List of personalities of the city of Meschede
The list of personalities of the city of Meschede includes those people who were born in the area of today's city of Meschede and are of importance in the encyclopedic sense. Furthermore, those who have worked on site or have received honorary citizenship are named.
Honorary citizen of the city of Meschede
The honorary citizenship was awarded to:
- Julius Lex Sr. (1829-1917), entrepreneur
- Emil Scholand
- Franz Josef Ruegenberg, pastor
- Fritz Honsel (1888–1964), industrialist
- Joseph Künsting, pastor
- Ferdinand Gerwinn, pastor
- Carl Veltins
- Ferdinand Flügge
- Ferdinand Reichsgraf von Spee (1909–1980), honorary citizen since January 28, 1965
- Harduin Bießle OSB (1902–1985), abbot of the Benedictine Abbey of Königsmünster (1956–1976)
- Konrad Müller (1905–1992), doctor, honorary citizen since July 4, 1983
- Josef Busch (1905–1975), businessman and mayor (1962–1969), honorary citizen since March 13, 1975
- Hans Liese (1913–2005), official and city director (1956–1976), honorary citizen since April 30, 1981
- Franz Stahlmecke (1925–1997), mayor (1975–1997), honorary citizen since August 29, 1998
sons and daughters of the town
- Julius Wilhelm Ruer (1784–1864), psychiatrist and head of the Marsberg Provincial Clinic
- Joseph Bender (1815–1893), educator and historian
- Adolf von Pilgrim (1821–1909), district president in Minden and free conservative politician
- Karl von Kleinsorgen (1829–1889), judge and politician
- Wilhelm von Bocholtz-Meschede (1833–1890), manor owner, politician, member of the Prussian manor house
- Peter Wiese (1840–1927) local poet
- Karl Lehr (1842–1919), Lord Mayor of the City of Duisburg
- August Pieper (1866–1942), German theologian and chairman of the "People's Association for Catholic Germany"
- August Macke (1887–1914), painter
- Jost Hennecke (1873-1940), author
- Josefa Berens-Totenohl (1891–1969), writer and painter
- Heinz Späing (1893–1946), politician (NSDAP) and member of the People's Court
- Franz Hoffmeister (1898–1943), student and founder of the Sauerland Heimatbund
- Franz Quadflieg (1900–1957), German politician (NSDAP)
- Josef August Senge (1906–1941), factory worker who was murdered as part of "Aktion T4"
- Josef Schrudde (1920–2004), oral surgeon and plastic surgeon
- Ansgar Nierhoff (1941–2010), stainless steel sculptor
- Ulrich Busse (* 1943), theologian
- Walter Hömberg (* 1944), communication scientist
- Martin Stankowski (* 1944), publicist, author, cabaret artist
- Friedel Deventer (* 1947), graphic artist, photo montage artist, painter and object artist
- Werner Pieper (* 1948), author and publisher
- Reinhard Feldmann (* 1954), librarian and author
- Monika Brunert-Jetter (1955-2017), politician (CDU)
- Ruth Düring (* 1958), lawyer
- Dagmar H. Mueller (* 1961), author of children's and youth literature
- Klaus-Jürgen Wrede (* 1963), author of the game Carcassonne
- Rütger Conzelmann (* 1964), business economist, university lecturer
- Armin Petras (born 1964), theater director
- Bernd Stiegler (* 1964), literary scholar and philosopher
- Dirk Hofmann (* 1969), soccer player and coach
- Marc Grewe (* 1970), musician and composer
- Sonja Kling (* 1971), cabaret artist, actress and author
- Christian M. Goldbeck (* 1974), production designer
- Daniela Bette (* 1981), actress
- Teresa Bücker (* 1984), journalist and network and women's rights activist
- Punch Arogunz (* 1991), rapper
- Laura Hoffmann (* 1991), soccer player
- Luke Campbell (* 1994), German-American athlete
Personalities who have worked in the city
- Heinrich Busemann , ex-count of Eversberg around 1420
- Heinz Josef Algermissen (* 1943), Bishop of Fulda , worked as a chaplain and student chaplain in Meschede
- Otto Entrup (1930–2012), lawyer and politician
- Georg D. Heidingsfelder (1899–1967), journalist and book author
- Fritz Honsel (1888–1964), founder of the Honsel -Werke AG company
- Father Guido Hügen, Federal Curate of the DPSG , monk of the Königsmünster Abbey
- Dagmar Schmidt (1948–2005), member of the German Bundestag from 1994 to 2005
- Clemens August von Westphalen zu Fürstenberg (1805–1885) was a Fideikommissherr and politician
- Inge Brück (* 1936), singer, actress and author
- Matthias Ungemach (* 1968), rower, world champion in Germany eight and four with helmsman and participant in the 1992 Olympic Games and the 1996 Olympic Games
- Rosemarie Veltins (1938–1994), entrepreneur
Web links
Commons : People from Meschede - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Honorary Citizen of the City of Meschede (PDF; 944 kB)
- ↑ Honorary Citizens and Personalities . Homepage of the city of Meschede. Retrieved July 19, 2019.