Bettina Böttinger (born 4 July 1956 in

Düsseldorf Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in th ...

) is a German

television presenter A television presenter (or television host, some become a "television personality") is a person who introduces, hosts television show, television programs, often serving as a mediator for the program and the audience. Nowadays, it is common for ...

and producer.

Life

Böttinger studied German language and history at the

University of Bonn The Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (german: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn) is a public research university located in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in its present form as the ( en, Rhine U ...

. In 1985, she began as a journalist at

Westdeutscher Rundfunk Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln (''West German Broadcasting Cologne''; WDR, ) is a German public-broadcasting institution based in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia with its main office in Cologne. WDR is a constituent member of the conso ...

. She worked for the television programme '' Aktuelle Stunde''. As a television presenter, she worked during the 1990s and 2000s in programs including ''Hier und Heute'', ''Parlazzo'' and ''B. trifft''. Böttinger lives as an open lesbian in

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...

and in the

Eifel The Eifel (; lb, Äifel, ) is a low mountain range in western Germany and eastern Belgium. It occupies parts of southwestern North Rhine-Westphalia, northwestern Rhineland-Palatinate and the southern area of the German-speaking Community of ...

. She married Martina Wziontek on her 60th birthday.

Awards

* 2007:

Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (german: Verdienstorden der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, or , BVO) is the only federal decoration of Germany. It is awarded for special achievements in political, economic, cultural, intellect ...

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Bettina Böttinger

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1956 births Living people German television presenters German television talk show hosts German women television presenters German women television journalists German television journalists Mass media people from Düsseldorf Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany German LGBT journalists German LGBT broadcasters 20th-century German journalists 21st-century German journalists Westdeutscher Rundfunk people 20th-century German women 21st-century German women 21st-century German LGBT people {{Germany-journalist-stub