Ludger
Ludger is a male given name of Germanic origin, from which other variants are derived. The female form of the name is Ludgera .
variants
Ludgeri, Ludgerus, Lutz, Liudger, Luidger, Luitger, Lüder, Lüer, Lüers, Lüür and Lui.
Origin and meaning
The first known bearer of the name is St. Liudger , born around 742 near Utrecht. Charlemagne made him a missionary . His area of activity was in the area of today's German federal states of Lower Saxony and North Rhine-Westphalia . Liudger was the first bishop of the diocese of Münster .
The first name Ludger is particularly common in Westphalia , the Osnabrücker Land and the Oldenburger Münsterland .
name day
Name day is March 26th . The day is a solemn festival in the diocese of Münster . Places on which the day is particularly celebrated are the Cathedral of Münster , the St. Ludgerus Cathedral in Billerbeck and the St. Ludgerus Basilica in the Essen district of Werden .
Name bearer
- Liudger (around 742–809), Frisian missionary, founder of a monastery, abbot and first bishop of Münster
- Ludger Abeln (1964), German television presenter
- Ludger Alscher (1916–1985), German archaeologist
- Ludger Beerbaum (* 1963), German show jumper
- Ludger van Bergen (* 1938), Dutch Jesuit
- Ludger Born (1897–1980), German Jesuit
- Ludger Brümmer (* 1958), German composer
- Ludger Burmann (* 1956), German actor
- Ludger Edelkötter (* 1940), German composer, music teacher and publisher
- Ludger Engels (* 1963), German director (opera and drama), professor at the Academy for the Performing Arts in Baden-Württemberg
- Ludger Fischer (* 1957), German building historian and political scientist
- Ludger Gerdes (1954–2008), German painter and sculptor
- Ludger Grevelhörster (* 1958), German historian
- Ludger Hallermann (1936–2019), German geodesist
- Ludger Heid (* 1945), German modern historian
- Ludger Hofmann-Engl (* 1964), German-English composer and scientist
- Ludger Jochmann (* 1952), German children's book author
- Ludger Jonas (* 1957), German cathedral chapter of the diocese of Münster
- Ludger Kühnhardt (* 1958), German political scientist
- Ludger Lieb (* 1967), German mediaeval Germanist and university lecturer
- Ludger Lohmann (* 1954), German organist and professor
- Ludger Lütkehaus (1943–2019), German philosopher and literary scholar
- Ludger Mintrop (1880–1956), German geophysicist
- Ludger Pistor (* 1959), German actor
- Ludger Rémy (1949–2017), German conductor and music researcher
- Ludger Stratmann (* 1948), German doctor and cabaret artist
- Ludger Stühlmeyer (* 1961), German cantor, composer and musicologist
- Ludger Tebartz van Elst , a German psychiatrist and professor
- Ludger Tewes (* 1955), German historian and university professor
- Ludger tom Ring the Younger (1522–1584), German painter
- Ludger Vollmer (* 1961), German musician and composer
- Ludger Volmer (* 1952), German politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
- Ludger Westrick (1894–1990), German CDU politician and Federal Minister
Female form
- Ludgera Vogt (* 1962), German professor of sociology
literature
- Ludger. In: Brockhaus Encyclopedia. Volume 13. Brockhaus, Mannheim 1990, ISBN 3-7653-1113-8 , p. 606.
- Arnold Angenendt : Liudger. Aschendorf Verlag, Münster 2005, ISBN 3-402-03417-4 .