List of personalities of the city of Schmallenberg

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The list of personalities in the town of Schmallenberg includes those people who were born or died in the area of ​​today's town of Schmallenberg and who are of encyclopedic importance. Furthermore, those who have worked on site or who have held the honorary citizenship or the ring of honor.

sons and daughters of the town

Listed are people who were born or died in Schmallenberg and who have a personal connection with the city.

Theresia Albers
Tom Astor
Franziskus Hennemann
Christine Koch
Siblings Leismann
Heinrich shuddered
Surname Data Remarks
Norbert Abels (* 1953) Publicist, musician, literary and musicologist, chief dramaturge at the Frankfurt Opera
Theresia Albers (1872–1949) Teacher and founder of the order
Thomas Astan (* 1942) Religious priest and former actor
Tom Astor (* 1943) Singer, composer of the hit and country scene
Julius Bamberger (1880–1951) Department store owner in Bremen
Theodor Balzer (1874–1944) Architect in Düsseldorf-Oberkassel
Louisa Bartel (* 1965) Lawyer and judge at the Federal Court of Justice
Rötger Belke-Grobe (1940-2007) Farmer, entrepreneur and local politician
Joseph Ernst Berghoff (1888-1919) philologist
Friedel Birker (1907–1969) Lutheran pastor, church planter and founder of the Martinswek Dorlar
Rudolf zur Bonsen (1886–1952) Administrative lawyer and district president
Franz Dameris (1902-1991) Philosopher and painter
Carl Johann Ludwig Dham (1809-1871) Lawyer, politician and member of the Frankfurt National Assembly 1848/49
Matthias Droste (1792–1864) catholic priest
Heinrich Döpp-Vorwald (1902–1977) Educational scientist, philosopher, author and university professor
Rupert Erythropel (1556-1626) Evangelical pastor and ancestor of one of the oldest Hanoverian scholar families
Albert Falcon (1922-2010) CDU politician, member of the NRW state parliament (July 21, 1962 to May 28, 1980), federal chairman of the Association of Catholic Entrepreneurs from 1965 to 1969
Hermann Falke (1933-1986) Painter and graphic artist
Franz Falke (1885–1951) Textile entrepreneur
Paul Falcon (1920–1990) Textile entrepreneur and mayor
Johann Leonhard Falter (around 1735–1807) Baroque and Rococo sculptors and carvers
Hans Frankenthal (1926–1999) was deported with his parents from Schmallenberg to Auschwitz, survived the Holocaust and returned to Schmallenberg despite the murder of his family.
Franz Geueke (1887–1942) Journalist and resistance fighter against National Socialism
Hinrich Grauenhorst (1919–1998) Sauerland artist, painter, illustrator, sculptor, architect and storyteller
Joseph Grobe (* 1931) Chemist and university professor
Paul-Heinz Guntermann (1930-2006) Consultant in the Catholic Foreign Secretariat of the German Bishops' Conference and was its director from 1981 to 1993.
Gottfried Heine (1849-1917) Teacher, musician and author
Josef Hellermann (1885–1964) Teacher, school council and mayor of Recklinghausen as well as member of the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Jessica Henkel (* 1978) Radio presenter and editor
Franziskus Hennemann (1882–1951) Mission Bishop, named Titular Bishop of Coptus in 1913, Bishop of Cape Town (South Africa) from 1933 to 1949
Christian Hesse (* 1960) Mathematician and university professor
Joseph Hengesbach (1860-1940) Catholic publicist
Franz Hoffmeister (1898–1943) Catholic priest and founder of the Sauerland Heimatbund
Hedwig Jungblut-Bergenthal (1914–1987) Dialect author and poet
Matthias Kamann (* 1961) Journalist and author
Thomas Kemper (* 1951) Press spokesman for the CDU parliamentary group (1986–1992) and the CDU NRW (1987–1992), government spokesman and state secretary for media in North Rhine-Westphalia (June 8, 2005 to August 31, 2006)
Jörg Kniffka (1941-2008) Pastor, theologian, sociologist and university professor
Karl Knipschild (1935-2016) Politician and member of the state parliament
Christine Koch (1869–1951) Poet of the Sauerland dialect. She received the Klaus Groth Prize (1939) and the Westphalian Literature Prize (1944).
Franz Joseph Koch (1875-1947) Teacher and author developed the Koch finger reading method
Heinrich Knoche (1831-1911) Teacher and author
Johann Rotger Koene (1799-1860) Philologist, teacher, author and dialect researcher
Renate & Werner Leismann (1942–2016 and 1936–2015) singing siblings from the field of pop hits and folk music
Bernhard Menne (1901–1968) Journalist and publicist (including editor-in-chief of Welt am Sonntag)
Margret Mönig-Raane (* 1948) last federal chairwoman of the trade union trade, banking and insurance (HBV) and then deputy chairwoman of the united service union, head of the ver.di federal department trade, vice-president of the Union Network International (UNI) and chairwoman of the association of substitute funds (VdAK)
Johann Heinrich Montanus (1680–1743) catholic priest
Johann Caspar Nückel (1753-1814) Lawyer, councilor and university professor
Emericus Quincken (1639-1707) Abbot of the county monastery
Hanna Rademacher (1881–1979) Writer
Dieter Ruddies (1921-2015) Local politicians and entrepreneurs
Franz Schäfer (1879-1958) Lawyer and university professor as well as President of the Saarbrücken Regional Court
Franz shuddered (1848–1910) Episcopal commissioner in Magdeburg and author
Günther shuddered (* 1954) Archaeologist, former Deputy General Director of the National Museums in Berlin, since 2011 Vice President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
Heinrich shuddered (1882–1975) Professor of Religious Folklore and First Chairman of the Sauerland Heimatbund (1924–1928)
Julian shivered (* 1988) Soccer player
Karl Schneider (* 1952) District Administrator of the Hochsauerlandkreis (since 2005)
Peter Schran (* 1949) TV journalist, filmmaker and producer
Heinz Schüngeler (1884–1949) Music pedagogue, pianist, composer and editor of musical textbooks
Josef Schüttler (1902–1972) CDU politician, member of the Landtag ( Baden , 1946–1949), member of the Bundestag (1949–1960) and Minister of Labor in Baden-Württemberg (1960–1968)
Carl Siebert (1922–2012) Sauerland painter, engraver and sculptor
Michael Soeder (1921-2008) Doctor and writer
Květoslav Spurný (1923-1999) Aerosol researcher and author as well as president of the Society for Aerosol Research
Michael Spanner († 1742) Baroque architect and builder of the Grafschaft Abbey
Christine Teipel (1621-1630) Victims of the witch trials in Oberkirchen
Heribert Vollmer (* 1964) Computer scientist and university professor
Alfred Voss (* 1945) Energy scientist and university professor
Reinhard J. Voss (* 1949) Historian, author and former general secretary of the German section of Pax Christi
Johann Benedikt Willmes (1743-1823) Lawyer, justice of the peace and university professor
Karl Willeke (1875-1956) Teacher and author

Personalities who have worked on site

Surname Data Remarks
Friedrich Albert Groeteken (1878–1961) Priest, author and director of the secondary school in Fredeburg

Honorary citizen

The list is divided into the honorary citizens of the cities and former communities in the area of ​​today's city of Schmallenberg.

Honorary citizen of the city of Schmallenberg

Surname Data Remarks
Sophie plug (1864–1957) Factory owner, received Schmallenberg's first honorary citizen's letter on August 29, 1953 at the age of 90.
Paul Falcon (1920–1990) was granted honorary citizenship in 1977 on his 25th anniversary as mayor.

Honorary citizen of the former municipality of Bödefeld

Surname Data Remarks
Heinrich Marx (1885–1971) Pastor in Bödefeld and author of the home chronicle "My home is my home - Chronicle of the parish of Bödefeld". The municipality of Bödefeld presented him with the honorary citizenship certificate for his services.

Honorary citizen of the former community of Fleckenberg

Surname Data Remarks
Josef Grimme († April 10, 1964) Spiritual Council, on the occasion of his 90th birthday on May 20, 1958, Fleckenberg was granted honorary citizenship because of his services to the unification of the community and the building of a church.
Hedwig Wurmbach († July 31, 1971) Teacher, became an honorary citizen on March 6, 1971 because of her work in the social and charitable area. Already in 1963 she received for her church services from Pope John XXIII. the Order of Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice .

Honorary citizen of the former county county

Surname Data Remarks
Paul Kloidt ? Mayor, was granted honorary citizenship in 1974.

Honorary citizen of the former municipality of Oberkirchen

Surname Data Remarks
Heinrich shuddered (1882–1975) Professor of Religious Folklore and First Chairman of the Sauerland Heimatbund
Heinrich Himmelreich ? Mayor (1948–1974), was granted honorary citizenship in 1974.

Honorary ring bearer of the city of Schmallenberg

In recognition of services that people have made for the good and reputation of the city of Schmallenberg, the council donates the ring of honor and the medal of merit of the city of Schmallenberg. The artist Friedrich Becker created the first ring of honor for the city . Honorary ring bearers of the city of Schmallenberg are (place and year of the award in brackets) :

Surname Place / date / comments
Paul Wiethoff Schmallenberg, 1961, first holder of the ring of honor
Josef Schmidt (Kauken) Schmallenberg, 1972
Paul Bergenthal Schmallenberg, 1973
Elisabeth (Elli) Bellinger Schmallenberg, 1975, first holder of the Ring of Honor
Wilhelm shuddered Schmallenberg, 1975
Heinz Dreher Schmallenberg, 1975
Paul Falcon Schmallenberg, 1975
Dieter Ruddies Fredeburg, 1982
Hedwig Jungblut-Bergenthal Schmallenberg, 1983
Albert Falcon Schmallenberg, 1983
Elisabeth Schache Convent County, 1983
Günter shuddered Hilden, 1990
Hubert Rötz Schmallenberg, 1990
Josef Wiegel Schmallenberg, 1990
Sister M. Brunhilde Prause Convent Grafschaft, 2004
Marianne Henkel Bad Fredeburg, 2004
Franz-Josef Klauke Schmallenberg, 2015
Franz-Josef Pape Schmallenberg, 2015
Hubert Pröpper Schmallenberg, 2015
Paul Soemer Schmallenberg, 2015

literature

  • Alfred Bruns: Schmallenberg heads . Published by the Schmallenberg-Holthausen Slate Mining Museum. Slate Mining Museum Schmallenberg-Holthausen 1985, ( Publications of the Slate Mining Museum on State History 6 (recte 7), ZDB -ID 2293376-1 )

Web links

Commons : Personen von Schmallenberg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ City of Schmallenberg (ed.): Citizens and their city , p. 55
  2. Current statutes of the city of Schmallenberg (January 25, 1988)