31 March 1819 in Rotenburg, died 6 July 1901 in Ragaz); politician, Imperial chancellor and Prussian Prime Minister (1894–1900). Gustav Adolf Hohenlohe (born 26 February 1823 in Rotenburg; died 30 October 1896 in Rome); German Cardinal. Franz Vetter (born 1824 in Rotenburg, died 27 February 1896 in Potsdam); Electoral court gardener, from 1891 royal Prussian chief court gardener at Sanssouci. Elise zu Salm-Horstmar (born 6 January 1831 in Rotenburg, died 29 June 1920); writer. Dr. Leopold Neuhaus (born 1879 in Rotenburg, died 1954), rabbi in Frankfurt am Main. Manfred Gruber (born 24 January 1951 in Erkshausen); artist (painting, graphic arts and scenic design). Annette Kurschus (born 14 February 1963), Protestant bishop Mareike Morr (born 1977), Operatic mezzo-soprano People associated with the town Jakob Wilhelm Georg Vilmar (born 4 June 1804 in Solz, died 7 December 1884 in Melsungen), clergyman of the Hessische Renitenz, clergyman in Rotenburg (1830–1851). Walter Wallmann (born 24 September 1932 in Uelzen), Chief Mayor of Frankfurt am Main, Federal Minister for Environment, Conservation and Reactor Safety (1986–1987), Hessian premier (1987–1991), judge at the Amt court in Rotenburg (1966). Günter Schabowski (born 4 January 1929 in Anklam), journalist and politician, member of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany central committee and politburo, editor of the Heimatnachrichten (1993–1999) in Rotenburg. Armin Meiwes (born 1 December 1961 in Essen), known as the Rotenburg Cannibal Grave of WWII British military persons imprisoned at Rotenburg. Further reading Albert Deist, Thomas Sippel: Rotenburg an der Fulda. Sutton Verlag 2005, Heinrich Nuhn: Ein Rundgang durch Rotenburg a.d. Fulda. Spuren jüdischen Lebens. 2001, Angela Pooch: Historische Einblicke in unsere Stadt. Archiv der Stadtverwaltung, 1997, Albert Deist, Thomas Sippel Rotenburg an der Fulda: 1948 bis 1983 2008 Sutton Verlag Heinrich Nuhn, Die Rotenburger Mikwe. Kultudenmal und Zeugnis der Vielfalt jüdischen Lebens, 2006, References External links Official site Flight around Rotenburg Videoclip (13 MB, 1:40 min) from the German site http://www.osthessen-news.de *Virtual town tour – traces of Jewish life Hersfeld-Rotenburg