Heinrich Gersmeier, better known as Schäfer Heinrich, is a German farmer, who was looking for a woman in the German TV show '' Bauer sucht Frau''. He sang a song about his life as shepherd.

Personal life

He keeps 400 sheep on his farm in the "

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". After the death of his father in 1998, he lived with his mother Johanna in Völlinghausen (City Erwitte).Katharina Miklis:
Alleine unter Wölfen
'. stern.de, 2. Dezember 2008. In 2008 he was a candidate at the German TV Show "Bauer sucht Frau". At this show he sang "Das Schäferlied" ("''The shepherd song''"). He sang this song often at village festivals, was recorded with

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. The song was a top 10 hit in

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and reached No.5. He sang at many music festivals, in discos and at the Ballermann in Mallorca. His mother died in 2011. He was on many TV-shows like Promi-Frauentausch or Mitten im Leben. At 2010 his first PC-Game ''Schäfer Heinrichs Bauernhof-Simulator'' was released. At 2018 his first movie Schäfer Heinrich - Der Film will be released.

Discography

Singles

* 2008: "Das Schäferlied" * 2009: ''Schäfchen zählen'' * 2010: ''Schatzi, ich schubs Dich heute ins Heu'' * 2011: ''Das schöne Mädchen von Seite 1'' * 2012: ''Ich bin scha(r)f auf dich'' * 2012: ''Für Gaby tu’ ich alles'' * 2012: ''Im Traktor vor mir'' * 2013: ''Millionen Frauen lieben mich'' * 2014: ''Alle Schafe sind schon da'' * 2015: ''Schäfer Heinrich hat ne Farm'' * 2016: ''Für Schafe tu’ ich alles'' * 2017: ''Ladykiller''

Awards

* 2015: Ballermann-Award at the categorie „Ballermann Award der Jury für Kultstatus“ * 2016: Ballermann-Award

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Heinrich 21st-century German farmers 21st-century German male singers Living people Year of birth missing (living people)