page_title: Rendsburg
section_title: Notable residents, sons and daughters of Rendsburg
hierarchical_section_title: Rendsburg / Notable residents, sons and daughters of Rendsburg
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo taken on the footbridge across the Pelly River, near Ross River (YK), along the Canol Road.
context_page_description: Rendsburg is a town on the River Eider and the Kiel Canal in the central part of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is the capital of the Kreis of Rendsburg-Eckernförde. As of 2006, it had a population of 28,476.
context_section_description: early times
  Michael Maier (1568–1622) a German physician, counsellor to Rudolf II Habsburg, a learned alchemist, epigramist and amateur composer
  Christian Scriver (1629–1693) a German Lutheran minister and devotional writer
  Marquard Gude (1635–1689) a German archaeologist and classical scholar
  Calmer Hambro (1747-1806) a Danish merchant and banker.
  19th C
  Theodor Mommsen (1817–1903) a German classical scholar, historian, jurist, journalist, politician and archaeologist; Germany's first Nobel Prize winner for literature, lived in Rendsburg for many years
  Levin Moses Wallach (1832–1903) a German-Danish rabbi 
  Heinrich Adolph Leschen (1836–1916) father of gymnastics and pioneer of medical massage (physiotherapy) in South Australia 
  Marie Davids (1847–1905) a German painter
  Ludwig Fahrenkrog (1867–1952) a German writer, playwright and artist
  Dagmar Hjort (1860–1902), Danish schoolteacher, writer and women's rights activist
  Gustav Kieseritzky (1893–1943) a German admiral during WWII
  Hans Friedemann Götze (1897–1940) Colonel in the German Waffen-SS
  20th C
  Erhard Asmus (1907–1978) author of Low German comedies 
  Hans Egon Holthusen (1913–1997) lyric poet, essayist, and literary scholar
  Hans Blohm (born 1927) a photographer and author, in Canada
  Ralph-Rainer Wuthenow (born 1928), literary scholar 
  Hinrich Seidel (born 1931) a German chemist and President of the University of Hannover 
  Otto Bernhardt (born 1942), CDU politician
  Peter Reichel (born 1942), political scientist and historian 
  Hartmut Lutz (born 1945) University Professor with a special interest in Native American and Native Canadian studies.
  Gesine Froese (born 1947), journalist and author 
  Dorit Urd Feddersen-Petersen (born 1948), behavioral scientist 
  Herbert H. Klement (born 1949), Protestant theologian and academic 
  Hanne Haller (1950-2005) a German pop singer, composer, writer, producer and sound engineer
  Ingo Langner (born 1951), a documentary filmmaker, author, publicist 
  Andreas Willers (born 1957), German jazz musician 
  Gerhard Delling (born 1959) a German journalist and author
  Pierre Gilgenast (born 1965), SPD Mayor of Rendsburg 
  Jost de Jager (born 1965) CDU politician
  Philip Kraft (born 1969) a German fragrance chemist
  Noah Wunsch (born 1970) a German painter, photographer and designer.
  Arne Feldhusen (born 1971) film director 
  Marco Wriedt (born 1984), guitarist and composer 
  Sport
  Hans-Ulrich Buchholz (born 1944) a German rower, competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics
  Alexander Kühl (born 1973) a former professional basketball player
  Patrik Borger (born 1979) a German football coach and former footballer
  Lauritz Schoof (born 1990), rower,  gold medal in the men's quadruple sculls at the 2012 Summer Olympics
caption: Hans Blohm, 2009
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