List of personalities of the city of Wismar

The list of personalities in the city of Wismar includes well-known people who were born or lived and worked in Wismar .

Mayor and Lord Mayor

• anno 1260: Hildbrandt von Pfuel
• 1411-1416: Claus Jesup
• 1419-1427: Johann Bantzkow
• 1427-1430: Claus Jesup
• 1428–1451: Peter Loste
• 1451-1475: Peter Langjohann
• around 1511: Heinrich Malchow
• 1669–1677: Heinrich Schabbel
• 1826–1835: Anton Haupt (the elder)
• 1872–1889: Anton Haupt (the younger)
• August 1, 1919 to July 29, 1929: Attorney Hans Raspe (1877–1957, non-party conservative)
• 1929 to March 8, 1933: Dr. jur. Heinrich Brechling (1897–1959, SPD )
• March 8, 1933 to May 21, 1945: Alfred Pleuger ( NSDAP )
• May 22, 1945 to June 21, 1945: Heinrich Freiherr von Biel (non-party)
• June 22, 1945 to August 2, 1945: Heinz Adolf Janert (independent)
• August 2, 1945 to September 20, 1945: Karl Keuscher ( KPD )
• September 21, 1945 to December 15, 1945: August Wilke (KPD)
• December 15, 1945 to December 31, 1950: Herbert Säverin (SPD / SED )
• January 1951 to June 1952 Erhard Holweger (SED)
• August 18, 1953 to June 7, 1957: Herbert Kolm (SED)
• July 5, 1957 to April 14, 1969: Herbert Fiegert (SED)
• April 15, 1969 to November 15, 1989: Günter Lunow (SED)
• November 15, 1989 to May 30, 1990: Wolfram Flemming (SED), provisional
• May 30, 1990 to July 17, 2010: Rosemarie Wilcken (SPD)
• from July 17, 2010: Thomas Beyer (SPD)

Swedish governors of the city of Wismar

The Swedish governors and city commanders residing in Wismar from 1648 to 1803 were directly subordinate to the respective governor-general of Swedish Pomerania .

• around 1641: Johan Liljesparre († 1641)
• around 1644 to 1652: Erich Hansson Ulfsparre († 1652)
• 1652–1654: Jürgen (Georg) Paykull

1654–1657: various commanders who change during the dispute

• 1657–1675: Conrad Mardefelt († 1688)
• 1680–1683: Bernhard Christian Wangelin († 1686)
• 1683: Carl Leonhard Müller von der Lühne
• 1687–1690: Otto Johann von Grothusen (* 1627; † 1697)
• 1690–1693: Friedrich von Buchwald († 1693)
• 1693–1696: Jürgen Mellin (* 1633; † 1713)
• 1696–1698: Nils Carlsson Gyllenstierna (* 1648; † 1720)
• 1698–1700: Bernhard von Liewen († 1703)
• around 1708: Hans Isaac Ridderhielm († August 13, 1709 in Wismar)
• 1710: Mauritz Vellingk
• 1710: Reinhold Johan von Fersen
• 1713–1714: Gustaf Adam Taube (* 1673; † 1732)
• around 1714: Baron von Schoultz

1716–1720: The Swedish government of Wismar is interrupted by the capture by Danish troops allied with Prussia and Hanover

• 1773: Karl Ludwig von Hintzenstern

Honorary citizen

• 1845: Christian (Samuel Louis) Frege , (1780–1855) merchant and landowner
• 1861: Ulrich (Carl Adolph) von Bassewitz , (1781–1866) German-Swedish lieutenant colonel, founder of charitable foundations
• 1878: August (Friedrich Ulrich) von Lützow , (1800–1879) Hereditary Land Marshal at Eickhof
• 1895: Otto (Eduard Leopold) von Bismarck , (1815–1898) first Chancellor of the German Empire
• 1903: Fortunatus (Ludwig Heinrich Friedrich) von Oertzen , (1842–1922) privy councilor, minister, envoy.
• 1969: Herbert Fiegert (1904–1983), Lord Mayor of Wismar 1957–1969
• 1988: Marita Meier-Koch , track and field athlete, multiple world champion, world record holder and Olympic champion
• 1989: Karl-Heinz Kalusche , 1st secretary of the SED district leadership, (awarded on June 21; Kalusche returned honorary citizenship on December 13, 1989)
• 2004: Gottfried Kiesow (1931–2011), German conservationist
• 2015: Rosemarie Wilcken , Mayor of Wismar 1990–2010

sons and daughters of the town

15th - 17th century

• Heinrich Never († 1553), monk of the Franciscan order in the gray monastery in Wismar
• Franz von Stiten († 1590), councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck
• Nicolaus Böddeker († 1459), bishop
• Johann IV. Junge († 1389), Bishop of Schwerin
• Bernhard Witte († 1442), Cistercian and abbot of Doberan Monastery
• Johann Kruse , lay brother of the Cistercians in Doberan Monastery
• Brand Hogefeld († 1496), merchant and councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck
• Konrad Loste († 1503), lawyer and bishop of the Schwerin diocese
• Konrad level (1487–1567), theologian, professor of education and eloquence
• Reimar Kock († 1569), Protestant theologian, chronicler of Lübeck
• Sophie von Mecklenburg (1557–1631), wife of King Friedrich II of Denmark
• Bernhard Latomus († 1613), Mecklenburg historian
• Hieronymus Schabbel (1570–1635), lawyer and syndic of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck
• Otto Tanck (1587–1637), municipal syndic and cathedral provost in Lübeck
• Heinrich Schabbel (1607–1677), lawyer at the tribunal court, councilor and mayor of Wismar
• Hartwig Bambamius († 1688), lawyer and senior secretary of the Hanseatic City of Hamburg
• Daniel Georg Morhof (1639–1691), literary historian and polyhistor
• Joachim Gerstenbüttel († 1721), baroque composer
• Nils Gyllenstierna (1648–1720), Swedish field marshal and governor general of the duchies of Bremen and Verden
• Georg Friedrich Schnaderbach (1669–1716), Lutheran clergyman
• Karl Bernhard Klinckowström (1682–1704), chamberlain and favorite of the Swedish King Charles XII.
• Otto von Klinckowström (1683–1731), Swedish civil servant and diplomat
• Johann Joachim Jörcke (1684–1729), German lawyer and mayor of Rostock
• Johan Henrik Scheffel (1690–1781), Swedish painter

18th century

• Caspar Ruetz (1708–1755), cantor and composer
• Georg Gustav Gerdes (1709–1758), lawyer and historian
• Christian Peters (1711–1755), lawyer and councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck
• Johan Carl Wilcke (1732–1796), German-Swedish physicist
• Karl Friedrich Paelike (1736–1783), [place of birth uncertain!], Lawyer and professor at the University of Helmstedt
• Johann Kaspar Velthusen (1740–1814), Protestant theologian
• Erich Christian Klevesahl (1745–1818), philosopher, historian and theologian
• Constantin Brun (1746–1836), German-Danish merchant
• Caspar Gabriel Gröning (1752–1799), lawyer and author
• Christian Heinrich Kindler (1762–1845), Mayor of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck
• Hermann von Engelbrechten (1765–1818), Lieutenant General in Swedish and Prussian services
• Johann Ernst Parow (1771–1836), Protestant theologian and university professor
• Karl von Breitenstern (1777-1825), lawyer, mayor of Wismar
• Franz Heinrich Martens (1778–1805), physician and university professor
• Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann (1785–1860), historian and statesman
• Nikolaus Georg Gabriel Gahrtz (1791–1830), lawyer
• Carl Griewank (1795–1872), Lutheran clergyman and natural scientist

19th century

• Anton Haupt (1800–1835), lawyer and mayor of Wismar
• Carl Düberg (1801–1849), painter and lithographer
• Hermann Gustav Fabricius (1802–1854), lawyer and notary, syndicus and senator of the Hanseatic city of Wismar
• Eduard Haupt (1805–1868), theologian, member of the Frankfurt National Assembly
• Christian Düberg (1806–1873), lawyer and publicist
• Ferdinand Schröder (1812–1884), theologian and educator
• Friedrich Soltau , economist, politician and philologist
• Carl Canow (1814–1870), Mecklenburg painter
• Iwan von Gloeden (1815–1850), legal scholar and publicist
• Heinrich Thormann (1816–1890), architect
• Heinrich Ewers (1817–1885), painter
• Johann Christian Kruse (1818–1898), politician
• Heinrich Keil (1822-1894), classical philologist
• Theodor Martens (1822–1884), architecture and landscape painter
• Friedrich Crull (1822–1911), doctor, historian, archivist, heraldist
• Friedrich Maassen (1823–1900), German-Austrian law professor and journalist
• Theodor Ackermann (1825–1896), pathologist and university professor
• Andreas Kielmann (1825–1873), painter
• Anton Haupt (1826–1889), politician (NLP), mayor of Wismar
• Carl Struck (1832–1898), teacher and naturalist
• Ferdinand Meyer (1833–1917), painter
• Wilhelm Maßmann (1837–1916), lawyer; Higher Commercial Judge and Senate President at the Reich Court
• Wilhelm Bade (1843–1903), captain and entrepreneur
• Gottlob Frege (1848–1925), mathematician, logician and philosopher
• Hermann Ritter (1849–1926), violist, composer and music historian
• Hans Walter (1852–1932), Prussian lieutenant general of the railway troops
• Wilhelm Plüschow (1852–1930), photographer
• Otto Emil Lau (1853–1917), illustrator and landscape painter
• Franz Ziehl (1857–1926), bacteriologist
• Friedrich Techen (1859–1936), archivist and historian
• Gustav Willgeroth (1865–1937), Mecklenburg homeland and family researcher
• Karl Krickeberg (1867–1944), pedagogue, theater actor, theater director, playwright and Low German writer
• Hanna Harder (1868–1936), women's rights activist and politician
• Wilhelm Witt (* 1869), Reich judge
• Karl Scharfenberg (1874–1938), railway engineer
• Elisabeth Krämer-Bannow (1874–1945), ethnologist
• Karl Friederichs (1878–1969), zoologist, entomologist and colonial administrator
• Gustav Neckel (1878–1940), old Germanist and Scandinavian
• Heinrich Steinhagen (1880–1948), graphic artist, sculptor and painter
• Wilhelm Müller (1881–1916), ethnographer and expedition traveler
• Hans Sivkovich (1881–1968), politician (DDP, FVP)
• Martin Eggert (1883–1978), architect
• Erich Ochs (1883–1951), university professor and conductor
• Anton von Hohberg and Buchwald , Reichswehr and SS officer
• Walther Bremer (1887–1926), prehistoric archaeologist
• Johannes Lange (1891–1938), psychiatrist, neurologist and university professor
• Helmuth Wohlthat (1893–1982), politician in the time of National Socialism
• Paul Friedrich Scheffler (1895–1985), lawyer and politician (LDPD, FDP), MdA
• Alfred Richter (1895–1981), politician (NSDAP, DP), Hamburg senator

20th century

1901-1950

• Willy Krogmann (1905–1967), Germanist
• Heinrich Gerlach (1906–1988), military, naval officer
• Karl Baumgarten (1910–1989), German pedagogue, cantor and local researcher
• Anneliese Most (1912–1982), politician (DFD, SPD), MdHB
• Ulrich Freimuth (1914–2014), food chemist
• Helmut de Voss (1917–2000), farmer, officer and bookseller
• Hans Reincke (1922–2002), soccer player and coach
• Günter Lunow (1926–2017), politician (SED), Lord Mayor of the Hanseatic City of Wismar
• Harald Weinrich (* 1927), Romanist
• Klaus Goldenbaum (* 1928), diplomat, ambassador of the GDR
• Günter Braun (1928–2008), writer
• Herbert Plaeschke (1928–2002), Indologist, oriental archaeologist and librarian
• Uwe Holmer (* 1929), theologian, pastor and author
• Peter Jochen Kruse (1929–2007), lawyer and politician (FDP), MdL
• Uwe-Detlev Jessen (1931–2019), actor, director and acting teacher
• Jürgen Settgast (1932-2004), Egyptologist
• Wilfried Rittau (* 1932), church musician
• Herbert Holtfreter (1932-2003), football player (GDR)
• Joachim Süchting (1933–2004), business economist and university professor
• Karl-Henning Seemann (* 1934), sculptor and draftsman
• Kurt Leuschner (1936–1996), politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag
• Lisa Kuß (* 1938), popular actress and theater director
• Siegfried Uhlenbrock (1939–2013), singer and composer
• Hans Kasper (* 1939), politician (SPD)
• Heino Kleiminger (1939–2015), football player
• Udo Scheel (* 1940), artist
• Gunter Pleuger (* 1941), diplomat
• Klaus Grünberg (* 1941), actor
• Günter Czichowski (* 1942), mathematician and former soccer player
• Christel Buschmann (* 1942), journalist, translator, author, producer and director
• Rainer Horbelt (1944–2001), writer and director
• Kurt Krebs (1945–2017), politician (CDU), MdL
• Eberhard Kranemann (* 1945), artist and musician
• Detlef Schmidt (1945–2018), local history researcher
• Hans-Friedrich Frank (1946–1973), victim on the inner-German border
• Peter Sykora (* 1946), soccer player of the GDR
• Klaus-Peter Stein (1946–2013), football player
• Jochen Pollex (* 1947), basketball player
• Rosemarie Wilcken (* 1947), doctor and politician (SPD)
• Sigmar-Peter Schuldt (1950–2009), politician (DVU), MdL

1951-2000

• Peter Bauer (* 1951), painter, graphic artist and caricaturist
• Joachim Streich (* 1951), soccer player and coach
• Peter Thulke (* 1951), draftsman and cartoonist
• Wolfgang Huschner (* 1954), historian
• Harry Weltzin (1955–1983), soldier, fatality on the inner-German border
• Heike Polzin (* 1955), politician (SPD), MdL
• Mathias Gauer (* 1956), regional cantor
• Marita Koch (* 1957), track and field athlete from the GDR and Olympic champion
• Roswitha Eberl (* 1958), canoeist
• Michael Silkeit (* 1959), politician (CDU), MdL
• Gerd Allmendinger (* 1964), entrepreneur
• Michael Roolf (* 1961), politician (FDP), MdL
• Kerstin Brandt (* 1961), high jumper
• Andreas Zachhuber (* 1962), soccer player and coach
• Stefan Maelck (* 1963), writer and publicist
• Frank Musilinski (* 1963), magician
• Rüdiger Borchardt (* 1963), handball player
• Jens Diederichs (* 1963), German politician (AfD), MdL
• Ingolf Diederichs (1964–1989), German victim of the Berlin Wall
• Maik Klokow (* 1965), musical and theater producer
• Jacqueline Börner (* 1965), speed skater
• Volker Röhrich (* 1965), soccer player and trainer
• Timo Dillner (* 1966), artist and writer
• Andreas von Thien (* 1967), journalist and television presenter
• Kathrin Haacker (* 1967), Olympic champion in rowing
• Tilo Gundlack (* 1968), politician (SPD), MdL
• Marco Tullner (* 1968), politician (CDU), MdL
• Heike Axmann (* 1968), handball player and trainer
• Simone Oldenburg (* 1969), politician (Die Linke)
• Thomas Wiegand (* 1970), electrical engineer, one of the fathers of the H.264 / AVC video codec
• Axl Makana , musician
• René Domke (* 1972), graduate financial economist and politician (FDP)
• Stefan Liebich (* 1972), politician (Die Linke), Member of the Bundestag, Member of the Bundestag
• Sven Krüger (* 1974), politician (NPD)
• Hagen Reinhold (* 1978), politician (FDP), Member of the Bundestag
• Felix Falk (* 1979), jazz musician
• Katrin Meinke (* 1979), track cyclist
• Matthi Faust (* 1980), actor
• Philipp Baben der Erde (* 1981), photographer, cameraman and director
• Steffen Dobbert (* 1982), journalist and author
• Fiete Sykora (* 1982), football player
• Anne Rabe (* 1986), playwright
• Robert Tesche (* 1987), football player
• Marcel Meyerdiercks (* 1987), boxer
• Jan Kurfeld (* 1987), sailing enthusiast
• Jessica Oldenburg (* 1991), handball player

• Vèrena Püschel , journalist and television presenter

Personalities who have worked or are working in Wismar

• Klaus Störtebeker (1360–1401), leader of the Vitalienbrüder
• Anton Woltreich (1593–1645), lawyer and syndic of the Hanseatic city of Wismar
• David Mevius (1609-1670), lawyer
• Theodor Nölting (1811–1890), teacher and classical philologist, rector of the large city school
• Johann Heinrich Sievers (1811–1876), bookseller, publicist
• Dethloff Carl Hinstorff (1811–1882), bookseller, publisher
• Friedrich Wilhelm Winzer (1811–1886), organ builder
• Heinrich Thormann (1816–1890), architect
• Heinrich Podeus (1832–1905), captain, merchant, industrialist
• Edmund Bruder (1845–1911), organ builder
• Sella Hasse (1878–1963), painter
• Heinz Dubois (1914–1966), painter
• Gerd Zielenkiewitz (* 1948), politician
• André Bawar (* 1962), writer

literature

• Friedrich Crull : The council line of the city of Wismar. Halle: Verlag der Buchhandlung des orphanage 1875 (Hansische Geschistorquellen 2)

Digitized copy of the copy from the Bavarian State Library

• Gustav Willgeroth : Contributions to the Wismar family studies. Wismar 1932.
• Gerd Giese: Citizen and honorary citizen. In: Wismar contributions . Issue 18, series of publications from the Archives of the Hanseatic City of Wismar Wismar 2012, pp. 4-23.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ re-elected for eight years on April 15, 2018.
2. ↑ According to Schlie (1998), p. 68.
3. ↑ sv: Liljesparre
4. ↑ According to Schlie (1998), p. 68, buried in the Marienkirche.
5. ^ Sv: Ulfsparre
6. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Maren Lorenz : The Wheel of Violence: Military and Civilian Population in Northern Germany after the Thirty Years' War (1650-1700) , Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar, 2007, p. 65
7. ^ Sv: Göran Paijkull
8. ^ Sv: Ridderhielm
9. ↑ Gustaf Elgenstierna : Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor , Grevliga ätten Taube, no.62
10. ↑ ^{a b c d} honorary citizen. Retrieved March 27, 2010 . 
11. ↑ Rosemarie Wilcken is an honorary citizen of Wismar ( memento from November 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), NDR message from November 17, 2015, accessed on December 25, 2015
12. ↑ Wismar personalities. Retrieved March 27, 2010 .