This occupation was even recognized by the Empire, in the sense that, when the Guelph emperor Otto IV allied himself at Weißensee with Margrave Albert II, Waldemar allied himself with the Hohenstaufen emperor Frederick II.
Christian Karl Reisig (name sometimes given as Karl Christian Reisig; 17 November 1792 – 17 January 1829) was a German philologist and linguist who was a native of Weißensee.
the peaceful one, and the Fool (before 30 November 1384 – 7 May 1440 at Runneburg Castle in Weißensee) was a member of the House of Wettin and was Margrave of Meissen and Landgrave of Thuringia.
Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (Weißensee, Thuringia, 1739 – Erlangen, 1810), often styled I.C.D. von Schreber, was a German naturalist.
Since 1990, he has uninterruptedly served as the mayor of Weißensee, Thuringia.
Uwe Weidemann (born June 14, 1963 in Weißensee, Thuringia) is a German football coach and a former player who was last managing VfR Fischeln.
Since 1989 an Alternative Elfstedentocht is organized there by the SWS (Stichting Winter Sporten) on the natural ice rink in winter.