List of personalities from the town of Pößneck
The list of personalities of the town of Pößneck contains people who have played a lasting role in the history of the Thuringian town of Pößneck in the Saale-Orla district . These are personalities who were honorary citizens of Pößneck or who were born here or who worked here.
For the personalities from the localities incorporated into Pößneck, see also the corresponding local articles.
Honorary citizen
- 1895: Prince Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898), Reich Chancellor
- Eduard Weißer (1835–1910), vaccinator and poor doctor
- Wilhelm Friedrich von Heim (1835–1912), Minister of State of the Duchy of Saxony-Meiningen
- Robert Diez (1844–1922), sculptor
- 1946: Franz Huth (1876–1970), painter
sons and daughters of the town
- Bartholomäus Rosinus (1520–1586), Lutheran theologian
- Friedrich Widebrand (1532–1585), Protestant theologian
- Melchior Bischoff (1547–1614), Protestant hymn poet and clergyman
- Wilhelm Christian Oettel (1744–1829), Protestant clergyman and educator
- Christian Georg Wagner (1762–1851), Counselor
- Johann Friedrich Trautschold (1773–1842), chief factor, smelter and company writer at the Lauchhammer ironworks
- Johann Gottlob Trautschold (1777–1862), Protestant pastor, theologian, educator and poet
- Karl Friedrich Gottlob Strebel (1792–1861), entrepreneur in the porcelain industry
- Christian Etzdorf (1801–1851), painter and graphic artist, member of the Stockholm Academy
- Albrecht Freiherr von Giseke (1822–1890), Minister of State in Saxony-Meiningen
- Robert Diez (1844–1922), sculptor, created the fountains on Albertplatz in Dresden, among other things
- Rudolf Koch (1856–1921), press draftsman, painter and graphic artist
- Clara Walther (1860–1943), landscape and still life painter and etcher
- Gustav Richard Fischer (1862–1921), owner of a glassworks in Ilmenau
- Alfred Maul (1870–1942), pioneer of aerial reconnaissance
- Paul Rieth (1871–1925), painter and draftsman
- Franz Huth (1876–1970), painter
- Ludwig Haucke (1877–1961), trade unionist
- Max Neubauer (1878–1949), politician (SPD)
- Erich Roßmann (1884–1953), politician (SPD)
- Otto Lindig (1895–1966), ceramist and sculptor
- Kurt Desch (1903–1984 in Munich), publisher
- Herbert Körbs (1907–1983), actor and director
- Herbert Meyer (1908–1995), voice actor and puppeteer
- Johannes Helm (1921–1998), born in Öpitz, local researcher of the Markgräflerland
- Günter Müller (* 1927), trade unionist (FDGB) and politician (SED)
- Boto Märtin (* 1928), crop scientist
- Willibald Kimmel (1929–2011), politician (CDU), member of the state parliament in Baden-Württemberg
- Gerhard Fichtner (1932–2012), medical historian
- Jürgen Klocksin (* 1932), Hessian politician (SPD), member of the Hessian state parliament
- Konrad Enke (1934–2016), swimmer
- Günter Vogel (1934–2011), internist, university professor in Erfurt
- Hans Sattler (1935–2019), politician (SED) and youth functionary (FDJ)
- Friedrich Krause (* 1938), engineer
- Hans-J. Manger (* 1940), brewing scientist
- Manfred Roßner (1941–2008), soccer referee
- Ellen Sander (* 1942), singer, yodeler and interpreter of folk music
- Roland Matthes (1950–2019), most successful back swimmer of all time
- Uwe Behrendt (1952–1981), right-wing extremist
- Jo Berghammer (* 1953), photo artist and photo journalist
- Ingulf Donig (* 1953), politician (SPD)
- Henri Weise (1954–1977), killed on the Berlin Wall
- Bert Koß (* 1957), writer, dramaturge and radio play author
- Christian Danz (* 1962), Professor of Systematic Theology at the University of Vienna
- Volker Emde (* 1964), politician (CDU), member of the state parliament in Thuringia since 1990
- Jürgen Querengässer (* 1964), handball player
- Lorenz Kähler (* 1973), legal scholar
- Ringo Mühlmann (* 1975), policeman and politician (AfD)
- Susan Link (* 1976), radio and television presenter
- Marcel Dettmann (* 1977), techno musician, DJ and owner of the music label Marcel Dettmann Records
- Nico Herzig (* 1983), soccer player
- Andreas Gaebler (* 1984), soccer player
- Denny Herzig (* 1984), soccer player
- Stephanie Milde (* 1988), soccer player
- Philipp Serrek (* 1993), soccer player
- Maurice Hehne (* 1997), football player
Personalities associated with the city
- Bonifacius Erasmi de Rode (≈1480–1560), mathematician and Protestant theologian, died in Pößneck
- Alfred Bochert (1887–1975), politician (USPD, KPD, later SED), died in Pößneck
- Hugo Brömmer (1895–1978), politician (KPD / SPD) member of the state parliament, died in Pößneck
- Franz Ronneberger (1913–1999), social scientist, went to school in Pößneck and passed his Abitur there.
- Horst Herold (1923–2018), lawyer, President of the Federal Criminal Police Office, grew up in Pößneck
- Dagmar Künast (* 1947) since 1975 in Pößneck, member of the state parliament in Thuringia, state chairwoman of the Thuringian workers' welfare organization, deputy district administrator in Pößneck
- Jessica Schmidt (* 1979), lawyer and professor at the University of Bayreuth, attended grammar school in Pößneck