List of personalities of the city of Pirna

This list gives a selection of those personalities who are connected to the city of Pirna in Saxony.

Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A.

• Gustav William Abendroth (born July 10, 1838 in Pirna; † March 2, 1908 in Dresden ), mathematician, physicist, teacher
• Hermann Arthur Abendroth (born October 1, 1845 in Pirna, † after 1912 in Berlin ), engineer
• Robert Abendroth (born March 9, 1842 in Pirna, † February 14, 1917 in Leipzig ), curator, librarian
• Karl Benjamin Acoluth (born July 2, 1726 in Pirna; † December 29, 1800 in Bautzen ), lawyer, writer
• Friedrich Wilhelm Agthe (* 1796 in Sangerhausen ; † 19 August 1830 in Pirna), composer, Kreuzkantor
• Karl Assmann (born July 27, 1890 in Friedrichsberg , † April 1, 1970 in Pirna), librarian, director of the Saxon State Library

B.

• Karl Friedrich Bartzsch (born October 26, 1767 in Pirna, † March 21, 1832 in Pirna), archdeacon, superintendent in Pirna
• Karl Beger (born October 22, 1885 in Pirna, † July 20, 1957 in Leipzig), hydraulic engineer
• Johannes Beier (born August 16, 1899 in Pirna; † 1975), evangelist, founder of the Adventist community in Saxony
• Bernardo Bellotto , called Canaletto (* 1721; † 1780), famous vedute painter of Italian descent
• Michael Bergmann (* 1633; † 1675), author of reference works
• Andreas Beuchel (born October 17, 1963 in Pirna), Evangelical Lutheran theologian, pastor and superintendent
• Wolf Blechschmidt (* around 1500; † 1560 in Pirna), master builder, stonemason, council builder
• Guido Brescius (born March 25, 1824 in Bautzen, † December 4, 1864 in Pirna), engineer
• Wilhelm Brunner (born February 4, 1899 in Siersleben / Mansfeld; † February 22, 1944 in Dorpat ), Lord Mayor of Pirna from 1935, Mayor of Kötzschenbroda from 1929–1934

C.

• Pol Cassel (March 17, 1892 - September 9, 1945), painter, worked and lived in Pirna from 1939 to 1944
• Werner Coblenz (born May 24, 1917 in Pirna; † June 7, 1995 in Kempten (Allgäu) ), archaeologist, historian

D.

• Alfred Dietrich (born July 11, 1843 in Pirna; † September 6, 1898), chief designer of the Imperial Navy from 1879 to 1898
• Gotthelf Anton Dietrich (born December 5, 1797 in Chemnitz , † March 3, 1868 in Pirna), doctor, poet, translator
• Johann Andreas Conrad Diller (* 1782 in Hildburghausen ; † June 22, 1839 in Pirna), bookseller, bookbinder, publisher

E.

• Emmy von Egidy (* 1872; † 1946), German sculptor and writer
• (Christoph) Moritz von Egidy (1870–1937), naval officer, sea ​​captain , cruiser commander in World War I, later commander of the Mürwik naval school in Schleswig-Holstein
• Johann Heinrich am Ende (born August 24, 1645 in Pirna, † April 25, 1695 in Leipzig), painter
• Gerhard Engelmann (born October 16, 1894 in Pirna; † September 16, 1987 in Hoppenrade ), geographer, local researcher
• Friedrich Arthur Eysoldt (born August 1, 1832 in Pirna; † March 8, 1907 in Laubegast near Dresden), lawyer, Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag, politician (German-independent regional association)
• Gertrud Eysoldt (born November 30, 1870 in Pirna; † January 5, 1955 in Ohlstadt ), actress and director, daughter of Friedrich Arthur Eysoldt

F.

• Constantin Carl Falkenstein (born November 12, 1801 near Remetschwil , † January 18, 1855 in Sonnenstein near Pirna), librarian
• Johann Christian Fiedler (* 1697 in Pirna, † 1765), painter
• Hermann Finck (* around 1495 in Pirna; † December 28, 1558 in Wittenberg ), music theorist, composer, organist
• Francesco Friedrich (born May 2, 1990), German bobsleigh driver
• Lorencz Fuchs (around 1551), Mayor of Pirna
• Heinz Fülfe (* 1920; † 1994), German puppeteer, employee of the Pirna Puppet Theater, which was founded by Wolfgang Hensel in 1945.

G

• Anna Marie Geibelt (* 1838; † 1923), benefactress
• Ulrich Grasnick (* 1938), German poet
• Friedrich August Greif (* 1830; † 1905), founder of the Greif Foundation
• Karl Grumpelt (* 1920; † 1998), museum director and honorary citizen
• Erich Grützner (born July 30, 1910 in Pirna; † 2001), SED functionary, head of the council of the Leipzig district
• Christian August Günther (born June 4, 1760 in Pirna, † March 8, 1824 in Dresden), painter, draftsman, engraver

H

• Carl Wilhelm Häcker (* 1819; † 1886), pioneer of photography
• Heinrich Gustav Haensel (born November 22, 1841 in Pirna; † July 14, 1923 in Pirna), chemist, manufacturer, honorary citizen (1904)
• Georg Hanke (born February 2, 1938 in Pirna; † August 8, 2001 in Bautzen), vicar general of the Dresden-Meißen diocese
• Klaus-Peter Hanke (* 1953 in Dresden) Lord Mayor of Pirna since 2010
• August Hanow (born August 10, 1591 in Greifenberg / Pomerania ( Gryfice ); † August 24, 1661 Gamig near Pirna), officer
• Paul Hartwig (born February 18, 1859 - † August 3, 1919 in Gaschwitz), German archaeologist
• Wilhelm Adolph Haußner (* 1819; † 1849), doctor and city councilor, revolutionary from 1848/49 and rebel in the Dresden May uprising in 1849
• Christoph Haymann (born August 15, 1709 in Langenhennersdorf near Pirna, † June 7, 1783 in Meißen), superintendent in Glauchau and Meißen
• Jochen Helbig (born August 25, 1927 in Pirna), monument conservator and draftsman
• Martin Hellinger (born July 17, 1904 in Pirna, † August 13, 1988 in Hamburg), dentist , SS-Hauptsturmführer and camp doctor in several concentration camps
• Annegret Herzberg (* 1945 in Pirna), writer and publisher, first Dresden city clerk
• Carl Ludwig Hoch († 1869), Dr. med., royal Saxon district doctor, honorary citizen
• Lorentz Hörnig (* around 1577 in Apolda ; † March 12, 1624 in Pirna), sculptor, stonemason
• Melchior Hoffmann (* around 1679 in Bärenstein near Pirna; † October 6, 1715 in Leipzig), composer, organist, conductor
• Nickel Hoffmann (around 1510; † 1592), stonemason, sculptor, foreman and building contractor
• Alfred Hütter (* 1915 in Pirna; † 1984 in Dresden), professor and namesake of the Alfred Hütter Laboratory of the TU Dresden

J

• Theophilus Jacobäer (* 1591; † 1659), pharmacist, "savior" in the Thirty Years' War
• Robert Jahn (born March 7, 1987 in Pirna), writer, graphic designer
• Wolfgang Jossunek (* 1940 in Pirna; † July 2003), painter

K

• Balthasar Kademann (* 1533 in Ortrand ; † October 17, 1607 in Pirna), theologian, court preacher, superintendent in Pirna
• Siegfried Kath (* 1936 in Steglin; † 2008 in Berlin), 1969–1974 art dealer and millionaire in Pirna
• Wolf Caspar von Klengel (* 1630; † 1691), commandant at Sonnenstein Castle
• Rolf-Dieter Kluge (* 1937), Slavist
• Oskar Knofe (born May 14, 1888 in Pirna; † 1978), police chief, SS brigade leader and major general of the police
• Annemarie Köhler (* 1893 in Crimmitschau , † September 17, 1948 in Pirna ), doctor, friends with the Victor Klemperer family , she saved Victor Klemperer's diaries at risk of death
• Paul Körner (born October 2, 1893 in Pirna; † November 29, 1957 in Tegernsee), politician ( NSDAP ), SS-Obergruppenführer , convicted war criminal
• Günter Kotte (born January 11, 1949 in Pirna), author, documentary filmmaker and director
• Gottlieb Ludolph Krehl (born January 13, 1745 in Königerode, † March 10, 1823 in Pirna), superintendent in Pirna from 1789–1823
• Bruno Krell (* 1903; † 1976), sculptor
• Rudolf Kühn (born June 29, 1886 in Pirna; † October 25, 1950 in Berlin), German architect
• Hugo Küttner (* 1879; † 1945), entrepreneur, artificial silk producer
• Friedrich Wilhelm von Kyaw (born January 22, 1708 in Pirna; † March 30, 1759 in Schweidnitz ), Prussian lieutenant general

L.

• Anton Lauterbach (born January 13, 1502 in Stolpen , † July 18, 1569 in Pirna), pastor, superintendent in Pirna
• Auguste Lewinsohn (née Gantze) (born April 1, 1868 in Pirna, † 1957 in Dresden), SPD politician
• Johann Siegmund von Liebenau (1607–1671), governor and supreme commander of the Saxon fortresses
• Johannes Lindner (around 1450 – around 1530), Dominican and chronicler
• Elfriede Lohse-Wächtler (born December 4, 1899 in Löbtau near Dresden, † July 31, 1940 in Pirna), painter, victim of the T4 campaign
• Eberhard Luther (1932–2003), world champion in sport bowling

M.

• Rocco Milde (* 1969), soccer coach and former soccer player
• Christoph Mühlbach (born December 4, 1613 in Krebs near Pirna; † October 7, 1681 in Leipzig), Chief Postmaster
• Johannes Friedrich Wilhelm Müller (born December 11, 1782 in Stuttgart, † May 3, 1816 in Pirna), engraver
• Richard Mucke (born March 23, 1846 in Pirna; † November 10, 1925 in Pötzscha), geographer, ethnologist, university professor in Dorpat
• Uwe Müßiggang (* 1951), national coach of the biathlon women’s national team
• Wolfram Müller (* 1981), athlete

N

• Ramona Neubert (born July 26, 1958), track and field athlete and Olympic participant
• Carl Heinrich Nicolai (born November 26, 1739 in Berlin, † September 18, 1823 in Lohmen near Pirna), educator, pastor, writer

O

• Rudolf Opitz (born January 3, 1890 in Radebeul, † July 16, 1940 in Kłobuck near Czestochowa), teacher, paleontologist and writer was a teacher in Pirna

P

• Carl Friedrich Peters (born March 30, 1779 in Leipzig, † November 20, 1827 in Pirna), music publisher ( Edition Peters )
• Christian Traugott Pfuhl (Křesćan Bohuwěr Pful) (born March 28, 1825 in Preuschwitz near Bautzen, † December 21, 1889 in Pirna), lexicographer
• Ernst Gottlob Pienitz (born August 20, 1777 in Radeberg ; † May 30, 1853 in Pirna), doctor
• Frank Peschel (* 1974), politician (AfD)

Q

• Theodor Quentin (born November 1, 1851 in Preußisch Stargard, † March 26, 1905 in Eisenach), German architect and church builder, lived in Pirna for a long time
• Johann Quirsfeld (born July 22, 1642 in Dresden, † June 18, 1686 in Pirna), theologian, archdeacon, music writer

R.

• Siegfried Rädel (born March 7, 1893 in Pirna; † May 10, 1943 in Berlin), member of the Bundestag, KPD politician, opponent of the Nazi regime
• Johann Richard Rätzsch (born December 11, 1850 in Dresden, † May 26, 1898 in Pirna), stenographer
• August Richter (born June 3, 1801 in Dresden, † November 19, 1873 in Pirna), painter
• Enrico Richter (born August 3, 1961 in Pirna), boxer
• Paul August Ritterstädt (born January 2, 1796 in Pirna; † May 2, 1883 in Dresden), lawyer and politician, first freely elected mayor of Pirna, MdL
• Hermann Rosa (* 1911; † 1981), German sculptor
• Emil Adolf Roßmaessler (* 1806; † 1867), member of the German Parliament for Pirna in the Frankfurt National Assembly
• Michael Rösch (born May 4, 1983), biathlete, Olympic champion
• Fritz Rösler (* 1935), musician (oboe), composer, head of the music school

S.

• Mandy Schmidt (born October 16, 1985 in Pirna), radio presenter
• Hermann Schreck (born June 28, 1817 in Belgern; † November 30, 1891), lawyer and politician (DFP), MdR, MdL (Kingdom of Saxony)
• Dieter Schubert (born September 11, 1943 in Pirna-Copitz), rower, Olympic champion in 1968 and 1972 in a four-man without a helmsman
• Götz Schubert (born February 13, 1963), actor
• Heinrich Schubert (born January 23, 1926 in Pirna; † April 9, 2018), engineer for mechanical process engineering and mineral processing
• Veit Schubert (* 1960 in Pirna), actor, director and lecturer in acting
• Michael Schulz (born July 8, 1963 in Dresden), jazz musician, composer
• Eva Schulze-Knabe (born May 11, 1907 in Pirna; † July 15, 1976 in Dresden), graphic artist, opponent of the Nazi regime, honorary citizen (1972)
• David Schwenke (born September 1575 in Pirna, † November 1620 in Pirna), sculptor, stonemason
• Michael Schwenke (born May 30, 1563 in Pirna, † July 10, 1610 in Pirna), sculptor, stonemason
• Artur Speck (born June 19, 1877 in Pirna, † January 25, 1960 in Dresden), road construction engineer and Saxon Ministerial Councilor
• Oskar Speck (born August 20, 1855 in Neustadt bei Siegmar, † February 4, 1922 in Pirna), founder of the scientific urban historiography in Pirna
• Hans Christian Spieß (born June 23, 1858 in Dresden; † May 26, 1929 in Pirna), lawyer, MdL, conservative politician
• Annemarie Spitzner (born May 31, 1899 in Dresden; † August 6, 1934 in Warmbrunn), welfare worker and special needs teacher
• Reinhold Spranger (born December 29, 1836 in Oelsnitz , † September 17, 1874 in Pirna), librarian
• Robert Sterl (born June 23, 1867 in Großdobritz near Dresden, † January 10, 1932 in Naundorf near Pirna), painter, graphic artist
• Tom Stohn (born December 21, 1968 in Pirna), football player
• Johann Gottlob Stolze (* 1668 in Pirna; † 1746 in Lübben ), theologian, superintendent in Waldenburg
• Johann Michael Strauss (* 1628 in Wittenberg, † 1692 in Pirna), 1668 to 1692 superintendent of Pirna

T

• Johannes Tetzel (* around 1465 in Pirna; † August 11, 1519 in Leipzig), Dominican, inquisitor, preacher of indulgence
• Karl Christoph Thiele (born June 26, 1715 in Markersbach near Pirna , † March 7, 1796 in Meißen), painter, etcher
• Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Tischer (born August 5, 1767 in Dautzschen , † April 28, 1842 in Pirna), pastor, superintendent in Plauen and Pirna, writer
• Gottlob August Tittel (* 1739; † 1816), philosopher
• Roman Trekel (* 1963), baritone and chamber singer
• Georg Trexler (born February 9, 1903 in Pirna; † December 15, 1979 in Leipzig), cantor, organist, music teacher
• Willy Tröger (born October 2, 1928 in Zwickau, † March 30, 2004 in Pirna), football player

U

• Markus Ulbig (born April 1, 1964 in Zinnwald ), Lord Mayor of Pirna from 2001 to 2009
• Joachim Ulbricht (born May 23, 1924 in Pirna; † November 30, 2017), chemist
• Peter Ulrich (* around 1440 in Heilbronn; † 1513/14 in Pirna), master builder ( Peter von Heilbronn, Peter von Pirna )

V

• August Leopold Venus (born June 14, 1843 in Dresden, † December 23, 1886 in Pirna), painter, illustrator

W.

• Peggy Waleska (born April 11, 1980 in Pirna), rower and 2004 Olympic runner-up
• Jan Korla Wałtar (born January 21, 1860 in Burkhardswalde near Pirna; † December 5, 1921 in Neschwitz near Bautzen), pastor, poet ( Johannes Karl Walther )
• Michael Walter (born March 12, 1959 in Pirna; † August 6, 2016), luge rider
• Rudolf Weinhold (born March 16, 1925 in Pirna; † February 1, 2003 in Dresden), folklorist
• Ekkehard Wlaschiha (born May 28, 1938 in Pirna; † February 20, 2019), opera singer (bass baritone)

Z

• Rudolph Otto Zaunick (born August 26, 1893 in Dresden; † November 13, 1967 in Pirna), natural scientist
• Max Zimmering (born November 16, 1909 in Pirna; † September 15, 1973 in Berlin), writer, editor, honorary citizen (1971)
• Josef Zimmering (born May 19, 1911 in Pirna; † 1995 in Dresden), politician and diplomat of the GDR, legation councilor and permanent representative of the GDR at the UN Economic Commission in Geneva

source

• Entries in the Saxon biography