Hartmann was born in Lahr. He began his professional career at VfB Stuttgart in 1985 and went on to play over 150 matches for the club before he left to join Hamburger SV in 1991.
Jürgen Hartmann (born 1946) is a German political scientist. Since 2011, he has been a professor of political science, especially with respect to comparative politics, at the Helmut Schmidt University in Hamburg.