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Matthias Lier was born in 1979 in Bad Salzungen, Thuringia, Germany. He is an actor, known for Lerchenberg (2013), Antons Fest (2013) and Deutschland 83 (2015).

1994 Abitur Staatliches Gymnasium Bad Salzungen; 1995 to 2001 law studies, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena.

1999 to 2001 staff member for two members of the Thuringian State Parliament; 2001 to 2003 legal clerkship; since 2004 attorney, Muth & Partner.

Member of the German Bundestag since 2008; March 2018 to February 2020 Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, Federal Government Commissioner for the New Länder, Commissioner for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises.

Joined the CDU in 1995; 2010 to 2020 District Chairman of the CDU Wartburgkreis; 2014 to 2020 Deputy State Chairman of the CDU Thuringia; 2020 to 2022 State Chairman of the CDU Thuringia and since 2022 again Deputy State Chairman of the CDU Thuringia.

Hans-Ulrich Jörges was born on 8 December 1951 in Bad Salzungen, German Democratic Republic [now Thuringia, Germany]. He has been married to Christiane Gerboth-Jörges since 2008.

Gerhard Unger was born on 26 November 1916 in Bad Salzungen, Thuringia, Germany. He was an actor, known for Onegin (1999), Die Entführung aus dem Serail (1967) and Ariadne auf Naxos (1965). He died on 4 July 2011 in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Dieter Scharfenberg was born on 7 February 1932 in Bad Salzungen, Thuringia, Germany. He was a writer and director, known for Die vertauschte Königin (1984), Der Spiegel des großen Magus (1981) and Wie füttert man einen Esel (1974). He died on 10 October 2012 in Berlin, Germany.

Even as a child he was enthusiastic about skiing. Ackermann learned to ski at the age of five. At the age of seven he also mastered ski jumping. In 1989 he entered the sports high school in Oberhof, where he graduated from high school and took part in competitions for WSV Oberhof 05. After school, Ackermann became a member of the Bundeswehr's sports support group in Oberhof in 1997. Ackermann quickly rose to the German national Nordic combined team. There he experienced his breakthrough in 1999 with his first World Cup victory in Voukatti, Finland. In 2000 Ackermann became German champion in the sprint and runner-up in the individual. In 2001 he won the bronze medal at the World Championships in Lahti. He took second place in the overall World Cup and first place in the sprint and individual at the German Championships. At the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City in 2002, Ackermann won silver twice: he won the medal once in the sprint and once in the relay.

In the same year he became German individual champion and runner-up in the sprint. At the 2002 World Cup he was winner of the sprint and overall World Cup winner. In 2003 in Val di Fiemme, Ackermann became world champion in the individual Nordic combined event and runner-up in the sprint and relay. He also became overall World Cup winner and Sprint World Cup winner again. At the German Championships he won the championship title in the individual and sprint. Ackermann took fourth place at the 2004 overall World Cup. In the middle of 2004 he joined the Rhöner WSV Dermbach, which has been his hometown club ever since. In February 2005, Ackermann became double Nordic combined world champion in the individual and sprint at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Obersdorf. Ronny Ackermann was voted "Sportsman of the Year 2005". In 2006 he won the silver medal in the Nordic combined relay at the Winter Olympics in Turin. In 2007 he became world champion in the Nordic combined individual in Sapporo and runner-up in the relay.

Due to illness and injuries, Ronny Ackermann decided not to take part in the 2010 Olympic Games in Canada. In March 2011 he announced the end of his active career, but has since then looked after the German Nordic combined team as their national coach.