List of personalities of the city of Emden
The list of personalities in the city of Emden includes well-known native Emden as well as people who were not born in Emden, but worked there. Also listed are people who have been honored by the city of Emden.
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The following well-known personalities come from Emden:
- Johann Heinrich Alting , Reformed theologian
- Ludolf Bakhuizen , an important marine painter
- Matthias Bergmann , jazz trumpeter
- Kurt Blanke , lawyer and local politician (DP, CDU) and Lord Mayor of Celle from 1964 to 1973
- Uwe Boden , martial artist and seven-time karate world champion
- Hans Boelsen , Lieutenant General in World War II
- Erich Bolinius , local politician and home author
- Georg Boomgaarden , diplomat, Ambassador of the Federal Republic to the United Kingdom from 2008 to 2013
- Ysaac Brons , businessman and shipowner, member of the Frankfurt National Assembly
- Margret Brügger (* July 1927), teacher and poet
- Johann Bruns , former state chairman of the Lower Saxony SPD
- Adolf Busemann , German educator and psychologist
- Martin Busker , film director
- Johannes Cluto , university professor and councilor
- Hans-Jürgen Cramer , former CEO of Vattenfall Europe AG
- Karl Dall , comedian
- Hartmut Dirks , publicist and book author
- Albert Duin , politician (FDP)
- Jakobus Durstewitz , musician, singer and painter
- Winfried Eisenblätter , Baptist Pastor i. R. and em. Lecturer
- Dieter Eisfeld , lawyer, urban planner, non-fiction author and writer
- Helmut W. Erdmann , composer and flautist
- Martin Faber , architect, painter and cartographer
- Heinold Fast , Mennonite pastor and researcher
- Udo Franken , Low German author
- Detlef Gehlhaar , hairdresser
- Eildert Groeneveld , agronomist and animal breeder
- Klara Hattermann , educator
- Heidi Hartmann , world boxing champion
- Eva Herman , book author and former television presenter
- Hans-Joachim Hespos , composer
- Carl Hinrichs , archivist and historian
- Reimar Hobbing , Berlin publisher
- Charlotte Sophie Höffert , actress
- Curt Hohoff , writer, literary critic and essayist
- Sicco Theodor van Hülst , landowner and politician, MdR
- Bartelt Immer , master organ builder
- Dennis Jacobsen , film director
- Gerold Janssen , nature conservation activist
- Jan Jakobs Janssen , aviation pioneer
- Gerhard de Jonge , professor of railway construction
- Bernd Kappelhoff , President of the Lower Saxony State Archives
- Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser , seafarer; divided the southern sky into twelve new constellations
- Dietrich Kohl , philologist, archivist in Oldenburg (Oldenburg)
- Georg König , administrative lawyer, Lord Mayor of Lüneburg and Member of Parliament
- Jan van Koningsveld , world champion in mental arithmetic
- Stephan-Gerhard Koziolek , local politician, natural scientist, director of the Natural Research Society in Emden from 1814
- Alfred Krüger , manager in the GDR, general director of Mitropa
- Stefan Lampadius , actor and filmmaker
- Dirk Lüken , church musician and composer
- Jasper March , musician
- Helias Meder , Reformed theologian
- Wilhelm Meentzen , naval officer, most recently Vice Admiral of the German Navy
- Mario Mentrup , actor, filmmaker, musician and author
- Adolf Meyer-Abich , philosopher, librarian and university professor
- Birgit Meyer , religious scholar, cultural anthropologist and university lecturer
- Friedrich Meyer-Abich , lawyer and State Secretary in Lower Saxony
- Tex Morton , real name Peter Hajunga, punk and psychobilly musician
- Henri Nannen , journalist (founder of Stern magazine ) and donor of the Emden Kunsthalle
- Eduard Norden , philologist and historian of religion
- Bodo Olthoff , painter and graphic artist
- Wolfgang Petersen , film director (Das Boot; Der Sturm; Troja)
- Felix Randau , film director
- Günter Saathoff , board member of the "Remembrance, Responsibility and Future" foundation
- Helma Sanders-Brahms , director
- Helmut Schmale , writer
- Carl Schweckendieck , member of the Prussian state parliament and co-initiator of the expansion of the Emden port
- Jimi Siebels , musician and DJ
- Sierra Kidd , rapper
- Eduard H. Steenken (1910–1989), German-Swiss journalist, translator, editor and author
- Erna Stein-Blumenthal (1903–1983), director of the Jewish Museum Berlin 1933–1935
- Rolf Stomberg , industry manager
- Gitta Trauernicht , SPD politician, Minister of Social Affairs of Schleswig-Holstein from 2004 to 2009
- Wiebold Visser, team world champion in casting
- Emo Lucius Vriemoet , Reformed theologian and orientalist
- Otto Waalkes , comedian
- Falko Weerts , Platt talker and author
- Hajo Wilken , radio editor, set two world records in permanent moderation and won several radio awards
- Max Windmüller , German-Jewish resistance fighter against National Socialism
- Jakob Wychgram , educator
- Nicolaus Wychgram , farmer and animal breeder
- Martina Ysker , actress
- Ferydoon Zandi , German-Iranian football professional
Honorary citizen
- Prince Otto von Bismarck , b. in Schönhausen , Reich Chancellor (awarded in 1887)
- Carl Schweckendieck , b. in Emden, co-initiator of the expansion of the Emden port
- Leo Fürbringer , Lord Mayor of Emden, co-initiator of the expansion of the Emden port (awarded in 1913)
- Karl von Müller , b. in Hanover , commander of the small cruiser SMS Emden in the First World War (awarded in 1919)
- Adolf Hitler , dictator of the German Reich from 1933 to 1945 (awarded in 1933, posthumously revoked by the City Council of Emden on May 10, 2007)
- Adolf Hitler's honorary citizenship, which was granted during National Socialism, was revoked by a resolution of the council - but only in 2007. According to media reports, it was long unclear whether Hitler was granted honorary citizenship, as the relevant files were lost in the turmoil of World War II.
- Carl Röver , NSDAP - Reichsstatthalter and Gauleiter in the Gau Weser-Ems (awarded in 1938, posthumously revoked by the City Council of Emden on May 10, 2007)
- Henri Nannen , b. in Emden, journalist and founder of the Emden Kunsthalle (awarded in 1989)
- Otto Waalkes , comedian (awarded 2018)
Bearer of the honor coin
After the award of honorary citizenship, the award of the honor coin is the second highest distinction that the city of Emden awards. The award of the honor coin was introduced in 1986, the first holder was Henri Nannen. The following people have been honored so far:
- Henri Nannen ; Journalist and founder of the Emder Kunsthalle (awarded 1986)
- Dr. Erich Brüggemann; Emder lawyer who has made a contribution to the cityscape, among other things through his commitment to the erection and preservation of maritime monuments (awarded in 1990)
- Hans van Detten; Emden sports functionary (awarded 1992)
- Hermann Isensee; Papenburg entrepreneur, born in Emden, donated a senior citizens' housing complex in the city (awarded in 1995)
- Bernhard Brahms; Emden entrepreneur, donated the glockenspiel at the town hall (awarded in 2002)
- Robert Piat; President of the French Association of Forced and Labor Deportees, for his services to international understanding, especially for the promotion of war graves by young people from Emden in Normandy (awarded in 2003)
- Eske Nannen; Managing Director of the Kunsthalle Emden, widow of Henri Nannen (awarded 2007)
- Wilhelm Grix; Born in Emder, who has been involved in youth work for several decades and, among other things, also did voluntary work in trade union work and for workers' welfare (awarded in 2008)
- Reinhard Claudi; former head of the VHS Emden (awarded in 2010)
Other personalities
The following personalities were not born in Emden, but have worked there:
- Johannes Althusius , legal scholar, politician and Calvinist
- Menso Alting , Reformed preacher and theologian
- Bernd Bornemann , Lord Mayor of the City of Emden 2011–2019
- Gottfried Wilhelm Bueren , City Syndic
- Wilhelm René de l'Homme de Courbière , Prussia. General, previously Emden city commander
- Jacob Emden , rabbi and Talmud scholar
- Leo Fürbringer , Lord Mayor from 1875 to 1913 and initiator of the expansion of the Emden harbor
- Gerhard Eobanus Geldenhauer , Reformed preacher and theologian
- Bernhard Grotzeck , painter; lived and worked in Emden for almost five decades
- Albert Ritzaeus Hardenberg , Reformed preacher and theologian
- Melchior Hofmann , founder of the first Emden Anabaptist community
- Johannes a Lasco , theologian and reformer
- Martin Luserke , bard, writer, educator and theater maker
- Rico Mecklenburg , Emder Mayor and President of the East Frisian Country
- Petrus Medmann , Mayor of Emden
- Marcel Müller-Wieland , Swiss educator and philosopher, has lived in Emden since 2009
- Michael August Friedrich Prestel , mathematician, meteorologist and cartographer
- Silvia Rieger , athlete (hurdles)
- Max Schieritz , former mayor of Emden and member of the Lower Saxony state parliament
- Johann Gottfried Seume , musketeer in Emden, later writer and poet
- Alexander Sokolowski , athlete (national player of the beach soccer team of the DFB)
- Max Sternberg (1856–1930), politically active doctor; Member of the Emden city council
- Otto Georg Veldtmann (1685–1746), Major General of the States General, Commander of the Dutch occupation in Emden until 1744
- Dodo Wildvang , geologist
- Johannes Zuidlareus , Reformed preacher
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heads: Rolf Stomberg . In: Wirtschaftswoche . Archived from the original on March 28, 2014. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 28, 2013.
- ↑ Rolf Stomberg in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
- ↑ a b For a long time the city refused to respect Hitler's honorary citizenship , accessed on March 10, 2013
- ↑ Emder Zeitung, several issues in 2006
- ↑ Emder Zeitung, Nov. 20, 2007
- ↑ Emder Zeitung, December 20, 2008, p. 3
- ↑ http://www.oz-online.de/-printartikel/3583237/Es-entstand-ein-neues-geistiges-Klima-Die-Ehrenmuenze
