Gustav Rehnskiöld (1651–1722), Swedish Field Marshal Philip Johan von Strahlenberg (1676–1747), Swedish officer and geographer Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769–1860), nationalist author, poet, fighter against serfdom. Ferdinand von Schill (1776–1809), leader of a revolt against French domination. Carl Georg Schwing (1778—1858), jurist and mayor of Stralsund Georg Friedrich Schömann (1793–1879), classical scholar. Arnold Ruge (1802–1880), philosopher and political writer. Adolf Heinrich von Arnim-Boitzenburg (1803–1868), Prime minister of Prussia Hermann von Mallinckrodt (1821–1874), parliamentarian from the Province of Westphalia Eduard von Jachmann (1822–1887), vice admiral of the Prussian Navy Erich Haupt (1841–1910), Lutheran theologian Leonhard Tietz (1849–1914), merchant, opened his first department store in Stralsund in 1879 Georg Wertheim (1857–1939), merchant, founded the Wertheim chain of department stores Johannes Kromayer (1859–1934), classical historian Wolfram Setz (born 1941), historian, editor and translator Angela Merkel (born 1954), politician; her office is still located on the main shopping street Dietmar Bartsch (born 1958), politician, member of the Bundestag Science Carl Wilhelm Scheele (1742–1786), Swedish Pomeranian / German pharmaceutical chemist. Christian Ehrenfried Weigel (1748–1831), scientist Hermann Burmeister (1807–1892), German-Argentine zoologist, entomologist and botanist William Lindley (1808–1900), engineer, designed water and sewerage systems Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson (1809–1848), medical doctor and entomologist Otto Gottlieb Mohnike (1814–1887), physician and naturalist Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten (1817–1908), botanist and geologist Ernst Kromayer (1862–1933), dermatologist and inventor Karl Grunberg (1875–1932), otologist The Arts Hermann Raupach (1728–1778), composer Paul Struck (1776–1820), composer Joachim Nicolas Eggert (1779–1813), Swedish composer and musical director Joachim Daniel Andreas Müller (1812–1857), Swedish gardener and writer Heinrich Kruse (1815–1902), dramatist, publicist and playwright Friedrich Spielhagen (1829–1911), novelist, literary theorist and translator. Hermann Carl Hempel (1848–1921), landscape painter Hans-Heinz Dräger (1909–1963), German-American musicologist Harry Kupfer (1935–2019), opera director, worked at the Stralsund Theatre 1958–1962 Nadja Uhl (born 1972), actress Sport Olaf von Schilling (born 1943), swimmer Helmut Losch (1947–2005), weightlifter Jürgen Heuser (born 1953), weightlifter, Olympic medalist Monika Kallies (born 1956), rower, Olympic winner Silke Möller (born 1964), athlete Carsten Embach (born 1968), bobsledder Ulrike Maisch (born 1977), long-distance runner Eric Koreng (born 1981), beach volleyball player Gallery See also Stralsunder Highflier References Further reference Britannica Online Encyclopedia, "Stralsund" (city), 2007, webpage: EB-Stralsund. Literature Gustav Kratz: Die Städte der Provinz Pommern – Abriss ihrer Geschichte, zumeist nach Urkunden. Berlin 1865, ( Volltext) Auerbach, Horst: Festung und Marinegarnison Stralsund. Hinstorff-Verlag, Rostock 1999, . Detlev Brunner: Stralsund – Eine Stadt im Systemwandel vom Ende des Kaiserreichs bis in die 1960er Jahre.