page_title: Heilbad Heiligenstadt
section_title: Natives
hierarchical_section_title: Heilbad Heiligenstadt / People associated with Heilbad Heiligenstadt / Natives
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Gemälde
context_page_description: Heilbad Heiligenstadt is a spa town in Thuringia, Germany. It is the capital of the Eichsfeld district.
context_section_description: Tilman Riemenschneider (c. 1460–1531), sculptor
  Johann Melchior Birkenstock (1738–1809), Austrian politician and school reformer
  Josepha von Siebold (1771–1849), gynaecologist, the first credentialled midwife in Germany.
  Adolf Werneburg (1813–1886), genealogist and forester
  Eduard Strecker (1822–1894), politician
  Ludwig Loewe (1837–1886), politician
  Helene Keßler (1870–1957), writer, under the pseudonym Hans von Kahlenberg
  Siegfried Loewenthal (1874–1951), chief justice in West Berlin 1945–1951, honorary citizen of Heiligenstadt 1948–1951
  Alfred Mock (1908–2006), Catholic priest
  Horst Sannemüller (1918–2001), violinist and leader of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
  Wilhelm Friese (1924–2008), professor of Scandinavian studies
  Karl H. Steinberg (born 1941), politician
  Wolfgang Thüne (born 1949), Olympic medallist in gymnastics
  Joachim Knape (born 1950), professor of rhetoric
  Bernhard Germeshausen (born 1951), Olympic medallist in bobsleigh
  Dietrich Klinge (born 1954), sculptor and graphic designer
  Angelika Weiz (born 1954), singer
  Dieter Althaus (born 1958), politician (CDU) Ministerpresident of Thuringia 2003–09
  Peter Pysall (born 1960), handball player and coach
  Sebastian Haupt (born 1985), skeleton racer
caption: Johann Melchior Birkenstock
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