Paul Trimmel is the eponymous hero of a series of detective novels by Friedhelm Werremeier. He was popularized in the television series ''

Tatort ''Tatort'' ("Crime scene") is a German language police procedural television series that has been running continuously since 1970 with some 30 feature-length episodes per year, which makes it the longest-running German TV drama. Developed by ...

'' and portrayed by

Walter Richter Walter Richter (May 13, 1905 – July 26, 1985) was a German actor. From 1970 until 1982 he starred in the Norddeutscher Rundfunk version of the popular television crime series ''Tatort''. Selected filmography * '' The Citadel of Warsaw' ...

. Paul Trimmel is often compared to

Georges Simenon Georges Joseph Christian Simenon (; 13 February 1903 – 4 September 1989) was a Belgian writer. He published nearly 500 novels and numerous short works, and was the creator of the fictional detective Jules Maigret. Early life and education ...

Jules Maigret Jules Maigret (), or simply Maigret, is a fictional French police detective, a '' commissaire'' ("commissioner") of the Paris ''Brigade Criminelle'' ('' Direction Régionale de la Police Judiciaire de Paris:36, Quai des Orfèvres''), created b ...

Novels

The character appeared in the following novels: * ''Ich verkaufe mich exklusiv'' (1968) * ''Taxi nach

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'' (1970) * ''Der Richter in Weiß'' (1971) * ''Ohne Landeerlaubnis'' (1971) * ''Ein EKG für Trimmel'' (1972) * ''Platzverweis für Trimmel'' (1972) * ''Trimmel macht ein Faß auf'' (1973) * ''Trimmel und der Tulpendieb'' (1974) * ''Treff mit Trimmel'', Erzählband (1974) * ''Hände hoch, Herr Trimmel'' (1976) * ''Trimmel hält ein Plädoyer'' (1976) * ''Trimmel hat Angst vor dem Mond'', Erzählband (1977) * ''Trimmel und Isolde'' (1980) * ''Trimmel und das Finanzamt'' (1982) * ''Trimmel spielt auf Zeit'' * ''Trimmel und der seltsame Zwischenfall'' * ''Trimmel im Netz der Spinne'' * ''Trimmel macht weiter'' * ''Trimmel und der Graf''

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Fictional German police detectives German fiction Male characters in literature Literary characters introduced in 1975 {{fict-char-stub