Rudolf Opitz

{{Short description|German artist (1908–1939)}}

Image:Leipzig Südfriedhof Grabstein Rudolf (Rudi) Opitz.JPG in Leipzig]]

Rudolf "Rudi" Opitz (1908–1939){{Cite web|url=http://www.leipzig-lexikon.de/reg/o.htm#opitzr|title = Register O zum Leipzig-Lexikon}} was a German lithographer, Nazi Party opponent and victim.

His name appears on the Rudi-Opitz-Straße, a service road (Anliegerstraße) in Leipzig-Gohlis. The Gohlis tram depot (Straßenbahnhof) was named Jugendbahnhof „Rudi Opitz“ from 1950 to 1994.{{Cite web |title=Register O zum Leipzig-Lexikon |url=https://www.leipzig-lexikon.de/reg/o.htm |access-date=2022-10-14 |website=www.leipzig-lexikon.de}}

From 1992 to 2004, Mittelschule „Rudi Opitz“ was the official, but seldom-used, name of the 94th School (Secondary school), Schulgebäude Miltitzer Weg 3, Leipzig-Grünau. To 1992, Rudi-Opitz-Oberschule has been the official name of the previous polytechnic high school at the same location.{{Cite web |title=Register Rm–Rz zum Leipzig-Lexikon |url=https://www.leipzig-lexikon.de/reg/rm.htm |access-date=2022-10-14 |website=www.leipzig-lexikon.de}}