Min Herzing

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Margot Thielk alias "Min Herzing II"

"Min Herzing" is a symbolic figure in the Baltic Sea resort of Warnemünde , who embodies ties to his homeland, cheerfulness and North German quick-wittedness.

origin

The term "Min Herzing" (My Heart) goes back to the market woman Hedwig Anke (1902–1983). From the 1920s to the 1970s, this company sold fish on the Warnemünder Kirchenplatz and addressed every customer and every passer-by, but with a heartfelt “Min Herzing”.

Development into a symbolic figure

In 1968 the Rostock-based Ostsee-Zeitung discovered the city's legendary play on words "Min Herzing" and developed a local symbolic figure from this concept, which, under the social conditions in the GDR , could allow itself to be more critical than what actually existed Authors. The fictional newspaper character mostly commented on local grievances. “Min Herzing” soon appeared as a robust fish woman with a big mouth not only in the newspaper, but also at public and press festivals - often together with another symbolic figure of the Hanseatic city of Rostock : “Käpp'n Brass” (also “Käpt'n Brass "). For a long time, the actress Inge Raths hid herself in the costume of “Min Herzing” . For many years, “Käpp'n Brass” was portrayed by the singer and entertainer Horst Köbbert .

Parallel to the appearances of the symbolic figures, Hedwig Anke could be seen for a long time as a market vendor in Warnemünde, but also in the Rostock district of Reutershagen . For the locals in particular, she remained the “real Min Herzing”.

The legend continues

In 1974, the restaurateur and specialist saleswoman Margot Thielk (1932–2014) joined Hedwig Anke's side, and she soon took on the role of the “real Min Herzing” in everyday life. In 1974 a “fish hall” was built in Warnemünder Poststraße, a few meters from the place where Hedwig Anke could be found with her open sales stand for decades, and the fishmonger Margot Thielk took over the management. Hedwig Anke worked for Margot Thielk on an hourly basis until she retired.

Margot Thielk continued the now legendary scene of selling fish in her own way. For the locals, it quickly became the "new Min Herzing". In 1990 Margot Thielk founded the trademarked company "Min Herzing", which deals with the fish trade and gastronomy. The "Min Herzing" restaurants, which are now run by the families of Margot Thielk's daughters, are successful in the field of fish gastronomy. In Warnemünde today a distinction is often made between “Min Herzing I” (Hedwig Anke) and “Min Herzing II” (Margot Thielk).

Utilization of terminology

Passenger ship "Min Herzing", Warnemünde

Today various companies and projects bear the name "Min Herzing", including:

Representation in literature, music and film

  • “Essay about a fish woman or Min Herzing”, documentary by Uwe Belz 1974
  • "Well, min Herzing, do you know fish ?: the legendary fish woman from Warnemünde", Christiane Freuck in "Hanse-Sail aktuell" (2007), p. 72
  • "Min Herzing un anner Vertellers", Gertrud Hennl, Rostock, 1981
  • “Fishwives and Sailors - Portraits of Mecklenburgers in DEFA Documentary Film”, DEFA Foundation , project of the 4th Berlin Foundation Week, June 4th to 14th, 2013
  • "Min Herzing", ballad by the rock group Spill (Rostock), 2013
  • Min Herzing in “Discover Warnemünde through the eyes of Hansi Parczyk” by Rosemarie Zaulich, Rostock, 2013
  • Min Herzing in “Eyke Düwel: Cod Whispers | The devil of the old electricity ”, Rostock, 2015

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