List of personalities of the city of Thale
The list of personalities of the city of Thale contains people who have played a lasting role in the history of the city of Thale in the Harz district in Saxony-Anhalt . These are personalities who are honorary citizens, who were born or died here or who worked in Thale and today's districts.
For the personalities from the localities incorporated into Thale see also the corresponding local articles.
Honorary citizen
- 1926: Hermann Hendrich (1854–1931)
- 1998: Hans-Georg Grützemann (1928–2005)
- 1998: Werner Oberländer (1921–2002)
- 1998: Otto Trolldenier (1929–2013)
- 2002: Ursula Meckel (* 1949 in Berlin), theologian, pastor in Thale (since 1977)
- 2006: Willi Neubert (1920–2011), painter
- 2004: Hans Joachim Wiesenmüller (* 1929), cultural scientist
- 2017: Harald Watzek (* 1933), co-founder of the Mythenweg Thale
sons and daughters of the town
The following people were born in Thale or the incorporated localities or today's districts of the city. Whether or not they later had their sphere of activity in Thale is irrelevant.
Medieval personalities
- Ludolf von Trier († 1008), Archbishop of Trier from 994 to 1008, born in Erpostede near Stecklenberg
18th century personalities
- Johann Friedrich von Domhardt (1712–1781) was one of the most important administrative officials in Frederick Prussia
19th century personalities
Wilhelmine Heimburg (around 1890)
- Johann Christian Ludwig von Schmidt (1769–1833), Prussian major general and most recently commander of the 6th Uhlan Regiment
- Wilhelm Friedrich Besser (1816–1884), Lutheran theologian and clergyman, born in Warnstedt
- Hermann Franke (1847–1932), high school teacher and geologist
- Bertha Behrens , pseudonym: Wilhelmine Heimburg (1848–1912), writer
- Carl Ludwig Max Behrens (1850–1908), Prussian officer, most recently major general and commander of the 1st foot artillery brigade
- Heinrich Johannes Engelhard Nathusius, since 1861 by Nathusius , also called Nathusius-Neinstedt (1851–1906), librarian, archivist, historian and a well-known genealogist in his day, born in Neinstedt
20th century personalities
- Karl Klanert (1873–1941), music teacher, pianist, composer and oratorio singer
- Willi Plautz (1895–1978), entrepreneur and politician (CDU)
- Bernhard Rensch (1900–1990), evolutionary biologist, zoologist, behavioral scientist, neurophysiologist and philosopher
- Karl Banse (1901–1977), economist
- Herbert Krebs (1901–1980), forester and hunting author, born in Altenbrak
- Rolf Lindau-Schulz (1904–1969), actor and producer during the silent film era
- Albrecht Becker (1906–2002), production designer
- Edwin Jung (1907–?), Physician, born in Westerhausen
- Fritz Becker (1910–1983), politician of the German Party
- Elisabeth Baumeister-Bühler (1912–2000), sculptor
- Ferdinand Dux (1920–2009), actor
- Helmut Buschbom (1921–2017), lawyer and politician (CDU)
- Günter Löffler (1921–2013), teacher, translator and writer
- Theo Löbsack (1923–2001), writer, publicist and journalist
- Werner Müller (1923–2006), wood sculptor and draftsman, born in Stecklenberg
- Kurt-Otto Fritsch (* 1924), actor
- Bodo Mros (* 1930), physician, born in Altenbrak
- Detlef Wolff (1934–2004), author of detective novels
- Werner Sundermann (1935–2012), Iranist
- Horst Denkler (* 1935), Germanist
- Karsten Knolle (* 1939), politician (CDU) and journalist
- Gerd Glaeske (* 1945), pharmacist and health scientist, born in Stecklenberg
- Irmtraud Richardson (* 1945), journalist who works as a radio correspondent and television presenter
- Harald Duschk (* 1956), ski jumper
- Manfred Stephan (* 1957), member of the state parliament
- Volker Herold (* 1959), actor
- Thomas Nabert (* 1962 in Thale), regional historian and non-fiction author
- Michael Stier (* 1965), politician (SPD)
- Heiko Weber (* 1965), soccer player and current trainer and team manager
Personalities who died in the city
Wolf D. Brennecke (1979)
- Friedrich August Scheele (1776–1852), from 1819 until shortly before his death superintendent and pastor at St. Stephani in Calbe an der Saale
- Marie Nathusius , b. Scheele (1817–1857), popular narrator and songwriter, died in Neinstedt
- Wilhelm Bünte (1828–1913), choirmaster, teacher, music director, professor and composer, died in Friedrichsbrunn
- Theodor Nolte (1848–1919) was a local researcher and local poet in Thale
- Kurt Wiedenfeld (1871–1955), economist and diplomat, died in Friedrichsbrunn
- Heinrich Danneil (1872–1942), Protestant theologian, died in Neinstedt
- Otto Krüger (1895–1973), chemist and scientist in the field of enamelling technology
- Wolf D. Brennecke (1922–2002), writer
- Hans-Rainer Frede (1932-2005), lawyer and politician (SPD)
Personalities associated with the city
- Friedrich Wilhelm Leopold Pfeil (1783–1859), forest scientist, spent recreation and hunting in the forest near Thale
- Theodor Fontane (1819–1898) stayed in Thale in 1868, 1877, 1881, 1882, 1883 and 1884, wrote the novel Cécile set in Thale
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Karl Bonhoeffer (1868–1948), psychiatrist, neurologist, medical expert, owned a summer house in Friedrichsbrunn since 1913 , and family:
- Karl Friedrich Bonhoeffer (1899–1957), chemist, married to Margarete (Grete) von Dohnanyi (1903–1992), sister of Hans von Dohnanyi
- Walter Bonhoeffer (1899–1918), killed in World War I (shrapnel wound)
- Klaus Bonhoeffer (1901–1945), lawyer and resistance fighter, married to Emilie Delbrück (1905–1991) (daughter of Hans Delbrück and sister of Max Delbrück and Justus Delbrück )
- Ursula Bonhoeffer (1902–1983), married to Rüdiger Schleicher (1895–1945)
- Christine Bonhoeffer (1903–1965), married to Hans von Dohnanyi (1902–1945)
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945), theologian and resistance fighter, engaged to Maria von Wedemeyer
- Sabine Bonhoeffer (1906–1999), married to Gerhard Leibholz (1901–1982)
- Susanne Bonhoeffer (1909–1991),
- Albert Ottenheimer (1886–1985), main shareholder of EHW Thale until 1937
- Hans Schemm (1891–1935), NSDAP Gauleiter, headed the Hubertusbad bacteriological-chemical laboratory until 1921
- Otto Krüger (1895–1973), enamel technician, died in Thale
- Hela Gruel (1902–1991), actress and voice actress, attended girls' boarding school in town
- Leni Riefenstahl (1902–2003), director and actress, attended girls' boarding school in town
- Axel Freiherr von dem Bussche-Streithorst (1919–1993), officer and resistance fighter, owner of a manor in Thale
- Werner Oberländer (1921-2002), soccer player with Stahl Thale and Eintracht Braunschweig , in both clubs he played in the top soccer class
- Wolfgang Schoor (1926–2007), composer who wrote orchestral works, song cycles and chamber music and the music for numerous children's films, documentaries and radio plays, was buried in Treseburg
- Hans-Michael Maertens (1939–2015), member of the state parliament (CDU), city councilor and treasurer from 1990 to 1994 and mayor of the city of Thale from 1994 to 2001
- Gojko Mitić (* 1940), actor, played various roles in the Harz mountain theater
- Bernd Feicke (1950–2016), economist and regional historian, lived in Westerhausen
- Martina Bendler (* 1957), politician (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), from 1994 to 1996 she was a member of the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt, previously working in Westerhausen, among others
- Thomas Balcerowski (* 1972), mayor from 2001 to 2020, lives in Thale
- Daniel Kulla (* 1977), writer, translator and editor, grew up in Thale