List of personalities of the city of Plauen

Plauen was the birthplace or place of work for the following people:

sons and daughters of the town

Until 1800

• Heinrich the Elder of Plauen (1370–1429), Grand Master of the Teutonic Order from 1410 to 1413. Statue at the Old Town Hall
• Paul Dolscius (1526–1589), physician, educator and poet
• Christoph Pezel (1539–1604), theologian
• Wolfgang Franz (1564–1628), Lutheran theologian
• Peter Marquard (≈1600–1689 / 1690), master builder
• Georg Samuel Dörffel (1643–1688), theologian and astronomer
• Johann Paul Oettel (1699–1771), theologian and chronicler
• Johann Gottfried Biedermann (1705–1766), pastor and genealogist
• Christian Gottfried Hermann (1743–1813), lawyer and mayor of the city of Leipzig
• Johann Gottlob Marezoll (1761–1828), theologian, preacher and university professor
• Johann Gottfried Steinhäuser (1768–1825), physicist, mathematician, miner and lawyer
• Ferdinand Gotthelf Hand (1786–1851), philologist
• Julius von Dieskau (1798–1872), German lawyer and politician, member of the Frankfurt National Assembly, MdL (Kingdom of Saxony)
• Eduard Friedrich Pöppig (1798–1868), zoologist, botanist and explorer

1801 to 1900

• Ernst Leonhard Heubner (1803–1886), member of the Frankfurt National Assembly
• Karl Braun (1807–1868), lawyer and politician, chairman of the entire ministry
• Gustav Hartenstein (1808–1890), philosopher
• Charles Beyer (1813–1876), engineer
• Louis Schönherr (1817–1911), inventor of the mechanical loom
• Wilhelm Adolph Haußner (1819–1849), doctor and revolutionary
• Theodor Vogel (1836–1912), classical philologist, Saxon secret school councilor
• Emil Kautzsch (1841–1910), Protestant theologian
• Christian Friedrich Schatz (1841–1920), gynecologist, rector of the University of Rostock
• Hermann Dunger (1843–1912), teacher and language purist, founder of the General German Language Association
• Arwed Roßbach (1844–1902), architect in Leipzig
• Hermann Vogel (1854–1921), illustrator
• Paul Vogel (1856–1911), classical philologist, educator
• Franz Blanckmeister (1858–1936), pastor and theologian
• Franz Heinrich Költzsch (1861–1927), theologian and politician (DNVB)
• Hermann Baum (1864–1932), veterinary anatomist, rector of the University of Leipzig
• Rudolf Heubner (1867–1967), lawyer and writer
• Albin Enders (1869–1946), painter
• Curt Rambach (1871–1930), dialect poet
• Richard Zetzsche (1877–1948), administrative lawyer and manager
• Erich Brunner (1885–1938), chess composer
• Fritz Bachmann (1887–1947), botanist
• Arthur Heß (1891–1959), politician (NSDAP)
• Rudolf Friedrichs (1892–1947), Prime Minister of Saxony 1945–1947
• Herbert Schiller (1892–1978), archivist and editor
• Karl Kellermann (1893–1967), German chemist and university professor
• Friedrich Wunderlich (1896–1990), Methodist theologian, bishop, ecumenist and peace activist
• Karl Adam (1899–1943), district chief
• Paul Kanis (1899–1978), industrialist
• Kurt Mothes (1900–1983), pharmacist, botanist and President of the Leopoldina

1901 to 1925

• Kurt Helbig (1901–1975), weightlifter
• Martin Kessel (1901–1990), writer
• Friedrich Hielscher (1902–1990), religious philosopher, publicist and resistance fighter against National Socialism
• Rudolf Donnerhack (1903–1980), politician and museologist
• Paul Wessel (1904–1967), politician (SED)
• Hermann Becker (1905–1981), banker, politician (LDPD), victim of Stalinism
• Sigfrid Walther Müller (1905–1946), composer
• Karl Schubert (1906–2006), general music director and chief conductor
• Egon Zill (1906–1974), commandant of the Flossenbürg concentration camp
• Lotte Berger (1907–1990), actress
• Artur Hofmann (1907–1987), politician (KPD), Saxon interior minister, head of department at the Ministry for State Security
• Emmy Dörfel (1908–2002), nurse
• Gustav Julius Werner Hartenstein (1908–1943), naval officer, known in connection with the Laconia command
• Grete Groh-Kummerlöw (1909–1980), politician (KPD, then SED)
• Herbert Major (1910–2009), educator, author and local history researcher
• Johannes Poppitz (1911–1943), constitutional lawyer in Leipzig
• Walter Ballhausen (1911–1991), photographer
• Hans Dietrich Schumann (1911–2001), surgeon and urologist in Rostock and Dresden
• Johannes Petzold (1912–1985), teacher, church musician, composer ("The night has advanced")
• Emil Pleissner (1913–1948), SS-Hauptscharführer, executed as a war criminal in Landsberg.
• Horst Brune (1915–1971), politician (NDPD), deputy chairman of the Cottbus district council
• Willi Seifert (1915–1986), communist and resistance fighter, political prisoner and Kapo in Buchenwald concentration camp, after 1945 city treasurer of Plauen
• Heinz S. Fuchs (1917–2008), General Staff Doctor in the Bundeswehr
• Johannes Kuhn (1924–2019), Protestant theologian
• Lothar Rentsch (1924–2017), painter and graphic artist, honorary citizen of the city of Plauen
• Horst Dohlus (1925–2007), SED functionary
• Manfred Feiler (1925–2020), painter, graphic artist and illustrator
• Horst Scherbaum (1925–1996), soccer player and coach, captain at the GDR national team's first international match
• Hansgünter Thebis (* 1925), writer
• Joachim Hans Less (1925–2015), agricultural scientist and university professor

1926 to 1950

• Hans Otte (1926–2007), musician
• Karl Richter (1926–1981), conductor, organist and choir director
• Max Schubert (1926–1998), experimental physicist
• Rolf Andiel (1927–1992), painter and graphic artist
• Rudolf-Dietrich Nottrodt (1927–2017), SED functionary and Lord Mayor of Erfurt
• Siegfried Böhm (1928–1980), SED functionary and Minister of Finance of the GDR
• Lothar Gruchmann (1929–2015), historian and political scientist
• Harry Wünsche (1929–2008), lawyer and university professor
• Kurt Zapf (1929-2010), football player
• Christian Helfer (1930–2008), legal sociologist
• Johannes Heydenreich (1930–2015), physicist
• Hansjürgen Knoche (* 1930), theologian
• Wolfram Steude (1931–2006), musicologist and musician
• Volkmar Götz (* 1934), legal scholar
• Jürgen Brinckmeier (1935–1984), SPD politician and journalist
• Volkmar Hellfritzsch (* 1935), onomastics and educator
• Paul Arnold (* 1936), classical archaeologist, ancient historian and numismatist
• Klaus Zink (* 1936), football player
• Joachim Kupfer (* 1938), politician (CDU), minister in Saxony-Anhalt
• Eberhard Lippold (1938–2020), musicologist
• Roland Wötzel (* 1938), politician of the SED and one of the Six in Leipzig
• Klemens Ullmann (* 1939), Roman Catholic clergyman
• Karl-Theodor Zauzich (* 1939), Egyptologist and demotist
• Bernd Jentzsch (* 1940), writer
• Ulrich Völkel (* 1940), writer
• Gerhard Börner (* 1941), German astrophysicist
• Peter Bräutigam (1941–2005), photographer and Thuringian state guild master as well as deputy federal guild master of the photography guild
• Heidi Sabelus (* 1942), ceramicist
• Ingo Broer (* 1943), Roman Catholic theologian
• Dorit Gäbler (* 1943), actress, dancer and chansonnière
• Christian Wandrey (* 1943), chemist and head of the Institute for Biotechnology Jülich
• Richard Weber (* 1944), theater scholar
• Christine Ostrowski (* 1945), Saxon politician
• Manfred Lienemann (* 1946), soccer player
• Klaus J. Beckmann (* 1948), urban planner and transport scientist
• Günter H. Hertel (* 1948), engineer, professor at the TU Dresden
• Claudia Loerding (* 1950), actress

From 1951

• Gisela Helmecke (* 1951), art historian
• Angelika Bahmann (* 1952), Olympic champion and world champion in canoe slalom
• Bernd Krauss (* 1953), rower, Olympic champion in eighth
• Manuel von Senden (* 1953), opera singer and singer of the Electra group
• Hermann Toelcke (* 1953), actor
• Wolfgang Mocker (1954–2009), journalist
• Utz Rachowski (* 1954), writer
• Hans-Christof Schober (* 1955), internist in Rostock
• Ralf Böhme (* 1956), caricaturist and graphic artist, called "Rabe"
• Uwe Hobler (* 1957), politician
• Frank Heidan (* 1958), member of the Saxon state parliament
• Kornelia Grummt-Ender (* 1958), four-time Olympic swimming champion
• Ralf Oberdorfer (* 1960), politician, Lord Mayor of Plauen
• Axel Reitel (* 1961), writer and song composer
• Matthias Freihof (* 1961), actor
• André Hübner-Ochodlo (* 1963), theater director and chansonnier
• Andrea Stolletz (* 1963), German handball goalkeeper
• Katrin Weber (* 1963), singer, musical artist, actress and cabaret artist
• Olaf Schubert (* 1967), cabaret artist and musician
• Hartmut Tautz (1968–1986), victim on the Czechoslovak-Austrian border
• Steffen Menze (* 1969), soccer player and coach
• Frank Meyer (* 1969), television presenter
• Michael Grunst (* 1970), District Mayor of Berlin-Lichtenberg
• Martin Dulig (* 1974), politician and SPD member
• Christian Bahmann (* 1981), world champion in canoe slalom
• Stefan König (* 1985), actor
• Andy Klinger (* 1987), actor
• Antonio Lucaciu (* 1987), jazz musician
• Christiane Gotte (* 1988), soccer player
• Robert Lucaciu (* 1988), jazz musician
• Chris Löwe (* 1989), soccer player
• Benjamin Meschke (* 1991), handball player
• Christin Zenner (* 1991), swimmer
• Linda-Philomène Tsoungui (* 1992), drummer
• Johanna Summer (* ≈1995), jazz musician
• Fabian Gering (* 1996), athlete
• Amely Sommer (* 1997), singer in the band Saphir

Honorary citizen

The city of Plauen has granted honorary citizenship to 33 people since 1845 , of which two people were deprived of their rights.

The honorary citizens of the city of Plauen

Year of award	Surname	Profession / title
1845	Karl Christoph Schmidt	Office director in Dresden
1853	Johann August Wilhelm Steinhäuser	Vice-Rector at the Lyceum
1854	Christian Gottlieb Pfretzschner	Director of the trade and building trade school
1862	Bruno von Schimpff	District director in Zwickau
1865	Ernst Gottschald	mayor
1865	Gustav Enoch	Chief mining engineer
1867	Johann August Steinberger	District Syndic
1871	Julius Otto Heinrich von Dieskau	Council of Justice
1874	Ewald Beyer	Superintendent
1878	Karl Friedrich Wieprecht	mayor
1882	Robert Klemm	Merchant
1890	Oskar Theodor Kuntze	Lord Mayor, MdL
1892	Gustav Landmann	Superintendent
1895	Otto von Bismarck	Chancellor
1901	Ernst Julius Graser	Master shoemaker
1909	Karl Friedrich Richard Wagner	mayor
1913	Franz Theodor Schurig	mayor
1925	Max Hermann Vetters	mayor
1933	Paul von Hindenburg	President of the empire
1933	Adolf Hitler (revoked after 1945)	Chancellor
1933	Martin Mutschmann (revoked after 1945)	Governor
1937	Arno Kölblin	Boxing European heavyweight champion
1945	Rudolf Friedrichs	Prime Minister of Saxony
1946	Wilhelm Pieck	Chairman of the SED and later President of the GDR
1946	Wilhelm Külz	Chairman of the LDPD
1950	Eugene Schiffer	Co-founder of the LDPD
1984	Gustav Seifried	Lord Mayor of Zwickau
1990	Thomas Küttler	Superintendent
1994	Lothar Rentsch	Draftsman and printmaker
2001	Rolf lean cord	Lord Mayor
2006	Klaus-Dieter Waldmann	doctor
2011	Manfred Feiler	painter
2012	Hellfried Unbelief	Managing Director of the Plauen housing association (WbG)

Honored Citizens of the City - Awarded the City Plaque

Plauen's city plaque shows the Plauen seal on the front and the name of the person to be honored with the date of the award on the back. In addition, the inscription “Awarded for special services to the city of Plauen” is applied to the back. It is awarded to people “ who have made a special contribution to the development of the city of Plauen, to its reputation or to the well-being of its citizens, or who have worked for it ”. The city plaque is awarded with a certificate in which the merits of the person to be awarded are presented.

List of deserving citizens of the city of Plauen who have been awarded the city badge

year	Surname	Profession / title	Further explanation
1996	Peter Müller (†)	architect
1996	Klaus Straka	pastor
1998	Lothar Fleischer	cantor
1998	Hedwig Pistorius (†)
1999	Falk Surmann
1999	Eberhard Eisel	architect
1999	Gerold Kny
1999	Gunter Vödisch (†)	Pastor
1999	Dr. med. Hartmut Seidel
2000	Christian H. Ohser (†)		Son of Erich Ohser , patron of his father's memory in Plauen
2000	Albrecht Demmig
2000	Rolf Weber
2000	Werner Jacob
2001	Ruth Müller-Landauer
2001	Waltraud Schmidt
2001	Manfred Feiler	Painter, graphic artist
2002	Wolfgang Forner (†)
2004	Manfred Reinhardt	Pedagogue	Chairman of the Pfaffengut e. V. and member of the BUND's Saxon Vogtland district board
2004	Wolfgang Rudloff	Pedagogue	Promoter of art and culture
2004	Jutta Kirst	Piano maker	Mediation of free concert grand pianos and pianists at the Vogtlandtheater Plauen
2004	Peter Koch		former managing director of the Sternquell brewery, sponsor of associations
2004	Hellfried Unbelief	Managing Director of the Plauen housing association (WbG)	Support of the youth club “pit stop”, participation in the urban redevelopment concept in Plauen and honorary chairman of the association Saxon housing associations
2005	Erika Dienelt	Sports therapist	Commitment to disabled people, founder of the "Spukteufelband" of the Lebenshilfe eV
2005	Ute Müller	Farmer	former mayor of Jößnitz
2005	Dietmar Rose	Graduate engineer	Former managing director of Plauener Straßenbahn GmbH, committee for urban planning, traffic and the environment.
2005	Lothar Scherf	Chairman of the district association football Vogtland / Plauen (KVF V / P)	Extraordinary commitment to VFC Plauen and the entire sport of football in the area of ​​the former districts of Plauen city and country as well as Reichenbach, Oelsnitz (Vogtland) and Klingenthal
2006	Dipl.-Phil. Horst Fröhlich	1991–93 Director of the Vogtl. District Museum Plauen	(since 1966 there as a research assistant) diverse publications on Vogtland architecture and folk culture
2007	Hans Leipold	Vocational school teacher	various voluntary activities (e.g. Natur-Freunde Plauen association)
2008	Maria Fromme	Lower school teacher and after-school care worker	Foundation of the "women's self-help after cancer - Plauen - Vogtland group"
2008	Dietmar Schönherr	Electrical designer	Organization of the carnival parade, etc. as chairman of the Vogtland Carnevalists Association
2008	Brigitte Unger	Teacher	Editor of the "Vogtland Atlas"; Initiator of a geological garden
2009	Dr. Frank Grünert	doctor	Speaker of the New Forum, Group of the 20th
2009	Use Helbig	pensioner	Voluntary work to preserve and safeguard the Plauen city history (weaving houses ...)
2009	Claus Weisbach	architect	Volunteer in various forums on urban development and architectural competitions / speaker of the Baukultur Forum
2009	Dr. Bernd Märtner	Managing Director M&S Umweltservice	involved in many associations for the region
2010	Siegmar Kelz	farmer	First mayor of Straßberg , founder of the local homeland association
2010	Dr. phil. Klausdiester Roth	Intendant	Artistic director at the Vogtlandtheater Plauen
2010	Beate Schad	Teacher	Head of the Plauen Show Embroidery Shop
2010	Jörg Schneider	Toolmaker	Author of the call for a demonstration on October 7, 1989, which became the first large-scale demonstration on the territory of the GDR.
2010	Günter Weis	Graduate engineer	Former chairman of the swimming club "Vogtland Plauen eV", member of the Presidium Commission "Sports Facilities and Environment" of the German Swimming Association (DSV), swimming facility consultant in the Presidium of the Saxon Swimming Association (SSV) and board member of the "International Academy for Pools, Sports - and leisure buildings in Germany eV "
2011	Andreas Färber	Confectioner	Chairman of the local association of the Child Protection Association, co-initiator of the parents' telephone and the children's café "Mücke".
2011	Liane Kümmerl		Engagement in the show embroidery, in the asylum seekers home and in the Vogtlandmuseum Plauen . Head of the “Jewish Cemetery” memorial and city guide.
2011	Gunter Kunze		1. Chairman of the Deaf Association Plauen
2011	Walter Tümpner		Commitment to Plauen and the Vogtland, especially during the division of Germany. Founder of "Haus Vogtland", a communication center near the former German-German border, publisher of a Plauen chronicle.

Other people related to the city

• Georg Gottfried Wagner (1698–1756), cantor and composer
• Franz August Mammen (1813–1888), entrepreneur and liberal politician (DFP).
• Franz Moritz Kirbach (1825–1905), revolutionary 1848/49, lawyer and member of the Saxon state parliament
• Theodor Bickel (1837–1903), top manufacturer and inventor, son-in-law of Franz August Mammen.
• The Bonesky family , Richard Bonesky (1867–1930), Kurt Bonesky (1894–1962), Walter Bonesky (1891–1963) was a dynasty of puppeteers and cinema operators from Plauen.
• Alfons Hitzler (1897–1945), NSDAP district leader and from 1933 member of the National Socialist Reichstag.
• Plauen is the hometown of Erich Ohser (1903–1944), who became famous as "eoplauen" with his father-and-son picture stories . Erich Ohser was born in Untergettengrün / Vogtland.
• Albin Buchholz (* 1937), musicologist
• Michèle Rödel (* 1987 in Zeulenroda), German opera and concert singer, lives in Plauen.
• Wilhelm Bruchmüller (1872–1935), student historian, journalist, editor

Web links

• Image of the city badge in the report on the awarding of the badge in 2010 at www.spitzenstadt.de (accessed on November 5, 2010)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Bulletin (09/2006) of the city of Plauen on the award of honorary citizenship and the city plaque 2006. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved November 5, 2010 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
2. ↑ ^{a b} Bulletin (10/2011) of the city of Plauen on the award of honorary citizenship and the city plaque 2011. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved January 6, 2012 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
3. ↑ Honor statute of the city of Plauen in the city's newsletter (12/2003). (PDF) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 11, 2005 ; Retrieved November 5, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q} Overview of the wearers of the city badge on the city of Plauen website (www.plauen.de). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 30, 2008 ; Retrieved November 5, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ Information sheet (01/2004) of the city of Plauen on the award of the city badge in January 2004. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 17, 2004 ; Retrieved November 5, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ ^{a b c} Bulletin (10/2004) of the city of Plauen on the award of the city badge in October 2004. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved November 5, 2010 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
7. ↑ ^{a b} Bulletin (09/2005) of the city of Plauen on the award of the city badge 2005. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved November 5, 2010 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
8. ↑ ^{a b} Bulletin (09/2005) of the city of Plauen on the award of the city badge 2005. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved November 5, 2010 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
9. ↑ Information sheet (09/2007) of the city of Plauen on the award of the city badge 2007. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved November 5, 2010 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
10. ↑ ^{a b c} Bulletin (09/2008) of the city of Plauen on the award of the city badge 2008. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved November 5, 2010 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
11. ↑ ^{a b c d} Bulletin (09/2009) of the city of Plauen on the award of the city badge 2009. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved October 10, 2011 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
12. ↑ ^{a b c} Bulletin (09/2010) of the city of Plauen on the award of the city badge 2010. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved November 5, 2010 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
13. ↑ ^{a b} Bulletin (09/2010) of the city of Plauen on the award of the city badge. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved November 5, 2010 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
14. ↑ ^{a b c} Bulletin (10/2011) of the city of Plauen on the award of honorary citizenship and the city plaque 2011. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; Retrieved January 6, 2012 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
15. ↑ Michèle Rödel's website