List of personalities of the city of Herford

This list contains public figures who were born in Herford , worked there or went to school. The list does not claim to be complete.

Honorary citizen

The Herford people were very sparing with the award of honorary citizenship. By the 1200th anniversary, the city's records listed only ten men who had received the award. Most of them are only locally known people. At the moment there is no longer any honorary citizen of Herford, since honorary citizenship expires with death. The last two honorary citizens died in 2006.

• 1636 Anton Fürstenau , diplomat 1593–1653, saved the city from destruction in 1636 by the quarreling Swedish and imperial troops.
• 1636 Karl Heinrich Aschoff, medical councilor
• 1859 Karl Christian Galster, Privy Councilor of Justice
• 1860 Karl Wilhelm Arnold Schulze, judiciary
• 1873 Karl Stohlmann, district judge
• 1855 Ernst Kerstein, medical councilor
• 1888 Hermann Ameler , 1811–1904, superintendent
• 1895 Otto von Bismarck , 1815–1898, Reich Chancellor
• 1908 Ludwig Quentin , 1847–1929, Lord Mayor
• 1914 Otto Weddigen , 1882–1915, U-boat commander in the First World War
• Hermann Höpker-Aschoff , 1884–1954, first President of the Federal Constitutional Court
• Karl Prüßner , 1913–2006, local politician ( SPD ) and trade unionist
• Kurt Schober , 1917–2003, Lord Mayor and Mayor of the city of Herford, economist and publisher
• 2004 Heinrich Wemhöner, 1929–2006, entrepreneur

sons and daughters of the town

The following personalities were born in Herford:

Politician

• 1766, Johann Jakob Costenoble , judge and member of parliament
• 1857, Georg von Borries , including district administrator of the Herford district , district president of the Prussian administrative district of Minden
• 1875, Carl Severing , politician ( SPD ), Reich Minister of the Interior , Prussian Minister of the Interior, MdR , MdL ( Prussia , North Rhine-Westphalia )
• 1883 Hermann Höpker-Aschoff , politicians ( DDP , FDP ), Prussian Finance Minister, MP , Member of the Landtag ( Prussia ), the first president of the Federal Constitutional Court
• 1885, Gustav Krüger trade unionist and politician ( SPD ), Member of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
• 1886, Heinrich Höcker , politician ( SPD ), Member of the Bundestag , Member of the Bundestag ( Prussia , North Rhine-Westphalia ), Mayor of Herford from 1946 to 1961
• 1887, Wilhelm Nieberg , politician of the DVP and CDU , Lord Mayor of Oldenburg (Oldenburg)
• 1892, Karl Steinhoff , lawyer, politician ( SPD , SED ), first Prime Minister of the State of Brandenburg, Minister of the Interior of the GDR
• 1897, Friederike Nadig , politician ( SPD ), Member of the Bundestag
• 1908, Alexander Elbrächter , politician ( DP , CDU )
• 1930, Heinz Landré , politician (CDU), Member of the Bundestag
• 1931, Günter Biermann , politician ( SPD ), Member of the Bundestag
• 1934, Rolf Kosiek , publicist , politician ( NPD )
• 1938, Jürgen Hasheider , engineer, former district administrator of the Schwalm-Eder district ( SPD )
• 1947, Elke Wülfing , politician ( CDU ), Member of the Bundestag
• 1954, Christian Manz , District Administrator of the Herford District (CDU)
• 1957, Bruno Wollbrink , Mayor of Herford (SPD)
• 1966, Bernd Poggemöller , Mayor of Löhne (SPD)
• 1982, Ali Dogan , politician (SPD)

Discoverer, inventor, researcher, scientist

• 1610, Otto Tachenius , physician and pharmacist, discoverer of fatty acids
• 1675, Heinrich Klausing , theologian, mathematician, astronomer and polyhistor
• 1688, Johann Hermann Fürstenau , medic
• 1705, Gerhard Friedrich Müller , Siberia researcher
• 1806, Ludwig Adolf Wiese , pedagogue and ministerial official
• 1814, Ludwig Hölscher , teacher, historian and philologist
• 1828, Hermann Berghaus , cartographer
• 1846, Friedrich Adolf Richter , inventor of the anchor stone construction kit
• 1868, Friedrich Bokelmann , inventor of the patented electric bell tower
• 1887, Hugo Gieseking , mathematician
• 1892, Reinhard Maack , tropical researcher, discoverer of the prehistoric White Lady in the Brandberg massif
• 1895, Wilhelm Berger , ENT professor in Königsberg
• 1897, Erich Gutenberg , business economist
• 1898, Erich Zepler , physicist and chess composer
• 1905, Bodo von Borries , electrical engineer and co-inventor of the electron microscope
• 1905, Hans-Heinrich Reckeweg , founder of homotoxicology, a modification and further development of homeopathy
• 1922, Ernst L. Wynder , medic
• 1928, Hans Leo Kornberg , biochemist and professor at Boston University
• 1930, Hans-Heinz Emons , chemist
• 1936, Roland Günter , art and culture historian
• 1937, Jürgen J. Rasch , building researcher
• 1941, Hans-Joachim König , Latin America historian
• 1948, Gerd Stüwe , social scientist and university professor
• 1949, Bernd Dewe , sociologist, professional and educational researcher and university professor
• 1951, Jürgen Kraus , military historian and conservator
• 1951, Monika Tworuschka , Islamic and religious studies scholar and children's book author
• 1953, Werner Seeger , pulmonologist
• 1957, Wolfgang Lück , mathematician, professor of algebraic topology
• 1958, Harm-Peer Zimmermann , folklorist
• 1958, Ralf Otterpohl , urban water manager
• 1958, Claudia Wiesemann , medical ethicist , medical historian and university professor
• 1960, Gunilla Budde , historian
• 1961, Jörg Wrachtrup , physicist, grew up in Exter
• 1962, Reingard M. Nischik , literary scholar and university professor
• 1963, Mark Mersiowsky , historian and diplomat
• 1966, Thomas Carell , chemist

Theologians, clergymen

• around 1300, Heinrich von Herford , Dominican , chronicler , historian and theologian
• 14th century, Hermann Dwerg , papal protonotary
• 1500, Balthasar Menz the Elder , Protestant theologian
• 1594, Johannes Kitzow , Lutheran abbot of Loccum
• 1600, Johann Botsack , Protestant theologian
• 1675, Heinrich Klausing , Lutheran theologian, mathematician, astronomer and polyhistor
• 1761, Friedrich Wilhelm Offelsmeyer , field provost in Potsdam
• 1787, Karl Kirchner , honorary doctor of theology and educator
• 1816, August Rauschenbusch , German-American theologian and Baptist pastor
• 1901, Wilhelm Oberhaus , priest
• 1947, Wilhelm Leber , Chief Apostle of the New Apostolic Church
• 1957, Peter Klasvogt , Catholic priest and author
• 1960, Karl-Heinz Wiesemann , former auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Paderborn and current bishop in the Diocese of Speyer

Poets, writers, publicists

• 1636, Theodor Kornfeld , poet and poet of the baroque period
• 1829, Johannes von Dewall , born August Kühne , officer and writer
• 1943, Friedrich Schütze-Quest , journalist and feature author
• 1955, Renate Ahrens , writer , English scholar and translator
• 1958, Jörg Bollmann , journalist
• 1961, Wiglaf Droste († 2019), writer , satirist
• 1963, Achim Knorr , comedian, music cabaret artist and songwriter
• 1970, Stuart Mentiply, photographer , writer
• 1971, Meike Krüger , journalist, television presenter and author
• 1976, Jobst Schlennstedt , writer

Musicians, composers

• 1647, Johann Jacob Pagendarm , church musician
• 1857, Gustave Adolph Kerker , composer of Broadway musicals
• 1902, Friedrich Rabenschlag , founder of the Leipzig University Choir
• 1909, Heinz Röttger , composer and conductor
• 1931, Ernst August Quelle , composer
• 1950, Isabeella Beumer , vocal artist and poet
• 1954, Marian Gold , bourgeois. Hartwig Schierbaum, founder and front man of the Alphaville group
• 1957, Marlon Klein , musician and producer in the ethno- worldbeat sector
• 1958, Christoph Irmer , violinist in the field of new improvisation music
• 1967, Fiete Felsch , jazz musician and university professor
• 1972, Lars Woldt , bassist

actor

• 1769, Karl Ludwig Costenoble , actor, director and writer
• 1919, Hans Quest , actor and director
• 1946, Angelika Thomas , actress
• 1960, Ralph Herforth , actor
• 1972, Eva Hassmann , actress, wife of Otto Waalkes from 2000 to 2012
• 1972, Keirut Wenzel , actor, comedian , presenter
• 1981, Sebastian Jäger , actor, singer-songwriter and model
• 1991, Tijan Njie , actor

Entrepreneur

• 1686, Christian Klausing , organ builder (baptized in Herford on January 6, 1687)
• 1772, Friedrich Wilhelm Schrewe entrepreneur and politician
• 1836, Frederick August Otto Schwarz , founder of the oldest toy store in the USA
• 1842, Nikolaus Dürkopp , founder of the Dürkopp works
• 1846, Friedrich Adolf Richter , entrepreneur, producer of the Anker stone building sets
• 1889, Walter Westfeld , art collector and art dealer
• 1894, Mark Vogeley , alcohol lobbyist
• 1900, Fritz Kranefuß , industrialist, belonged to the group of military economic leaders during the National Socialist era
• 1923, Helmut Finke , musician and instrument maker
• 1950, Heiner Wemhöner , entrepreneur and art collector

athlete

• 1911, Ewald Tilker , canoeist , silver medalist at the 1936 Olympic Games
• 1912, Fritz Bondroit , canoeist , silver medalist at the 1936 Olympic Games
• 1926, Helmut Meyer , sports scientist and sports official
• 1937, Wolf Nettingsmeyer , saber fencer, as senior world, European and German champion
• 1948, Heiner Möller , handball player
• 1949, Ulrich Meyer zu Bexten , show jumper, Nations Cup rider
• 1952, Bernd Wehmeyer , soccer player
• 1963, Uwe Buchtmann , track cyclist
• 1965, Thomas Helmer , football player
• 1973, Lars Meyer zu Bexten , show jumper and trainer
• 1973, Maik Walpurgis , soccer coach
• 1974, Malte Urban , racing cyclist
• 1975, Kirstin Freye , professional tennis player, former German youth champion, Australian Open participant
• 1977, Anja Monke , professional golfer
• 1978, Josip Rašić , football player
• 1982, Philipp Heithölter , soccer player
• 1988, Olcay Turhan , football player
• 1990, Jenny Tamas , ice hockey player
• 1991, Diego Demme , soccer player
• 1993, Kristin Pudenz , discus thrower
• 1994, Louisa Lippmann , volleyball player
• 1998, Etienne Amenyido , football player
• 1999, Edon Zhegrova , football player

Architects

• 1662, Matthew Daniel Pöppelmann , the architect of the Rococo and Baroque , builder of the Dresden Zwinger
• 1886, Leopold Schmalhorst , architect

Sculptor, painter

• 1854, Heinrich Wefing , sculptor
• 1901, Richard Sprick , draftsman, portrait and landscape painter
• 1912, Walter Kruse , sculptor
• 1933, Marianne Bleeke-Ehret , sculptor
• 1950, Bruno Krenz , painter, professor of art
• 1961, Asta Gröting , sculptor and university lecturer
• 1975, Jan Muche , painter

military

• 1801, Heinrich Ferdinand Karl von Toll , Prussian lieutenant general
• 1862, Hugo Karl August Bacmeister , Prussian major general of the infantry
• 1882, Otto Weddigen , submarine commander in the First World War
• 1883, Karl Menckhoff , fighter pilot in the First World War

Others

• 1878, Rudolf Korte , horticultural director
• 1882, Fritz Vogelstrom , opera singer
• 1919, Rolf Weinberg , emigrant
• 1949, Horst Gläsker , artist
• 1950, Stefan Siller , journalist and radio host
• 1953, Herbert Quelle , diplomat
• 1955, Christian Bogner , felon
• 1960, Bernhard Heidbreder, captured former member of the militantly autonomous underground group Das KOMITEE
• 1967, Jörg Adolph , filmmaker (documentary)
• 1977, Veit Schäfermeier , musical actor
• 1978 + 1982, Ehrlich Brothers , magicians

Personalities who have worked in the city

The following personalities are not born in Herford, but have worked in the city:

Abbesses

• Haduwy (around 810 / 811–887), abbess of the Herford women's monastery from before 858 until her death
• Imma I. (* before 926), after 926 abbess in Herford
• Godesdiu († 1041/1042), abbess of the Herford Abbey since 1002 and founder of the Abbey on the Mountain
• Elisabeth Louise Juliane von Pfalz-Zweibrücken (1613–1667), from 1649 until her death as Elisabeth II. Abbess of the Herford Monastery, which was directly under the Empire
• Elisabeth von Herford (1618–1680), Abbess of the Imperial Abbey of Herford
• Elisabeth Albertine von Anhalt-Dessau (1665–1706), as Elisabeth IV. Abbess of Herford Abbey
• Johanna Charlotte von Anhalt-Dessau (1682–1750), from 1729 until her death Princess Abbess of Herford
• Friederike Charlotte von Brandenburg-Schwedt (1745–1808), last princess of the Herford Abbey

Politician

• Philipp von Borries (1778–1838), from 1832 to 1838 district administrator of the Herford district
• Franz von Borries (1868–1943), from 1903 to 1933 District Administrator of the Herford district
• Julius Finke (1880–1947), SPD politician
• Friedrich Holzapfel (1900–1969), politician, Mayor of Herford from June 10, 1945 to 1946
• Hermann Busse (1903–1970), lawyer and politician ( DDP , FDP ), Member of the Bundestag
• Kurt Schober (1917–2003), economist , publisher and politician, Mayor of Herford from 1961 to 1984
• Manfred Ragati (* 1938), senior district director of the Herford district, managing director of the Minden-Ravensberg GmbH electricity company , chairman of the AWO district association Ostwestfalen-Lippe e. V. and Federal Chairman of the AWO
• Annette Fugmann-Heesing (* 1955), city ​​treasurer in Herford, Hessian finance minister, finance senator in Berlin

Musician

• Wilhelm Ehmann (1904–1989), musicologist and church musician , from 1948 to 1976 founding rector of the Protestant regional church music school in Herford (today the college for church music of the Evangelical Church of Westphalia )
• Arno Schönstedt (1913–2002), organist at Herford Cathedral , co-founder of the Westphalian State Church Music School, lecturer and since 1974 professor at the University of Church Music
• Uwe Karsten Groß (1930–2015), organist , interpreter, composer , church music director , from 1969 lecturer and from 1976 to 1991 director of the regional church music school, from 1991 to 1994 rector and professor of the college for church music
• Burghard Schloemann (* 1935), composer , from 1991 to 2000 professor at the University of Church Music
• Rolf Schönstedt (* 1944), regional church music director, from 1994 to 2007 rector of the University of Church Music
• Helmut Fleinghaus (* 1958), church musician, musicologist and university professor, lecturer since 1985, professor since 1991 and rector at the University of Church Music since 2007
• Matthias Nagel (* 1958), church musician, since 2011 lecturer in church popular music at the University of Church Music
• Helmut Schwier (* 1959), ev. Theologian, from 1988 to 1996 vicar and pastor at the Christ Church in Herford , from 1995 to 1999 teaching position at the University of Church Music
• Stefan Kagl (* 1963), church musician and concert organist , since 2002 cantor and organist at Herford Münster , since 2005 lecturer for artistic organ playing and improvisation at the University of Church Music

Conductors

• Hermann Scherchen (1891–1966), conductor , from 1959 to 1960 chief conductor of the Northwest German Philharmonic
• János Kulka (1929–2001), conductor, from 1975 to 1987 chief conductor of the North West German Philharmonic
• Werner Andreas Albert (1935–2019), conductor, from 1969 to 1971 chief conductor of the Northwest German Philharmonic
• Alun Francis (* 1943), conductor, from 1987 to 1990 general music director of the Northwest German Philharmonic
• Michail Jurowski (* 1945), chief conductor of the radio orchestra of the WDR , from 1992 to 1997 general music director of the Northwest German Philharmonic
• Andris Nelsons (* 1978), conductor, from 2006 to 2008 chief conductor of the Northwest German Philharmonic
• Eugene Tzigane (* 1981), conductor, from 2010 to 2014 chief conductor of the Northwest German Philharmonic

Theologians

• Jacob Montanus (around 1460 – around 1534), Protestant theologian , humanist and reformer
• Johann Glandorp (1501–1564), humanist, pedagogue , poet , evangelical theologian and reformer
• Hermann Kunst (1907–1999), Protestant theologian, from 1934 to 1952 pastor at the Mariengemeinde Stiftberg , from 1942 to 1952 superintendent of the Herford parish , from 1950 to 1977 first authorized representative of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) at the federal government, from 1957 to 1972 Protestant military bishop in the Bundeswehr
• Matthias Storck (* 1956), Protestant theologian and author

Artist

• Wolfgang Heinrich (* 1928), painter and graphic artist; in Herford since 1958
• Günter Frecksmeier (* 1937), artist, painter, draftsman and graphic artist; in Herford since 2000

Others

• Queen Mathilde (around 895–968), wife of King Heinrich I and mother of the 1st Roman-German Emperor Otto I.
• Johann Friedrich Ludwig Wachler (1767–1838), from 1790 to 1794 rector of the Friedrichs-Gymnasium
• Johann Heinrich Brinkmann (1794–1848), organ builder, resident in Herford between 1819 and 1841
• Wilhelm Normann (1870–1939), scientist and entrepreneur; Inventor of fat hardening (in Herford) and thus founder of margarine production
• Felix Busch (1871–1938), Prussian civil servant
• Hans Windeck (1888–1979), Lieutenant General, from 1937 to 1939 regimental commander of the 58th Infantry Regiment in Herford
• Bruno Gröning (1906–1959), so-called miracle healer , became known in 1949 for allegedly healing the sick in Herford
• Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte (1907–1994), legal and political scientist, Brigadier General of the Bundeswehr Reserve, from 1936 to 1939 first lieutenant and company commander in the Weddigen barracks in Herford
• Gunnar Lagergren (1912–2008), lawyer, from 1964 to 1984 judge at the Supreme Restitution Court in Herford
• Heinz Schön (1926–2013), director of the city ​​theater and founder of the Hoekerfest
• Herbert F. Schubert (1931–2011) dancer and choreographer, a. a. Ballet teacher from Ute Lemper ; Herbert F. Schubert learned the profession of freight forwarding agent in Herford
• Jan Hoet (1936–2014), exhibition curator, founding director of the MARTa Herford museum
• Matthias Wemhoff (* 1964), medieval archaeologist , headed the excavation work at Herford Abbey from 1988 to 1990 , whereupon he started the work Das Damenstift Herford. The archaeological results on the history of the profane and sacral buildings since the late 8th century was promoted.

Personalities who went to school or college in Herford

The following personalities were not born in Herford, but went to school or college there (sometimes only temporarily) and then left the city:

• Andreas Wilms (1494–1557), canon lawyer and reformer (Latin school of the Dwerg College )
• Adolph Bermpohl (1833–1887), navigation teacher ( Friedrichs-Gymnasium Herford )
• Otto Bömers (1857–1922), lawyer and Prime Minister of Schaumburg-Lippe (Friedrichs-Gymnasium)
• Walter Baade (1896–1960), astronomer and astrophysicist , (Friedrichs-Gymnasium)
• Hanns Joachim Friedrichs (1927–1995), journalist (Friedrichs-Gymnasium)
• Hans Wollschläger (1935–2007), writer , translator , historian , editor , musicologist and organist (Friedrichs-Gymnasium)
• Dirk Ahlers (* 1937), chairman of the supervisory board and largest single shareholder of Frosta AG (Friedrichs-Gymnasium)
• Martin Bartsch (* 1942), church musician , studied from 1962 to 1965 at the College for Church Music of the Evangelical Church of Westphalia
• Edgar Selge (* 1948), actor (Friedrichs-Gymnasium)
• Horst Reusche (* 1951), artist, art and history scholar ( Friedrich List School )
• Reinhard Göhner (* 1953), politician and association official (Friedrich List School)
• Gustav Peter Wöhler (* 1956), actor and singer ( Ravensberger Gymnasium , Otto Hahn School , Anna Siemsen School)
• Martin Heckmanns (* 1971), theater writer (Friedrichs-Gymnasium)

The painter Gabriele Münter (1877–1962) lived as a child with her parents from 1878 to 1884 in Herford.

See also

• List of the Mayors of Herford

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.cnbc.com/id/46483722/FAO_Schwarz_150_Years_of_Toys ( Memento from February 13, 2015 in the Internet Archive )

Coordinates: 52 ° 6 ′ 57.1 ″  N , 8 ° 40 ′ 11.9 ″  E