Jürgen B. Hausmann (born 29 October 1964, in Alsdorf) is the

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of Jürgen Beckers, a prominent

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cabaret Cabaret is a form of theatrical entertainment featuring music, song, dance, recitation, or drama. The performance venue might be a pub, a casino, a hotel, a restaurant, or a nightclub with a stage for performances. The audience, often dining or d ...

performer and

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.Jürgen Beckers: Feiner Beobachter rheinischer Eigenheiten
", az-web.de, 19 December 2010, retrieved 2011-07-31 Jürgen B. Hausmann is a teacher at a gymnasium in the city of Würselen near

Aachen Aachen ( ; ; Aachen dialect: ''Oche'' ; French and traditional English: Aix-la-Chapelle; or ''Aquisgranum''; nl, Aken ; Polish: Akwizgran) is, with around 249,000 inhabitants, the 13th-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, and the 28th- ...

, educating his students in the

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and

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as well as in history. As a boy he had his first humoristic performances at the

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. Since 1999 Jürgen B. Hausmann is known for his one-man-show on various stages throughout the

Rhineland The Rhineland (german: Rheinland; french: Rhénanie; nl, Rijnland; ksh, Rhingland; Latinised name: ''Rhenania'') is a loosely defined area of Western Germany along the Rhine, chiefly its middle section. Term Historically, the Rhinelands ...

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Jürgen B. Hausmann alias Jürgen Beckers

Comedy theatre characters German cabaret performers German male comedians Theatre characters introduced in 1999 Male characters in theatre People from Aachen (district) Living people 1964 births Comedians from North Rhine-Westphalia {{Germany-comedian-stub