Köster
Köster or Koester is a German family name .
Origin and meaning
Like Küster and Kustos, Köster comes from the Latin custos and denotes a (church) guardian or guardian of the church treasury.
Name bearer
A.
- Adolf Köster (1883–1930), German politician (SPD) and diplomat
- Albert Köster (1862–1924), German Germanist and theater scholar
- Alexander Koester (1864–1932), German painter
- Alfons Köster (architect) (also Alfons Koester ; 1887 – after 1930), German architect
- Alfons Köster (pilot) (1919–1945), German fighter pilot
- Alfred Köster (? –1966), German entrepreneur
- Angelika Köster-Loßack (* 1947), German politician (Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen), Member of the Bundestag
- Annelore Köster-Pflugmacher (1919–2002), German chemist and university professor
- Antje Köster (* 1964), German politician (SPD), mayor of Hattersheim am Main
- Arno Köster (* 1964), German journalist and author
- Arnold Köster (1896–1960), German-Austrian Baptist preacher
- Arthur Köster (1890–1965), architectural photographer
- August Köster (1873–1935), German archaeologist and maritime historian
B.
- Baldur Köster (* 1933), German architectural historian
- Barbara Köster (* 1953), German dancer
- Bärbel Köster ( Barbara Köster ; * 1957), German canoeist
- Bernhard Köster (1869–1944), German priest and writer
- Bettina Köster (* 1959), German musician, lyricist and producer
- Bruno Köster († 1954), German entrepreneur
- Burkhard Köster (* 1961), German military historian
C.
- Carl Georg Köster (1812–1893), German painter and draftsman
- Carl Hermann Köster von Kösteritz (1803–1855), German politician, member of the Frankfurt National Assembly
- Christian Köster (1947–2019), German advertising film director
- Christian Philipp Koester (also Christian Köster ; 1784–1851), German painter and restorer
D.
- Dieter Köster (* 1947), German film and television director
- Dietmar Köster (* 1957), German sociologist and politician (SPD)
- Dorothee Schmitz-Köster (* 1950), German author and journalist
E.
- Edmund Köster (1896–1943), German model maker
- Egon Köster (1933–2018), German psychologist and university professor
- Emil Köster (1867–1932), German tanner and company founder , see Emil Köster leather factory #Emil Köster
- Emil Köster (1871–1945), German politician (economic party)
- Erhard Köster (1926–2007), German actor and voice actor
- Ernst Köster (* 1960), German painter, draftsman and sculptor
F.
- Fabian Köster (* 1995), German comedian and author
- Felicitas Köster-Caspar (1917–2016), German painter
- Florian Köster (* 1983), German actor
- Frank Koester (1876–1927), German-American engineer
- Franz Köster (1806–1870), German judge and politician
- Fred Köster (1896 – after 1942), German actor
- Frederik Köster (* 1977), German trumpeter, composer and arranger
- Friedrich Köster (1791–1878), German theologian and superintendent
- Fritz Köster (anarchist) ( Friedrich Köster ; 1855–1934), German editor and anarcho-syndicalist
- Fritz Köster (politician) , German politician (NSDAP), mayor of Dorsten
- Fritz Köster (soccer player) ( Friedrich Köster ; 1911– ??), German soccer player
- Fritz Köster (theologian) (1934–2014), German religious, theologian and religious educator
G
- Gabriele Köster (art historian) (* 1964), German art historian
- Gaby Köster ( Gabriele Köster ; * 1961), German actress and comedian
- Georg Koester (1812-1893), German painter
- Georg Köster (1867–1932), German neurologist
- Gerd Köster (* 1957), German singer
- Gisela Köster (1944–1989), German stage and costume designer
- Gottfried Köster (1928–2007), German educator and politician (CDU)
- Günter Köster (1917–1997), German athlete
- Gundula Köster (* 1966), German actress and radio play speaker
- Gyde Köster (* 1945), German politician (SPD)
H
- Hans Köster (1818–1900), German manor owner, poet and politician, MdR
- Hans von Koester (1844–1928), German Grand Admiral
- Heinrich Köster (1803–1884), German businessman and shipowner, see Köster Foundation #Stifter
- Heinrich Koester (writer) (1807–1881), German teacher and writer
- Heinrich Köster (painter) (1878–1909), German painter
- Heinrich Köster (1906 / 1907–1968), German engineer and company founder, see Köster (company) #History
- Heinrich Köster (engineer, 1952) (* 1952), German engineer and university professor
- Heinrich Maria Köster (1911–1993), German clergyman, theologian and university professor
- Heinrich Martin Köster (1929–2015), German mineralogist and university professor
- Heinrich Martin Gottfried Köster (1734–1802), German historian and theologian
- Heinz Köster (photographer) (1917–1967), German photographer
- Heinz Köster (lawyer) (1931–2010), German lawyer and insurance manager
- Helmut Koester (1926–2016), German theologian
- Hermann Köster (theologian) (1904–1978), theologian, missionary and editor
- Hermann Köster (politician) (1911–1978), German politician (SPD)
- Hermann Leopold Köster (1872–1957), German educator, literary historian and writer
- Hilde Köster (* 1962), German educational scientist and university teacher
- Hubert Köster (1895–1939), German politician, MdL Hessen
- Hugo Köster (1859–1943), German administrative lawyer
J
- Jan Koester (* 1953), German actor
- Jens-Peter Koester (* 1942), German linguist and university professor
- Joachim Koester (* 1962), Danish concept artist, photographer and filmmaker
- Johann Adolfi Köster , real name of Neocorus (around 1550–1630), German pastor and chronicler
- Josef Köster , German Anglicist
- Julia Köster (* 1992), German pop singer, member of LaVive
- Juliane Köster (* 1947), German Germanist and university professor
- Jürgen Köster (* 1948), German journalist and entrepreneur
K
- K. Wilhelm Köster (* 1934), German athletics official
- Kajus Köster (1911–1976), German diplomat
- Kari Köster-Lösche (* 1946), German writer
- Karim Köster (* 1973), German actor
- Karin Köster (* 1962), German director
- Karl Koester (pathologist) (1843-1904), German pathologist
- Karl Köster (painter) (1883–1975), German painter and graphic artist
- Karl Köster (politician) (1888–1965), German politician (SPD), Member of the Bundestag
- Karl Wilhelm Heinrich Köster (1825-1892), German banker and diplomat
- Katja Strauss-Köster (* 1970), German politician, Mayor of Herdecke
- Kurt Köster (1912–1986), German librarian and historian
L.
- Liselotte Köster (1911–1987), German dancer
- Lothar Köster (physicist) (1922–2015), German physicist
- Lothar Köster (actor) (* 1924), German actor and voice actor
- Lothar Köster (politician) (* 1944), German politician (SPD)
M.
- Maren Köster-Hetzendorf (* 1957), German politician (SPD) and writer
- Marliese Köster (* 1944), German politician (CDU)
- Meike Koester (* 1972/1973), German singer and songwriter
- Monika Köster-Flachsmeyer (* 1965), German judge
N
- Nicole Köster (* 1975), German radio presenter
- Norbert Köster (* 1967), German clergyman
O
- Oskar Köster (1890–1941), Estonian politician
- Otto Koester (* around 1945), American political scientist
P
- Paul Köster (painter) (also Paul Koester ; 1855–1946), German painter
- Paul Koester (surgeon) (also Paul Koester ; 1909–1991/1992), German surgeon
- Peter Köster (sculptor) (around 1621–1669), German sculptor
- Peter Köster (theologian) (* 1936), German theologian, Jesuit and pastor
- Philip Köster (* 1994), German windsurfer
- Philipp Köster (* 1972), German journalist and author
R.
- Rainer Köster (* 1943), German geochemist
- Reinhard Koester (pseudonyms Karl Kinndt, Benedikt, Kaki ; 1885–1956), German writer
- Roland Köster (diplomat) (1883–1935), German diplomat
- Roland Köster (chemist) (1924–2009), German chemist
- Rolf Köster (* 1929), German geologist
- Roman Köster (* 1975), German historian
- Rudolf Köster (physician, 1870) (1870–1904), German psychiatrist
- Rudolf Köster (linguist) (1913 – after 1996), German linguist, linguist and local researcher
- Rudolf Köster (physician, 1921) (1921–2011), German dermatologist, social medicine specialist and author
- Rudolf Koester (Germanist) (born Rudolf Köster ; * 1936), German-American Germanist
S.
- Samuel Köster (1742–1829), German clergyman and revolutionary
- Sarah Köster ( Sarah Friederike Köster ; * 1979), German physicist
- Stefan Köster (* 1973), German politician (NPD)
- Susanne Köster (* 1966), German volleyball player
T
- Theo Köster († 1917), German architect
- Theodor Köster (1783–1861), German manufacturer
- Thomas Köster (* 1946), German economic politician
U
- Udo Köster (* 1945), German specialist in German
- Ulrich Koester (* 1938), German agricultural economist
W.
- Walter Köster (1903–1991), German teacher and writer
- Wendelin Köster (* 1939), German theologian
- Werner Köster (1896–1989), German chemist and metallurgist
- Wiebke Koester , German film editor
- Wilhelm Köster (banker) ( Wilhelm August Hyppolyt Köster ; 1854–1902 / 1903), German banker and consul
- Wilhelm Köster (architect) (1860–1946), German architect
- Wilhelm Köster (politician) (1869 – after 1930), German politician (DVP), Member of the Free State of Lippe
- Wilhelm Köster (entomologist) (also Wilhelm Koester ; 1869–1936), German doctor and entomologist
- Wilhelm Köster (diplomat) ( Wilhelm Dietrich Helmut Roland Köster ; 1883–1935), German lawyer and diplomat
- Wilhelm Koester (theologian, 1890) (1890–1971), German theologian and university professor
- Wilhelm Köster (painter) (1899–1981), German painter and graphic artist
- Wilhelm Köster (theologian, 1906) (1906–1985), German Jesuit and theologian
- Wolfgang Köster (* 1957), German composer, guitarist, singer and music therapist
Fictional character
- Erwin Köster , title hero of the first 100 episodes of the television crime series Der Alte
See also
- Publishing house Dr. Köster in Berlin
- Villa Köster in Neumünster
- Emil Köster leather factory in Neumünster
- Coester
- Kösters
- Sexton (disambiguation)