was Director of Finance in Heiligenstadt. Heinrich Heine (1797–1856), poet and journalist, was baptised a Protestant in Heiligenstadt in June 1825. Johann Carl Fuhlrott (1803–1877), natural historian, taught in Heiligenstadt. Heinrich Maria Waldmann (1811–1896), theologian and teacher in Heiligenstadt, a representative in the Frankfurt Parliament of 1848/49. Theodor Storm (1817–1888), author, judge in Heiligenstadt from 1856 to 1864. Friedrich Wilhelm Grimme (1827–1887), author and botanist, was director of the Catholic gymnasium in Heiligenstadt. Werner Hagedorn (1831–1894), surgeon, educated in Heiligenstadt. Anton Thraen (1843–1902), astronomer, educated in Heiligenstadt. Karl Wisniewski (1844–1904), composer, worked in Heiligenstadt from 1885 on. Hermann Iseke (1856–1907), poet Andreas Huke (1876–1962), politician, worked and lived in Heiligenstadt. Ludolf Hermann Müller (1882–1959), Protestant Bishop of Saxony, had been a minister in Heiligenstadt. Karl Paul Haendly (1891–1965), author and politician, died in Heiligenstadt. Erich Gerberding (1921–1986), actor, member of the Heiligenstadt theatre. Johannes Dyba (1929–2000), Bishop of Fulda, educated in Heiligenstadt. Joachim Meisner (born 1933), Archbishop of Cologne, previously chaplain at St. Egidius' church in Heiligenstadt. Georg Sterzinsky (born 1936), Archbishop of Berlin, previously chaplain at St. Egidius' church in Heiligenstadt. Heinz-Josef Durstewitz (born 1945), Catholic dissenter in the GDR, now Provost of Heiligenstadt. Reinhard Hauke (born 1953), Auxiliary bishop of Erfurt, previously chaplain at St. Egidius' church in Heiligenstadt. Manfred Grund (born 1955), politician, active in Heiligenstadt. References Sources Johann Vinzenz Wolf. Geschichte und Beschreibung der Stadt Heiligenstadt mit Urkunden. Göttingen: Beyersche Universitätsdruckerei, 1800. At Google Books Hans Patze (Ed.) "Heiligenstadt". In: Thüringen: Handbuch der historischen Stätten Deutschlands, Volume 9. Stuttgart: Alfred-Kröner-Verlag, 1989. . pp. 186–190. Carl Duval. "Heiligenstadt". In: Das Eichsfeld. Repr. Hannover-Dören: Harro von Hirschheydt Verlag, 1979. . pp. 422–489. Karl J. Hüther. Vom Jesuitenkolleg zum Staatlichen Gymnasium in Heiligenstadt. Heiligenstadt: F.W. Cordier,1995. . Enno Bünz. "Heiligenstadt als geistliches Zentrum des Eichsfeldes. Das Kollegiatstift St. Martin und seine Kanoniker". Zeitschrift des Vereins für Thüringische Geschichte 62 (2008) 9-48. Bernhard Opfermann. Gestalten des Eichsfeldes: Ein biographisches Lexikon. Heiligenstadt: Cordier, 1999, . External links www.heilbad-heiligenstadt.de - official homepage of Heilbad Heiligenstadt Spa towns in Germany Eichsfeld (district) Holocaust locations in Germany