politician (CDU) Ulrich Pinner (born 1954), tennis player Georg-Wilhelm Postel (1896–1953), World War II general Christian Gottlieb Priber (1697–1744), utopian colonist Heinz Richter (born 1947), cyclist Werner Richter (1893–1944), Generalleutnant in World War II Marco Rudolph (born 1970), boxer René Sommerfeldt (born 1974), cross-country skier Lisa Tetzner (1894–1963), children's author Steffen Tölzer (born 1985), ice hockey player Christian Weise (1642–1708), writer, dramatist, poet, pedagogue and librarian Dieter-Gerhardt Worm (born 1930), conductor Albert Zimmermann (1808–1888), painter Max Zimmermann (1811–1878), painter Robert Zimmermann (1815–1864), painter Richard Zimmermann (1820–1875), painter Honorary citizens Martin Mutschmann, 1933 (revoked ?) References Sources External links Czech Republic–Germany border crossings Germany–Poland border crossings Towns in Görlitz (district) 12th-century establishments in Bohemia Populated places established in the 12th century