Hessisch Oldendorf

Template:Expand German Template:Infobox German location Hessisch Oldendorf () is a town in the Hamelin-Pyrmont district, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Weser, approximately northwest of Hamelin. The adjective "Hessisch" (Template:Lit) has been used since 1905 to distinguish it from other towns named Oldendorf. Hessisch Oldendorf was part of Landgraviate of Hessen-Kassel from 1640 until 1932.

Personalities

• Heinrich Beerbom (1892–1980), mayor, city manager and honorary citizen of Bramsche
• Wilhelm Beisner (1911–?), German SD and SS- Guide and arms dealer, agent
• Otto Deppmeyer (born 1947), politician (CDU), Member of Landtag
• Richard Krentzlin (1864–1956), died in Hessisch Oldendorf, piano teacher and composer
• Heinrich Krone (1895–1989), politician (Centre Party, CDU) Member of the Reichstag, Member of the Bundestag
• Ilske Laginges (–1558), the first victim of the Witch-hunt process
• Konrad Schlüsselburg (1543–1619), German Lutheran theologian
• Henrik Span (1634-1694), officer and Admiral in the Dutch, Venetian and Danish navies
• Gustav Süß (1823–1881), born in Rumbeck, painter and author of children's books
• Hans Peter Thul (born 1948), politician, (CDU) Member of Landtag and Bundestag
• Karl Ludwig August Heino von Münchausen (1759–1836) officer in the American Revolutionary War and poet
• Ludolph Münchausen (1570–1640), known as the scholar, collected at the time the largest and most famous library in Northern Germany
• Albert Wehrhahn (1848–1942), born in Oldendorf, school official in Hannover, a pioneer of the Special education, local historian, honorary citizen of Hessisch Oldendorf
• Ludwig Wessel (1879–1922), Protestant Pastor of St. Nicolai Church in Berlin

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