Hagen () is the 41st-largest

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. The municipality is located in the

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. It is located on the south eastern edge of the

Ruhr area The Ruhr ( ; german: Ruhrgebiet , also ''Ruhrpott'' ), also referred to as the Ruhr area, sometimes Ruhr district, Ruhr region, or Ruhr valley, is a polycentric urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population density of 2,800/km ...

, 15 km south of

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, where the rivers

Lenne The Lenne is a tributary of the river Ruhr in the Sauerland hills, western Germany. It has caused flooding in recent years. Having its source on top of the ''Kahler Asten'' near Winterberg in an intermittent spring at an elevation of , the Le ...

and

Volme The Volme is a river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, and is a tributary of the river Ruhr. It is long, of which about lie within the city limits of Hagen. Its largest tributary is the Ennepe. The Volme rises at above sea level in the south ...

(met by the river

Ennepe The Ennepe is a river, and a left tributary of the Volme in Northern Sauerland, Germany. It gave its name to the town Ennepetal, and the district Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis. Course of River The Ennepe begins in the Märkischer Kreis southeast of Halver, ...

) meet the river

Ruhr The Ruhr ( ; german: Ruhrgebiet , also ''Ruhrpott'' ), also referred to as the Ruhr area, sometimes Ruhr district, Ruhr region, or Ruhr valley, is a polycentric urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population density of 2,800/km ...

. As of 31 December 2010, the population was 188,529. The city is home to the

FernUniversität Hagen The University of Hagen (german: link=no, FernUniversität in Hagen, informally often referred to as FU Hagen) is a public research university that is primarily focused on distance teaching. While its main campus is located in Hagen, North Rh ...

, which is the only state-funded

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university in Germany. Counting more than 67,000 students (March 2010), it is the largest university in Germany.

History

Hagen was first mentioned around the year 1200, and is presumed to have been the name of a farm at the confluence of the Volme and the Ennepe rivers. After the conquest of in 1324, Hagen passed to the

County of Mark The County of Mark (german: Grafschaft Mark, links=no, french: Comté de La Marck, links=no colloquially known as ) was a county and state of the Holy Roman Empire in the Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle. It lay on both sides of the Ruhr River ...

. In 1614 it was awarded to the

Margraviate of Brandenburg The Margraviate of Brandenburg (german: link=no, Markgrafschaft Brandenburg) was a major principality of the Holy Roman Empire from 1157 to 1806 that played a pivotal role in the history of Germany and Central Europe. Brandenburg developed out o ...

, according to the

Treaty of Xanten The Treaty of Xanten (german: Vertrag von Xanten, links=no) was signed in the Lower Rhine town of Xanten on 12 November 1614 between Wolfgang Wilhelm, Count Palatine of Neuburg and John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg, with representatives from E ...

. In 1701 it became part of the

Kingdom of Prussia The Kingdom of Prussia (german: Königreich Preußen, ) was a German kingdom that constituted the state of Prussia between 1701 and 1918.Marriott, J. A. R., and Charles Grant Robertson. ''The Evolution of Prussia, the Making of an Empire''. Re ...

. After the defeat of Prussia in the

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, Hagen was incorporated into the

Grand Duchy of Berg The Grand Duchy of Berg (german: Großherzogtum Berg), also known as the Grand Duchy of Berg and Cleves, was a territorial grand duchy established in 1806 by Emperor Napoleon after his victory at the Battle of Austerlitz (1805) on territories bet ...

from 1807–13. In 1815 it became part of the new Prussian

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. The city developed more rapidly in the 19th century, stimulated by industrialization: the mining of

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and the production of

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in the

Ruhr Area The Ruhr ( ; german: Ruhrgebiet , also ''Ruhrpott'' ), also referred to as the Ruhr area, sometimes Ruhr district, Ruhr region, or Ruhr valley, is a polycentric urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population density of 2,800/km ...

. In reaction to the

Kapp Putsch The Kapp Putsch (), also known as the Kapp–Lüttwitz Putsch (), was an attempted coup against the German national government in Berlin on 13 March 1920. Named after its leaders Wolfgang Kapp and Walther von Lüttwitz, its goal was to undo the ...

in March 1920, when rightists tried to overthrow the elected government and restore the monarchy, tens of thousands of leftist workers in the Ruhr Valley, Germany's most important industrial area, rose up in protest. They were known as the

Red Ruhr Army The Ruhr Red Army (13 March – 12 April 1920) was an army of between 50,000 and 80,000 left-wing workers who conducted what was known as the Ruhr Uprising (''Ruhraufstand''), in the Weimar Republic. It was the largest armed workers' uprising in ...

Thousands of workers went on strike and fought during the Ruhr Uprising, 13 March – 2 April 1920. Government and paramilitary forces were ordered against the workers, suppressing the uprising, and killing an estimated 1,000 workers. A memorial to the uprising was installed in Hagen. By 1928, Hagen had developed into a city of more than 100,000 inhabitants. During

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, Hagen was bombed repeatedly, by both the

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and the United States

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. On the night of 1 October 1943, 243 Lancasters and 8

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from the

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attacked the city. According to the Bomber Command Campaign Diary, "This raid was a complete success achieved on a completely cloud-covered target of small size, with only a moderate bomber effort and at trifling cost." Hagen sustained severe damage from that raid, and hundreds of civilians were killed. After World War II, the city was included in the new state of

in the

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(FRG, also known as

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Recent discoveries

In August 2021, discovery of a cache of

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artifacts from a house was announced. A history teacher revealed a painted portrait of

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and medals decorated with eagles and

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s, a newspaper from 1945, a revolver,

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, and stacks of documents. It is also found out that the house once served as the

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of the

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Economy

Owing to the extensive use of water power along the rivers Ruhr, Lenne, Volme and Ennepe, metal processing played an important role in the region of Hagen in and even before the 15th century. In the 17th and 18th centuries,

textile Textile is an umbrella term that includes various fiber-based materials, including fibers, yarns, filaments, threads, different fabric types, etc. At first, the word "textiles" only referred to woven fabrics. However, weaving is not the ...

and steel industries, as well as

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production were developed here. In the early 21st century, Hagen is the home of the Suedwestfaelische Industrie- und Handelskammer, as well as

Sparkasse Hagen Sparkasse Hagen is the Sparkasse of Hagen, North Rhine-Westphalia, serving the greater Hagen area. Its former main office, the Sparkasse Hagen tower, was a regional landmark until its demolition in 2004. See also *List of banks in Germany Ce ...

, the local public savings bank. The bank's former headquarters, the Sparkasse Hagen tower, was a regional landmark until its demolition in 2004. The city is heavily indebted and in the process of cutting city services in order to balance its budget. The city has capitalized on the export of a wide variety of breads, most notably ''Hagenschmagenbrot'', a traditional dark bread.

Education

One of the five branches of

South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences The South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences erman : Fachhochschule Südwestfalenis a high-ranked research institution located in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With more than 14,000 students, it is one of the largest of it ...

is located in the city (also: Fachhochschule Südwestfalen (FH SWF)), which offers various engineering programmes. This institution was founded in the city in 1824.

Attractions

Hagen is home to the ''LWL-Freilichtmuseum Hagen'', or

Hagen Westphalian Open-Air Museum The Hagen Westphalian Open-Air Museum (german: LWL-Freilichtmuseum Hagen – Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Handwerk und Technik; English: "LWL Open-air Museum Hagen – Westphalian State Museum for Craft and Technics") is a museum at Hage ...

, a collection of historic industrial facilities. Trades such as printing, brewing, smithing, milling, and many others are represented, not only with static displays, but as living, working operations that visitors may in some cases participate in. It is located near the Hagen community of Eilpe. The

Historisches Centrum Hagen The Historisches Centrum Hagen (HCH, in English: ''Historical Centre of Hagen'') in Hagen, Germany, has hosted the city museum, the municipal archives, the Westphalian Music and Literature Archive, the offices of Hagen historical societies, and ...

includes the city museum and Werdringen castle. In the Blätterhöhle cave in Hagen, the oldest fossils of modern people in

Westphalia Westphalia (; german: Westfalen ; nds, Westfalen ) is a region of northwestern Germany and one of the three historic parts of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It has an area of and 7.9 million inhabitants. The territory of the regio ...

and the

were found. Some date to the early

Mesolithic The Mesolithic (Greek: μέσος, ''mesos'' 'middle' + λίθος, ''lithos'' 'stone') or Middle Stone Age is the Old World archaeological period between the Upper Paleolithic and the Neolithic. The term Epipaleolithic is often used synonymous ...

, 10,700 years B.C.E. It seems that the descendants of Mesolithic people in this area maintained a foraging lifestyle for more than 2000 years after the arrival of farming societies. Stadt

Boroughs

some localities of Hagen: * Hagen-Dahl * Hagen-Emst * Hagen-Priorei * Hagen-Rummenohl * Hagen-Halden

Demographics

The following table shows the largest foreign resident groups in the city of Hagen.

Politics

Bundestag

Part of the Hagen – Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis I

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for elections to the

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Mayor

The current Mayor of Hagen is

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Erik O. Schulz, elected in 2014 and re-elected in 2020. The most recent mayoral election was held on 13 September 2020, and the results were as follows: ! colspan=2, Candidate ! Party ! Votes ! % , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Erik O. Schulz , align=left,

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( CDU/

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/ FDP) , 31,086 , 51.1 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Wolfgang Jörg , align=left,

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties For ...

, 15,547 , 25.5 , - , , align=left, Josef Bücker , align=left, Hagen Active , 5,214 , 8.6 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Michael Eiche , align=left,

Alternative for Germany Alternative for Germany (german: link=no, Alternative für Deutschland, AfD; ) is a right-wing populist * * * * * * * political party in Germany. AfD is known for its opposition to the European Union, as well as immigration to Germany. I ...

, 5,197 , 8.5 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Laura Knüppel , align=left,

Die PARTEI (''Party for Labour, Rule of Law, Animal Protection, Promotion of Elites and Grassroots Democratic Initiative''), or Die PARTEI (''The PARTY''), is a German political party. It was founded in 2004 by the editors of the German satirical magazin ...

, 1,704 , 2.8 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Ingo Hentschel , align=left, The Left , 1,534 , 2.5 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Thorsten Kiszkenow , align=left,

Pirate Party Germany The Pirate Party Germany (german: Piratenpartei Deutschland), commonly known as Pirates (), is a political party in Germany founded in September 2006 at c-base. It states general agreement with the Swedish Piratpartiet as a party of the informat ...

, 420 , 0.7 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Franco Flebus , align=left, The Republicans , 182 , 0.3 , - ! colspan=3, Valid votes ! 60,884 ! 98.1 , - ! colspan=3, Invalid votes ! 1,156 ! 1.9 , - ! colspan=3, Total ! 62,040 ! 100.0 , - ! colspan=3, Electorate/voter turnout ! 147,361 ! 42.1 , - , colspan=7, Source
State Returning Officer
The following is a list of mayors since 1946: * 1946–1956:

Fritz Steinhoff Fritz Steinhoff (23 November 1897 – 22 October 1969) was a German politician of the Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands, SPD. He was the third Minister President of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1956 to 1958. Early life Steinh ...

(SPD) * 1956–1963: Helmut Turck (SPD) * 1963–1964: Fritz Steinhoff (SPD) * 1964–1971: Lothar Wrede (SPD) * 1971–1989: Rudolf Loskand (SPD) * 1989: Renate Löchter (SPD) * 1989–1999: Dietmar Thieser (SPD) * 1999–2004: Wilfried Horn (CDU) * 2004–2009: Peter Demnitz (SPD) * 2009–2014: Jörg Dehm (CDU) * since 2014: Erik O. Schulz (independent)

City council

The Hagen city council governs the city alongside the Mayor. The most recent city council election was held on 13 September 2020, and the results were as follows: ! colspan=2, Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Christian Democratic Union (CDU) , 16,813 , 27.5 , 4.5 , 14 , 6 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left,

(SPD) , 15,573 , 25.5 , 7.3 , 13 , 8 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left,

Alliance 90/The Greens Alliance 90/The Greens (german: Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, ), often simply referred to as the Greens ( ), is a Green politics, green List of political parties in Germany, political party in Germany. It was formed in 1993 as the merger of The Greens ...

(Grüne) , 8,114 , 13.3 , 4.3 , 7 , 1 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left,

(AfD) , 5,692 , 9.3 , 5.6 , 5 , 3 , - , , align=left, Hagen Active (HA) , 4,186 , 6.8 , 1.3 , 4 , 1 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Free Democratic Party (FDP) , 2,829 , 4.6 , 1.0 , 2 , ±0 , - , , align=left, Citizens for Hohenlimburg (BfHo) , 2,066 , 3.4 , 1.1 , 2 , 1 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, The Left (Die Linke) , 1,762 , 2.9 , 1.4 , 2 , 1 , - , , align=left, Hagen Activist Circle (HAK) , 1,740 , 2.8 , New , 2 , New , - , bgcolor=, , align=left,

(PARTEI) , 1,692 , 2.8 , New , 1 , New , - , colspan=7 bgcolor=lightgrey, , - , bgcolor=, , align=left,

(Piraten) , 436 , 0.7 , 0.9 , 0 , 1 , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, The Republicans (REP) , 194 , 0.3 , New , 0 , New , - , bgcolor=, , align=left, Independents , 19 , 0.0 , – , 0 , – , - ! colspan=2, Valid votes ! 61,116 ! 98.7 ! ! ! , - ! colspan=2, Invalid votes ! 825 ! 1.3 ! ! ! , - ! colspan=2, Total ! 61,941 ! 100.0 ! ! 52 ! 10 , - ! colspan=2, Electorate/voter turnout ! 147,361 ! 42.0 ! 3.1 ! ! , - , colspan=7, Source
State Returning Officer

Transport

The

Autobahn The (; German plural ) is the federal controlled-access highway system in Germany. The official German term is (abbreviated ''BAB''), which translates as 'federal motorway'. The literal meaning of the word is 'Federal Auto(mobile) Track'. ...

en A1, A45 and A46 pass by Hagen. Hagen has been an important rail junction for the southeastern Ruhr valley since the first rail line opened in 1848. The

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of Hagen-Vorhalle is among Germany's largest, and the

central station Central stations or central railway stations emerged in the second half of the nineteenth century as railway stations that had initially been built on the edge of city centres were enveloped by urban expansion and became an integral part of the ...

offers connections to the

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network of

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as well as to local and

S-Bahn The S-Bahn is the name of hybrid urban- suburban rail systems serving a metropolitan region in German-speaking countries. Some of the larger S-Bahn systems provide service similar to rapid transit systems, while smaller ones often resemble co ...

services. Since December 2005, Hagen has also been the starting point for a new service into

Essen Essen (; Latin: ''Assindia'') is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and D ...

, operated by

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. Local traffic is handled by Hagener Straßenbahn (Hagen Tramways), which, despite its name, offers only bus services, as the last

tram A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport are ...

way route in Hagen was abandoned in May 1976. All in all there is a large-scale network of 36 bus lines in Hagen. All local rail and bus services operate under the transport association VRR.

Sport

The German Basketball Federation (DBB) is based in Hagen. Sport clubs in Hagen: * TSV Hagen 1860 - largest club (multiple

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champions) *

SSV Hagen Brandt Hagen Hagen is a professional basketball club from Hagen in Germany. History It is the successor of Brandt Hagen, a professional club that had considerable success in the German Basketball Bundesliga in the 90s. In April 1990, the club w ...

(1974 basketball champions), later known as

Brandt Hagen Brandt Hagen Hagen is a professional basketball club from Hagen in Germany. History It is the successor of Brandt Hagen, a professional club that had considerable success in the German Basketball Bundesliga in the 90s. In April 1990, the club w ...

Phoenix Hagen Phoenix Hagen is a German professional basketball club that is based in Hagen, Germany. After withdrawing from the Basketball Bundesliga in November 2016, Phoenix Hagen re-launched its basketball team for the 2017-18 ProA season. The ProA is Germ ...

, ''

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- ENERVIE Arena im Sportpark Ischeland'' * Hasper SV * Hohenlimburger SV (multiple women

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champions) Hagen is also famous of its annual equestrian show ' Horses & Dreams' in April at Hof Kasselmann. It is one of the greatest equestrian shows in Germany and abroad. In 2005 they were the host of the European Dressage Championships after Moscow withdrew. In 2021 Hagen is again host of the 2021 European Dressage Championships for seniors and U25.

Twin towns – sister cities

Hagen is twinned with: *

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, France (1960) *

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, France (1965) * Steglitz-Zehlendorf (Berlin), Germany (1967) *

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, Austria (1974) *

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, Russia (1985) *

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, Israel (1997)

Notable people

Friedrich Harkort Friedrich Harkort (February 22, 1793, Hagen - March 6, 1880), known as the "Father of the Ruhr," was an early prominent German industrialist and pioneer of industrial development in the Ruhr region.(29 December 2009)Friedrich Harkort - Vorbild u ...

(1793–1880), railway and industrial pioneer and politician (German Progressive Party) *

Georg von Vincke Georg von Vincke (5 May 1811 – 3 June 1875) was a Prussian politician, officer, landowner and aristocrat of the Vincke family. As a political figure he was associated with the Old Liberals. Biography He was born in Hagen. He was the son of Ludw ...

(1811–1875), politician * Karl Halle (1819–1895), also known as Sir Charles Hallé, pianist, composer and orchestra conductor *

Eugen Richter Eugen Richter (30 July 183810 March 1906) was a German politician and journalist in Imperial Germany. He was one of the leading advocates of liberalism in the Prussian Landtag and the German Reichstag. Career Son of a combat medic, Richter attend ...

(1838–1906), politician (German Progressive Party) * Wilhelm Böing (born 1846), father of

William Boeing William Edward Boeing (; October 1, 1881 – September 28, 1956) was an American aviation pioneer who founded the Pacific Airplane Company in 1916, which a year later was renamed to The Boeing Company, now the largest exporter in the United S ...

, founder of the

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aviation company * Hugo Siepmann (1868-1950), industrialist *

Karl Ernst Osthaus Karl Ernst Osthaus (15 April 1874, in Hagen – 25 March 1921, in Merano) was an important German patron of avant-garde art and architecture. Life Osthaus was born to a wealthy banking family, who also owned several businesses in the textile a ...

(1874–1921), banker and patron of avant-garde art and architecture *

Will Lammert Will Lammert (5 January 1892 – 30 October 1957) was a German sculptor. In 1959 he was posthumously awarded the National Prize of the German Democratic Republic. Life Germany (1892–1933) Will Lammert was born in Hagen in 1892, the son of ...

(1892–1957), sculptor * Hansheinrich Dransmann (1894–1964), conductor, composer * Franz Bronstert (1895–1967), painter *

(1897–1969), politician (SPD) *

Heinrich Brocksieper Heinrich Brocksieper (15 April 1898 – 24 April 1968) was a Germans, German photographer, experimental filmmaker and painter who was educated at the Bauhaus design school. Life and work Heinrich Bocksieper was born on 15 April 1898 in Hage ...

(1898–1968), painter and photographer, experimental filmmaker and former

Bauhaus The Staatliches Bauhaus (), commonly known as the Bauhaus (), was a German art school operational from 1919 to 1933 that combined crafts and the fine arts.Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 4th edn., 200 ...

student *

Hans Nieland Hans Nieland (3 October 1900 in Hagen – 29 August 1976 in Reinbek near Hamburg) was a politician of the German Nazi-Party (NSDAP) and Lord Mayor of Dresden from 1940 until 1945. Career Nieland was drafted into the Imperial Army in June 1918 ...

(1900–1976), politician (NSDAP) *

Burkhart Waldecker Burkhart Waldecker (born August 19, 1902, in Hagen – died 1964) was a German explorer who, in 1937, discovered the most southern source of the White Nile in Burundi. Waldecker came to the area to seek asylum from Nazi persecution. The true sou ...

(1902–1964), explorer * Hugo Paul (1905–1962), politician (KPD) *

Ernst Meister Ernst Meister (3 September 1911 – 15 June 1979) was a German poet and writer. Meister's poetry falls within a dark abstract landscape of existentialism, with tortured themes influenced by his experiences during World War II. In his 1976 coll ...

(1911–1979), lyricist, radio playwright, narrator and theater author *

Emil Schumacher Emil Schumacher (29 August 1912 in Hagen, Westfalen – 4 October 1999 in San José, Ibiza) was a German painter. He was an important representative of abstract expressionism in post-war Germany. In 2009 the Kunstquartier Hagen was inaugurat ...

(1912–1999), painter (abstract art) *

Artur Axmann Artur Axmann (18 February 1913 – 24 October 1996) was the German Nazi national leader (''Reichsjugendführer'') of the Hitler Youth (''Hitlerjugend'') from 1940 to 1945, when the war ended. He was the last living Nazi with a rank equivalent to ...

(1913–1996), politician (NSDAP) and Reichsjugendführer * Erwin Milzkott (1913–1986), violinist *

Herbert Reinecker Herbert Reinecker (24 December 1914 – 27 January 2007) was a very prolific German novelist, dramatist, screenwriter and former Nazi SS officer. Career Born in Hagen, Westphalia, Reinecker began to write short story, short stories already as a h ...

(1914–2007), writer and screenwriter *

Liselotte Funcke Liselotte Funcke (20 July 19181 August 2012) was a German liberal politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP). She was a member of the German Bundestag parliament from 1961 to 1979, serving as its vice president from 1969. She then was appoi ...

(1918–2012), liberal politician, vice president of federal parliament, state Minister of Economy in North Rhine-Westphalia, Federal Commissioner for Foreigners *

Nicholas Rescher Nicholas Rescher (; ; born 15 July 1928) is a German-American philosopher, polymath, and author, who has been a professor of philosophy at the University of Pittsburgh since 1961. He is chairman of the Center for Philosophy of Science and was for ...

(born 1928), American philosopher * Rotraut Wisskirchen (1936–2018), Biblical archaeologist *

Freddy Breck Freddy Breck (''Gerhard Breker''; 21 January 1942, in Sonneberg, Thuringia – 17 December 2008, in Rottach-Egern, Upper Bavaria) was a German schlager singer, composer, record producer, and news anchor. Breck studied to be a machinist, the ...

(1942–2008), percussionist *

Jürgen Schläder Jürgen Schläder (born 1948 in Hagen) is a German theatre director and musicologist, who was from May 1987 to March 2014 Professor of Theatre Studies with a focus on stage music at the LMU München. He studied German literature and musicology a ...

(born 1948), musicologist *

Hans Reichel Hans Reichel (10 May 1949 – 22 November 2011) was a German improvisational guitarist, experimental luthier, inventor, and type designer. Career Reichel was born in Hagen, Germany. He began to teach himself violin at age seven, playing in the s ...

(1949–2011), guitarist, violinist, instrument maker and typographer *

Annette Humpe Annette Humpe (born 28 October 1950) is a German singer, songwriter, and record producer. Her band Ideal was one of the most important and seminal representatives of the Neue Deutsche Welle. In 2004, she returned as a singer with the project Ich ...

(born 1950) music producer, singer of the bands

Ideal Ideal may refer to: Philosophy * Ideal (ethics), values that one actively pursues as goals * Platonic ideal, a philosophical idea of trueness of form, associated with Plato Mathematics * Ideal (ring theory), special subsets of a ring considere ...

and

Ich + Ich Ich may refer to: * Ich, a German pronoun meaning ''I'', also a Middle English form of ''I'' * The ego, one of the psychic apparatus defined in Sigmund Freud's structural model of the psyche * ''Ich'' (album), an album by German rapper Sido * ...

Nena Gabriele Susanne Kerner (born 24 March 1960), better known as Nena, is a German singer and songwriter who rose to international fame in 1983 as the lead vocalist of the band Nena with the Neue Deutsche Welle song "99 Luftballons". In the same ye ...

(Gabriele Susanne Kerner) (born 1960), pop singer *

Antje Vowinckel Antje Vowinckel (born December 14, 1964) is a Berlin-based German sound artist, radio artist, and musician. Early life Vowinckel was born in Hagen. She had flute, guitar, and piano lessons as a child, later playing the flute in a student orches ...

(born 1964), sound artist, radio artist and musician. *

Mousse T. Mustafa Gundogdu ( tr, Mustafa Gündoğdu ; born 2 October 1966), best known under his stage name Mousse T., is a German-Turkish DJ, record producer, film composer and judge on season 15 of '' Deutschland sucht den Superstar'', the German vers ...

(Mustafa Gündogdu) (born 1966), DJ, musician, remixer and producer *

Mambo Kurt Mambo Kurt (born Rainer Limpinsel; 11 April 1967 in Hagen) is a German comedy and novelty act who performs covers of mainstream and classic rock hits. Mambo has performed at the Wacken Open Air festival and provides music for a German televisio ...

(Rainer Limpinsel) (born 1967), musician and solo entertainer *

Barbara Morgenstern Barbara Morgenstern (born March 19, 1971) is a German electronic music artist, keyboardist and singer. Biography Born in Hagen, Germany, Morgenstern describes herself as self-taught, although she had piano lessons as a child and jazz lessons at ...

(born 1971), musician * (born 1971), politician (SPD), mayor of Gevelsberg *

Henning Wehn Henning Wehn (; born 10 April 1974) is a German stand-up comedian based in the UK. Career Wehn studied Business Administration in Münster and worked in customer relations. In 2002, he moved to the United Kingdom to work in the marketing dep ...

(born 1974), comedian *

Jan-Ole Gerster Jan-Ole Gerster (born 1978 in Hagen) is a German film director and screenwriter. Life Gerster works as a film director and screenwriter in Germany. He was a TorinoFilmLab AdaptLab participant in 2016. Filmography * 2004: ''Der Schmerz geht ...

(born 1978), film director and screenwriter *

Bettina Hauert Bettina Alexandra Hauert (born 18 June 1982) is a German professional golfer and member of the Ladies European Tour. Amateur career Born in Hagen, Germany, Hauert was the individual champion at the 2003 Sherry Cup. She was also a member of th ...

(born 1982), professional golfer * René Eidams (born 1989), darts player

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