List of personalities of the city of Bergisch Gladbach

This list contains personalities born in Bergisch Gladbach and those who have or had their sphere of activity in Bergisch Gladbach and the honorary citizens of the city. The list does not claim to be complete.

Monument to particularly deserving people in the city

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The monument is intended to commemorate outstanding people with whom the city feels particularly connected. The individual bronze sculptures were created by Rolf Steudel. The monument stands in the pedestrian zone of Bergisch Gladbach city center .

Vincent of Zuccalmaglio , called Montanus
Johann Wilhelm Lindlar
Max Bruch and Maria Zanders
Ferdinand Schmitz
There is another memorial for the witch Köbes by the same artist in the upper main street.

Master Mathias Tobias von Hebborn

Gladbach originals

Lucas-Pitter (1797–1886), original
Tobias von Hebborn (1778–1849), “the liar cobbler”, actually Mathias Debos

Honorary citizen of the city of Bergisch Gladbach

The city of Bergisch Gladbach and the city of Bensberg have granted honorary citizenship to the following people :

Honorary citizen of the city of Bergisch Gladbach before 1975

1918: Max Bruch (1838–1920), composer
1954: Johann Wilhelm Zanders (1899–1978), paper manufacturer
1961: Peter Walterscheidt (1881–1971), alderman

Honorary citizen of the mayor's office of Bensberg or the city of Bensberg before 1975

1904: Hermann von Budde (1851–1906), Prussian Minister of State
1952: Hermann Joseph Hecker (1876–1960), Provost of Cologne Cathedral
1954: Wilhelm Darius (1875–1969), Mayor of Bensberg 1918–1921, 1945
1959: Jean Werheit (1894–1971), Mayor of Bensberg 1946–1956
1972: Ulrich Müller-Frank (1917–1996), Mayor of Bensberg 1956–1974

Honorary citizen of Bergisch Gladbach after 1975

1977: Heinz Fröling (1917–2004), Mayor of Bergisch Gladbach 1963–1974
1979: Willi Höderath (1918–2002), Deputy. Mayor of Bergisch Gladbach 1964–1979
1993: Gustav Heinrich Lübbe (1918–1995), founder of Bastei-Lübbe Verlag
1999: Franz Heinrich Krey (1930–2017), Mayor of Bergisch Gladbach 1984–1989
2000: Hans Hachenberg (1925–2013), carnivalist
2000: Carl Cüppers (1920–2008), director of education, founder of the Bergisch Gladbach school museum - Cüppers collection
2003: Walter Hanel (* 1930), graphic artist, political cartoonist
2004: Willibert Krüger (1940–2019), manufacturer of instant and chocolate products ( Krüger GmbH & Co. KG )
2017: Erich Bethe (* 1940), industrial clerk, entrepreneur and patron together with his wife Roswitha Bethe

Hermann von Budde
Max break
Hans Hachenberg as Doof Noß, watercolor by Peter Cramer
Carl Cüppers in the classroom "like in imperial times"

Revoked honorary citizenships

1917: Paul von Hindenburg (1847–1934), President of the Reich
1933: Adolf Hitler (1889–1945), Reich Chancellor

Born in Bergisch Gladbach

Portrait of Ferdinand Stucker 1870

Richard Zanders, paper manufacturer

Götz Heidelberg

Herbert Stahl on the school desk in his museum

Dieter Happ

Helene Hammelrath

Alban Nikolai Herbst

Rüdiger Baldauf

Heidi Klum

Carolin Kebekus

Mats Hummels

To 1900

Katharina Güschen (–1613), victim of the witch hunt

Carl Philipp von Schatte (1746–1833), administrator of the Palatinate electorate

Ferdinand Stucker (1772–1824) freedom fighter during the coalition wars

Julie Zanders (1804–1869), paper manufacturer

German Mäurer (1811–1883), Prussian writer

Johann Wilhelm Lindlar (1816–1896), landscape painter

Carl Richard Zanders (1826–1870), paper manufacturer

Julius Rütgers (1830–1903), entrepreneur

Friedrich Westphal (1835–1915), paper manufacturer and entrepreneur

Jakob Euler (1842–1917), master carpenter and member of the German Reichstag

Vinzenz Feckter (1847–1916), photography pioneer and amateur photographer

Karl Budde (1850–1935), Protestant theologian and Old Testament scholar

Richard Zanders (1860–1906), paper manufacturer

Witch Köbes (1865–1944), original

Waldemar Henrici (1878–1950), General and Reich Labor Service Leader

Marcus Krüsmann (1879–1964), lawyer and mayor of Limburg an der Lahn

August Kierspel (1884–1967), teacher and local poet

Jakob Odenthal (1886–1954), politician

Johannes Dahl (1887–1959), Catholic clergyman and General Praeses of the International Kolping Society

Franz-Josef Heider (1897–1977), entrepreneur, politician and member of the state parliament

1901 to 1950

Willy Minz (1901–1972), honorary professor

Hermann Worthoff (1910–1982), businessman and adviser to Jews

Kurt Kluxen (1911–2003), historian, philosopher and Germanist

Helmut Artzinger (1912–1996), lawyer and politician

Josef Fuchs SJ (1912–2005), professor of moral theology at the Gregoriana in Rome

Heinrich Lindlar (1912–2009), musicologist and teacher

Wolfgang Kluxen (1922–2007), philosopher

Götz Heidelberg (1923–2017), physicist, designer and entrepreneur

Bill Grah (1928–1996), jazz musician

Henry Tenckhoff (1930-2017), nephrologist

Karl Hubert Hagen (* 1936), politician

Herbert Stahl (* 1936), folklorist and author

Dieter Happ (1940–2018), politician, most recently mayor of the city of Rösrath

Wolfgang Bergsdorf (* 1941), political scientist

Hildegard Falk (* 1941), politician

Herbert Watterott (* 1941), journalist

Winfried Schulze (* 1942), historian

Gero Debusmann (* 1943), judge

Uwe Ommer (* 1943), nude, fashion and advertising photographer

Manfred Bredohl (1944–2002), blacksmith

Jürgen Engel (* 1946), ambassador

Max Morsches (* 1946), mathematician and genealogist

Dick W. Frangenberg (* 1948), musician, music producer and music publisher

Annemarie Lütkes (* 1948), politician

Dorothee Echter (* 1949), management coach, management consultant and author

Bernhard Peters (1949–2005), political scientist

Helene Hammelrath (* 1950), politician

Manfred Ommer (* 1950), athlete

Martin Rosswog (* 1950), photographer

Klaus-Peter Schmidt-Deguelle (* 1950), journalist and political advisor

Dorothee Schmitz-Köster (* 1950), author and journalist

1951 to 1960

Reinhard Brock (1951–2013), voice actor and director
Joseline Gassen (* 1951), actress and voice actress
Alix Hansel (* 1951), archaeologist
Hubert Käppel (* 1951), guitarist and music teacher
Monika Piel (* 1951), journalist and presenter
Georg Theunissen (* 1951), rehabilitation teacher
Wolfgang Bosbach (* 1952), politician
Herbert Nicke (1952–2016), local history researcher and non-fiction author
Herbert Ommer (* 1952), communications engineer
Hans Florenz (* 1953), composer and lyricist
Klaus Orth (* 1953), politician
Meinolf Zurhorst (* 1953), film journalist, author and film producer
Marie-Luise Heuser (* 1954), philosopher
Axel Heilhecker (* 1954), guitarist, composer, producer and singer
Alban Nikolai Herbst (* 1955), writer, librettist, critic and director
Wolfgang Kirsch (* 1955), manager
Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger (* 1955), historian
Dennie Christian (* 1956), pop singer and presenter
Brigitte Kraus (* 1956), track and field athlete
Ferdinand Linzenich (* 1956), cabaret artist
Reiner Winterschladen (* 1956), jazz trumpeter
Astrid Benöhr (* 1957), ultra triathlete
Stefan Lübbe (1957–2014), publisher
Karin Sander (* 1957), artist
Norbert Feith (* 1958), politician (CDU), Lord Mayor of Solingen
Werner Gatzer (* 1958), lawyer and civil servant
Jens Halfwassen (1958–2020), philosopher and university professor
Michael ten Hompel (* 1958), professor
Theo Koll (* 1958), journalist
Ulrich Schumacher (* 1958), engineer
Susanne Leonie Schmid (* 1960), field hockey player

1961 to 1970

Rüdiger Baldauf (* 1961), jazz trumpeter
Ursula Heller (* 1961), journalist and television presenter
Martin Kall (* 1961), manager
Bernd Büchner (* 1961), physicist
Veronika Moos-Brochhagen (* 1961), textile artist
Eva Mannschott (* 1962), actress
Petra Mönter (* 1962), author
Sören Hartmann (* 1963), Manager, Board Member Tourism of the Rewe Group
Axel Hölzer (* 1963), CEO and CFO of Marseille-Kliniken AG
Alois Pollmann-Schweckhorst (* 1964), show jumper
Walter Schönenbröcher (* 1964), artist and filmmaker
Ralf Röger (* 1964), legal scholar
Uschi Elias (1965–2012), chainsaw artist
Axel Häfner (* 1965), actor and radio play speaker
Kerstin Gier (* 1966), author
Markus Pytlik (* 1966), teacher and composer
Marcus Barsch (* 1967), radio presenter and author
Oscar Heym (* 1967), lawyer and writer
Simon Stockhausen (* 1967), composer
Armin Falk (* 1968), economist
Frank Sitter (* 1968), television presenter
Konstantin Neven DuMont (* 1969), entrepreneur, manager, publisher and moderator
Frank Ehrlacher (* 1969), journalist and song writer
Claudia Knape (* 1969), motorboat racer
Ursula Kreutz (* 1969), artist
Eric Pfeil (* 1969), author and publicist
Elmar Paulke (* 1970), television presenter

From 1971

Markus von Ahlen (* 1971), soccer player and coach
Christian Schmidt (* 1971), soccer goalkeeper
David Schnell (* 1971), painter
Oliver Zwarg (* 1971), concert and opera singer and singing teacher
Sebastian Blomberg (* 1972), actor
Sebastian Graf von Kielmansegg (* 1972), lawyer and university professor
Georg Koch (* 1972), soccer goalkeeper
Martin Block (* 1973), athlete
Heidi Klum (* 1973), model and presenter
Marc Spanier (* 1973), football player
Johannes Wamser (* 1974), non-fiction author and India specialist
Markus Feldenkirchen (* 1975), journalist and writer
Matthias Gall (* 1975), actor
Matthias Malmedie (* 1975), television presenter
Frédéric A. Komp (* 1977), actor
Friederike Hofmann (* 1978), presenter and actress
Suzanna Randall (* 1979), astrophysicist
Björn Kierspel (* 1979), natural track tobogganist
Carolin Kebekus (* 1980), comedian, singer and actress
Jessica de Rooij (* 1981), composer for film music
Tim Wiese (* 1981), soccer goalkeeper
Said Daftari (* 1982), Afghan football player
Melanie Wichterich (* 1982), actress
Nora Binder (* 1984), actress
Jonas Sela (* 1984), soccer goalkeeper
Artur Gajek (* 1985), racing cyclist
Friederike Grasshoff (* 1985), actress
Anna Herbst (* 1985), opera singer
Gunnar Dietrich (* 1986), handball player
Fabian Hambüchen (* 1987), artistic gymnast
Oliver Moser (* 1987), actor
Moritz Barkow (* 1988), handball player
Mats Hummels (* 1988), soccer player
Sandra Maren Schneider (* 1988), actress, speaker, writer and screenwriter
Ingrid Noemi Stein (* 1988), stage actress
Cosima Viola (* 1988), actress
Alyn Camara (* 1989), track and field athlete
Benyamin Nuss (* 1989), pianist
Bastian Oczipka (* 1989), soccer player
Tibor Pleiß (* 1989), basketball player
Marc Schuh (* 1989), wheelchair athlete
Daniel Buballa (* 1990), football player
Paul Berg (* 1991), snowboarder
Lucas Musculus (* 1991), soccer player
Alexander Nandzik (* 1992), football player
Luca Berg (* 1993), snowboarder
Pepa Jaeschke (* 1994), soccer player
Vanessa Fuchs (* 1996), Germany's Next Top Model- winner of the 2015 season
Louis Hofmann (* 1997), actor
Tim Handwerker (* 1998), soccer player
Jamie Bick (* 2000), actress

Personalities who worked or are working in the city

Painting by Johann Wilhelm Zanders

Vincent of Zuccalmaglio

Emilie Schmitz

Maria Zanders

Conrad Voeghe von Dortmund (* 1381), 1444–1460 pastor to St. Clemens and author of the Red Missal to Paffrath

Leonard Goudhaire , († 1724), master stonemason during the construction of Bensberg Castle

Johann Peter Ommerborn (1762-1837), cath. Pastors in sand and freedom fighters in the coalition wars

Johann Wilhelm Zanders (paper manufacturer, 1795) founder of the company JW Zanders (Schnabelsmühle)

Vincent Jakob von Zuccalmaglio , called Montanus (1806–1876), writer and poet

Eduard Knobel (1801–1870), coal and steel industrialist and entrepreneur, bought the Lerbach house in 1834

Emilie Schmitz (1807-1891), benefactress in Bensberg

Max Bruch (1838–1920), composer and conductor

Maria Zanders (1839–1904), cultural benefactor and paper manufacturer

Anna Zanders (1858–1939), cultural donor and wife of Richard Zanders

Richard Zörner (1861–1941), mountain ridge and founder of the show mine in the Bergisches Museum for Mining, Crafts and Trades

Ferdinand Schmitz (1866–1943), author and local history researcher (monument in front of the post office)

Hermann Pütz (1878–1928), mayor from 1914 to 1920

Josef Winckler (1881–1966), writer ( The great Bomberg )

Friedrich Rosengarth (1885–1977), technician, inventor of glass wool

Bernhard Rotterdam (1893–1974), architect

Julius Mennicken (1893–1983), district administrator and district leader of the NSDAP

Martin Schwarzbach (1907–2003), founder and long-time director of the Bensberg earthquake station

Rudolf Fischer (1920–1998), puppeteer for the Hohnsteiner Puppet Theater and for Der Spatz vom Wallrafplatz

Manfred Hanke (1921–2010), librarian and author

Paul Reinehr (1922–2009), principal of special schools

Heinrich Jarczyk (* 1925), natural scientist, draftsman and painter

Ulrich Jux (1929–2017), university professor and geologist

Ludwig Ahorner (1930–2007), earthquake geologist and longtime head of the Bensberg earthquake station

Eduard Prüssen (1930–2019), graphic artist (city graphic artist 1971–1996)

Edmund Ruppert (* 1931), nuclear physicist

Manfred Germar (* 1935), athlete

Gerhard Geurts (* 1935), Director of Studies i. R.

Hans Leonhard Brenner (* 1943), Honorary Chairman of the Bergisches Geschichtsverein Rhein-Berg e. V

Karl Feldkamp (* 1943), supervisor and author

Gerd B. Achenbach (* 1947), founder of philosophical practice

Dieter Müller (* 1948), formerly cook at the Schlosshotel Lerbach

Fritz Roth (1949–2012), Germany's first undertaker with a private cemetery

Jürgen Wilhelm (* 1949), politician

Michael Werling (* 1950), architect and building historian

Joachim Wissler (* 1963), top chef at the Vendôme restaurant in the Grand Hotel Schloss Bensberg

Nils Henkel (* 1969), top chef at the Schlosshotel Lerbach

Gerd J. Pohl (* 1970), puppeteer, actor, director of the Piccolo puppet shows in the Bensberg puppet pavilion
Marco Höger (* 1989), soccer player, grew up in Bergisch Gladbach
Lena Andersch (* 1991), hockey player
Nando Belardi (* August 16, 1946, former university professor of social education), has lived in Bergisch Gladbach since 1984

Individual evidence

↑ At the request of the Die Linke / BfBB parliamentary group, the main committee of the city council made the following decision on May 2, 2013: " The council considers honoring Hindenburg to be no longer appropriate from today's perspective and therefore distances itself from the decision of October 6, 1917, To grant Mr. Paul von Hindenburg honorary citizenship, which ended with the death of Mr. von Hindenburg on August 2, 1934. “ GL no longer wants Hindenburg Bergische Landeszeitung, accessed on May 4, 2013.
↑ At the request of the SPD parliamentary group on November 2, 1988, honorary citizenship was posthumously revoked by a council resolution of December 15, 1988 . Bergisch Gladbach city archive , signature G1 / 33.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^to persons who were up until December 31, 1974 were born in Bensberg , keep this place of birth in the birth certificate and in the passport for their entire life. With the amalgamation of the two cities Bergisch Gladbach and Bensberg on January 1, 1975, all people born in the new urban area have the uniform place of birth Bergisch Gladbach.
↑ Heinz Ewald Junkers (translation) and Lothar Speer (translation and commentary), Das Paffrather Rote Messbuch with individual facsimile copies of the original, publisher: Paffrather Raiffeisen Bank eG., Bergisch Gladbach 1991
↑ ceec.uni-koeln.de

[1] At the request of the Die Linke / BfBB parliamentary group, the main committee of the city council made the following decision on May 2, 2013: " The council considers honoring Hindenburg to be no longer appropriate from today's perspective and therefore distances itself from the decision of October 6, 1917, To grant Mr. Paul von Hindenburg honorary citizenship, which ended with the death of Mr. von Hindenburg on August 2, 1934. “ GL no longer wants Hindenburg Bergische Landeszeitung, accessed on May 4, 2013.

[2] At the request of the SPD parliamentary group on November 2, 1988, honorary citizenship was posthumously revoked by a council resolution of December 15, 1988 . Bergisch Gladbach city archive , signature G1 / 33.

[Bensberg-3] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^to persons who were up until December 31, 1974 were born in Bensberg , keep this place of birth in the birth certificate and in the passport for their entire life. With the amalgamation of the two cities Bergisch Gladbach and Bensberg on January 1, 1975, all people born in the new urban area have the uniform place of birth Bergisch Gladbach.

[4] Heinz Ewald Junkers (translation) and Lothar Speer (translation and commentary), Das Paffrather Rote Messbuch with individual facsimile copies of the original, publisher: Paffrather Raiffeisen Bank eG., Bergisch Gladbach 1991

[5] .uni-koeln.de