List of personalities of the city of Soest

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The following overview contains important personalities from the city of Soest . It is sorted into honorary citizens , people who were born in Soest, and people with other connections to the city.

Honorary citizen

  • Heinrich Wenning (1827–1908), municipal alderman from 1869 to 1899, made an honorary citizen in 1893.
  • Otto Coester (1833–1898), Mayor of Soest from 1858 to 1890, made an honorary citizen in 1894.
  • Wilhelm Bresina (1840–1928), from 1867 to 1907 professor at the Soest Archigymnasium, from 1876 to 1911 city councilor in Soest, from 1911 to 1919 alderman in Soest, in 1901 made an honorary citizen.
  • Theodor Nottebohm (1850–1931), director of the Soest preachers' seminar, general superintendent of Silesia, donated land for the construction of a city park, which is why in 1901 he was made an honorary citizen
  • Paul von Hindenburg (1847–1934), Reich President, and Adolf Hitler (1889–1945), Reich Chancellor, received honorary citizenship in 1933; it was revoked again in 1946
  • Hubertus Schwartz (1883–1966), doctor of law and administrative clerk, 1920–1929 Senator of the Free City of Danzig, from 1932 back in Soest, 1946–1948 honorary district administrator of the Soest district, 1948–1952 honorary mayor of Soest, authored a number of articles and books zur Soest history, made an honorary citizen in 1958
  • Theodor Heuss (1884–1963), German politician ( DDP , FDP / DVP ), 1949–1959 Federal President , MdR , MdB , federal chairman of the FDP, wrote a very positive article about Soest in the magazine Die Hilfe in 1916 , visiting Soest in 1950 Rededication of the Gothic Wiesenkirche, which was destroyed in the war, was made an honorary citizen in 1960

sons and daughters of the town

Until 1500

  • Wickbert , Latin Wickbertus (* before 1209 † 1209), Knight of the Brethren Sword in Livonia
  • Johannes Schallermann (* 1373; † 1465 in Strasbourg (uncertain)), as Johann V Bishop of Gurk
  • Konrad Koler (von Soest) (* before 1428; † after 1436), as Konrad VII of Soest Bishop of Regensburg (1428–1437). Rector of the University of Heidelberg (1317/1401/1410), Imperial envoy to the councils in Pisa (1409) and Constance (1417).

1500-1600

1600-1700

1700-1800

1800-1900

From 1901

People in relation to the city

A.

  • Albertus Magnus (* around 1193 in Lauingen; † 1280 in Cologne), the greatest German philosopher and theologian of the Middle Ages, worked for a while at the Dominican monastery at the time
  • Heinrich Aldegrever (1502 - between 1555 and 1561), an important engraver and painter, lived in Soest from 1525 until his death

B.

  • Theodor Balhorn (1662–1708), pastor to St. Walburgis, from 1700 to 1708 Inspector Ministerii of the Soestische Landeskirche
  • Antonius Beermann (Latinized Cerevisiander ) (* uncertain; † 1563), Canon at St. Patrokli Stift, last Catholic pastor at St. Petri Church
  • Eduard Bischoff (* 1890 in Königsberg; † 1974 in Soest), freelance artist and professor at the Art Academy in Königsberg
  • James Blunt (actually: James Hillier Blount, born February 22, 1974 in Tidworth , Wiltshire ), musician, spent ten years in his youth in the Soest area, when his father was stationed there with the Rhine Army
  • Otto Boelitz (* 1876 in Wesel, † 1951 in Düsseldorf), educator and politician, from 1915 to 1921 rector of the Archigymnasium
  • Ed Bonja (* 1945 in Chicago; † 2019 in Berlin), photographer, tour manager and photographer of the Elvis Presley Show 1971–1977, lived in Soest since 2008
  • Jochen Borchert (* 1940), 1993–1998 Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forests, graduate of the Soest University of Applied Sciences
  • Thomas Borchwede (uncertain - before 1537), Dominican monk, struck the first Lutheran theses on the door of St. Patrokli (November 20, 1531), first Protestant pastor of the Wiesenkirche
  • Karl Brauckmann (* 1862 in Hengsen; † 1938 in Jena), special education teacher, trained as a teacher in Soest
  • Adolf Heinrich Brockhaus (18th century), called "Susatensium Chrysostomus", spiritual writer and pastor at Alt-St.-Thomä (1700–1724)
  • Peter Brüseke (* 1947; † 2018), Mayor of Soest (1989–1999)

C.

  • Hermann Cremer , (* 1834 in Unna, † 1903 in Greifswald), Protestant theologian, 1859–1870 preacher in Ostönnen

D.

  • Johann de Brune (* 16th century in Gent), first Protestant superintendent in Soest from 1532 to 1534
  • Johann de Rode (15th century), military leader of the Soest citizens in the Soest feud, mayor 1440–41, 1444–46, 1448–50
  • Henricus de Suderlande († 14th century), priest and official, canon in Soest (recorded on May 4, 1346)
  • Johann Georg Diemel (Dimel) (1700–1772), last mayor of Soest elected according to the old city constitution
  • Konrad Duden (1829–1911), lived in Soest from 1854 and from 1859 to 1869, high school teacher at the Archigymnasium, philologist and lexicographer, developed his "future orthography" in Soest

E.

  • Carl Gotthilf Ehrlich (* 1776 in Halle, † 1857), first director of the teachers' college in Soest (1806–1847) and teacher at the Archigymnasium (1806–1816)
  • Conrad von Ense called Varnhagen (around 1500), ancestor of the Varnhagen family , canon in Soest

F.

  • Robert Feulgen (1884–1955), German physician and university professor, attended the Soester Archigymnasium
  • Josef Ferber (* 1874 in Allagen; † June 15, 1951 in Soest), architect
  • Wilhelm Fix (1824–1899), director of the teachers' college in Soest (1871–1892), school councilor, author of textbooks
  • Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810–1876), poet / political poet, lived in Soest from 1825 to 1832

G

  • Michael Gantenberg (* 1961), radio and television presenter, lives in Soest
  • Arnold Geck (1787–1826), district and city court director, judicial advisor, writer on the history of Soest
  • Jürgen Girgensohn (* 1924 in Kassel; † 2007 in Nottingham) politician, 1970–1983 Minister of Culture of North Rhine-Westphalia, student at the Archigymnasium
  • Heinrich Grymhardt (Heinrich Grimhart von Westerholt) († 1419 in Cologne), priest and official in Cologne, canon to St. Patrocli in Soest

H

  • Franz Haas (1873–1957), X-ray researcher, 1903–1938 surveyor in Soest
  • Wilhelm Harhoff (17th century), Rector of the Archigymnasium (1685–1708)
  • Rudolf Harling (* 1927 in Anholt; † 2016 in Soest), administrative lawyer and senior district director of the Soest district
  • Hans Rudolf Hartung (1929–2012), journalist and writer, lived in Soest
  • Gerwin Haverland (16th century), Guardian and Provincial of the Minorites , built the Gothic cloister of the Minorite monastery (1525)
  • Wilhelm Heinrich (* in Cranz near Hamburg; † October 2, 1944 in Soest), civil engineer and railway manager
  • Levi Lazar Hellwitz (* 1786 in Beverungen; † 1860 ibid), representative of liberal Reform Judaism, resided in Soest from 1825
  • Anton Herbst (late 17th to early 18th century, originally from Tyrol), master builder, built a. a. the tower ambulatory of St. Petri Church (1702)
  • Master Herenfridus, (around 1000), builder of the St. Petri Church
  • Wigbold von Holte († 1304 in Soest), Archbishop of Cologne
  • Dieter Hecking (* 1964), football coach
  • Vollrath Hoeck (* 1890 in Hamburg, † 1968 in Soest), painter

I.

J

  • Jakob von Soest (* around 1360; † after 1438), Dominican, inquisitor and scholar
  • Johann von Soest , a painter who worked in the second half of the 15th century

K

  • Hans Kaiser (born April 29, 1914 in Bochum; † October 2, 1982 in Soest), Art Informel artist
  • Herbert Kelletat (* 1907 in Saalfeld, Mohrungen district; † 2007 in Flensburg), musician, musicologist, organist, 1948–1951 cantor and organist at St. Petri Church
  • Johann Kelberg (* in Soest (uncertain); † 1558 in Lübeck), pastor at St. Pauli, was the first to preach Protestant in Soest, signed the first Protestant creed
  • Werner Kirsch (* 1956 in Heinsberg ), mathematician, politician, researches and teaches at the University of Hagen
  • August Knabe (born November 22, 1847 in Osterwieck; † December 12, 1940 in Soest), church music teacher, composer and choir director
  • Matthias Knipping (* 1560 in Soest (uncertain); † around 1620), painter in Soest
  • Carl Koppe (1803–1874), mathematician, professor and prorector of the Archigymnasium (1830–1867), author of mathematical and physical textbooks
  • Marga Koske , (* 1912; † June 21, 1997), local researcher, published numerous articles on Soest and the Soest Börde, teacher in Soest and the surrounding area
  • Wilhelm Krauss , also W. Krauss (* 1830 in Breslau ; † 1866 there) landscape and marine painter, lived in Soest from 1856 to 1860
  • Hugo Kükelhaus (* 1900 in Essen, † 1984 in Herrischried), joiner and cabinet maker , interior designer, writer, educator, philosopher and visual artist; Member of the resistance group around Fritz-Dietlof Graf von der Schulenburg ; Participation in the world exhibition 1967 in Montreal with approx. 12 play and experience devices; Creator of the "field of experience for developing the senses", lived for 30 years in his adopted home Soest

L.

  • Bartholomäus van der Lake († 1463), contemporary historiographer of the Soest feud and city secretary, in Soest since 1434 (citizen 1436)
  • Leverad von Soest (12th century), first mayor of Lübeck in 1159
  • Gina Lückenkemper (* 1996 in Hamm), athlete
  • Heinrich Luhmann , (* 1890 in Hultrop, † 1978 in Hamm), educator and poet, 1922–1926 principal of the Patrokli School in Soest
  • Johannes Lycaula († 1572 in Soest), theologian and reformer

M.

  • Ingrid Matthäus-Maier (* 1945 in Werlte), at times a student at the Aldegrever-Gymnasium
  • Marsilius von Soest (13th century), (family in Soest first recorded in 1141), first Schulze (= mayor) of Berlin (1247)
  • Luise Meier (* 1885 in Vorhalle ; † 1979), German Righteous Among the Nations, lived in Soest from 1909 to 1930 and from 1945 to 1979
  • Master of the Lübeck Burgkirchen Cycles , sculptor between 1350 and 1450 in Lübeck and Soest
  • Klaus Murmann (* 1932 in Dortmund; † 2014 in Kiel), employer president, student at the Archigymnasium
  • Heinemann Musoge (15th century), ex-count and diplomatic representative of the city in the run-up to the Soest feud (including at the court of Graz and towards the Duke of Saxony)

N

O

  • Johann Friedrich (von) Offerhaus (1702–1770), Mayor of Soest from 1744 to 1746 and from 1750 to 1752, last governing mayor according to the old city constitution
  • Gerhard Omcke , also G. Omeken, Oehmeke, Oemeke, Oemiken, Omcken, Omich, Omichius, Omke (* around 1500 in Kamen , † 1562 in Güstrow ), worked as a theologian in Soest in 1532
  • Heinrich Johann Friedrich Ostermann (* 1687 in Bochum; † 1747 in Berjosow , Siberia), in Russia Andrei Iwanowitsch Ostermann (Russian Андрей Иванович Остерман), Russian diplomat and statesman, attended the Soester Archigymnasium

P

  • Jochem Poensgen (* 1931 in Düsseldorf), designer of glass designs in church construction, has lived in Soest since 1991
  • Johann Pollius (16th century), worked as a theologian in Soest from 1532 to around 1534
  • Ludwig Prautzsch (* 1926 Hardisleben (Thuringia)), church musician and Bach researcher; 1952–1957 organist and cantor at St. Petri Church

R.

  • Amplonius Rating de Berka (* 1363 or 1364 in Rheinberg; † 1435 in Cologne), scientist and doctor, studied at the chapter school of St. Patrokli Stift in Soest as well as in Cologne, Vienna, Prague and Erfurt. Amplonius was twice rector of the University of Cologne. In Erfurt you can find the so-called Amploniana, the largest collection of late medieval scholars that has survived in one piece
  • Heinrich Adam Regenhertz (* 1743 in Unna, † 1809 in Soest), Mayor of Soest from 1792 to 1809
  • Christian Rohlfs , (* 1849 in Groß Niendorf, Segeberg district, † 1938 in Hagen), artist, numerous painting stays in Soest (first in 1905), namesake of Christian Rohlfs secondary school and founder of Jung-Soest painting
  • Hermann Rothert (* 1875 in Lippstadt, † 1962 in Münster) administrative lawyer, politician and historian, grew up in Lemgo and Soest
  • Hugo Rothert (* 1846 in Preußisch Oldendorf; † 1936 in Münster), pastor and church historian, 1886–1914 in Soest

S.

  • Michael Sagurna (* 1955 in Paderborn), head of the Saxon State Chancellery from 2007 to 2008, grew up in Soest, 1966–1975 pupil of the Aldegrever-Gymnasium
  • Wilhelm Schaphusen, represented twice in the 15th century: the elder Wilhelm was six times mayor of Soest (12 years between 1457 and 1486), the younger Wilhelm was the son of the elder and in 1475 became Alderman of the Hanseatic Stalhof in London
  • Friedrich Schauer (born April 17, 1891 in Schirgiswalde; † January 14, 1958 in Hermannsburg near Celle), theologian and neo-orientalist, pastor at Neu-St. Thomä and 1937–1945 / 47 director at the Soest seminary
  • Kurt Schaumann (* 1909 in Berlin-Schöneberg; † 1970), multiple award-winning amateur filmmaker, worked in Soest from 1949 until his death, and was also a teacher at the city's Aldegrever grammar school
  • Johann Schendeler (14th century), first master builder of the Wiesenkirche (1314/1331)
  • Paul Schneider (* 1897 in Pferdefeld; † 1939 in Buchenwald Concentration Camp), the "Preacher of Buchenwald", trained at the Soest Preacher Seminar
  • Ferdi Schüth (* 1960 in Allagen, now Warstein / Westphalia), chemist and recipient of the Leibniz Prize , 1970–1978 student at the Aldegrever grammar school
  • René Schulthoff (* 1972 in Erwitte), journalist, reporter and editor, student at Aldegrever-Gymnasium
  • Rolf Sethe (* 1960 in Witten / Ruhr), law professor, winner of the “Ars legendi” award for excellent university teaching , 1971–1980 pupil at Aldegrever-Gymnasium
  • Johann von Soest , painter in the second half of the 15th century, who worked in Münster and probably also in Soest
  • Ingo Sommer (* 1942 in Paderborn), architectural historian and university professor, member of the Prussian Historical Commission, winner of the Oldenburg Landscape Medal, 1952–1960 student at the Aldegrever-Gymnasium
  • Johann Steinwert von Soest (* 1448 in Unna, † 1506 in Frankfurt am Main), singer, poet and doctor, student of singing at the Soester Patroklus pen
  • Karl Friedrich Stellbrink (* 1894 in Münster; † 1943 in Hamburg (executed)), one of the Lübeck martyrs , attended the Diaspora seminar in Soest from 1913 to 1915
  • Peter Stolt (* 1926), Protestant pastor, university rector, church historian and author of church history and liturgical books, 1971–1982 head of the Soest seminary
  • Mester Godert von Sünte Druden (* 14th century in St. Truiden (unsafe)), chief builder of the Wiesenkirche (1392)

T

  • Wilhelm Tappe (* 1769 in Lüdenscheid; † 1823 in Dortmund), master builder in Soest, author of one of the first German art stories ( The antiquities of German architecture in Soest, Baedecker, Essen 1823)
  • Brictius thom Norde (16th century), worked as a theologian in Soest from 1534 to around 1549
  • Sebastian Tyrała (* 1988 in Racibórz , Poland), soccer player, attended the Christian Rohlfs secondary school in Soest

V

  • Eduard Vogeler (1851–1915), professor at the Archigymnasium and city archivist, wrote 184 articles in the Soest history magazine alone
  • Antje Vollmer (* 1943 in Lübbecke), former Vice-President of the German Bundestag, was a vicar at the Preachers' Seminar in Soest
  • Eduard Vorwerck (1806–1882), professor at the Archigymnasium, historical researcher and document collector, compiler of the “Collectaneen”, an important 42-volume collection of sources on the city's history

W.

  • Jean Weijts (1960–2011), long-distance runner, lived in Soest from 1979 to 1992
  • Julius Wiesmann (* 1811 in Hattingen; † 1884 in Münster), pastor of the Wiesen-Georgii parish from 1837 to 1853, general superintendent of Westphalia, played a key role in the repair of the Wiesenkirche and the founding of the Walburgis children's home (1851)
  • Wilhelm Wilms (* 1865 in Berksen bei ( Nateln ); † 1939 in Hamm ), theologian, poet and author, student at the Archigymnasium
  • Anna Witthovedes († 1585), executed in a witch trial , start of the most momentous chain trial in Soest
  • Thomas Woesthoff (* before 1520 in Soest (uncertain); † 1542 in Cologne), from 1527 to 1542 dean to St. Patrokli, from 1528 to 1532 pastor at the Wiesenkirche, lastly dean to St. Gereon in Cologne

Z

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hubertus Schwartz: The street names of the city of Soest, as of April 1, 1966. Soest 1966, p. 61.
  2. ^ Hubertus Schwartz: The street names of the city of Soest, as of April 1, 1966. Soest 1966, p. 20.
  3. ^ Hubertus Schwartz: The street names of the city of Soest, as of April 1, 1966. Soest 1966, p. 18.
  4. ↑ a b Hubertus Schwartz: The street names of the city of Soest, as of April 1, 1966. Soest 1966, p. 37.
  5. ↑ a b c d Hubertus Schwartz: The street names of the city of Soest, as of April 1, 1966. Soest 1966, p. 34.
  6. ^ A b Hubertus Schwartz: The street names of the city of Soest, as of April 1, 1966. Soest 1966, p. 17.
  7. ^ Hubertus Schwartz: The street names of the city of Soest, as of April 1, 1966. Soest 1966, p. 15.
  8. ↑ a b Hubertus Schwartz: The street names of the city of Soest, as of April 1, 1966. Soest 1966, p. 58.
  9. ^ Hubertus Schwartz: The street names of the city of Soest, status April 1, 1966. Soest 1966, p. 19.
  10. ^ Entry on Hermann Cremer in the Theologische Realenzyklopädie
  11. ^ A b Hubertus Schwartz: The street names of the city of Soest, as of April 1, 1966. Soest 1966, p. 21.
  12. ^ Hubertus Schwartz: The street names of the city of Soest, as of April 1, 1966. Soest 1966, p. 22.
  13. ↑ a b Hubertus Schwartz: The street names of the city of Soest, as of April 1, 1966. Soest 1966, p. 24.
  14. ^ Hubertus Schwartz: The street names of the city of Soest, as of April 1, 1966. Soest 1966, p. 25.
  15. ^ Hubertus Schwartz: The street names of the city of Soest, as of April 1, 1966. Soest 1966, p. 29.
  16. ^ Hubertus Schwartz: The street names of the city of Soest, as of April 1, 1966. Soest 1966, p. 26.
  17. ^ A b Hubertus Schwartz: The street names of the city of Soest, as of April 1, 1966. Soest 1966, p. 30.
  18. ↑ Biographical information on Vollrath Hoeck in a museum report on an exhibition ( Memento of the original from December 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.museum-norderney.de
  19. ^ Hubertus Schwartz: The street names of the city of Soest, as of April 1, 1966. Soest 1966, p. 39.
  20. ^ Hubertus Schwartz: The street names of the city of Soest, as of April 1, 1966. Soest 1966, p. 45.
  21. ^ Hubertus Schwartz: The street names of the city of Soest, as of April 1, 1966. Soest 1966, p. 52.
  22. ^ Hubertus Schwartz: The street names of the city of Soest, as of April 1, 1966. Soest 1966, p. 53.
  23. ^ Hubertus Schwartz: The street names of the city of Soest, as of April 1, 1966. Soest 1966, p. 43.
  24. ↑ Hubertus Schwartz: The street names of the city of Soest, status April 1, 1966. Soest 1966, p. 57.
  25. ^ Hubertus Schwartz: The street names of the city of Soest, as of April 1, 1966. Soest 1966, p. 59.
  26. ^ Hubertus Schwartz: The street names of the city of Soest, as of April 1, 1966. Soest 1966, p. 60.
  27. ^ Hubertus Schwartz: The street names of the city of Soest, as of April 1, 1966. Soest 1966, p. 64.