(1855–1938), politician, 1909–1917 education minister, cofounder of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute Hannelore Eckhardt (born 1954), politician (SPD) Michael Minkenberg (born 1959), political scientist People connected to Bebra Otmar Freiherr von Verschuer (1896–1969), physician, human geneticist, twin researcher and leading eugenicist in the Third Reich. Adam von Trott zu Solz (1909–1944), jurist, diplomat and resistance fighter against Nazism. Annika Becker (born 1981), pole vaulter Shkodran Mustafi (born 1992), professional football player and world champion in 2014 Twin towns – sister cities Bebra is twinned with: Vrútky in Slovakia Knaresborough in the United Kingdom References External links Town’s official webpage Hersfeld-Rotenburg