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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==