to the town Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832), writer, stayed there as a visitor and bathing guest Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz (1751-1792), poet of Sturm und Drang, wrote several works here Dietrich Georg von Kieser (1779-1862), medical doctor, worked as a physician in Berka Adolf Brütt (1855-1939), sculptor, worked in Weimar and Bad Berka, since 1928 honorary citizen of the city Hans Gerhard Gräf (1864-1942), Goethe researcher, investigated the relationship between Goethe and Bad Berka Martin Hellberg (1905-1999), author, actor and director, worked and lived in Bad Berka Wolfgang Blochwitz (1941-2005), football player, active among others for Carl Zeiss Jena, died in Bad Berka Albrecht Schröter (born 1955), educator and social scientist, Mayor of Jena from 2006 to 2018, worked as a speaker at ThILLM in Bad Berka from 1996 to 2000 Henry Augustus Siebrecht (1849-1934), florist, "Father of Fifth Avenue" Town twinning Bad Berka is twinned with: Żabno, Poland Solesmes, Nord, France References Oil campaign of World War II Towns in Thuringia Weimarer Land Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach Spa towns in Germany