Historical figures in Lübeck

The atlas holds 5 people and 7 moments here, from 1706 to 1953. The most recorded lives are Thomas Mann, Johann Sebastian Bach and Franz Kafka. Among them Educators, Writers and Engineers and Inventors, across the Enlightenment and the Cold War.

Notable people

1. Franz Kafka

   in 1914

   1 moment here

   German-language Jewish Czech writer whose fiction transformed modern literature. Born and educated in Prague, Kafka trained as a lawyer and worked…

2. Johann Sebastian Bach

   in 1706

   1 moment here

   German Baroque composer, organist, violinist, keyboard virtuoso, and musical director. Born in Eisenach, Bach was educated in Ohrdruf and Lüneburg…

3. Leonhard Euler

   in 1727

   1 moment here

   Swiss mathematician, physicist, astronomer, engineer, and polymath. Euler’s documented life moved from Basel and nearby Riehen to Saint Petersburg,…

4. Thomas Mann

   from 1875 to 1953

   3 moments here

   German novelist, essayist, public intellectual, and 1929 Nobel laureate. Born in Lübeck, he lived principally in Munich before exile from Nazi…

5. Willy Brandt

   in 1913

   1 moment here

   German Social Democratic politician, born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm in Lübeck. He lived in exile in Norway and Sweden during the Nazi era, became…

Moments

1. 1706 Returned from extended Lübeck study Johann Sebastian Bach
2. 1727 Embarkation from Lübeck Leonhard Euler
3. 1875 Birth in Lübeck Thomas Mann
4. 1913 Birth in Lübeck Willy Brandt
5. 1914 Meets Ernst Weiß in Lübeck Franz Kafka
6. 1953 Private visit to Lübeck and Travemünde Thomas Mann
7. 1953 Private visit to Travemünde Thomas Mann

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