Oldenburg

Oldenburg is an Independent City in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the western part of the state between the cities of Bremen and Groningen, Netherlands at the Hunte river. It has a population of 157,868 (as of 2004) which makes it the fourth biggest in Lower Saxony after Hanover, Brunswick and Osnabrück.

Personalities

Honorary Citizens

• 1917: Paul von Hindenburg, General and later President of Germany during the Weimar Republic
• 1928: Dr. h.c. Helene Lange, Politician (DDP) and women's rights activist
• 1944: August Hinrichs, Artist
• 1961: Prof. Bernhard Winter, Painter
• 1963: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Karl Jaspers, Philosopher, Psychiatrist and political author
• 1992: Horst Janssen, Artist

In 1937 Adolf Hitler and Karl Röver were made Honorary Citizens, but this was reverted in 1948

Related Topics:
1937 - Adolf Hitler - Karl Röver - Honorary Citizen - 1948

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Famous People from Oldenburg

• 1683, Burkhard Christoph von Munnich, ? 1767, military commander, political figure
• 1776, May 4: Johann Friedrich Herbart, ? August 14 1841 Göttingen, Philosopher, Psychologist and Teacher
• 1803: Markus Nathan Adler, ? 1890, Rabbi
• 1818, December 21: Marie Frederike Amelie, Princess of Oldenburg and Queen of Greece 1836-1862 ? Bamberg May 20 1875
• 1842, February 5: Karl Graf von Wedel, ? December 30 1919 Stockholm, Governor of Alsace-Lorraine (Elsaß-Lothringen) between 1907-14
• 1848, April 9: Helene Lange, ? May 13 1930 Berlin, Politician, Teacher and women's rights activist
• 1852, November 16: Friedrich August, Duke of Oldenburg 1900-18
• 1865, July 22: Dr. Karl Rudolf Heinze, ? May 28 1928 Dresden, prime minister of Saxony October 26 to November 13 1918 and Governor of Saxony 1923
• 1873, February 26: Johann Schütte, Airship constructor
• 1875, April 2: Theodor Diedrich Wilhelm Francksen, ?June 14 1914, Art collector
• 1879, April 18: August Hinrichs, ? June 20 1956 Huntlosen, Author
• 1883, February 23: Karl Jaspers, ? February 26 1969 Basel, Philosopher and Author
• 1888: Theodor Pekol, ? 1958, Bus constructor and operator
• 1894, August 17: Otto Suhr, ? August 30 1957 Berlin, Politician SPD and Lord Mayor of Berlin
• 1934, October 7: Ulrike Meinhof, ? May 9 1976 Stuttgart (suicide), Journalist and Terrorist (Red Army Faction)
• 1946, March 24: Su Kramer alias Gudrun Kramer, Singer
• 1952, July 17: Judith Jupe, Singer
• 1954, February 7: Dieter Bohlen, Singer
• 1974, May 28: Hans Jörg Butt, Soccer player

Famous People who've worked in Oldenburg

• Hermann Ludwig Ehlers, *1904 Schöneberg near Berlin, ?1954, Politician (CDU), President of the Bundestag, worked in the city council of Oldenburg at the beginning of his career
• Horst Janssen, *November 14 1929 Oldenburg, ?August 31 1995 Hamburg, Artist, lived in Oldenburg
• Johann Heinrich Suhrkamp, *March 23 1891 near Oldenburg, March 31 1959 Frankfurt, founder of the Suhrkamp Publishing House
• Cäcilie von Oldenburg, died there in 1844