List of personalities of the city of Senftenberg

This list contains personalities who are connected with the southern Brandenburg middle town Senftenberg in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district . The list does not claim to be complete. Due to the Senftenberg Theater (until 1990 the miners' theater, then Neue Bühne Senftenberg ), which was founded in 1946 and served as a springboard for many actors, a relatively large number of actors are performed.

People born in Senftenberg

People who were born in the Senftenberg districts when they were still independent are listed in the table below.

Surname	born	in	died	in	annotation	image
Wolf Appel	1942	Senftenberg	1999	Bern	Opera singer (tenor)
Heinz-Werner Baer	1927	Senftenberg	2009	Rostock	Educator and scientist
Karl Wilhelm von Bormann	1796	Senftenberg	1874	Belgium	Belgian general
Hansjürgen Brachmann	1938	Senftenberg	1998		Medieval archaeologist
Charlotte Eppinger	1915	Brieske	1971		Politician (SED), foreign trade official and diplomat of the GDR
Gerhard Elsner	1930	Senftenberg	2017	Munich	Painter and graphic artist
Horst Franke	1929	Brieske	2006		Soccer player with SC activist Brieske-Senftenberg , national team of the GDR
Ingo Hofmann	1943	Senftenberg			Physicist and human rights activist
Detlef Kaiser	1955	Senftenberg			Concert pianist and university professor
Hermann Kuhnt	1850	Senftenberg	1925		Ophthalmologist, scientist
Siegfried Loyda	1921	Senftenberg	2008		Actors and announcers
Gerhard Lukas	1914	Sedlitz	1998	Halle on the Saale	Historian and sports scientist
Jakob Meiland	1542	Senftenberg	1577	Hechingen	Composer, one of the first German composers to have Venetian influences in the compositions
Johann Gottfried Michaelis	1676	Senftenberg	1754	Dresden	Saxon Hofopticus and Kirchner
Otto Mingau	1867	Senftenberg	1955	Senftenberg	Museum director in Senftenberg
Horst Mönnich	1918	Senftenberg	2014	Breitbrunn am Chiemsee	writer
Kurt Natusch	1921	Senftenberg	2008	Senftenberg	Honorary citizen of Senftenberg, director of the Senftenberg Music Theater
Reinhard Orczewski	1938	Senftenberg			Politician (CDU)
Hans-Joachim Pathus	1936	Senftenberg			Track and field athlete and trainer (national trainer for walking)
Joachim Sauer	1949	Hosena			Professor of physical and theoretical chemistry at the Humboldt University in Berlin, husband of Chancellor Angela Merkel, attended the “Walther Rathenau” advanced high school in Senftenberg
Dieter Stobernack	1950	Senftenberg			Soccer player
Abraham Schaedius	1566	Senftenberg	1626	Finsterwalde	Philologist and school man
Christine Strube	1943	Senftenberg			Christian archaeologist
Peter Thomäus	16th Century	Senftenberg	1588	Meissen	Professor, rector of Leipzig University in 1550
Wolfgang Utzt	1941	Senftenberg	2020	Frankfurt Oder	Makeup artist
Wolfgang guard	1949	Senftenberg			Writer, cultural educator
Günther Wendt	1908	Senftenberg	1971	Senftenberg	Painter and graphic artist
Petra Wiesner-Holtzmann	1956	Senftenberg			Politician (CDU)
Herbert Windt	1894	Senftenberg	1965	Deisenhofen	composer

People connected to Senftenberg

Surname	born	in	died	in	annotation	image
Doris Abeßer	1935	Berlin	2016		Actress, began her career in 1956 at the Miners' Theater in Senftenberg, where she played for three years
Daniel Anderson		Jena			Senior director and actor at the miners' theater in Senftenberg
Hermann Ascher	1844	Minden	1931	Muenster	Administrative lawyer and president of the general commission for the province of Westphalia , 1871 district judge in Senftenberg
Gerd Audehm	1968	Annahütte			Cyclist , grew up in Senftenberg
Sven Benken	1970				Soccer player, played for FSV Glückauf Brieske-Senftenberg from 1989 to 1994
Johann Gottfried Bergmann	1795	Reichenbach / OL	1831	Dresden	royal Saxon court actor and opera singer (tenor); 1814 cantor in Senftenberg
Thomas Bischoff	1957	Lützen			Theater director, his first productions at the miners' theater in Senftenberg with plays by Heiner Müller
Annekathrin Bürger	1937	Berlin			Actress, played at the miners' theater in Senftenberg
Frank Castorf	1951	Berlin			Director, from 1976 to 1978 he was dramaturge at the miners' theater in Senftenberg
Jürgen Croy	1946	Zwickau			National football goalkeeper of the GDR, last appearance in the national team on May 19, 1981 in Senftenberg in the 5-0 win against Cuba
Hans von Dehn-Rothfelser	1500	Wittenberg	1561	Dresden	Governor of Senftenberg
Daniela Döring	1966	Annahütte			Engineer, professor for system technology at the Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus-Senftenberg ; grew up in Senftenberg
Wilhelm Dilich	1571	Wabern or Bad Wildungen	1650	Dresden	Engineer, topographer in the service of the Electorate of Saxony, produced Senftenberg's first drawing that is still preserved today in 1628
Kaspar Eichel	1942	Berlin			began his acting career in 1963 after studying at the miners' theater, played here for three seasons
Hans Fischer	1920		2003		Age Turner, was as a coach in Senftenberg and Lauchhammer active
Werner Forkert	1940	Neukirch / Lausitz	2008	Senftenberg	Senftenberg teacher, city historian
Klaus Gendries	1930	Szczecin			Director and actor, acting engagement at the miners' theater in Senftenberg
Sigrid Göhler	1942	Freiberg			Actress, played at the Miners' Theater in Senftenberg in the 1980s
Sonja Goslicki					Drama and opera dramaturge in the miners' theater in Senftenberg
Antje Grauhan	1930	Berlin	2010	Lübeck-Travemünde	Nurse, headmistress and nursing scientist; spent childhood in Senftenbeurg, training at the Knappschaftskrankenhaus
Martina Gregor-Ness	1959	Altdöbern			Politician, studied from 1980 to 1983 at the engineering school for mining and energetics in Senftenberg, finished mining technology / opencast mining, since 2003 member of the Senftenberg city council
Lothar Haack	1941				Soccer player with SC activist Brieske-Senftenberg , national team of the GDR
Bernd-Dieter Huge	1944	Königsberg (Prussia)	2000	Halle (Saale)	Writer, lived and worked in Senftenberg from 1970 to 1992
Matthias Hummitzsch	1949				Theater actor, actor at the miners' theater in Senftenberg
Uwe-Detlev Jessen	1931	Wismar	2019	Berlin	Theater actor, actor at the miners' theater in Senftenberg
Melchior Junius	1545	Wittenberg	1604	Strasbourg	Rhetoric and humanist, pastor in Senftenberg in 1556
Klaus-Dieter Klebsch	1949				Actor and voice actor, actor at the miners' theater in Senftenberg
Johann Hektor von Klettenberg	1680	Frankfurt am Main	1720	Koenigstein Fortress	so-called black governor of Senftenberg, pretended to be a gold maker for August the strong , became governor of Senftenberg
Heinz Klevenow	1940	Prague			Actor and artistic director, from December 1, 1989 to August 2004 an artistic director of the Neue Bühne in Senftenberg, appointed an honorary member for his services
Freya Klier	1950	Dresden			Author and director, worked as an actress at the Miners' Theater in Senftenberg
Hans Friedrich von Knoch	1603	Sollnitz	1660	Senftenberg	Member of the Fruitful Society
Julia-Maria Koehler	1978	Finsterwalde			Actress, who grew up in Senftenberg, attended high school in Senftenberg, played at the Theater Neue Bühne in Senftenberg
Juliane Korén	1951	Weimar	2018	Berlin	Actress, played at the Theater Neue Bühne in Senftenberg
Renate Kroessner	1945	Osterode am Harz	2020	Mahlow	1970/71 actress at the miners' theater in Senftenberg
Heinz Kruger	1932		2003		Soccer player at SC activist Brieske-Senftenberg , an international match for the GDR
Gerhart Lampa	1940	Magdeburg	2010		Painter and sculptor, director of the Senftenberg district museum , teaching position for design at the Lausitz University of Applied Sciences
Christoph Lasius	1504	Strasbourg	1572	Senftenberg	Protestant theologian
Sewan Latchinian	1961	Leipzig			Actor, director, director of the Neue Bühnen Senftenberg
Christina Lathan	1958	Altdöbern			Track and field athlete, trained with SG Dynamo Senftenberg from 1969, Olympic champion in 1980
Rudolf Lehmann	1891	Staßfurt	1984	Marburg	Historian and archivist, since 1926 teacher at the Reformrealgymnasium in Senftenberg, 1920 board member of the Niederlausitz Society for History and Archeology , chairman from 1930 until its dissolution in 1945, wrote numerous treatises on Niederlausitz
Heinz Lemanczyk	1934	Poley			Soccer player with SC activist Brieske-Senftenberg from 1948 to 1963, national player of the GDR
Harald Lorscheider	1939	Salzwedel	2005	cottbus	Composer, Kapellmeister at the Neue Bühne in Senftenberg from 1992 to 1993
Rochus to Lynar	1525	Maradia , Tuscany	1596	Dresden	Fortress builder, (re) construction of the fortress
Ronny Miersch	1985	Lauchhammer			Actor who grew up in Senftenberg
Benno Mieth	1925	Pond houses	2011	Weinberg	Actor, works at the miners' theater in Senftenberg
Manfred Möck	1959	Sangerhausen			Actor, works at the miners' theater in Senftenberg
Armin Mueller-Stahl	1930	Tilsit			Actors, musicians , painters and writers
Alfred Muller	1926	Berlin	2010	Berlin	Actor, began his career at the Miners' Theater in Senftenberg
Erich Petraschk	1906	cottbus	1981	Senftenberg	Actor, was engaged in 1946 at the Senftenberg Miners' Theater, where he played for almost 25 years, honorary member of the venue
Ignaz Petschek	1857	Kolín	1934	Aussig	Bohemian banker, large coal dealer and industrialist, took over the majority of shares in Ilse Bergbau AG , Senftenberg in 1927
Hans Pfeiffer	1895	Johanngeorgenstadt	1968	Zeesen	Communist politician, 1945 in the leadership of the KPD in Senftenberg
Jurij Pilk	1858	Goeda	1926	Dresden	Sorbian historian, local researcher, musician and composer, discovered Sorbian language monument (oath formula of the subjects of the Electoral Saxon Office of Senftenberg )
Hans von Polenz	1380/85	?	1437	?	Governor of Lower Lusatia, Herr von Senftenberg
Hans-Peter Reinecke	1941	Magdeburg	2005	Berlin	Actor, in the 1960s at the miners' theater in Senftenberg
Dietmar Richter-Reinick	1935	Berlin	1997	Berlin	Actor, played at the miners' theater in Senftenberg
Otto Rindt	1906	Aabenraa	1994		Landscape architect, spiritual father of the Senftenberger See and the Lusatian Lakeland
Rolf Römer	1935	Koenigswinter	2000	Berlin	Actor, began his career at the Miners' Theater in Senftenberg
Ferenc Salmayer	1946	Budapest			Dancer, choreographer and artistic director of the German TV Ballet of the MDR; danced at the miners' theater in Senftenberg
Günter Särchen	1927	Wittichenau	2004	Hoyerswerda	Catholic social pedagogue, publicist and pioneer of German-Polish reconciliation, attended the business school in Senftenberg from 1942 to 1944
Ernst Sauer	1923	Dresden	1988	Senftenberg	Sculptor, lived in Senftenberg, numerous works by him are displayed here
Wolfgang Schaller	1951	Schwerin			Theater director, was senior director at the miners' theater in Senftenberg
Horst Schönemann	1927	Elberfeld	2002	Dresden	Actor and head director at the miners' theater in Senftenberg
Günter Schubert	1938	White water	2008	Berlin	Actor, played at the miners' theater in Senftenberg
Gerlind Schulze	1941	Walddrehna			Actress, played at the miners' theater in Senftenberg
Sebastian Schuppan	1986	Lauchhammer			Football player at FSV Glückauf Brieske-Senftenberg , stations at Energie Cottbus , SC Paderborn 07 and Dynamo Dresden
Herbert Scurla	1905	Großräschen	1981	Kolkwitz	Economist and writer, attended high school in Senftenberg, 1923 Abitur
Roland Sessner	1946	Halle (Saale)			Mathematician , university professor and politician ( CDU ); from 1991 to 1995 he was first founding rector, then first elected rector of the Lausitz University of Applied Sciences ; from 1990 to 1994 member of the Brandenburg state parliament for the Senftenberg I constituency
Friedo Solter	1932	Reppen			Actor, played at the miners' theater in Senftenberg
Gunter Sonneson	1943	Lauchhammer			Actor, played at the miners' theater in Senftenberg
Manuel Soubeyrand	1957	Cologne			Director of the Neue Bühnen Senftenberg
Alexander Sternberg	1973	Wiesbaden			Actor, played at the Theater Neue Bühne in Senftenberg
Johann Stössel	1524	Kitzingen	1576	Senftenberg	Protestant theologian and reformer
Erwin Strittmatter	1912	Spremberg	1994	Schulzenhof near Dollgow / Stechlin	Writer worked as a newspaper editor in Senftenberg
Lissy Tempelhof	1929	Berlin	2017	Berlin	Actress, began in 1953 as a prompter at the miners' theater in Senftenberg, later also worked as an actress
Ulrich Thein	1930	Braunschweig	1995	Berlin	Actor and director at the Miners' Theater in Senftenberg
Jochen Trinckauf	1953	Leipzig			Traffic engineer and holder of the chair for traffic safety technology at the "Friedrich List" faculty of traffic sciences at the Technical University of Dresden. From 1984 to 1990, Trinckauf worked as a development engineer for industrial railways in the Senftenberg lignite combine
Werner Walde	1926	Chub	2010		First secretary of the SED district leadership, from 1961 to 1964 first secretary of the SED district leadership Senftenberg and member of the district council
Hans Waldmann	1928	Schilda			Member of the People's Chamber, General Director of VVB Brown Coal in Senftenberg
Caspar Voigt from Wierandt			1560	Dresden	Saxon fortress builder, built the medieval castle in Senftenberg from 1542 to 1544 into a four-winged palace complex

Remarks

1. ↑ Werner Riska: Briesker veteran «Hotta» Franke is dead. In: Lausitzer Rundschau , Senftenberg edition, December 1, 2006.
2. ↑ Andrea Löffler: The fortification wall of Senftenberg. In: Märkische Oderzeitung . April 18, 2012, accessed February 29, 2020 . 
3. ↑ Born in the district hospital in Lauchhammer, grew up in Senftenberg
4. ^ Hans-Hermann Krönert: Ernst Sauer. In: Lausitzer Rundschau , April 24, 2008.
5. ↑ Born in the district hospital in Lauchhammer, grew up in Senftenberg