player Eduard Weiter (1889–1945), last regular camp commander of Dachau concentration camp Paul Westheim (1886–1963), art critic, editor of the magazine "Kunstblatt" Markus “Zimbl” Zimmer (1964–2006), singer and bassist of the music group The Bates People associated with the town Heinz Fromm (born 1948), from 2000–2012 president of the Federal office for Constitutional Protection, until his Abitur lived in Eschwege Julius Hackethal (1921–1997), surgeon and book author, 1946–1950 attending and chief physician at Eschwege district hospital Ruth Hammeran (1922–2007), grammar school teacher and lyricist Eitel Oskar Höhne (1922–1998), member of the Hesse Landtag 1950–1970; Landrat of Eschwege district and the Werra-Meißner-Kreis 1961–1988; Chairman of the Hessian Broadcasting Administration Council for many years, born in Dresden Hartmut Holzapfel (born 1944), Hesse education minister 1991–1999, born in Ringgau-Röhrda, until Abitur in Eschwege Dietrich Meister (1927–2014), member of the Hesse Landtag 1970–1991 Lothar Quanz (born 1949), Hesse politician (SPD) and First Vice-President of the Hesse Landtag, worked for years as a teacher at the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Schule in Eschwege Erika Wagner (1933–2011), member of the Hesse Landtag 1978–1995; vice-president 1991–1995), born in Wanfried Marco Weißhaupt (born 1972), footballer, played from 2009 to 2010 at the SV 07 Eschwege See also Eschwege displaced persons camp References External links Information about Eschwege’s Jewish history and synagogue Eschwege Displaced Persons Camp Town’s official webpage Webpage of the St. Elisabeth parish Reference of the city webpage to the Apostelkirche parish Werra-Meißner-Kreis Holocaust locations in Germany