List of personalities of the city of Niesky
.svg)
The list of personalities in the town of Niesky contains people who have played a lasting role in the history of the Saxon town of Niesky in the Görlitz district . These are personalities who were born here or who worked here.
For the personalities from the localities incorporated after Niesky see also the corresponding local articles.
sons and daughters of the town
The following people were born in Niesky or the present-day districts of the city. Whether or not they later had their sphere of activity in Niesky is irrelevant.
Personalities of the early modern period
- Abraham Frencel (1656–1740), Sorbian Lutheran clergyman and historiographer who also dealt with Sorbian language studies, was born in Kosel near Niesky
- Gottlob Adolf Ernst von Nostitz and Jänkendorf (1765–1836), politician and man of letters, born in See near Niesky
19th century personalities
- Karl Heinrich von Kleist (1801–1870), politician
- Leopold zur Lippe-Biesterfeld-Weißenfeld (1815–1889), politician and lawyer, Prussian Minister of Justice, born in See near Niesky
- Ernst zur Lippe-Weißenfeld (1825–1909), historian and Prussian captain
- Karl Ernst von Kleist (1839–1912), officer
20th century personalities
Joseph Theodor Müller (1907)
- Joseph Theodor Müller (1854–1946), theologian of the Evangelical Brothers Unity, archivist in the Unity Archives in Herrnhut and church historian
- Gustaf Dalman (1855–1941), theologian and orientalist
- Ludwig Ey (1893–1945), communist and anti-fascist
- Hans Drexler (1895–1984), classical philologist
- Hellmuth Tschörtner (1911–1979), painter and graphic artist who was particularly successful as a commercial artist and book designer, was born in See near Niesky
- Fritz Deumlich (1923–2005), geodesist
- Bernhard Töpfer (1926–2012), historian
- Klaus Kubitzki (1933), botanist, professor emeritus at the University of Hamburg
- Peter Sebald (1934–2018), historian
- Manfred Weiss (* 1935), composer
- Ulrich Wobus (* 1942), biologist
- Sven Ratke (* 1972), former soccer player and today's soccer coach
Personalities associated with the city
- Johann Gottfried Schultz (1734–1819), lawyer and draftsman from Upper Lusatia, retired in Niesky and died here
- Benjamin Latrobe (1764–1820), architect, designer of the United States Capitol and the Baltimore Basilica
- Christian Friedrich Quandt (1766–1806), doctor and writer
- Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher (1768–1834), theologian and philosopher
- Jakob Friedrich Fries (1773–1843), philosopher and mathematician
- Karl Gustav von Rudloff (1782–1871), Prussian major general
- Hugo Ewald von Kirchbach (1809–1887), Prussian general
- Bernhard Heinrich Gustav Theodor Schmidt (1820–1870), architecture and landscape painter, died here
- Alfred Graf von Schlieffen (1833–1913), Field Marshal General
- August von Dewitz (1836–1887), director of the mission school of the Moravian Brethren
- Robert Dalen (1844–1909), officer and administrative lawyer in the Kingdom of Prussia, retired in Niesky and died here
- Hermann CJ Fölsch (1845–1920), entrepreneur and shipowner, founder of the primary school of the same name
- Traugott Bachmann (1865–1948), missionary of the Moravian Brethren in Tanzania and pioneer of missionary inculturation, died in Niesky
- Martin Luserke (1880-1968), from 1895 Präparand the Moravian Teachers' Seminary, 1900-1904 teacher at Pädagogium Niesky
- Konrad Wachsmann (1901–1980), architect
- Ralf Vieregge (1925–2005), lawyer, grew up in Niesky
- Christian Andree (* 1938), went to school in See und Niesky from 1949 to 1957, and heard about Rudolf Virchow for the first time here
- René Kindermann (* 1975), television presenter
Individual evidence
- ^ Festschrift for Ralf Vieregge on his 70th birthday on November 6, 1995 , 1995.