List of personalities from the city of Wurzen

The list of personalities of the city of Wurzen includes important personalities of the city of Wurzen who were born, worked or died here (see also honorary citizens of the city ) .

sons and daughters of the town

To 1900

Herwig († 1119), Bishop of Meißen , founder of the Wurzen Collegiate Foundation
Martin Röber (1583–1633), Lutheran theologian
Paul Röber (1587–1651), Lutheran theologian
Abraham Teller (1609–1658), theologian, hymn poet, rector of the Leipzig Thomas School
Johann Christian Schöttgen (1687–1751), Hebraist, theologian, historian and educator, rector of the Dresden Kreuzschule
Johann Gottlob Böhme (1717–1780), historian of the Enlightenment, teacher of Goethe at the University of Leipzig
Magnus Gottfried Lichtwer (1719–1783), lawyer and one of the most important German fable poets
August Wilhelm Leberecht Wilke (1737–1781), philologist and theologian
Wilhelm Fischer (1796–1884), Saxon mountain master
Ludwig Franz von Breitenbauch (1797–1881), Prussian District Administrator, Chamberlain and Privy Councilor
Eduard Wilhelm Güntz (1800–1880), physician, psychiatrist, founder and owner of the “Thonberg Irren-Heil- und Pflege-Anstalt” near Leipzig
Justus Friedrich Güntz (1801–1875), lawyer, editor and owner of the "Dresdner Anzeiger"
Theodor Julius Hertel (1807–1880), lawyer and mayor of Dresden
Gustav Böttger (1808–1880), Protestant theologian and author
Benno von Witzleben (1808–1872), Saxon Lieutenant General and Adjudant General
Carl Ludwig Langbein (1811–1873), lawyer and member of the Frankfurt National Assembly
Julius Theodor Schmidt (1814–1861), Mayor of Wurzen, member of the Frankfurt National Assembly and the Second Chamber of the Saxon State Parliament
Heinrich von Abendroth (1819–1880), military, lieutenant general in the Saxon army
Theodor Uhlig , musician (1822–1853), music writer, composer
Bernhard Moritz von Süßmilch-Hörnig (1823–1892), military and cartographer
Julius Otto Martini (1829–1909), dermatologist and urologist in Dresden
Richard Püttner (1842–1913), draftsman and illustrator
Clemens Seeber (1851–1905), photo and cinema technician, photo reporter
Hermann Ilgen (1856–1940), pharmacist, entrepreneur, sports and art patron, honorary citizen of Wurzen in 1929
Max Baumbach (1859–1915), sculptor in Berlin
Wilhelm Robert Nessig (1861–1932), teacher (Wurzen, Leipzig, Dresden) and geologist
Paul Göhre (1864–1928), theologian and economist, SPD politician
Wolfgang Zeller (1879–1973), painter, etcher and graphic artist
Wolfgang La Baume (1885–1971), prehistoric, from 1950 chairman of the JG Herder Research Council
Joachim Ringelnatz (1883–1934), writer and painter
Hermann Paul Mannewitz (1888 (Wurzen) –1958 (Wurzen)), architect, building counselor and university professor, created structures that characterize the townscape in Wurzen, such as the AOK building, the conversion to today's townhouse, its extension with a plenary hall and staircase and the consumer cooperative in the Dresden Street 69 (today Liftket)
Otto Georg Thierack (1889–1946), 1936–1942 President of the “People's Court” and last Reich Minister of Justice
Rudolph Herbst (1890–1936), composer and music teacher
Friedrich Schmidtke (1891–1969), Catholic theologian (Old Testament scholar) and Old Orientalist

From 1901

Werner Radig (1903–1985), archaeologist and folklorist
Volker Engelhardt (1910–1983), artist, painter and graphic artist, who mainly worked in Wurzen
Herbert Petzold (1910–1997), pomologist ("Appel-Petzold")
Erika Pohl-Ströher (1919–2016), German-Swiss chemist, biologist and entrepreneur
Fritz Geißler (1921–1984), composer, most important symphonist in the GDR
Gerhard Bosse (1922–2012), Gewandhaus concertmaster and university professor
Dietrich Manicke (1923–2013), composer and music theorist
Ruth Bodenstein-Hoyme (1924–2006), music teacher, composer
Hans-Dieter Schmidt (1926–1988), director
Ralf Thomas (1932–2018), Protestant theologian, historian and local politician
Martin Hundt (* 1932), Marxist historian (collaborator on the Marx-Engels Complete Edition)
Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt (* 1932), German artist in the fields of visual poetry and mail art
Manfred Walter (* 1937), football player (GDR national team)
Konrad Canis (* 1938), historian, author of a standard work on the foreign policy of the German Empire
Hans-Peter Hund (* 1940), painter and graphic artist
Gisela Peschke (1942–1993), painter
Wolfgang Tzschupke (* 1945), forest scientist
Otto Bennewitz (* 1946), master furrier and cyclist (runner-up in pursuit driving, German team champion)
Bernd Wagner (* 1948), writer
Eckhard Jesse (* 1948), historian and sociologist, extremism researcher
Detlef Kästner (* 1958), boxer, bronze medalist at the 1980 Olympic Games
Jörg Bernig (* 1964), narrator and poet
Nadja Michael (* 1969), opera, lied and oratorio singer
Kay Ritter (* 1971), politician, MdL
Rico Kauerhof (* 1972), lawyer and former soccer player
Andreas Kutschke (* 1973), Roman Catholic clergyman
Kristina Dörfer (* 1984), singer and actress
Philipp Wende (* 1985), rower, gold medalist at the 2012 Olympic Games
Matthias Kühne (* 1987), soccer player
Tom Mannewitz (* 1987), political scientist and university professor

People related to Wurzen

Johann VI. von Saalhausen (1444-1518); Bishop of Meissen, builder of Wurzen Castle
Johann IX. von Haugwitz (1524-1595); last Catholic bishop of Meissen
Johann Reusch (1520 / 25–1582); Episcopal Meissnian and Electoral Chancellor, composer; worked and died in Wurzen
Solomon Liscow (1640-1689); Clergyman and writer; lived and died in Wurzen
Johann Joseph Hackl (1710–1785); Saxon court sculptor; died in Wurzen
Johann Jacob Ebert (1737-1805); Mathematician, astronomer and author; attended the Wurzen Latin School
Anna Katharina Schönkopf (1746–1810); Goethe's childhood friend in Leipzig
Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand von Funck (1761-1828); Saxon officer, diplomat, writer; died in Wurzen
Georg Franz Dietrich from the Winckell (1762–1839), forest and hunting scientist, mainly wrote down his hunting manual in Obernitzschka
Richard Leo Graf von Könneritz (1828–1910); Saxon diplomat and parliamentarian; Lord on Lossa, lived and died in Wurzen
Wilhelm Hasenclever (1837-1889); social democratic publicist and politician; lived in Wurzen
Otto Eduard Schmidt (1855-1945); Teacher, historian, writer; Rector in Wurzen
Heinrich Beda (1863–1929), entrepreneur and politician, MdL
Max Seliger (1865-1920); Painter and craftsman, creator of the murals in the former building of the Wurzener Gymnasium (1908)
Max Schiemann (1866-1933); Entrepreneur and inventor (trolleybus); died in Wurzen
Friedrich Seetzen (1868–1943); Bgm. (1899–1924) and Obm. (1924–1927) von Wurzen, provost of the Wurzen cathedral chapter , president of the Evangelical Lutheran. State Consistory of Saxony
Georg Wrba (1872-1939); Sculptor (bronze sculptures in Wurzen Cathedral and First World War Memorial ) and graphic artist
Albert Kuntz (1896-1945); Communist functionary , city councilor in Wurzen (1921–1923), member of the Prussian state parliament (1932/33)
Hansgeorg Mühe (* 1929), composer, musicologist and music teacher
Siegfried Thiele (* 1934); Composer, university professor; Teacher in Wurzen
Manfred Hering (* 1939); Musician, lives in Wurzen
Johannes Dickert (* 1953), cantor, organist and church music director, lives in Wurzen

literature

Hansrainer Baum and Jürgen Schmidt: From Schmidt to Schmidt - About Wurzener Mayor 1832-2008. Wurzen 2011

Individual evidence

↑ Haig Latchinian: The Treasure of the Tea Plantation - Hermann Paul Mannewitz (1888–1958), who was born in Wurzen and was also buried there, is considered an important Saxon architect and university professor of his time. Numerous buildings are reminiscent of his style between tradition and modernity. In the estate of the building council, grandson Ingo Mannewitz recently discovered original drawings, which he has now handed over to the Leipzig University of Technology, Economics and Culture, the successor to the grandfather's former place of work. Leipziger Volkszeitung , print edition Muldental, full-page report as “Topic of the day”, February 7, 2019, page 27; not available via lvz.de.
↑ Haig Latchinian : General. Local health insurance - where Wurzener scratched their backs . Leipziger Volkszeitung , online portal. Article about the historic building of the AOK Plus general local health insurance fund in Wurzen. Retrieved February 13, 2019 .

[1] Haig Latchinian: The Treasure of the Tea Plantation - Hermann Paul Mannewitz (1888–1958), who was born in Wurzen and was also buried there, is considered an important Saxon architect and university professor of his time. Numerous buildings are reminiscent of his style between tradition and modernity. In the estate of the building council, grandson Ingo Mannewitz recently discovered original drawings, which he has now handed over to the Leipzig University of Technology, Economics and Culture, the successor to the grandfather's former place of work. Leipziger Volkszeitung , print edition Muldental, full-page report as “Topic of the day”, February 7, 2019, page 27; not available via lvz.de.

[2] Haig Latchinian : General. Local health insurance - where Wurzener scratched their backs . Leipziger Volkszeitung , online portal. Article about the historic building of the AOK Plus general local health insurance fund in Wurzen. Retrieved February 13, 2019 .