theologian, mean Denter representatives of Lutheran orthodoxy Andreas Werckmeister (1645–1706), German theorist, organist, organ examiner and composer Wilhelm Homberg (1652–1715), naturalist, born apparently during a trip in Batavia / Jakarta, but parents living in Quedlinburg Dorothea Erxleben (1715–1762), was the first female medical doctor in Germany Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock (1724–1803), German poet and contemporary of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Gottfried Christian Voigt (1740-1791), law clerk, antiquarian and influential writer about witchcraft Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben (1744–1777), naturalist Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths (1759–1839), father of German gymnastics Carl Ritter (1779–1859), founder of scientific geography Julius Wolff (1834–1910), Freeman, poet and writer Gustav Albert Schwalbe (1844–1916), anatomist and anthropologist Carl Schroeder (1848–1935), cellist, composer, conductor and Hofkapellmeister Georg Ay (1900–1997), politician (NSDAP), member of Reichstag 1933–1945 Fritz Grasshoff (1913–1997), poet, painter, pop lyricist Bernhard Schrader (1931–2012), chemist, pioneer of experimental Raman and infrared spectroscopy Peter Kramer (born 1933), physicist Leander Haußmann (born 1959), film and theater director (e.g. "Sun Alley (film) Sonnenallee", "Herr Lehmann", "NVA") Petrik Sander (born 1960), football coach Petra Schersing (born Muller, 1965), sprinter and Olympic silver medalist Silvio Meier (1965–1992), activist killed by neo-Nazis Dagmar Hase (born 1969), swimmer and Olympic champion Sascha Ring (born 1978), electronic musician known as Apparat References Further reading External links The town's official website UNESCO page on Quedlinburg Pictures and information about timber frame houses in Quedlinburg The Quedlinberg Art Affair World Heritage Sites in Germany Art and cultural repatriation Landmarks in Germany Romanesque Road Members of the Hanseatic League