutta Paulus , politician (Greens), worked at the Marienhaus-Klinikum Hetzelstift and is a member of the European Parliament.
  • Rainer Probst , lived temporarily in Neustadt and went to school there.
  • Brigitte Reimann , holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
  • Leopold Reitz , teacher and local poet, author of numerous works on local history and the festival for the German wine harvest festival in Neustadt, NSDAP local group leader
  • Wolfgang Ressmann, city councilor (1994–1999) and longstanding councilor 1984–1994 and 1999–2017
  • Eibe Riedel , lawyer
  • Johannes Ritterßhofen (15th century), town clerk, editor or editor of a “ little fish book ” as well as patron and friend of Jakob Köbel
  • Gernot Rumpf , sculptor and lecturer, graduated from high school in Neustadt and lives there.
  • Heinrich Saul , holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
  • Helmut Schiele , recipient of the Federal Cross of Merit
  • Georg Friedrich Schmiegd , baroque sculptor, lived and died in Neustadt.
  • Nikolaus Schöneck , last Catholic pastor of Neustadt before the Reformation (epitaph at the collegiate church)
  • Heiner Seidlitz , holder of the Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
  • Hildrun Siegrist , Member of the State Parliament (2001-2011)
  • Horst Stowasser , writer and anarchist, lived and worked in Neustadt from 1989 until his death in 2009.
  • Oskar Thomann , recipient of the Federal Cross of Merit
  • Zacharias Ursinus , reformed theologian, worked in the 16th century a. a. in Neustadt, where he died in 1583.
  • Feri Varga , Hungarian painter, lived and worked in Neustadt from 1961 until his death in 1989.
  • Balthasar Venator , humanist, poet and satirist, was a student at the pedagogy in the 17th century and the best graduate of the final year 1613.
  • Elsbeth Wachter-Dahlhoff , holder of the Federal Cross of Merit
  • Girolamo Zanchi , Reformed theologian, reformer and preacher in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse.
  • Benno Zech , holder of the Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate