List of personalities of the city of Torgau
The list of personalities of the city of Torgau contains people who played a lasting role in the history of the Saxon city of Torgau , who were honorary citizens of Torgau or who were born here or who worked here. Also attached is a list of the city's mayors prior to 1600.
For the personalities from the localities incorporated into Torgau, see also the corresponding local articles.
Honorary citizen
- 1995: William Robertson (USA) and Alexander Silwaschko (Russia)
sons and daughters of the town
The following people were born in Torgau or what is today the districts of the city. Whether or not they later had their sphere of activity in Torgau is irrelevant.
Born before 1800
- Christine of Saxony (1461–1521), by marriage Queen of Denmark, Norway and Sweden and Duchess of Schleswig and Holstein
- Friedrich the Wise (1463–1525), Elector of Saxony (1486–1525)
- Friedrich von Sachsen (1473–1510), 36th Grand Master of the Teutonic Order (1498–1510)
- Matthäus Beskau (* around 1480–1533), Catholic theologian and legal scholar
- Wolfgang Reissenbusch (around 1480–1540), humanist, legal scholar and theologian
- Nikolaus von Amsdorf (1483–1565), theologian and reformer
- Johann Friedrich the Magnanimous (1503–1554), Elector of Saxony (1532–1547), Duke of Saxony (1547–1554)
- Josias Marcus (1524–1599), legal scholar and civil servant
- Johann Friedrich II. The Middle (1529–1595), Duke of Saxony
- Johann Wilhelm von Sachsen-Weimar (1530–1573), Duke of Sachsen-Weimar
- Leonhart Schröter (1532–1601), Lutheran cantor and composer
- Jacob Horst (1537–1600), medic
- Johann Friedrich III., The Younger (1538–1565), Duke of Saxony
- Andreas Schato (1539–1603), mathematician, physicist and physician
- Hans Daubmann (1545–1573), printer
- Paul Zwilling (1547–1581), neo-Latin epic poet
- Martin Winter (1553–1595), poet and logician
- Hieronymus Nymmann (1554–1594), medic
- Erasmus Unruh (1576–1628), legal scholar
- Gregor Horstius (1578–1636), physician and anatomist at the University of Giessen, founded in 1607
- Zacchaeus Faber the Younger (1583–1632), Lutheran theologian and hymn poet
- Jakob Müller (1594–1637), human medicine and mathematician, taught in 1618 as a full professor of mathematics in Giessen and in 1625 as a full professor of medicine in Marburg
- Johann Philipp von Sachsen-Altenburg (1597–1639), from the house of the Ernestine Wettins, was the first self-ruling Duke of Sachsen-Altenburg
- Friedrich von Sachsen-Altenburg (1599–1625), from the house of the Ernestine Wettins, was Duke of Sachsen-Altenburg and Duke of Jülich-Kleve-Berg
- Johann Wilhelm von Sachsen-Altenburg (1600–1632), from the house of the Ernestine Wettins, was Duke of Sachsen-Altenburg and Duke of Jülich-Kleve-Berg
- Dorothea von Sachsen-Altenburg (1601–1675), Wettin princess from the house of the Ernestines and by marriage Duchess of Sachsen-Eisenach
- Sebastian wirdig (1613–1687), physician and professor of physics and medicine in Dorpat
- Paul Schröter (1614–1679), German doctor, city physician, city councilor and mayor of Torgau
- Johannes Meisner (1615–1681), Lutheran theologian
- Michael Heinrich Krause (1651–1729), Protestant theologian
- Christian Gottfried Stentzel (1698–1748), physician
- Theodor Lingke (1720–1801), Protestant theologian
- Johann Christian Friedrich Flemming (1745–1811), organ builder who worked in Saxony in the 18th century and at the beginning of the 19th century
- Karl Christian Erdmann von Le Coq (1767–1830), Saxon lieutenant general and commanding general of the army
- Traugott Wilhelm Gustav Benedict (1785–1862), surgeon
- Karl Adolf Maximilian Edler von der Planitz (1793-1858), Royal Saxon Major General, born in Kranichau
- Moritz Seeburg (1794–1851), lawyer and city councilor in Leipzig
Born in the 19th century
- Wilhelm Haan (1801–1884), Protestant theologian, educator and author
- Otto Wagner (1803–1861), landscape and architecture painter
- Carl Eduard Niese (1804–1882), Protestant theologian
- Hermann Nicolai (1811–1881), architect and university professor
- Eduard Oscar Schmidt (1823-1886), zoologist
- Emil von Wienskowski (1826–1900), Prussian lieutenant general
- Karl Friedrich Biltz (1830–1901), literary scholar, playwright and theater critic
- Hans Lachenberger (1831-1891), composer
- Alexander Heßler (1833–1900), opera singer (baritone), theater actor, director and director
- Albert Conrad (1837–1887), painter and sculptor
- Georg von Siemens (1839–1901), founding director of Deutsche Bank, second nephew of Werner von Siemens
- Wilhelm von Holleben (1840–1912), Lieutenant General
- Olga Meissner (1844–1895), landscape painter from the Düsseldorf School
- Konrad Roßberg (1846–1921), philologist
- Louis Heinrici (1847 – probably 1930), industrialist and manufacturer
- Paul Oettinger (1848–1934), professional soldier and military writer
- Hubert Maximilian Ermisch (1850–1932), archivist and historian
- August von Mackensen (1859–1865), Prussian field marshal, officer, adjutant to Kaiser Wilhelm II
- Paul Johannes von Funck (1851–1913), Prussian civil servant, police director, district administrator and district president of Köslin
- Erich Kling (1854–1892), officer and explorer
- Oltwig von Kamptz (1857–1921), officer and commander of the imperial protection force for Cameroon
- Ernst Girschner (1860–1914), teacher and entomologist
- Oskar Berger (1862-1934), gymnastics teacher and functionary, was chairman of the German gymnastics association from 1919 to 1929
- Karl Münscher (1871–1936), classical philologist who worked as a professor in Münster from 1909, published important studies on Greek rhetoric and the metrics of Greek tragedians
- Viktor Schilling (1883–1960), internist and hematologist
- Leonhard Köppe (1884–1969), ophthalmologist and university teacher
- Herbert Becker (1887–1974), officer and lieutenant general in the police
- Wilhelm Ritterbusch (1892–1981), political functionary (NSDAP), was among other things General Commissioner for special use in the Netherlands during the Second World War
- Horst W. Baerensprung (1893–1952), lawyer and police chief of the Braunschweig Police Department
- Götz von Selle (1893–1956), librarian and historian in Königsberg
- Albrecht Focke (1896–1967), officer in the Wehrmacht
- Ruth Zechlin (1899–1966), non-fiction author and professor for handicraft education
Born in the 20th century
- Kurt Schmid-Ehmen (1901–1968), sculptor
- Martin Weise (1903–1943), KPD politician and resistance fighter against National Socialism (Red Orchestra)
- Paul Grimm (1907–1993), medieval archaeologist
- Werner Haarnagel (1907–1984), archaeologist and geographer
- Erich Constein (1912–1991), painter, sculptor and graphic artist
- Adolf-Henning Frucht (1913–1993), doctor, physiologist and spy
- Karl-Heinz Schlueter (1920–1995), pianist
- Rudolf Magnitzke (1927–2018), Major General of the National People's Army of the German Democratic Republic
- Horst Klengel (1933–2019), ancient orientalist
- Heinz Erbstößer (* 1940), track and field athlete
- Horsta Krum (* 1941), publicist and former Evangelical Reformed pastor
- Regine Kühn (* 1941), screenwriter
- Rainer Poser (* 1941), boxer
- Jochen Kirchhoff (* 1944), author
- Wolf Roth (* 1944), actor
- Peter Goedel (* 1945), director
- Dagmar Kirste (* 1946), two-time canoe slalom world champion
- Peter Selzer (* 1946), track and field athlete and Olympic participant
- Wolfgang Friedrich (* 1947), sculptor
- Frank Schumann (* 1951), publisher and publicist
- Wolfgang Klotz (* 1951), apparatus gymnast
- Rudolf Weiner (* 1951), surgeon and university professor
- Jürgen Dannenberg (* 1952), local politician of the Left Party and district administrator of the Wittenberg district
- Frank Kupfer (* 1962), CDU politician
- Henrik Poller (* 1962), former member of the state parliament (Alliance 90 parliamentary group)
- Matthias Moder (* 1963), track and field athlete
- Jens Müller (* 1965), luge athlete and three-time Olympic participant
- Jürgen Maresch (* 1966), politician and former member of the Die Linke party, was a member of the Brandenburg state parliament from 2009 to 2014
- Olaf Marschall (* 1966), former national soccer player
- Christoph Winkler (* 1967), choreographer, developed more than 20 dance pieces as a freelance artist in Berlin
- Sabine Kuhlmann (* 1970), political and administrative scientist as well as deputy chairwoman of the National Regulatory Control Council
- Guido Rennert (* 1973), clarinetist, composer and arranger
- Greta Galisch de Palma (* 1976), actress
- Marian Wendt (* 1985), administrative lawyer, member of the German Bundestag (CDU)
- Kai Kazmirek (* 1991), track and field athlete
Personalities associated with the city
- Sophie Duchess of Mecklenburg (1481–1503), Duchess of Mecklenburg and by marriage Duchess of Saxony, died in Torgau
- Martin Luther (1483–1546), reformer, consecrated the castle church in 1544 as the first new Protestant church
- Claus Narr (before 1486 – after 1530), court jester at Hartenfels Castle
- Katharina von Mecklenburg (1487–1561), Duchess of Saxony, daughter of Duke Magnus of Mecklenburg, married Duke Heinrich the Pious of Saxony in Freiberg in 1512, and died in Torgau.
- Johann Walter (1496–1570), composer, cantor and friend of Luther
- Katharina von Bora (1499–1552), "The Lutherin"
- Nikolaus Gromann (around 1500–1566), master builder of the Renaissance, builder of the Torgau Castle Church
- Nickel Hoffmann (around 1510–1592), stonemason and sculptor
- Johannes Kentmann (1518–1574), physician and natural scientist, city physician in Torgau
- Mento Gogreve (around 1541 – after 1588), theologian and pedagogue, superintendent in Torgau
- Joachim Kreich, pharmacist in Torgau, founded a botanical garden in 1543 , which the Moser family of pharmacists continued until it was destroyed in the Thirty Years War in 1637. Kreich was one of only four German tomato owners .
- Sigismund Ulrici (late 17th century – 1758), builder and cartographer, died in Torgau
- Samuel Hahnemann (1755–1843), founder of homeopathy
- Louis Marie de Narbonne-Lara (1755–1813), French general and diplomat, 1813 governor of Torgau
- Gustav von Rauch (1774–1841), Prussian general of the infantry and general inspector of the Prussian fortresses, later Minister of War
- Wilhelm von Beczwarzowski (1862–1932), company commander of the 4th Thuringian Infantry Regiment No. 72, later a Prussian general
- Paul Herrmann (1866–1930), professor at Mackensen-Gymnasium (today's Johann-Walter-Gymnasium)
- Emil Laube (1868–1939), painter
- Gustav Hagemann (1891–1982), painter and Lapland researcher
Mayor of the city of Torgau (until 1600)
(The list follows Martin Granzin.)
- 1359: Hermannus
- 1377-1386: Voldcke (Vondicke, Vondecke), Hans
- 1400: foredeck, Matthias
- 1410: Schreiber, Peter, also 1414
- 1430: Metzsch, Nickel, also 1452
- 1434: Dommitzsch, Matthias, also 1439, 1454
- 1470: Freiberg, Nickel, also 1478
- 1480: von Dommitzsch, Nickel, also 1481
- 1482: Gantzsch, Andreas
- 1484: Becker, Peter
- 1494: Schollis, Michel
- 1497: Donat, Valentin; also 1500, 1502, 1521, † 1528
- 1500: Stoltze, Andreas; also 1501
- 1503: Ruppitzsch, Peter, also 1504, † before 1530
- 1507: Muschwitz, Mathes, also 1508, 1510, 1513; † before 1526
- 1510: Moller, Eucharius, also 1512, + probably before 1520
- 1512: Sangner, Kaspar, also 1514
- 1520: Hetzer, Klaus, also 1523, 1526
- 1520: Köppe, Erasmus, also 1522, 1525, 1533, 1536, 1542, 1545, 1548
- 1521: Donat, Valentin
- 1524: Schedel, Jobst, also 1527
- 1531: Willsener, Jacob, also 1534, 1536, 1537, 1540, 1543
- 1532: Kelhaymer, Georg, also 1535
- 1546: Spaltholz, Andreas, also 1549, 1552
- 1550: Proschwitz, Martin, also 1554, 1557, 1560, 1563
- 1553: Schulz, Andreas, also 1556, 1559, 1562, 1565, 1571
- 1555: Weinbeer, Georg, also 1558, 1561, 1564
- 1574: Trautmann, Nickel, also 1577, 1580, 1583
- 1579: Horst, Gregor, also 1582, 1585, 1591
- 1581: Hopf, Johann, also 1590
- 1592: Bullenheim, Caspar, also 1595, 1601
- 1593: Pfreundt, Johann
- 1594: Ringenhain, Gregor, also 1600
Individual evidence
- ^ Honorary citizen of Torgau
- ↑ August von Mackensen . In: Wikipedia . June 16, 2020 ( wikipedia.org [accessed July 16, 2020]).
- ↑ Jacqueline Kretzschmar: An excerpt from the history of the Mohren pharmacy. In: wellvia.de, accessed on January 6, 2017.
- ↑ Edith Schowalter: Plant stories from home. No. 25. In: br.de, accessed on January 6, 2017.
- ↑ Barbara Wittor: pharmacy, botany, agriculture in the 16th century. In: deutsche-apotheker-zeitung.de, accessed on January 6, 2017.
- ↑ Martin Granzin: The mayors of the city of Torgau until 1600. In: Ekkehard. Bulletin of German Genealogical Evenings. 15./16./17. Vol. (1940/1942), ZDB -ID 223727-1 , p. 44.