page_title: Erkrath
section_title: Persons with reference to the town
hierarchical_section_title: Erkrath / Persons with reference to the town
caption_attribution_description: English: Joachim Neander (1650-1680) Deutsch: Joachim Neander, Lithographie, 19. Jahrhundert, nach einem verschollenen Ölgemälde.
context_page_description: Erkrath is a town in the district of Mettmann, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
context_section_description: Joachim Neander (born circa 1650 in Bremen-1680 ibid.) German pastor, church poet and composer, first author about the Neandertal
  Karl Sudhoff (1853-1938), founder of the medical history as a scientific discipline in Germany, was from 1885 to 1905 doctor of the Hochdahl iron foundry and Armenian physician, later also councilor of Hochdahl-Millrath
  Toni Turek (1919-1984), national goalkeeper and world champion of Bern 1954, lived during his years with Fortuna Düsseldorf and his world title in Erkrath. 50 years after Bern the Erkrath Stadium was named after him (Toni Turek Stadium)
  Klaus Hänsch (born 1938 in Sprottau, Silesia), former President of the European Parliament
  Aleksandar Ristić (born 1944 in Sarajevo), footballer and coach (among others Fortuna Düsseldorf), lived in Erkrath at this time
  Flemming Lund (born 1952 in Copenhagen), Danish footballer for Fortuna Düsseldorf and Rot-Weiss Essen, lived in Hochdahl
  Klaus Allofs (born 1956), German footballer, manager of VfL Wolfsburg, lived for a long time in Erkrath-Unterfeldhaus.
  Thomas Allofs (born 1959), German footballer, lives in Erkrath-Unterfeldhaus and runs a disposal company in Düsseldorf
  Werner Koch (born 1961), German developer of Free Software and founder of the GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG or GPG), lives in Hochdahl
caption: Joachim Neander
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