Paul Ernst Emil Sintenis (4 April 1847 Seidenberg, Oberlausitz, Prussia – 1907) was a German botanist, pharmacist and plant collector.
The couple frequently visited Italy and Seidenberg held a visiting professorship at the University of Milan.
The South-North German Connecting Railway (Süd-Norddeutsche Verbindungsbahn) was already planning a connection between Berlin and Vienna via Görlitz and Zawidów (Seidenberg).