List of personalities from the University of Rostock

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This list of personalities from the University of Rostock contains professors and graduates from the University of Rostock :

15th century

Albert Krantz , scholar and theologian, studied from 1463 and professor in Rostock from 1480
  • Henry III. von Wangelin (unknown - 1429), theologian, 1419–1429 bishop in the Schwerin diocese , from 1419 first chancellor of the University of Rostock
  • Werner Wolmers (unknown - 1473), theologian, studied in Rostock, 1458–1473 Bishop of Schwerin
  • Konrad Gesselen (1409–1469), astronomer, mathematician, pastor, taught in Rostock and Thorn
  • Hans Teiste (* before 1440 - around 1505), theologian, studied in Rostock from 1457, 1474–1505 bishop of the Bjørgvin diocese in Bergen (Norway)
  • Albert Krantz (1448–1517), scholar and theologian, from 1463 studied theology in Rostock with a master's degree (1467/68), 1481–86 repeatedly dean of the artist faculty, 1482/83 rector of the University of Rostock
  • Conrad Celtis (1459–1508), humanist and poet, taught poetics at the University of Rostock
  • Barthold Moller (around 1460 - 1530), theologian, lecturer in theology at the university, dean of the St. Jacobi Collegiate Foundation in Rostock
  • Nicolaus Marschalk (around 1465 - 1525), philologist, legal scholar, historian and humanist, worked at the university from 1510
  • Hermann von dem Busche (1468–1534), humanist, 1501 at the University of Rostock
  • Olav Engelbrektsson (* after 1480 - 1538), theologian, last Catholic Archbishop in Norway , studied in Rostock from 1503–1507
  • Rembertus Giltzheim (around 1485 - 1535), physician, appointed to Rostock as Magister Artium and professor of medicine in 1511, personal physician to the Mecklenburg dukes in 1514, doctorate in 1514. med., 1515 rector
  • Johann Oldendorp (around 1487 - 1567), lawyer and reformer, studied law in Rostock, Cologne and Bologna since 1504
  • Ulrich von Hutten (1488–1523), humanist, wrote his first significant work in Rostock in 1509 ( two books of Lamentations against Father and Son Lötz )
  • Joachim Slüter (1490–1532), theologian and reformer, studied theology at the University of Rostock
  • Olaus Magnus (1490–1557), Swedish theologian, cartographer and geographer, studied in Rostock, 1544–1557 Bishop of Uppsala
  • Valentin Curtius (1493–1567), theologian and reformer, studied in Rostock from 1512
  • Melchior Rantzau (around 1496 - 1539), knight and politician, studied in Rostock from 1514

16th Century

Tycho Brahe , Danish astronomer, studied in Rostock in 1566
Axel Oxenstierna , Swedish Chancellor, studied in Rostock in 1599
  • Gisbert Longolius (1507–1543), humanist and scholar, 1542/43 professor at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Rostock
  • Jacob Bording (1511–1560), physician, 1550–1557 professor of medicine in Rostock, at the same time personal physician to Duke Heinrich V of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
  • Georg Cracow (1525–1575), lawyer and politician, 1538–1542 studied philosophy of the liberal arts in Rostock, from 1565 electoral Saxon Chancellor
  • David Chyträus (1530–1600), theologian, educational politician and historian, from 1561 professor of theology
  • Heinrich Brucaeus (1530–1593), physician, astronomer and mathematician, 1567–1593 professor of medicine and astronomy at the University of Rostock, rector of the university several times, from 1571 personal physician to Ulrich III. Duke of Mecklenburg
  • Johannes Borcholten (1535–1593), lawyer and municipal lawyer , 1567–1577 Professor of Law / Codex
  • Nathan Chyträus (1543–1598), theologian, educator, poet and philologist, founded the present Rostock University Library in 1569
  • Levinus Battus (1545–1591), physician, 1560–1568 professor of lower mathematics, 1568–1591 professor of medicine and higher mathematics
  • Tycho Brahe (1546–1601), astronomer and astrologer, studied in Rostock
  • Magnus level (1547–1619), physician and mathematician, 1591–1604 professor of lower mathematics, 1593 rector
  • Wilhelm Lauremberg (1547–1612), physician and mathematician, 1581–1594 professor of medicine, 1594–1612 professor of medicine and higher mathematics, between 1584 and 1611 rector several times
  • Jan Gruter (1560–1627), historian, neo-Latin writer and last librarian at the Heidelberg Bibliotheca Palatina
  • Nicolaus Heldvader (1564–1634), astronomer and calendariographer, student at the university from 1587 to 1590
  • Wilhelm Kettler (1574–1640), Duke of Courland and Semigallia , studied in Rostock in 1590
  • Jacob Fabricius (1576–1652), physician, astronomer and poet, 1612–1634 professor of medicine and higher mathematics, from 1637 personal physician to the Danish royal family
  • Ulrich of Denmark (1578–1624), Danish prince and administrator of the dioceses of Schleswig and (as Ulrich II.) Schwerin , 1592 student in Rostock
  • Christian Sledanus (1579–1646), theologian, studied in Rostock, received his doctorate there and was a full professor at the theological faculty there
  • Matthäus Bacmeister (1580–1626), physician and mathematician, studied medicine in Rostock, 1606–1621 private lecturer in mathematics
  • Axel Oxenstierna (1583–1654), Swedish Chancellor, studied in Rostock in 1599
  • Johann Quistorp the Elder (1584–1648), theologian, studied in Rostock from 1604, professor of theology from 1615–1648
  • Joachim Jungius (1587–1657), mathematician, physicist and philosopher, professor of mathematics in Rostock from 1624 to 1628
  • Sievert von Pogwisch (1587–1626), diplomat, landlord and monastery provost, 1601 studied in Rostock
  • Johann Lauremberg (1590–1658), mathematician, cartographer, poet and writer, studied in Rostock, 1618–1623 professor of poetry and 1620 rector at the University of Rostock, one of his drawn maps became part of the Rostock Great Atlas
  • Anton Woltreich (1593–1645), lawyer and syndic of the Hanseatic cities of Wismar and Rostock
  • Georg Cuno Hahn von Basedow († around 1600), student at the University of Rostock

17th century

  • Petrus Mederus (1602–1678), poet, teacher and clergyman, studied from 1635 to 1638
  • Johann Rist (1607–1667), poet and theologian, 1626–1629 studied theology in Rostock
  • Hermann Jung (around 1608–1678), theologian and didactic, studied in Rostock
  • Johann Friedrich König (1619–1664), theologian, 1663–1664 professor of theology
  • Nikolaus Mercator (around 1620–1687), mathematician and astronomer, studied in Rostock from 1632, graduated from Magister in 1642, discovered the series for the natural logarithm
  • Daniel Michaelis (1621–1652), theologian, studied from 1640, private lecturer from 1645 and professor from 1649. Doctorate in 1650.
  • Johannes Jonsius (1624–1659), educator and historian of philosophy, attended the university from 1645 to 1648, was an adjunct at the Philosophical Faculty
  • Johann Quistorp the Younger (1624–1669), theologian, 1649–1669 professor of theology, rector several times, belonged to the Rostock “ Reform Orthodoxy ”
  • Heinrich Rudolph Redeker (1625 / 26–1680), legal scholar, university professor and privy councilor
  • Theophil Großgebauer (1627–1661), theologian, studied in Rostock, belonged to the Rostock “ Reform Orthodoxy ”
  • Heinrich Müller (1631–1675), edification writer, Protestant hymn poet and theologian, 1655–1659 professor of theology, 1659–1662 professor of the Greek language, 1662–1675 professor of theology, belonged to the Rostock “ Reform Orthodoxy ”
  • Andreas Habichhorst (1634–1704), theologian, 1669–1704 professor in Rostock
  • Johann Adolph Höltich (1641–1704), doctor of both rights, town clerk of Mölln and lawyer of Lübeck
  • Franz Heinrich Höltich (1643–1676), doctor of both rights, lawyer and syndic of Groß-Salze
  • Johann Caspar Pflaume (1644–1689), doctor of both rights, lawyer, councilor and city judge of Leipzig
  • Christoph Redecker (1652–1704), German legal scholar, university professor and mayor of Rostock, student and professor of law
  • Johann Christopher Jauch (1669–1725), Superintendent of Lüneburg, poet of baroque poems and song texts
  • Christian Wilhelm Höltich (1671 – after 1728), lawyer and secretary for the mountain drivers of the German Hanseatic League
  • Georg Detharding (1671–1747), doctor, studied in Rostock, 1697–1733 professor of medicine and higher mathematics at the University of Rostock
  • Johann Georg Scherz (1678–1754), Germanist and legal scholar, student in Rostock, professor in Strasbourg
  • Ernst Johann Friedrich Mantzel (1699–1768), theologian and legal scholar, studied in Rostock and Wittenberg, 1722–1730 Professor of Morals in Rostock, 1730–1760 Professor of Law in Rostock, 1760–1767 Professor of Law at the University of Bützow
  • Georg Christoph Detharding (1699–1784), physician and district physician , 1733–1760 professor of medicine and higher mathematics in Rostock, 1760–1784 professor of medicine at the University of Bützow

18th century

1701 to 1750

Johann Jacob Engel , writer and philosopher, studied in Rostock from 1757–1763

1751 to 1800

Johann Heinrich von Thünen , agricultural and economic scientist, social reformer, honorary doctorate in 1830
  • Lorenz Karsten (1751–1829), economist and agricultural scientist, 1771–1778 studied mathematics, natural sciences and languages ​​at the University of Bützow , 1783–1789 chair for camera sciences in Bützow, after the dissolution of the University of Bützow moved to Rostock, 1793 set up an agricultural facility Research institute
  • Adolph Dietrich Weber (1753–1817), legal scholar, 1769/1770 student, 1776–1784 private lecturer, 1791–1817 professor
  • Christoph David Anton Martini (1761–1815), Protestant theologian and university lecturer, professor from 1789 to 1804, doctorate in 1791, head of the educational-theological seminar from 1792, rector 1802/1803
  • Heinrich Gustav Flörke (1764–1835), evangelical theologian, physician and botanist, 1817–1835 professorship for natural history and botany
  • Hermann Friedrich Becker (1766–1852), forester, is considered the founder of forestry, studied mathematics, physics, architecture and economics in Rostock from 1782–1790, and received an honorary doctorate from the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Rostock in 1841
  • Johann Centurius von Hoffmannsegg (1766–1849), botanist, entomologist and ornithologist, graduated from the Medical Faculty in 1819
  • Heinrich Friedrich Link (1767–1851), natural scientist, 1792–1811 professor of chemistry, zoology and botany
  • Leopold von Plessen (1769–1837), diplomat, minister, secret councilor and district president (1836) of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, important representative of the less powerful at the Congress of Vienna , award of the jur. Honorary doctorate from the University of Rostock on the occasion of the 400th anniversary celebration in 1819
  • Duke Friedrich Ludwig zu Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1778–1819), 1792 matriculated at the University of Rostock
  • Ludolf Christian Treviranus (1779–1864), botanist, 1814–1816 professorship for natural history and botany
  • Georg, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg in Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1779–1860), 1795 enrolled at the University of Rostock
  • Johann Heinrich von Thünen (1783–1850), economist and social reformer, awarded the phil. Honorary doctorate from the University of Rostock in 1830
  • Ferdinand Kämmerer (1784–1841) lawyer, from 1816 full professor
  • Carl Friedrich von Both (1789–1875), lawyer and from 1836 to 1870 Vice Chancellor of the University of Rostock
  • Ernst Alban (1791–1856), physician and mechanical engineer, 1810–1812 studied theology and medicine in Rostock, later lecturer in anatomy, physiology and ophthalmology at the University of Rostock, 1850 honorary doctorate
  • Eduard Becker (1792–1880), forest scientist and economist, 1830–1875 professorship for economics and forest science
  • Johann Friedrich Dieffenbach (1792–1847), doctor and surgeon, pioneer of transplantation and plastic surgery , from 1809 studied Protestant theology in Rostock and Greifswald
  • Paul Friedrich, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg in Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1800–1842), matriculated in Rostock from 1819
  • Carl Strempel (1800–1872), physician, 1825–1872 professor of medicine in Rostock, 1826–1861 director of the first municipal hospital (transferred from the country to the university in 1900)
  • Karl Türk (1800–1887), legal historian and politician, studied law, history, philology and philosophy in Breslau, Bonn and Rostock, 1824 doctorate, 1824–1826 private lecturer, 1826–1836 professor of law, 1836–1852 professor of history (first Full Professor of History at the University of Rostock)

19th century

1801 to 1850

Fritz Reuter , writer, studied law in 1831, honorary doctorate in 1863
Heinrich Schliemann , archaeologist, doctorate in Rostock in 1869 as Dr. phil.
Adolf von Wilbrandt , writer and director of the Vienna Burgtheater, studied law in Rostock from 1855–1859
  • Christian Wilbrandt (1801–1867), Germanist and politician, 1837–1852 professor of aesthetics and modern literature at the University of Rostock, in 1839 founded a philosophical-aesthetic seminar, 1846–1848 rector
  • Georg Christian Friedrich Lisch (1801–1883), prehistorian, archaeologist, archivist, librarian and conservator, studied theology in Rostock from 1822–1824
  • Helmuth von Blücher (1805–1862), chemist and pharmacist, 1831–1850 professor of chemistry and pharmacy
  • Hermann Stannius (1808–1883), physician, zoologist and physiologist, 1837–1863 professor of medicine in Rostock, 1838 founding of the zootomic-physiological institute
  • Fritz Reuter (1810–1874), Low German writer, awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Rostock in 1863, began studying law at the University of Rostock in 1831
  • Theodor Kliefoth (1810–1895), theologian and church reformer, studied in Rostock with a doctorate in theology (1847)
  • Julius Wiggers (1811–1901), theologian, university professor and writer, from 1831 studied philosophy and evangelical theology in Rostock, 1840–1852 professor of theology at the University of Rostock
  • Michael Baumgarten (1812–1889), theologian and politician, 1850–1858 professor of theology
  • Karl Hegel (1813–1901), historian, 1841–1856 professor of history and politics, founder of modern history at the University of Rostock
  • John Brinckman (1814–1870), Low German writer, studied law at the University of Rostock from 1834 to 1838
  • Georg Wilhelm von Wetzell (1815–1890), Professor of Law (1851–1863), Dean (1859–1860) and Rector (1860–1862) of the University of Rostock
  • Moritz Wiggers (1816–1894), lawyer and politician, 1835 studied philosophy at the University of Rostock, member of Corps Vandalia Rostock
  • Heinrich Schliemann (1822–1890), archaeologist, doctorate in Rostock in 1869 as Dr. phil., namesake of the Heinrich Schliemann Institute for Classical Studies in the Philosophical Faculty
  • Reinhold Pauli (1823–1882), historian whose main research area is English history, 1857–1859 professor of history
  • Theodor Thierfelder (1824–1904), physician, 1855–1901 professor of medicine, 1868 rector of the University of Rostock
  • Armin zur Lippe-Weißenfeld (1825–1899), agricultural scientist and politician, 1872–1879 professor of agriculture in Rostock, participation in the establishment of an agricultural research station in Rostock (1875) and a dairy research station (1876)
  • Friedrich Chrysander (1826–1901), musicologist, studied philosophy in Rostock with a doctorate
  • Georg Voigt (1827–1891), historian, founder of modern Renaissance research , 1860–1866 professor of history, obtained the statute for a 'historical seminar at the University of Rostock' in 1865
  • Friedrich Witte (1829–1893), pharmacist, entrepreneur and politician, studied natural sciences at the University of Rostock
  • August Zillmer (1831–1893) actuary, received his doctorate from the University of Rostock
  • Isaak Rülf (1831–1902), rabbi , Zionist, doctorate in Rostock in 1864
  • Rudolf Berlin (1833–1897), physician, professor of ophthalmology, dean and rector
  • Hermann Roesler (1834–1894), economist and lawyer, 1861–1878 professor of political science, then advisor to the Japanese government on reforming the legal system based on European models
  • Magnus Maßmann (1835–1915), lawyer and politician, 1855–1859 studied law in Rostock, 1914 honorary doctorate from the medical faculty
  • Adolf von Wilbrandt (1837–1911), German writer and director of the Vienna Burgtheater (1881–1887), studied law in Rostock
  • Franz Eilhard Schulze (1840–1921), zoologist and anatomist, studied medicine in Rostock, 1865–1871 professor of medicine, 1871–1873 professor of zoology and comparative anatomy
  • Alexander Goette (1840–1922), zoologist and embryologist, 1882–1886 professorship for zoology and comparative anatomy
  • Rudolph Sohm (1841–1917), legal historian and canon lawyer, 1860–1864 law with a doctorate
  • Friedrich Trendelenburg (1844–1924), doctor, several medical symptoms and interventions are named after him, 1875–1882 professor of medicine / surgery at the University of Rostock
  • Wilhelm Walther (1846–1924), theologian, 1895–1920 professor of church and dogma history, 1907 rector, 1917 honorary doctorate from the philosophy faculty
  • August Michaelis (1847–1916), chemist, 1890–1916 professor of chemistry and pharmacy, 1905–1906 rector
  • Paul Falkenberg (1848–1925), botanist, 1887–1923 Chair of Botany, Director of the Rostock Botanical Garden
  • Wilhelm Kahl (1849–1932), legal scholar, President of the German Lawyers' Association, honorary chairman of the German People's Party
  • Dietrich Barfurth (1849–1927), physician, anatomist and mathematician, 1896–1921 professor of anatomy and director of the anatomical institute of Rostock University, 1902 and 1917 rector
  • Johannes Reinke (1849–1931), studied Protestant theology, botanist, 1891–1892 rector of the University of Kiel, member of the Prussian mansion (1894–1918)
  • Max Braun (1850–1930), zoologist, 1886–1891 professorship for zoology and comparative anatomy

1851 to 1900

Mathilde Mann , lecturer, honorary doctorate from the Philosophical Faculty in 1924
Fritz Hofmann , chemist and pharmacist, inventor of synthetic rubber, 1894–1895 studied chemistry in Rostock
Hans Spemann , biologist, 1908–1914 professor in Rostock, 1935 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine
Moritz Schlick , philosopher, lecturer in Rostock 1911–1921
Erich Kästner , writer, studied German in Rostock in 1921
  • Felix Stillfried (1851–1910), writer and poet, 1871–1874 studied theology and classical philology in Rostock and Leipzig
  • Albrecht Kossel (1853–1927), physician and physiologist, received his doctorate in 1878 from the University of Rostock, later Nobel Prize winner for physiology or medicine (1910)
  • Oscar Langendorff (1853–1908), physiologist, full professor and director of the Physiological Institute from 1892 to 1908
  • Eugen Geinitz (1854–1925), geologist and mineralogist, professor of mineralogy and geology and director of the mineralogical-geological institute
  • Karl Ritter von Goebel (1855–1932), botanist, 1882–1887 professor of botany, founder of the Botanical Institute on Doberaner Strasse in Rostock
  • Otto Körner (1858–1935), a doctor, founded the first ENT specialist clinic at a German university in 1899
  • Richard Wossidlo (1859–1939), ethnologist, studied classical philology at the University of Rostock
  • Mathilde Mann (1859–1925), lecturer, 1921–1925 lecturer for the Danish language at the University of Rostock, 1924 honorary doctorate
  • Friedrich Oltmanns (1860–1945), botanist, 1885–1893 assistant at the botanical institute, 1886–1893 university professor for botany
  • Rudolf Steiner (1861–1925), founder of anthroposophy , doctorate as Dr. phil. in Rostock 1891
  • Ludwig Busse (1862–1907), professor of philosophy, 1896–1898 full professor in Rostock
  • Paul Walden (1863–1957), chemist, 1919–1934 professor of inorganic chemistry, 1932 honorary doctorate
  • Per Efraim Liljequist (1865–1941), Swedish philosopher, honorary member of the University of Rostock
  • Fritz Hofmann (1866–1956), chemist and pharmacist, inventor of synthetic rubber , 1894–1895 studied chemistry in Rostock
  • Karl Scheel (1866–1936), physicist, studied mathematics and natural sciences in Rostock from 1885, contributed to the introduction of the thermodynamic temperature scale in Germany
  • Ernst Sellin (1867–1946), theologian and biblical archaeologist, 1908–1913 professor of Old Testament theology
  • Georg Eppenstein (1867–1933), chemist, murder victim of the Köpenick Blood Week, student of chemistry and doctorate in Rostock in 1902
  • Gustav Mie (1868–1957), physicist, studied physics at the University of Rostock from 1886 to 1889
  • Hans Spemann (1869–1941), biologist, 1908–1914 professor of general zoology and comparative anatomy at the University of Rostock, 1935 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine
  • Heinrich Laufenberg (1872–1932), historian, journalist and politician, studied philosophy and economics at the University of Rostock with a doctorate (1902)
  • Hermann Duncker (1874–1960), politician and trade union official, 1947–1949 professor and dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Rostock
  • Hans Curschmann (1875–1950), neurologist, 1916–1940 professor of internal medicine at the University of Rostock, 1916–1940 director of the medical clinic
  • Franz Honcamp (1875–1934), agricultural chemist, 1908–1934 professorship for agricultural chemistry, director of the Agricultural Research Station in Rostock
  • Sophie Jourdan (1875– after 1944), a physician, one of the first women to be admitted to study at the University of Rostock, received her doctorate in 1913 as the first woman at the Medical Faculty of the University of Rostock
  • Paul Pfeiffer (1875–1951), chemist, 1916–1919 professor of chemistry and pharmacy
  • Ernst Heydemann (1876–1930), lawyer and politician, 1898–1904 studied law in Rostock, Würzburg and Berlin, 1905 doctorate at the University of Rostock
  • Hans Lembke (1877–1966), agronomist and plant breeder, 1925 honorary doctorate, 1946–1958 professorship for plant breeding, 1961 honorary senator
  • Johannes Reinmöller (1877–1955), doctor and oral surgeon, studied in Rostock, 1907 founded a private "specialist hospital" with six orthodontic beds in Rostock (the first specialist clinic of its kind in Germany), lecturer in dentistry at the University of Rostock, from 1909 private lecturer for dentistry at the medical faculty, 1910 associate professor in Rostock, 1917 chair for stomatology in Rostock (as the first chair of this kind in Germany)
  • Felix Genzmer (1878–1959), lawyer and Scandinavian, translator of the Lieder- Edda , full professor of public law from 1920 to 1922
  • Friedrich Maase (1878–1959), lawyer, pacifist and oppositionist, studied law in Rostock, 1901 dissertation
  • Elisabeth Bernhöft (1880–1964), educator, first female student at the University of Rostock (1909 start of women's studies in Rostock)
  • Else Lüders (1880–1945), Indologist, was the first woman to receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Rostock in 1919
  • Erich Schlesinger (1880–1956), lawyer, studied law a. a. in Rostock, 1946–1956 chair for administrative law, 1952–1956 rector
  • Johannes Kathe (1880–1965), hygienist and bacteriologist, 1949–1957 professor of hygiene and bacteriology in Rostock, 1955 honorary doctorate from the University of Rostock
  • Hermann von Guttenberg (1881–1969), botanist, 1923–1957 professorship for botany, 1923–1945 director of the Rostock Botanical Garden, 1961 honorary senator, 1965 honorary doctorate
  • Herbert von Dirksen (1882–1955), diplomat, German ambassador in Moscow, Tokyo, London, doctorate in 1903 as Dr. jur.
  • Moritz Schlick (1882–1936), philosopher, habilitation in 1911, lecturer from 1911 to 1921, later initiator of the Vienna Circle ; Moritz Schlick Research Center at the Institute for Philosophy in the Philosophical Faculty
  • Viktor Schilling (1883–1960), doctor, co-founder of hematology , clinic director of the university clinic
  • Gottfried Heinrich von Lücken (1883–1976), archaeologist, 1921–1930 professor of classical studies, 1930–1954 professor of archeology in Rostock, 1963 honorary doctor, 1971 badge of honor from the University of Rostock
  • Friedrich Büchsel (1883–1945), theologian, 1918–1945 professor of New Testament theology
  • Friedrich Brunstäd (1883–1944), theologian and philosopher, 1925–1944 professor of systematic theology
  • Robert Schröder (1884–1959), gynecologist, 1914–1922 chair for gynecology and obstetrics, 1954 honorary doctorate from the medical faculty
  • David Katz (1884–1953), psychologist, 1919–1933 first associate, then full professor, retired by the National Socialists because of his Jewish origins; together with his wife Rosa and David Katz, namesake of the Institute for Educational Psychology, in the Philosophical Faculty
  • Adolf Friedrich Lorenz (1884–1962), monument conservator and architect, studied mathematics in Rostock, 1954 lecturer for "Theory of Monument Preservation and Museum Studies" at the University of Rostock
  • Hans Moral (1885–1933), from 1920 first associate, then full professor of dentistry of international importance, committed suicide after his dismissal due to his Jewish descent; Memorial plaque in the foyer of the main building
  • Rosa Katz (1885–1976), teacher and developmental psychologist, studied psychology in Rostock from 1919–1920
  • Ernst Hohl (1886–1957), ancient historian, 1919–1949 professor of ancient history
  • Karl von Frisch (1886–1982), zoologist, later Nobel Prize laureate for Physiology or Medicine (1973), 1921–1923 Professor of Zoology
  • Walter Rothbarth (1886–1935), writer, 1803 began studying history in Rostock
  • Walter Schottky (1886–1976), physicist and electrical engineer, 1923–1927 professor of theoretical physics,
  • Erich Salomon (1886–1944), lawyer, photographer and photo journalist, graduated from Rostock in 1913
  • Paul Schulze (1887–1949), zoologist, 1923–1945 professorship for zoology and comparative anatomy (dismissed from university service in 1945 due to NSDAP membership), 1933–1936 rector
  • Arnold Zweig (1887–1968), writer, 1912–1913 studied German
  • Paul Althaus (1888–1966), theologian and Luther researcher, 1919–1925 professor of systematic theology, 1920–1925 university preacher
  • Otto Stern (1888–1969), physicist, professor of experimental physics from 1921 to 1923, Nobel Prize in Physics 1943
  • Heinrich Sproemberg (1889–1966), historian and Medievalist , 1946–1950 professor of contemporary and modern history, 1965 honorary doctorate
  • Eva Fiesel (1891–1937), linguist and Etruscologist, 1916–1922 studied classical philology at the University of Rostock with a doctorate
  • Ernst-Heinrich Brill (1892–1945), physician, 1933–1945 university professor, 1936/37 rector of the University of Rostock
  • Ludwig Barbasch (1892–1967), lawyer and politician, 1918 doctorate at the University of Rostock
  • Else Hirschberg (1892–1942), chemist, graduated from Rostock University as the first woman to graduate in chemistry in 1913, dismissed in 1933 due to her Jewish descent
  • Annemarie von Harlem (1894–1983), lecturer and politician, 1921–1922 studied German at the University of Rostock with a doctorate, 1942–1945 lecturer for the Finnish language at the University of Rostock
  • Friedrich Hund (1896–1997), physicist, 1927–1929 Professor of Theoretical Physics
  • Lotte Eisner (1896–1983), archaeologist, journalist and film historian, 1923 studied art history and archeology at the University of Rostock
  • Heinz Janert (1897–1973), soil scientist, 1946–1947 professorship for soil science and cultural technology
  • Kurt Nehring (1898–1988), agricultural chemist, 1936–1963 (with interruption due to Nazi exposure) professorship for agricultural chemistry, 1936–1945 director and head of the board of trustees of the Rostock Agricultural Research Station (dismissed as director in 1945 due to Nazi exposure, but still academic . Employee), 1968 honorary doctorate, 1969 badge of honor from the University of Rostock
  • Erich Kästner (1899–1974), writer, 1921 studied German
  • Gottfried Holtz (1899–1989), theologian, active in the resistance with the Confessing Church , 1948–1963 professor of practical theology
  • Kurt von Fritz (1900–1985), classical philologist, 1933–1935 professor of Greek studies
  • Asmus Petersen (1900–1962), agricultural scientist, 1943–1960 professor of agricultural management
  • Alfred Jepsen (1900–1979), theologian and historian of religion, 1925–1931 private lecturer in Old Testament science, 1931–1946 professor for Old and New Testament science and Hebrew, 1934 honorary doctorate
  • Martin Doerne (1900–1970), theologian and representative of Neo-Lutheranism, 1946–1952 professor of systematic theology

20th century

1901 to 1950

Marie-Louise Henry , theologian, first post-doctoral candidate in the theological faculty of Rostock University in 1952
Walter Kempowski , writer, honorary doctorate in 2002, honorary professor in Rostock since 2003
Joachim Gauck , German Federal President , 1958–1965 studied theology in Rostock, 1999 honorary doctorate
Rainer Ortleb , computer scientist and politician, 1984–1989 lecturer, 1989–1998 professorship in Rostock
  • Walter Hallstein (1901–1982), politician and lawyer, 1930–1941 professor of private and company law, first chairman of the Commission of the European Economic Community
  • Niklot Beste (1901–1987), Protestant theologian, studied theology in Marburg, Innsbruck, Breslau and Rostock from 1920–1925
  • Pascual Jordan (1902-1980), physicist, 1929-1944 Professor of Physics, worked in the development and mathematical formulation of quantum mechanics with
  • Peter Holtz (1902–1970), pharmacologist and physiologist, 1938–1946 Professor of Physiological Chemistry, 1946–1953 Professor of Pharmacology in Rostock
  • Ernst Wolf (1902–1971), theologian, studied in Rostock in 1922, doctorate and habilitation in church history at the University of Rostock in 1925
  • Walter Gerstenberg (1904–1988), musicologist, 1940–1948 university professor for musicology
  • Günther Rienäcker (1904–1989), chemist and politician, 1943–1953 professor of inorganic chemistry, 1946–1948 rector, 1961 honorary senator, 1969 badge of honor, 1969 honorary doctorate
  • Eugen Gerstenmaier (1906–1986), evangelical theologian and politician, 1935 doctorate at the theological faculty
  • Fritz Mertsch (1906–1971), statistician, studied administration and political science, graduated as Dr. rer. pole.
  • Meta Sander (1906–1996), gynecologist, 1953–1959 lecturer for obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Rostock, 1959–1971 professor with teaching position for gynecology and obstetrics at the University of Rostock
  • Konrad Weiß (1907–1979), theologian, 1946–1972 professor of the New Testament
  • Lola Zahn (1910–1998), lawyer and economist, first female professor at Rostock University in 1947, chair of economic planning
  • Peter von Siemens (1911–1986) German industrialist, studied economics
  • Hildegard Emmel (1911–1996), Germanist, first post-doctoral candidate at Rostock University
  • Marie-Louise Henry (1911–2006), theologian, third post-doctoral candidate at the University of Rostock in 1952, but first post-doctoral candidate at the Faculty of Theology
  • Elisabeth Schnitzler (1912–2003), archivist, 1932–1937 studied Latin, history and theology in Rostock, Innsbruck and Münster, took over the management of the university archive after 1945, directed a. a.a picture archive, 1963–1966 employee at the Historical Institute
  • Gerhard Reintanz (1914–1997), lawyer and politician, doctorate in 1949 jur.
  • Gonzalo Rojas (1916–2011), Chilean poet, 1974–1975 professor of Latin American literature
  • Gerhard Göllnitz (1920–2003), doctor, pioneer in child psychiatry , 1938–1945 studied human medicine at the University of Rostock, 1953–1985 professor for child neuropsychiatry at the University of Rostock
  • Gert Haendler (1924–2019), theologian and church historian, 1961–1989 professor of church history
  • Ernst-Rüdiger Kiesow (1926–2003), theologian, 1965–1991 lecturer or from 1967 professor for practical theology, 1968 as dean refused to sign an address of approval from the University of Rostock for the occupation of the ČSSR by Warsaw Pact troops , 1994 honorary senator
  • Werner Krenkel (1926–2015), classical philologist, honorary senator of the University of Rostock
  • Horst Pätzold (1926–2018), agricultural scientist, honorary senator of the University of Rostock
  • Bodo Homberg (* 1926), writer, 1948–1950 studied German, music and art at the University of Rostock
  • Ernst Augustin (1927–2019), writer, studied medicine from 1947 to 1950
  • Ernst-Albert Arndt (1927–2014), marine biologist, studied biology from 1951, 1959–1964 lecturer in zoology, 1964–1992 professorship in marine biology
  • Arno Esch (1928–1951), law student, sentenced to death as a declared opponent of communism; Memorial plaque in the foyer of the main building
  • Eduard Hlawitschka (* 1928), historian and medievalist, studied in Rostock
  • Walter Kempowski (1929–2007), writer, honorary professor for modern literary and cultural history (after 2003)
  • Peter Heidrich (1929–2007), theologian and linguist, 1949–1955 studied Protestant theology and oriental languages ​​in Rostock, 1990–1996 professor for the history of religion
  • Arno Semmel (1929–2010), geographer, geologist and geomorphologist, studied in Rostock
  • Heino Falcke (* 1929), theologian, doctorate and habilitation at the theological faculty
  • Welta Ehlert (* 1929), linguist and translator, studied Slavic Studies in Rostock
  • Karl Hormann (1930–1995), engineering scientist, studies, doctorate, habilitation, professor for control engineering and automatic control at the technical faculty
  • Hans Apel (1932–2011), politician, since 1993 honorary professor for financial policy at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences
  • Gottfried Johannes Benad (* 1932), doctor, honorary senator of the University of Rostock
  • Heinz Penzlin (* 1932), biologist, studies, doctorate and habilitation, honorary doctor of math.-naturwiss. Faculty
  • Norbert Makowski (1932–2016), crop scientist, 1953–1957 studied agriculture with a specialization in agricultural chemistry in Rostock, 1957–1967 research assistant at the Institute for Arable and Crop Production, 2008 honorary doctorate
  • Renate Herrmann-Winter (* 1933), linguist, doctorate in 1963
  • Uwe Johnson (1934–1984), writer, studied German from 1952 to 1954
  • Helge Bei der Wieden (1934–2012), educator and historian, until 1960 studied history, German and Scandinavian philology, philosophy as well as prehistory and early history in Rostock, Göttingen and Freiburg, 1984 re-establishment of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology
  • Christian Bunners (* 1934), theologian and musicologist, studied church music, theology, philosophy and musicology until 1958 with a theological diploma, 1962 doctorate
  • Horst Klinkmann (* 1935), doctor, from 1971 professor of internal medicine at the University of Rostock, dismissed in 1992 for political reasons ("functionaries in the GDR"), 13 honorary doctorates from various international universities
  • Gabriele Bockisch (1936–2012), ancient historian, 1987–1992 university professor for classical philology, 1993–2002 research assistant
  • Gerhard Maeß (1937–2016), mathematician, honorary senator at the University of Rostock
  • Thomas Ammer (* 1937), historian and GDR opposition activist, honorary member of Rostock University
  • Ulrich Voß (* 1938), actor, 1956–1961 studied Romance languages ​​and classical philology
  • Harald Ringstorff (* 1939), politician, 1960–1965 studied chemistry with a diploma, 1998–2008 Prime Minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
  • Otto Emersleben (* 1940), writer, studied physics in Rostock
  • Joachim Gauck (* 1940), German Federal President, studied theology until 1965, honorary doctorate from the theological faculty
  • Eike Lehmann (1940–2019), shipbuilding engineer, 2004–2008 chairman of the University Council of Rostock University, 1994 honorary doctorate from Rostock University
  • José Luis Encarnação (* 1941), computer scientist, honorary doctorate from the University of Rostock, golden badge of honor from the University of Rostock
  • Karla Staszak (* 1941), politician, studied German, Latin and history at the Universities of Rostock and Greifswald
  • Gerd Poppe (* 1941), politician and civil rights activist, 1959–1964 studied physics
  • Heinz Kindermann (* 1942), politician, 1959–1961 at the Workers and Farmers Faculty of the University of Rostock, graduating from high school
  • Fritz Tack (* 1942), agricultural scientist and politician, 1961–1967 studied agricultural sciences, 1980–1992 university professor for technology of agricultural production, 1992–2006 professorship for agricultural engineering / process engineering for environmentally friendly land management
  • Hinrich Kuessner (* 1943), politician, studied theology
  • Peter Ehlers (* 1943), lawyer, since 1993 board member of the Institute for Maritime Law and Environmental Law of the Faculty of Law at the University of Rostock, 2007 honorary doctorate from the University of Rostock
  • Rainer Ortleb (* 1944), computer scientist and politician, 1984 lecturer, from 1989 professor for information processing systems
  • Christine Lucyga (* 1944), literary scholar and politician, studied Slavic-Hispanic Studies in Rostock, graduated in 1969, doctorate in 1980, 1986 University Prize from the University of Rostock, 1989 member of the New Rostock Forum
  • Christoph Kleemann (1944–2015), theologian and politician, 1962–1967 studied Protestant theology at the University of Rostock, 1989 member of the Rostock New Forum, 1989 member of the round table for the city of Rostock
  • Wolfgang Müns (* 1945), literary scholar, Germanist and historian, 1965–1970 studied German, history, pedagogy, psychology and publishing in Rostock and Leipzig
  • Heinz Eggert (* 1946), theologian and politician, 1969–1974 studied theology
  • Wolfgang Fennel (* 1947), oceanographer , director of the Institute for Baltic Sea Research
  • Regine Marquardt (1949–2016), theologian, journalist and politician, 1968–1974 studied theology at the University of Rostock with a diploma
  • Christoph Krummacher (* 1949), church musician and theologian, doctorate in 1991
  • Ulrich Adam (* 1950), politician, studied mathematics from 1969–1973
  • Klaus-Dieter Feige (* 1950), politician, 1969–1974 studied mathematics
  • Axel Erdmann (* 1950), entrepreneur and Swedish honorary consul in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , studied (socialist) business administration until 1972

1951 to 2000

Christiane Reitz , classical philologist, since 2000 professor of Latin Philology / Latin Studies
Marita Koch , athlete, studied medicine from 1976–1989
Till Backhaus , politician, 1980–1985 studied plant production
Steffen Bockhahn , politician, 2002–2007 studied political science
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  • Gunnar Nutzmann (* 1951), hydrologist, studied mathematics, 1973 diploma
  • Ulrich Schacht (1951–2018), writer and journalist, 1972 studied theology
  • Klaus-Michael Körner (* 1952), politician, studied theology, 1983 doctorate
  • Karin Kraft (* 1952), physician, since 2002 professor of naturopathy
  • Jutta Fischer (* 1952), classical archaeologist, since 2008 curator of the Archaeological Collection of the University of Rostock,
  • Christiane Reitz (* 1953), classical philologist, since 2000 professor of Latin Philology / Latin Studies, 2001–2007 director of the Heinrich Schliemann Institute for Classical Studies
  • Ria Beck (* 1953), ophthalmologist, studied human medicine in Rostock from 1971–1976, since 1993 professor for ophthalmology, since 2004 deputy director of the university eye clinic
  • Karl-Heinz Schröter (* 1954), politician, 1975–1980 studied with a degree in agricultural engineering
  • Roland Methling (* 1954), local politician, 1972–1976 studied technical cybernetics and automation technology with a degree in engineering
  • Harald Terpe (* 1954), physician and politician, 1976–1982 studied medicine with a degree in medicine
  • Jürgen Roßmann (* 1954), mathematician, since 1997 adjunct professor for partial differential equations
  • Thomas Gerber (physicist) (* 1954), physicist and entrepreneur, since 1992 professor of nanotechnology
  • Sigrid Mratschek (* 1955), ancient historian, 2002–2004 private lecturer in ancient history, since 2004 professor of ancient history
  • Petra Ewald (* 1955), linguist, studied German and English in Rostock, doctorate in 1982, since 1993 professor for contemporary German
  • Stefanie Wolf (* 1955), politician, studied animal breeding in Rostock with a degree in agricultural engineering
  • Michael Buddrus (* 1957), historian, 1978–1983 studied history, 1985–1988 aspirant at the University of Rostock, 1989 doctorate
  • Marita Koch (* 1957), sportswoman, 1976–1989 studied medicine (discontinued)
  • Ronald Redmer (* 1958), physicist, professor of statistical physics
  • Gustav Steinhoff (* 1958), doctor and representative of stem cell research , since 2000 professor of cardiac surgery and director of the clinic and polyclinic for cardiac surgery at the University of Rostock
  • Sabine Ebert (* 1958), journalist and novelist, studied Latin American and linguistics in Rostock
  • Detlev Wannagat (* 1958), classical archaeologist, since 2006 Professor of Classical Archeology, since 2006 Head of the Archaeological Collection of the University of Rostock
  • Till Backhaus (* 1959), politician, 1980–1985 studied plant production with a degree in agricultural engineering
  • Heidi Reinholz (* 1959), physicist, studied physics in Rostock from 1978–1983, doctorate in 1990, since 1993 research assistant at the Institute for Physics
  • Thomas Beyer (* 1960), politician, studied theology in Rostock, mayor of the Hanseatic city of Wismar since 2010
  • Petra Uhlmann (* 1960), politician, studied plant production at the University of Rostock with a doctorate, 1990–1993 first Minister of the Environment of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
  • Andreas von Maltzahn (* 1961), Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany, 1982–1987 studied theology in Rostock and Berlin
  • Mai-Phuong Kollath (* 1963), integration politician, 1999-2005 studied educational science at the University of Rostock
  • Sibylle Günter (* 1964), theoretical physicist, 1982–1987 studied physics at the University of Rostock with a diploma, 1990 doctorate, 1990–1996 research assistant, 1996 habilitation, from 2001 to 2006 associate professor for theoretical physics in Rostock
  • Ulrike von Hirschhausen (* 1964), historian, since 2010 Professor of European and Modern History
  • Hanno Krause (* 1964), Mayor of Kaltenkirchen , 1995–2000 studied agricultural sciences, 2000–2001 studied business administration
  • Silke Möller (* 1964), athlete and pedagogue, studied history
  • Heike Trappe (* 1966), sociologist, since 2007 professor of sociology with a focus on family demography
  • Sylvia Speller (* 1967), physicist, since 2012 professor for surface and interface physics at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences and the first woman with this professorship at the University of Rostock
  • Annetta Alexandridis (* 1968), classical archaeologist, 1999–2005 research assistant at the Heinrich Schliemann Institute for Classical Studies
  • Dieter Bauer (physicist) (* 1968), physicist, since 2009 professor of theoretical physics, quantum theory and many-body systems
  • Alke Martens (* 1970), computer scientist, 2007–2011 junior professor for e-learning and cognitive systems, since 2013 professor for practical computer science
  • Dirk Grabow (* 1971), football official, 1990–1996 studied industrial engineering with a diploma
  • Peggy Büchse (* 1972), long-distance swimmer, 1994–2003 studied sports science and education with a master’s degree and English without a degree
  • Stefanie Drese (* 1976), lawyer and politician, 1995–2000 law degree in Rostock
  • Holger Ellers (* 1976), lawyer and chess player, studied law in Rostock
  • Mathias Brodkorb (* 1977), politician, 1997–2005 studied philosophy and ancient Greek with a master's degree
  • Steffen Bockhahn (* 1978), politician, 2002–2007 studied political science with a Master of Arts degree
  • Britta Kamrau (* 1979), lawyer and athlete, studied law in Rostock
  • Alexander Szameit (* 1979), physicist, Professor of Experimental Solid State Physics since 2016
  • Dirk Stamer (* 1980), politician and business IT specialist , 2001–2008 studies with a degree in business information systems, 2011–2016 research assistant
  • Johannes Saalfeld (* 1982), politician, studied political science, sociology and public law, 2006–2008 student prorector
  • Daniel Fiß (* 1992) political scientist and graphic designer

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A. Bartsch "Annual Report of the Association for Meklenburg History and Antiquity", Schwerin 1836, page 59 ( Memento from September 21, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Thünengesellschaft e. V.
  3. ↑ Fired yesterday - celebrated today . In: The time . No. 22/2001 ( online ).