It doesn’t matter if they were born, raised or died in Hamburg Hamburg originals and personalities they have a special relationship with the Hanseatic city – and the city with them. Some have lived in ancient times, others have died only recently.
A You can find traces of it in many places in Hamburg: The name of a street here, a statue there and even the Hamburg airport have been named after it. A conclusive list of people closely related to the history and development of the city of Hamburg is almost impossible. So here’s one small selection of the best known Hamburg originals!
1. Helmut Schmidt
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The SPD politician, with the full name Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidtwas born on 23 December 1918 in Hamburg and died on 10 November 2015 in the Hanseatic city.
The senator of the police authority achieved fame throughout Germany through his work as Responsible for the crisis during the Hamburg storm in 1962. From 1974 to 1982 Helmut Schmidt was the 5th Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germanyafter having held various ministerial positions in previous years.
Even after the end of his political career, Helmut Schmidt enjoyed great respect and was Author and co-editor of the weekly “Die Zeit” office worker. The Bundeswehr University of Hamburg bears his name, as does Hamburg Airport.
His wife Hannelore “Loki” Schmidt she is also one of Hamburg’s personalities: in addition to her work as a teacher, she has worked as a botanist, protector of nature and plants and has published books and established institutions in this sector. Her Klein Flottbek Botanical Garden was built in her honor Loki Schmidt Garden renamed.
2. Uwe Seeler
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Born in Hamburg on November 5, 1936, the footballer was regarded as one of the best center-forward in the world during his playing days and became one German football legend. He has spent his entire sporting career at Hamburger SV and is considered by many to be the the greatest HSVer of all time.
Also in the German national team, Seeler stood out for outstanding results and became the Honorary captain of the national team appointed. The city of Hamburg made “Us Uwe” in 2003 Honorary citizen of the Hanseatic city and in front of the Volksparkstadion, the Uwe-Seeler foot, the largest foot sculpture in the world, commemorates the famous football player.
After his death on July 21, 2022, a public funeral service was held for him at the Volksparkstadion in Hamburg. There are plans to rename the football stadium to Uwe-Seeler-Stadion.
3. Jan Fedder
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The famous popular actor I’m sure many of you know him from “Großstadtrevier” or as Kurt Brakelmann from “Neues aus Büttenwarder”. From the late 1970s it was Voice actor, actor and singer active and very successful!
He grew up like real burger in St. Pauli and spent his entire life in Hamburg. When he died in 2019, his funeral service took place in the well-known Michel and after the celebration there was a funeral convoy in St. Pauli street.
The harbor promenade was named “Jan-Fedder-Promenade” in his honor and there is a commemorative plaque in Hamburg’s cult pub “Zur Ritze”.
4. Hans Albers
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Hans Philipp August Albers was born in Hamburg St. Georg in 1891. The actor and singer was known as “Hans lace” to the popular idol. Although he died in Bavaria in 1960, he was buried in the Ohlsdorf cemetery.
After a difficult start in the life of an actor, several stations in different places in Germany and a serious war injury, he was able to continue his career after the end of the Second World War. Together with Heinz Rühmann he shone in the hit film “On the Reeperbahn at half past midnight”.
On what bears his name Hans-Albers-Platz on the Reeperbahn There is a statue of the “blond Hans” and you can visit his grave in the Ohlsdorf cemetery.
5. Spray of lemon
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Henriette Johanne Marie Müller, better known in the Hanseatic city as jet of lemonis originally from Hamburg, although she was born in Dessau in 1841. Due to illegitimacy, poverty and disability, the lemon jet was on the fringes of society and reached it not through success, but through their sad existence as outsiders. notoriety.
Daily Henriette offered her lemons for sale throughout the city. In the evening he went to the St. Pauli bar with his basket. Young people made fun of getting her drunk. Jette became addicted to alcohol and thus the laughing stock of the people.
To the Remembering the lemon jets An inconspicuous statue remembers her not far from Hamburger Michel. In the Ohlsdorf cemetery women’s garden there is a plaque in his memory, which he shares with Vogeljette (a widow who spoke to the sparrows).
6. Klaus Stoertebeker
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One Klaus Stoertebeker, even Klaas Störtebecker, Claas Störtebeker or Nikolaus Storzenbecher, there are many myths that have not been historically proven to this day. However, it is most feared pirates in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea closely related to the city of Hamburg.
This has to do with the following legend: After his pirate ship was tracked down near Heligoland in April 1401, he and his companions became sentenced to death by beheading. The legend: After his beheading, he is said to have passed in front of eleven of his men without his head, who would have been spared the same fate (they were executed anyway).
The Störtebeker memorial is located in HafenCity, near where he died, at the former execution site in Grasbrook. Incidentally, it is the only monument in Hamburg dedicated to a criminal.
7. The water carrier Hans Hummel
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Hans Hummel, whose real name was Johann Wilhelm Bentz, lived in Hamburg from 1787 until his death in 1854 Water carrier in Hamburg’s Neustadt office worker. He is considered one of the most famous Hamburg originals.
It’s about him Hamburg proverb “Hummel, Hummel – Mors, Mors” Return. The short-tempered Bentz was reportedly teased by children who called him by his nickname “Hummel, Hummel”. His response “Mors, Mors” means something like “You can fuck me”.
The hornet, usually in a dark costume and a top hat and a yoke with two buckets of water on his shoulder, can be spotted in several places in Hamburg: In a square on the Rademachergang there is a Fountain of the Water Bearer Monument – Opposite is a sculpture of children stretching their hindquarters towards the fountain. Other memorial fountain can be discovered on the premises of the Barmbek hospital.
As part of a limited action in 2003 in central Hamburg one hundred colored figures of the water bearer set up, which were subsequently sold at auction. Some can still be discovered in public space in Hamburg!
8. Heidi Kabel
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To die German folk singer and actress was born and died in Hamburg. He has acted in countless theatrical productions, most notably at the Ohnsorg Theater, as well as in many film and television productions.
In addition to the impressive list of roles she has played, she also has herself socially engaged and so, for example, it supports homeless projects in Hamburg and a children’s home in St. Pauli.
When he died at the age of 95, his funeral service was even broadcast on NDR. In 2011, a year after his death, the Installation of a life-size bronze figure on Hachmannplatz close to the main train station. At the same time, a part of the square – in front of the new seat of the Ohnsorg Theater – in Heidi Kabel Platz renamed.
9. Harry Rowohlt
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German Author, audiobook speaker, columnist, translator, reciter and actor Harry Rowohlt was born in Hamburg in 1945. He spent the last years of his life with his wife in Eppendorf, where he died at the age of 70.
Rowohlt’s father was the well-known publisher Ernst Rowohlt, from whom Harry inherited 49% of the publishing house, but did not enter the publishing world. Instead he made a name for himself like freelance translator of children’s booksSelf Author of the Pooh’s Corner column on the weekly Die Zeit as well as Homeless Harry actor in the television series Lindenstrasse.
In his readings, which he himself dubbed the “buzz of emphasis,” the focus was less on the texts he had read than on his rambling comments and observations.
Harry Rowohlt was buried in the Ohlsdorf cemetery in Hamburg. His autograph is engraved on his tombstone: a boulder.
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