page_title: Wittlich
section_title: Sons and daughters of the town
hierarchical_section_title: Wittlich / Famous people / Sons and daughters of the town
caption_attribution_description: For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. FDP-Bundesparteitag 1975 in der Rheingoldhalle, Mainz
context_page_description: The town of Wittlich is the seat of the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Its historic town centre and the beauty of the surrounding countryside make the town a centre for tourism in southwest Germany.
  Wittlich is the middle centre for a feeder area of 56 municipalities in the Eifel and Moselle area with a population of roughly 64,000. With some 18,000 inhabitants, Wittlich is the biggest town between Trier and Koblenz and the fourth biggest between Mainz and the Belgian border.
context_section_description: Mathias Agritius (b. 1545), poet, humanist
  Max René Hesse (1877–1952), physician, writer, novelist
  Georg Fischer (1881–1962), publisher and local author, owner of the Georg-Fischer-Verlag (publishing house) (1906–1956)
  Matthias Joseph Mehs (1893–1976), politician and local author
  Hans Kalbfell (b. 1930), professional boxer
  Hans Friderichs (b. 1931), politician (FDP), Federal Minister for Economics (1972–1977)
  Tony Munzlinger (b. 1934), painter and cartoonist
  Hermann Schäfer (b. 1942), historian, former leader of the Culture and Media department in the German Chancellery
  Reinhold Bohlen (b. 1946) professor, rector of the Trier Theological Faculty, cathedral capitulary, director of the Emil-Frank-Institut in Wittlich
  Brigitte Bastgen (b. 1955), newsreader at ZDF
  Christian Klippel (b. 1955), writer
  Georg Holkenbrink (b. 1961), cathedral capitulary at the High Cathedral Church at Trier, episcopal vicar general, moderator curiae and economist of the Diocese of Trier
  Jürgen Roth-Lebenstedt (b. 1962), two-time German amateur football champion with Eintracht Trier and shooter of ARD Sportschau's “Goal of the Month” in February 1996
  Thomas Mussweiler (b. 1969), social psychologist, Leibniz Prize winner 2006
  Hanin Elias (b. 1972), techno artist, founding member of Atari Teenage Riot
  Julian Klein (b. 1973), composer and conductor
  Alfons Heck (1928–2005), internationally published author and lecturer.  Winner of a Peabody Award. Appeared in several documentaries aired on HBO and the BBC. Wrote about his experiences as a German youth during World War II.
  Jordan Carver (b. 1986), fashion and glamour model
caption: Hans Friderichs in 1975
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