Hans-Peter Arens

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Hans-Peter Arens (born October 23, 1944 ; † March 22, 2019 ) was a German showman .

Life

In 1967, after working in his parents' company, Arens started his own business as a showman in Dortmund with various rides. The grandparents already had a gingerbread bakery in the north of this city.

Here he was co-organizer of the nationally known Christmas market as well as a consultant for major local events such as public viewings at football championships and city festivals. In addition, he was represented with his rides at public festivals such as the Hamburg Cathedral , the Cranger Kirmes or the Cannstatter Wasen .

Since 1979 he has been the chairman of the show association Rote Erde e. V. in Dortmund, one of the oldest showman interest groups in Germany. He was Vice President since 1993 and President of the Federal Association of German Showmen and Market Traders from 2003 to 2017 and again from 2019 . He was committed to a digital archive of the Volksfest cultural asset , with which a German showman archive should be created as a scientific reference work for the Volksfest cultural asset.

Arens got involved in social projects of the Dortmunder Arbeiterwohlfahrt (AWO) and Shanti Leprahilfe Dortmund . Since 1982 he has supported the Reinoldikirche's social fundraising campaigns . The Lord Mayor of Dortmund, Ullrich Sierau, praised Arens in an obituary as a “true local patriot and popular ambassador for our city”. Arens was married to Heidi, nee Laffontien, who also comes from a traditional showman family, since 1967; there are two sons from the marriage.

honors and awards

  • Federal Cross of Merit on the ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for its social commitment (2011)
  • Gold glove of the Dortmund boxing sport 20/50 (2012)
  • Honorary President of the Federal Association of German Showmen and Market Merchants V. (2017)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans-Peter Arens obituary notice , Halterner Zeitung of March 26, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b Peter Bandermann: "Dortmund's veteran showman Hans-Peter Arens has died after a long illness" , Ruhrnachrichten , March 23, 2019.
  3. ↑ a b c d e "Obituary: Showman Hans-Peter Arens died" , City of Dortmund , March 23, 2019.
  4. ↑ History of Arens-Schausteller on arens-schausteller.de from March 23, 2019.
  5. ^ Greetings Hans-Peter Arens, Honorary President - Federal Association of German Showmen and Market Merchants e. V. at kulturgut-volksfest.de , accessed on March 25, 2019.
  6. ↑ Federal Cross of Merit for “Grilled Ham Man” Hans-Peter Arens from Dortmund , Der Westen from January 7, 2011, accessed on March 25, 2019.
  7. ↑ DBS gold glove 2012 for showman Hans-Peter Arens on lokalkompass.de from December 1, 2012, accessed on March 25, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Arens, Hans-Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German showman
DATE OF BIRTH October 23, 1944
DATE OF DEATH March 22, 2019