List of personalities from the city of Weißenfels
The list of personalities of the city of Weißenfels contains people who were born in Weißenfels as well as those who lived and worked there from time to time, each listed chronologically according to the year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.
Personalities born in Weißenfels
Until 1800
- Balthasar von Wettin (1336–1406), Margrave of Meißen and Landgrave of Thuringia
- Enoch Heiland (1582–1639), legal scholar
- Gottfried Reiche (1667–1734), baroque trumpeter
- Johann Burchard Freystein (1671–1718), lawyer and hymn poet
- Michael Heinrich Reinhard (1676–1732), Evangelical Lutheran theologian and 1730–1732 general superintendent in Weißenfels
- Johann Adolf II. (1685–1746), Duke of the Saxon secondary school in Saxony-Weißenfels and Prince of Saxony-Querfurt
- Johann Gotthilf Krieger (1687-after 1743) composer and conductor at the Weißenfelser Hof, son of Johann Philipp Krieger
- Johanna Elisabeth Hesse b. Döbricht (1692–1786), opera and concert singer
- Heinrich Graf von Bünau (1697–1762), statesman and historian
- Johann Christian Edelmann (1698–1767), enlightener and publicist
- Heinrich von Brühl (1700–1763), Saxon statesman
- Eberhard Christian Kindermann (1715 – unknown), first German-speaking science fiction author
- Johann Ernst Zeiher (1725–1784), mathematician, mechanic, linguist and optician
- Johann August Dathe (1731–1791), philologist
- Johann Ernst Altenburg (1734–1801), composer
- Christiane Louise von Rochow , née von Bose (1734–1808), manor owner and social reformer
- Joachim Wilhelm von Brawe (1738–1758), playwright
- Christian August Semler (1767-1825), writer
- Johanna Rosina Wagner, b. Pätz (1774–1848), daughter of a Weißenfels master baker, mother of Richard Wagner
- Therese from the Winckel (1779–1867), writer, harpist and painter
- Karl Ludwig Randhan (1787–1840), German physician
- Justus Amadeus Lecerf (1789–1868), composer, music teacher and city music director in Aachen
1801 to 1900
- Julius von Zech-Burkersroda (1805–1872), Prussian politician
- Hartmann von Witzleben (1805–1878), Prussian civil servant and politician, member of the Prussian manor house
- Hermann Loew (1807–1879), entomologist
- Carl Wunibald Otto (1808 - after 1862), pharmacist, accused in the Cologne communist trial
- Moritz Heyne (1837–1906), Germanist, editor of the German dictionary
- Heinrich von Goßler (1841–1927), General of the Infantry and Minister of War
- Adolf Sauer (1852–1932), mineralogist and geologist
- Arthur Barth (* 1858 in Untergreißlau; † 1927), surgeon in Danzig
- Gustav Fleischhauer (1859–1925), engineer and industrialist
- Willy Kükenthal (1861–1922), zoologist
- Carl Gruhl (1862–1947), mining entrepreneur
- Georg Kükenthal (1864–1955), general superintendent and botanist
- Kurt Tecklenburg (1875 - after 1942), President of the Reich Railway Directorate East and Mainz
- Carl Oskar Ursinus (1878–1952), engineer and aviation pioneer
- Alfred Ursinus (1880–1966), author, Protestant theologian, philosopher and senior teacher
- Wilhelm Boltz (1886–1939), politician (NSDAP), member of the Reichstag
- Hermann Mootz (1889–1962), German admiral in the Navy
- Willi Döbler (1891–1944), machinist and victim of National Socialism
- Erich Krüger (1893 – after 1950), teacher and politician, member of the People's Chamber of the GDR
1901 to 1950
- Erich Hofmann (1901–1984), politician (NSDAP), member of the Reichstag
- Horst P. Horst (1906–1999), American photographer
- Rudolf Brückner-Fuhlrott (1908–1984), painter and sculptor
- Hildegard Zenker (1909–1999), photographer
- Benjamin Halevi (1910–1996), judge and politician
- Konrad Dannenberg (1912–2009), US rocket pioneer
- Hans Schwarz (1912–1996), swimmer
- Erich Steidtmann (1914–2010), police officer in occupied Poland
- Gerhard Hoffmann (1917–2009), German legal scholar
- Karl-Heinz Benndorf (1919–1995), watercolorist and sculptor and victim of the dictatorship in the GDR
- Kurt Edel (1920–1987), sports official, founding president of the GDR's NOK
- Heinz Juch (1920–2013), politician (SED), member of the Central Committee
- Gérard Tichy (1920–1992), actor ( Doctor Schiwago )
- Heinz Felsch (1922–2016), painter and graphic artist
- Hasso Gehrmann (1924–2008), designer, philosopher and artist
- Günter Zabel (1926-2020), politician (SPD)
- Johannes Schäfer (1928–1996), organist
- Wolfgang Hädecke (* 1929), writer
- Horst Gehrmann (1930–2013), science fiction writer, known under the pseudonym HG Ewers
- Inge Wischnewski (1930–2010), figure skater and figure skating trainer
- Helga Ginevra (1938–1996), painter
- Doris Langer , b. Walther (* 1938), track and field athlete
- Hans Püschel (* 1948), local politician (NPD), mayor of the Krauschwitz community
- Brigitte Heinrich (* 1950), cabaret artist, actress and voice actress
- Ralph Lüderitz (1950–2017), graduate engineer and railway photographer
From 1951
- Andreas Martens , known as Andréas (* 1951), comic artist
- Uta Felgner (* 1951), manager
- Rolf-Dieter Kahnt (* 1952), football player
- Dieter-Lebrecht Koch (* 1953), politician (CDU), MEP
- Gunter Schmidt (* 1954), member of the state parliament (CDU)
- Heidelinde Penndorf (* 1956), politician (Die Linke) and former member of the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt
- Lutz Hoffmann (1959–1997), Turner
- Bernd Franke (* 1959), composer
- Jens-Fietje Dwars (* 1960), author and organizer of exhibitions
- Jutta Ploch (* 1960), rower
- Romy Saalfeld (* 1960), rower
- Gesine Walther (* 1962), track and field athlete
- Olaf Besser (* 1964), soccer player
- Andreas Hajek (* 1968), multiple Olympic champion and world champion in rowing
- Cathleen Naundorf (* 1968), photographer
- Antje Tietz (* 1969), Member of the State Parliament (PDS)
- Patrick Pulsinger (* 1970), musician
- Maik Reichel (* 1971), SPD politician
- Susanne Petersen (* 1974), handball player
- André Poggenburg (* 1975), AfD politician
- Dietrich Bartsch (* 1979), pianist, composer and actor
- Christian Schreiber (* 1980), rower, multiple world champion in quadruples
- Marcel Schied (* 1983), football player
- Nick Proschwitz (* 1986), soccer player
- Tim Tscharnke (* 1989), cross-country skier
- Sara Löser (* 1995), soccer player
People related to Weißenfels
- Georg Lysthenius , also Georg List (1532–1596), deacon and superintendent; buried in Weißenfels
- Heinrich Schütz (1585–1672), composer; spent his childhood and old age here
- Johann Hermann Schein (1586–1630), composer; worked as a music teacher in the city for three years
- Gustav Adolf , King of Sweden (1594–1632); was laid out in Weißenfels
- Johannes Olearius (1611–1684) , Protestant theologian and hymn poet; died in Weißenfels
- Christian Weise (1642–1708), taught illustrious Augusteum at the grammar school
- Conrad Höffler (1647–1696), composer and gambist, died in Weißenfels
- Johannes Riemer (1648–1714), poet and clergyman, taught at the Illustre Augusteum grammar school
- Johann Philipp Krieger (1649–1725), composer, organist and conductor
- Christian father (1651–1732), medic
- Johann Beer (1655–1700), writer and composer
- Christian Richter (1655–1722), master builder in Weißenfels
- Johann Samuel Beyer (1669–1744), cantor and composer
- August Bohse (1661–1742) alias Talander; wrote opera texts for the court
- Christiane Pauline Kellner (1664–1745) soprano, died in Weißenfels
- David Heinrich Garthoff (1670–1741), composer, died in Weißenfels
- Erdmann Neumeister (1671–1756), poet and theologian, court deacon of the castle church
- Johann Augustin Kobelius (1674–1731), composer, court musician and band director
- Reinhard Keizer (1674–1739), composer
- Johann Christian Schieferdecker (1679–1732), church musician, organist and composer
- Christian Friedrich Hunold (1680–1721) alias Menantes; attended the Illustre Augusteum high school
- Johann David Heinichen (1683–1729), composer and music theorist
- Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), Baroque composer
- Georg Friedrich Handel (1685–1759), Baroque composer
- Heinrich Engelhard Poley (1686–1762), high school teacher, philosopher, librarian, translator, died in Weißenfels
- Johann Christoph Schütze (1687–1765) master builder, died in Weißenfels
- Johann Friedrich Fasch (1688–1758), musician and composer
- Adam Falckenhagen (1697–1754), lutenist; 1726–28 as a lutenist at the Weißenfelser Hof can be proven
- Heinrich von Brühl (1700–1763), Prime Minister of Saxony
- Johann Ernst Altenburg (1734–1801), author of what was probably the first trumpet school in Germany
- Carl Ludwig Traugott Glaeser (1747–1797), composer and cantor at the town church in Weißenfels
- Johann Gottfried Seume (1763–1810), writer and poet
- Novalis / Friedrich von Hardenberg (1772–1801), early Romantic writer and philosopher
- Adolf Müllner (1774–1829), writer, stage poet and lawyer
- Friedrich Severin († after 1800), printer, publisher and bookseller
- Wilhelm Harnisch (1787–1864), theologian and educator
- Moritz Hill (1805–1874), teacher of the deaf and dumb
- Louise von François (1817–1893), storyteller and writer
- Friedrich Ladegast (1818–1905), organ builder
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), philosopher and classical philologist
- John Link (1847-1914), turners and instrument makers: founded in 1875 a drum factory in White Rock, 1907 Sonor -Werke
- Max Lingner (1888–1959), painter and graphic artist
- Martin Gregor-Dellin (1926–1988), writer; lived in Weißenfels from 1926 to 1958
- Max Frankel (1930), American journalist of German origin
- Dieter M. Weidenbach (* 1945), painter and graphic artist
- Ingelore Lohse (* 1945), track and field athlete
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dating of the oil painting uncertain
- ^ Hans Schwarz in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ), accessed on April 26, 2015.