List of personalities of the city of Rendsburg
This list of personalities of the city of Rendsburg shows people who were born in Rendsburg or who are closely connected to the city.
sons and daughters of the town
Before the 19th century
- Nikolaus Wulf (around 1395–1481), Bishop of Schleswig
- Samuel Meiger (1532–1610), pastor, author, editor and scholar
- Michael Maier (1568-1622), alchemist
- Johannes Jonsius (1624–1659), educator and historian of philosophy, principal of the school in Rendsburg
- Christian Scriver (1629–1693), Lutheran theologian
- Christian von Stökken (1633–1684), poet
- Marquard Gude (1635–1689), philologist and book collector
- Johann Heinrich Lobeman von Lohendal (1671–1746), holstein-gottorfischer general
- Johann Hermann von Elswich (1684–1721), Lutheran theologian
- Michael Johann Herbst (1699–1762), Schoutbynacht
- Heinrich Wilhelm Lawätz (1748–1825), lawyer and writer
- Johann Daniel Lawaetz (1750–1826), German businessman and Danish budget adviser
- Ferdinand Otto Vollrath Lawätz (1751–1840), German-Danish lawyer, landowner, author and civil servant
- Friedrich Ernst Christian Oertling (1757–1837), pastor, writer, cartographer and draftsman
- Johann Georg Friedrich Wendell (1774–1836), printer and newspaper publisher
- Carl Heinrich Behn (1799–1853), Danish budget adviser
- Wilhelm von Schröter (1799–1865), legal scholar, Minister of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg
19th century
- Gottlieb Heinrich von Schröter (1802–1866), history painter and author
- Friedrich Hedde (1818–1908), lawyer and politician
- Wilhelm von Kauffmann (1821–1892), Lieutenant General and Minister of War
- Theodor Lehmann (1824–1862), politician and lawyer
- Karl Anton Theodor Rethwisch (1824–1904), customs officer and local poet in Holstein
- Nathan Nachmann Nathan (1830–1897), businessman, from 1892 head of the Jewish community in Oslo
- Wilhelm Dreesen (1840–1926), photographer
- Ludwig Friederichsen (1841–1915), cartographer
- Heinrich Wilhelm Lawätz (1748–1825), playwright, poet, syndic of the Uetersen monastery and judiciary
- Christian Gottlieb Deckmann (1798–1837), surgeon and university professor in Kiel
- Eduard von Liebert (1850–1934), general and politician
- Karl Larsen (1860–1931), Danish writer
- Theodor Volbehr (1862–1931), art historian and museum director
- Otto Tetens (1865–1945), natural scientist
- Ludwig Fahrenkrog (1867–1952), painter and poet
- Rudolf Krohne (1876–1953), politician (DVP), Reich Minister
- Hermann Eggers (1879–1957), entrepreneur
- Gottfried Hansen (1881–1976), admiral and functionary of the German veterans' associations after the Second World War
- Hermann Klee (1883–1970), composer, conductor and university professor
- Ernst Bamberger (1885–1941), doctor of Jewish origin (Nazi victim)
- Artur Holde (1885–1962), German-American composer, conductor and music critic
- Erwin Waßner (1887–1937), naval officer, most recently rear admiral and naval attaché
- Paul Eggers (1888–1939), businessman and politician
- Barthel Gilles (1891–1977), painter
- Karl Feldmann (1892–1963), politician
- Gustav Kieseritzky (1893–1943), naval officer, most recently vice admiral in World War II
- Hermann Böhrnsen (1900–1976), politician
20th century
- Erhard Asmus (1907–1978), author of Low German comedies
- Erich Mahrt (1910–1988), Righteous Among the Nations
- Hans Egon Holthusen (1913–1997), poet
- Hans Blohm (* 1927), photographer, author in Canada
- Ralph-Rainer Wuthenow (1928–2013), literary scholar
- Hinrich Seidel (1931–2020), President of the University of Hanover
- Marvelli Jr. (1932–2008), magician
- Otto Bernhardt (* 1942), politician
- Peter Reichel (* 1942), political scientist
- Hans-Joachim Hennig (1945–2017), painter and graphic artist
- Günter Dibbern (* 1946), manager
- Gesine Froese (* 1947), journalist and author
- Dorit Urd Feddersen-Petersen (* 1948), behavioral scientist
- Wolf-Rüdiger Heilmann (* 1948), actuary and university professor
- Günter Neugebauer (* 1948), politician
- Irmingard Schewe-Gerigk (* 1948), politician
- Herbert H. Klement (* 1949), Protestant theologian
- Hanne Haller (1950–2005), pop singer
- Ingo Langner (* 1951), documentary filmmaker, author, publicist
- Helmut Oppermann (1953–2015), artist
- Wolfgang Joecks (1953–2016), university professor for commercial and tax criminal law and politician
- Silke Leverkühne (* 1953), painter and university lecturer
- Jens Ahlers (* 1953), director of the Schleswig-Holstein State Library
- Jörn Eckert (1954–2006), lawyer
- Volker Reinhardt (* 1954), historian
- Ines Barber (* 1957), journalist, radio presenter and Low German author
- Andreas Willers (* 1957), jazz musician
- Gerhard Delling (* 1959), sports journalist
- Thomas Mayer (* 1959), neurologist, psychiatrist and epileptologist
- Uwe Arkuszewski (1962-2004), musician and moderator (The Voice of the North)
- Marianne Grosse (* 1962), politician
- Torsten Warnecke (* 1962), politician
- Monika Iwersen (* 1963), diplomat
- Pierre Gilgenast (* 1965), mayor
- Hans-Timm Hinrichsen (* 1965), musician, member of the band Santiano
- Jost de Jager (* 1965), politician
- Jørgen Kühl (* 1965), Danish historian
- Jörn Jacob Rohwer (* 1965), Judaist, educator, publicist
- Mannhard Bech (* 1967), former handball player
- Knud Bielefeld (* 1967), name researcher
- Margret Boysen (* 1967), geologist and author
- Andreas Merkel (* 1970), writer
- Arne Feldhusen (* 1971), director
- Arne Reimer (* 1972), photographer and author
- Alexander Kühl (* 1973), basketball player
- Miriam Pede (* 1975), presenter and journalist
- Torge Greve (* 1975), handball player
- Tobias Skerka (* 1975), handball player
- Norman Kolodziej (* 1977), electronic musician and producer
- Maik Makowka (* 1979), handball player
- DJ Phono (* 1979), DJ and concept artist
- Nico Kibat (* 1980), handball player
- Dennis Tretow (* 1983), handball player
- Marco Wriedt (* 1984), guitarist and composer
- Gyde Jensen (* 1989), politician (FDP) and member of the Bundestag
- Jan-Henrik Sievers (* 1989), actor, acting teacher and presenter
- Lauritz Schoof (* 1990), rower
- Morten Dibbert (* 1991), handball player
- Jannes Vollert (* 1998), soccer player
- Dennis Jastrzembski (* 2000), football player
Personalities closely associated with the city
- Christian zu Rantzau (1614–1663), imperial count of Rantzau, lord of Breitenburg and governor in the royal Danish part of Schleswig-Holstein
- Henrik Ruse (1624–1679), Dutch fortress builder
- Andreas Fuchs (1641–1720), German-Danish general and governor of Rendsburg
- Uwe Jens Lornsen (1793–1838), lawyer and civil servant in the Danish government
- Leonhard Selle (1816–1884), teacher and organist
- Thomas Johann Gottfried Hollesen (1837–1898), Senator from Rendsburg, co-founder of the Rendsburg fertilizer factory
- Hans Bredow (1879–1959), high-frequency technician and chairman of the Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft (RRG)
- Thomas Otto Achelis (1887–1967), high school teacher, historian and author; taught from 1935 to 1945 at the secondary school for girls and from 1945 to the early 1950s at the Herderschule grammar school
- Heinrich de Haan (1896–1957), Mayor of Rendsburg
- Walter Wiborg (1904–1969), Low German author
- Knud Knudsen (1912–2000), entrepreneur and politician
- Erwin Lingk (1920–1979), politician (SPD)
- Rudolf Stibill (1924–1995), Austrian-German poet
- Edward Hoop (1925–2008), educator, historian and writer
- Günter Kießling (1925–2009), General in the Bundeswehr
- Hans-Jürgen Stutzer (1926–2007), administrative officer and politician
- Claus Ehlers (* 1944), politician (CDU)
- Arfst Wagner (* 1954), Waldorf teacher, writer, publisher, editor, politician
- Christian Gayed (* 1966), conductor, composer
- Andreas Breitner (* 1967), politician (SPD)
Governors and commanders of the Rendsburg Fortress since 1690
- 1690 Major General v. Fox
- 1701 Colonel v. reaper
- 1708 Brigadier v. Hohendorf
- 1709 Colonel v. Schmettau
- 1714 Lieutenant General v. Rodtstein
- 1728 Major General v. Ahrenholt
- 1737 Lieutenant General Henrik von Scholten
- 1740 Lieutenant General Friedrich Ehrenfried von Amthor
- 1741 Lieutenant General v. Praetorius
- 1742 Lieutenant General Detlev von Revenfeld
- 1746 Major General Johann Christoph von Reitzenstein
- 1749 Lieutenant General. v. Daubrock
- 1752 Lieutenant General. HB v. Rantzau
- 1757 Lieutenant General Samuel Ludwig von Kalckreuth
- 1759 Lieutenant General v. Stretch
- 1762 Lieutenant General Count C. v. Ahlefeld to Eschelsmark
- 1767 Duke of Bevern
- 1773 Lieutenant General v. Köller banner
- 1775 General CW Graf v. Ahlefeld
- 1788 Lieutenant General Karl Wilhelm von Sames
- 1790 Lieutenant General Baron Nicolaus Maximilian Gersdorff
- 1795 Lieutenant General C. Graf v. Moltke
- 1800 Field Marshal Friedrich zu Hessen-Kassel
- 1836 Major General v. Dudden
List of mayors of the city of Rendsburg
- Christian Timm (until 1929)
- Heinrich de Haan (1929–1934)
- Heinrich de Haan (1950–1957)
- Hans-Heinrich Beisenkötter (1957–1981)
- Hans Speck (1981–1987)
- Rolf Teucher
- Andreas Breitner (2003–2012)
- Pierre Gilgenast (since 2013)
Individual evidence
- ^ Günter Neugebauer : Against forgetting. Victims and perpetrators in Rendsburg's Nazi era . Rendsburg printing and publishing house, Osterrönfeld, ISBN 978-3-9810912-6-7 . Here chapter 3.2 Dr. Heinrich Haan - Mayor of Rendsburg in three political systems. P. 97f.
- ^ Manfred Sihle-Wissel: Hans-Heinrich Beisenkötter. In: sh-kunst.de. Retrieved June 28, 2020 .
- ^ Otto Höfer: Neue Heimat Rendsburg - Appeal of the former mayors , Schleswig-Holsteinische Tageszeitung, October 11, 2017.
- ↑ Mayor. In: www.rendsburg.de. Retrieved January 3, 2020 .