List of personalities from the city of Neustadt an der Weinstrasse
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
- Josef Bürckel , Gauleiter (honorary citizenship revoked in 1947)
- Conrad Freytag , building contractor
- Alban Haas , theologian and local historian
- Ludwig Heinrich Hauber , patron, creator of the Hauber conditioning
- Friedrich Helfferich (1845–1917), textile manufacturer
- Friedrich Hetzel , banker and patron
- Georg von Neumayer , polar explorer
Personalities born in Neustadt
Until 1800
- Pallas Spangel (≈1445–1512), priest and professor of theology, rector of the University of Heidelberg, adviser and vice-chancellor of the Electors of the Palatinate
- Friedrich II. (1482–1556), Elector Palatinate from 1544 to 1556
- Laurentius Kercher (≈1485–1561), Catholic priest
- Theodor Schneider (1703–1764), Jesuit
- Francois Ignace de Waldmann (1722–1801), ennobled French officer, civil servant from the Electoral Palatinate
- Franz Trentel (1730–1804), Jesuit, professor of mathematics, astronomer
- Daniel Adolf Weber (1730–1794), Mayor of Elberfeld
- Heinrich Christian Michael von Stengel (1744–1796), French general of German nationality, military leader with Napoleon Bonaparte
- Johann Baptist Schmigd (1752–1828), city physician and medical advisor in Düsseldorf
- Christian Möllinger (1754–1826), Mennonite watchmaker
- Franz Ludwig von Maubuisson (1765–1836), Hessian landowner and politician
- Johann Jakob Schoppmann (1767–1840), lawyer, politician and landowner
- Karl August von Beckers zu Westerstetten (1770–1832), count and Bavarian general of the infantry
- Alexander von Dusch (1789–1876), Baden politician
- Johannes von Geissel (1796–1864), cardinal, archbishop of Cologne, bishop of Speyer
- Johann Heinrich Hochdörfer (1799–1851), Protestant pastor, early socialist and publicist
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
- August Rothpletz (1853–1918), geologist and paleontologist
- Ludwig Wolff (1857–1919), chemist
- Thaddäus Stahler (1857–1938), prelate, Catholic dignitary in the diocese of Würzburg
- Franz Xaver Kugler (1862–1929), astronomer, chemist, mathematician and theologian
- Jakob Friedrich Bussereau (1863-1919), Catholic clergyman
- Albert Fraenkel (1864–1938), doctor, tuberculosis and heart researcher
- Karl Korn (1865–1942), editor and publicist
- Eugen Abresch (1867–1952), entrepreneur, inventor and politician
- Karl Rassiga (1869–1925), politician
- Georg Stuhlfauth (1870–1942), archaeologist and church historian
- Otto Kranzbühler (1871–1946), naval officer
- Karl Helfferich (1872–1924), banker and politician (DNVP) in the Weimar Republic
- Wendelin Leonhardt (1872–1949), architect
- Heinrich Strieffler (1872–1949), painter
1876 to 1900
- Edgar Dacqué (1878–1945), paleontologist
- Emil Helfferich (1878–1972), internationally active businessman
- Ernst Domke (1882–1945), politician (SPD)
- Hans Geiger (1882–1945), physicist, inventor of the Geiger counter
- Alfred Köhler (1883–1945), public prosecutor and judge
- Otto Dill (1884–1957), painter
- Friedrich Sprater (1884–1952), historian
- Ferdinand Grün (1886–1968), politician (center, CDU)
- Johannes Pfeiffer (1886–1965), Catholic priest, professor in Santiago de Chile
- Wilhelm Simpfendörfer (1888–1973), politician (CDU), Baden-Württemberg Minister of Culture
- Friedrich Karl Bossert (1889–1949), politician (DNVP, NSDAP)
- Wilhelm Emil "Elk" Eber (1892–1941), painter and graphic artist
- Otto Sartorius (1892–1977), winemaker and lecturer
- Hermann Künneth (1892–1975), mathematician
- Carl August Lieberich (1893–1970), managing director
- Rudolf Kohl (1895–1964), politician (KPD)
- Gottfried Ries (1895 - 1941), major general in the Wehrmacht
- Werner Beinhauer (1896–1983), Romanist and Hispanicist
- Wilhelm Schulte II. (1896–1977), architect and long-time head of the Episcopal Building Office of the Diocese of Speyer
20th century
1901 to 1925
- Franz Pfeiffer (1900–1979), lawyer, district president of the Palatinate
- Lina Staab (1901–1987), poet
- Walther Baier (1903–2003), veterinarian, veterinary gynecologist and clinician
- Friedrich Siebert (1903–1966), lawyer and SS functionary
- Hans Cohrssen (1905–1997), German-American economist
- Erich Stolleis (1906–1986), lawyer and politician (NSDAP)
- Herbert Meininger (1907–1987), publisher
- Walter Bruch (1908–1990), inventor of the PAL color television system
- Rudolf Manz (1908–1996), forensic doctor
- Willi Geiger (1909–1994), lawyer
- Emil Josef Clade (1916–2010), German fighter pilot and aviation pioneer
- Fritz Wiedemann (1920–1987), painter and sculptor
- Herbert Culmann (1921–1998), lawyer and CEO of Deutsche Lufthansa AG
- Klaus Dill (1922–2000), painter
- Karlheinz Rudolph (1923–1994), television journalist
1926 to 1940
- Günther Osche (1926–2009), evolutionary biologist, ecologist and parasitologist
- Rudolf Stich (1926–2012), administrative judge and full professor at the University of Kaiserslautern
- Rudolf Krieg (1927–1988), actor
- Rudi Scheuermann (1929–2016), sculptor
- Elisabeth Kuhn (1930–2012), first German wine queen
- Marie-Luise Morawietz (1932–2014), politician (SPD)
- Manfred Vetter (1936–2014), entrepreneur and patron, founder of the Otto Dill Museum
- Roland Leuschel (* 1937), banker and author
- Hans Jörg Böhm (* 1938), oenologist and vine grower, founder of PLANSEL (Gutsweinkellerei Plantas seleccionadas), editor of several wine books, a. a. of the book Grape Variety Atlas Spain and Portugal , ISBN 978-3-8001-7682-3
- Karl-Heinz Gierke (1938–2020), actor
- Peter Hüttenberger (1938–1992), historian
- Werner Korb (* 1938), artist
- Dieter Riesenberger (* 1938), historian
- Alfred Mechtersheimer (1939–2018), political scientist and politician
- Horst Jürgen Weiler (* 1939) Lord Mayor of Neustadt (1992–2001)
- Günter Krämer (* 1940), theater director, opera director and theater director
- Bernd Thum (1940–2018), medievalist
1941 to 1950
- Harald Dickerhof (1941–2010), historian
- Willi Wagner (* 1941), obstacle runner
- Norbert Wokart (* 1941), philosopher and author
- Hans-Heinrich Fußer (* 1942), painter, graphic artist and former university lecturer
- Karl Inhofer (1942–2016), administrative officer
- Hans Christof Müller-Busch (* 1943), doctor, university professor and author
- Hans-Jochem Kolb (* 1944), hematologist and oncologist
- Jörg Zimmermann (* 1944), diplomat
- Gerd Weiland (* 1945), visual artist
- Brigitta Dresewski (* 1946), actress and television director
- Werner Schreiner (* 1947), historian and traffic expert
- Helmut Bernhard (* 1948), Provincial Roman archaeologist
- Mario Scheuermann (1948–2015), wine author
- Christian Germann (* 1949), diplomat
- Judith Kauffmann (* 1949), journalist and television presenter
- Karl-Ludwig Sauer (* 1949), artist
- Franz Schwarzwälder (* 1949), football player
- Udo Röbel (* 1950), journalist
1951 to 1960
- Bodo Kraft (* 1951), painter and draftsman
- Heiner Goebbels (* 1952), musician, composer, radio play author and director
- Ulrike Gerst (* 1953), painter
- Norbert Blum (* 1954), theoretical computer scientist and professor at the University of Bonn
- Gregor Braun (* 1955), Olympic cycling champion
- Ruth Ratter (* 1955), politician (GREEN)
- Rolf Lindemann (* 1957), politician (SPD)
- Achim Niederberger (1957–2013), entrepreneur
- Wolfgang Franz (* 1958), surgeon, trauma surgeon and sports medicine specialist
- Sinje Dillenkofer (* 1959), visual artist and photographer
- Johannes Feyrer (* 1959), firefighter and former director of the Cologne fire brigade
- Bertram Brossardt (* 1960), economic functionary
- Barbara Rumpf (* 1960), sculptor
1961 to 1970
- Klaus Dörr (* 1961), theater director
- Malu Dreyer (* 1961), politician (SPD) and Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate
- Thomas Kiefer (* 1962), theologian and educator
- Julia Philippi (* 1962), politician (CDU)
- Ingo Röthlingshöfer (* 1962), politician (CDU)
- Andrea Mohr (* 1963), author and former drug smuggler
- Christian Armbrüster (* 1964), judge and university professor
- Matthias Frey (* 1964), judge and politician (FDP)
- Steffen Christmann (* 1965), entrepreneur
- Markus Warg (* 1965), economist
- Kai Handel (* 1966), science manager
- Valeska Peschke (* 1966), concept artist
- Randolf Stich (* 1966), lawyer and politician (SPD)
- Uwe Wolf (* 1967), soccer player
- Mario Basler (* 1968), soccer player
- Zam Helga (* 1968), musician
- Carola Noelle-Hauck (* 1968), screenwriter, film editor and film director
- Hato Schmeiser (* 1968), economist
- Stefan Ertl (* 1969), soccer player
- Nicole Metzger (* 1969), jazz singer
- Bernhard Hoëcker (* 1970), comedian
- Marlene Schnabel-Marquardt (* 1970), multi-discipline artist
- Martin Stuflesser (* 1970), Roman Catholic theologian, liturgist and university professor
1971 to 2000
- Sin with Sebastian (* 1971), pop singer
- Florian Rödl (* 1972), lawyer and university professor at the Free University of Berlin
- Katja Leikert (* 1975), politician (CDU)
- Gustav Policella (* 1975), football player
- Christian Torkewitz (* 1975), jazz musician
- Andreas Wunn (* 1975), moderator
- Marc Weigel (* 1978), politician (FWG)
- Dirk Herber (* 1979), politician (CDU)
- Danko Bošković (* 1982), football player
- Dominik Schmitt (* 1983), artist
- Clint Lukas (* 1985), author and director
- Moritz Oeler (* 1985), water polo player
- Maximilian Mann (* 1987), musical actor
- DRAM (born 1988), rapper
- Fabian Buch (* 1990), singer
- Simon Werdelis (* 1990), actor
- Eva Croissant (* 1991), singer and songwriter
- Jennifer Jäger (* 1992), author
- Dominique Heintz (* 1993), soccer player
- Kevin Akpoguma (born 1995), soccer player
21st century
- Antonis Aidonis (* 2001), football player
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