Margit Sponheimer

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Margit Sponheimer at the Carnival in Franconia 2017

Margit Sponheimer (born February 7, 1943 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German singer and actress . The honorary citizen of Mainz was best known for her appearances at the Mainz Carnival .

Life

Margit Sponheimer learned to play the accordion and piano and received a vocal training . After finishing school, she first did a commercial apprenticeship.

In 1959 she made her first appearance at the Mainz Carnival. With her mood songs she became a permanent guest and in 1969 she had her great success with Am Rosenmontag I am born , composed by Charly Niessen . The song is one of the evergreens of carnival hits . In reality, the message of the song is true but not on Margit Sponheim to, because in their birth year fell Carnival Monday on March 8.

Numerous other titles also became hits. In addition to solo chants, she also sang in duets with Ernst Neger and others. During her appearances she was soon nicknamed "'s Margitsche". Since 1961 she has been a member of the Princess's Mainz Guard .

She is also known as an actress and has repeatedly seen her on stage. For example, she regularly appeared in folk plays at the Volkstheater in Frankfurt . Among other things, she also played Miss Sophie in the television recording of the Hessian version of Dinner for One .

Sponheimer made a guest appearance in three episodes of the series The Fallers in 2008 . In 2013 she received the Saumagen medal . From 2006 to 2017 she played in the musical Feucht & Fröhlich in the Lower House of Mainz .

She lives in the rural and winegrowing community of Ober-Olm in Rhineland-Hesse .

In February 2020, she announced that she would no longer perform as an active fast night worker and that the 2019/2020 campaign would mark the end of her active time as a fast night worker.

Honors

On September 5, 2007 she received the Federal Cross of Merit from the Rhineland-Palatinate Prime Minister Kurt Beck for having “inspired millions of people with her songs”, “broke through a male domain on the foolish stage” and “regularly appears in hospitals and retirement homes”.

On January 17, 2018, Mayor Michael Ebling announced that he would propose to the city ​​council of the state capital Mainz that Margit Sponheimer be named an honorary citizen of the state capital Mainz as "Ambassador of the Mainz joy of life". The parliamentary groups represented in the council from CDU, SPD, Greens, FDP, ÖDP and FW-G supported the proposal. Since February 7, 2018, her 75th birthday, Sponheim has been an honorary citizen of Mainz .

Bearer of the "Ranzengardebrunnen" 2020, the Mainzer Ranzengarde has been honoring public figures since 2005.

Success title

  • You like me , 1965
  • Just like my papa , 1968
  • The cute Meenzer girl ' , 1968
  • I was born on Rose Monday , 1969
  • Pick your ears , 1971
  • A man has to be pampered , 1972
  • Kille, kille, laugh at it , 1972
  • My dear Karl , 1975
  • You can only get such a man at the bakery , 1976
  • A whole basket of greenery , 1983
  • Dial 06131

Discography

Albums (selection):

  • A person like you and me
  • You like me , 1967
  • Yes, you like me - Margit Sponheimer sings Toni Hämmerle , 2010

literature

  • Margit Sponheimer: I was born on Rose Monday. From my life , Ingelheim 2010, ISBN 3937782923 .
  • Maike Hessedenz: Carnival is female , in: Narrhalla. Mainzer Carneval Zeitung , 2011, pp. 5–9.
  • Elisabeth Skrzypek: “The women were crazy about it…” Women celebrate the fifth season , Reutlingen 2016, p. 214ff, ISBN 978-3-88627-691-2 .

Web links

Commons : Margit Sponheimer  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Dinner for One" with the Volkstheater Frankfurt ( Memento of the original from July 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Hessischer Rundfunk. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.hr-online.de
  2. ↑ Südwestfernsehen program information from February 26th, 2006 (week 09) to March 17th, 2006 (week 11) , press portal, accessed on January 26th, 2016.
  3. ↑ the lower house program: 04.01.2016 to 07.01.2016 Feucht & Fröhlich eV , lower house Mainz, accessed on January 26, 2016.
  4. ↑ For Margit Sponheimer, carnival is over. Retrieved February 24, 2020 .
  5. ↑ For outstanding services - High distinction for Margit Sponheimer and Fritz Schumann ( Memento from December 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive ), State newspaper No. 33 / 58th year, Monday, September 10, 2007.
  6. ↑ VRM GmbH & Co. KG: "Ambassador of the Mainz joie de vivre": Margit Sponheimer is to become an honorary citizen of Mainz . ( Allgemeine-zeitung.de [accessed on January 17, 2018]).
  7. ↑ Ralf Keinath: Margit Sponheimer becomes an honorary citizen of Mainz . In: Merkurist.de . January 17, 2018 ( merkurist.de [accessed January 17, 2018]).
  8. ↑ "Meenzer girl" Margit Sponheimer turns 75 .
  9. ↑ Margit Sponheimer appointed honorary citizen of Mainz .
  10. ↑ VRM GmbH & Co KG: Award for Margit Sponh eimer - Allgemeine Zeitung. Retrieved January 3, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Sponheimer, Margit
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pop singer
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main