Wilhelm "Willi" Ostermann (1 October 1876 – 6 August 1936) was a lyricist, composer and singer of carnival songs and songs about

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 millio ...

, primarily in the German dialect of Kölsch. The tune ''Homesick for Cologne'' is counted amongst his most famous pieces. In the year 1949, a monument was erected to commemorate the life and works of Willi Ostermann in the Seven Mountains' Nightingale Valley of

Königswinter Königswinter ( ksh, Köningkswinte; Low Franconian: ) is a town and summer resort in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Geography Königswinter is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, opposite Bad Godesberg, at t ...

References

* Thomas Liessem, ''Willi Ostermann. Leben und Wirken des rheinischen Volkslieddichters''. Josef Höfer Köln, 1936. 2., veränderte Auflage 1951. Neuausgabe (um Noten erweitert) als: ''Willi Ostermann – Ein Leben für den Frohgesang am Rhein''. Willi Ostermann Verlag Köln, 1958. . * Wilhelm Staffel, ''Willi Ostermann''. Greven Verlag Köln, 1976. . * Hans W. Krupp, ''Willi Ostermann. Mundartdichter und Liedersänger.'' Stadt Köln

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Neuausgabe als: ''Willi Ostermann. 'En Kölle am Rhing …'.'' Eine Biographie von Hans W. Krupp, neu herausgegeben von Anne Krupp. Wienand Verlag Köln, 1995. . {{DEFAULTSORT:Ostermann, Willi German lyricists German composers 1876 births 1936 deaths