Editing Salzwedel (section)

==Notable people==
[[File:Jenny von Westphalen-1.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5|Jenny von Westphalen around 1830]]
* [[Balthasar Christian Bertram]] (died 1787), violinist and composer
* [[Heinz Billing]] (1914-2017), Freeman, a physicist and pioneer of computer development and in the exploration of gravitational waves
* [[Andy Böhme]] (born 1970), skeleton pilot
* [[Klaus Decker]] (born 1952), football player
* [[Doris Maletzki]] (born 1952), sprinter
* [[Friedrich Meinecke]] (1862–1954), historian
* [[Michel Niemeyer]] (born 1995), football player
* [[Stephan Praetorius]] (1536–1604), pastor
* [[Jürgen Scharf]] (born 1952), politician (CDU)
* [[Kurt Schütte]] (1909–1998), German mathematician
* Peter Urie (1955-2005), priest and bishop in the Republic of Kazakhstan
* [[Jenny von Westphalen]] (1814–1881), wife of [[Karl Marx]]
* [[Johann Walther (preacher)|Johann Walther]] (1563–1620), deacon and preacher at the {{ill|Johanneskirche, Danzig|lt=Johanneskirche|de|Johanneskirche (Danzig)}}, Danzig
* [[Lorenz Weinrich]] (born 1929), German historian

===People associated with Salzwedel===
[[File:Friedrich Ludwig Jahn.jpg|thumb|170px|Friedrich Ludwig Jahn]]
* Wilhelm Harnisch (1787–1864), educator and writer, visited the school and described Salzwedel  in '' My life Morning ''
* [[Hermann Hager]] (1816–1897), chemist and pharmacist, pharmacist teaching in Löwenapotheke
* [[Friedrich Ludwig Jahn]] (1778–1852), father of gymnastics, attended high school Salzwedel
* [[Reinhard Jirgl]] (born 1953), writer, lived from 1953 to 1964 with grandparents in Salzwedel
* [[Hermann Masius]] (1818–1893), educator, school teacher temporarily in Salzwedel
* Siegfried Schneider (born 1946), politician, mayor and city manager of Salzwedel
* [https://www.brookssalzwedel.com/ Brooks Shane Salzwedel] (born 1978), American Artist descendent of Salzwedel, sharing the namesake.