List of personalities from the city of Rodewisch
The list of personalities from the town of Rodewisch contains people who have played a lasting role in the history of the Saxon town of Rodewisch . These are personalities who are honorary citizens of Rodewisch or who were born here or who worked here.
For the personalities from the localities incorporated after Rodewisch see also the corresponding local articles.
Honorary citizen
- Hans Nadler (1910–2005), architect, building historian and preservationist
sons and daughters of the town
- Hanne Wilfert (1921–1994), jazz musician
- Siegfried Seifert (1922–1998), biologist and longtime director of the Leipzig Zoo
- Werner Juza (* 1924), painter, draftsman and graphic artist
- Werner Weiß (* 1928), politician ( CDU ), was a member of the Lower Saxony state parliament from 1967 to 1990
- Karl-Heinz Schmalfuß (* 1929), police officer, Deputy Minister of the Interior of the GDR , born in Rützengrün
- Winfried Eichler (1939-2004), politician (CDU)
- Rudolf Hendel (* 1947) former judoka
- Gerd Schädlich (* 1952), football coach
- Peter Klose (1953–2014), politician, from 2006 to 2009 he was a member of the state parliament of Saxony for the NPD
- Henry Glaß (* 1953), ski jumper and ski jumping trainer
- Thomas Freitag (* 1954), children's book author
- Matthias Nagatis (* 1954), actor, author and theater director
- Claus Tuchscherer (* 1955), Nordic combined athlete and ski jumper
- Ullrich Böhme (* 1956), organist
- Wolfhard Pencz (* 1957), clarinetist
- Falko Götz (* 1962), football coach
- Reyk Seela (* 1964), politician (CDU), member of the Thuringian state parliament from 1999 to 2009
- Heike Singer (* 1964), canoeist
- Angelika Hart (* 1965), actress
- Ralf Kölbel (* 1968), lawyer and university professor at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich
- Remo Lederer (* 1968), ski jumper
- Hendrik Berth (* 1970), psychologist and professor at the Medical Faculty of the Technical University of Dresden
- Sören Voigt (* 1971), politician (CDU) and member of the Saxon state parliament since 2014
- Dirk Pilz (1972–2018), literary scholar, theater critic and journalism teacher
- Boris Lochthofen (* 1975), journalist and since 2016 director of the MDR -Landesfunkhaus Thuringia
- Ludwig Böhme (* 1979), singer (baritone) and choir conductor
- Marcel Höhlig (* 1979), Nordic combined athlete
- Yvonne Magwas (* 1979), member of the Bundestag
- Nicol Müller (* 1982), opera singer
- Michaela Gläßer (* 1983), skeleton driver
- Kevin Hampf (* 1984), soccer player
- Steve Schmutzler (* 1984), fistball player
- Mark Schlott (* 1985), Nordic combined athlete
Personalities associated with the city
- Balthasar Friedrich Edler von der Planitz (1510–1563), officer in the service of the Burgraves of Plauen and as councilor and captain for many years with the Margraves of Meißen, owner of the Göltzsch manor
- Harry Glaß (1930–1997), ski jumper, died in Rodewisch
Individual evidence
- ↑ Torgauer Zeitung of July 16, 2010