X-Nico

8 unusual facts about Ratingen


Claudia Jung

Claudia Jung (born Ute Krummenast April 12, 1964 in Ratingen, North Rhine-Westphalia), is a German Schlager singer, actress, and politician.

Erik Surjan

Unfortunately for Erik, he sustained a serious knee injury in Ratingen, Germany in June, 2005 requiring surgery and missing the entire 2006 season, including the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games.

Ida Marcussen

She competed at the international combined event meets in Götzis and Ratingen, setting new personal bests in the shot put, javelin and 800 metres.

Juergen Toft

Following further training in Tailfingen and Ratingen, as well as in the U.S. (ECFMG in 1975), he obtained board certification as an orthopedic surgeon in 1976.

Larbi Bouraada

In July 2011 he sets a new African record with a total of 8302 points at the Ratingen Combined Event meeting in Germany.

Norbert Pohlmann

Norbert Pohlmann (born 20 March 1960 in Ratingen/Germany) is a computer scientist and a professor at the Westphalia University of Applied Sciences Gelsenkirchen.

Ratingen

Several important international enterprises (particularly from the IT industry) as Vodafone, Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, SAP, CEMEX, Tiptel and Esprit maintain branches and/or main centers in Ratingen.

Ratingen-Homberg

Georg Heidenreich grew up in Homberg and is now consultant to the European Commission.


Similar

Ratingen |

Jenoptik

The Jenoptik Group headquarters are in Jena, with additional major sites in Germany located in Wedel near Hamburg, Monheim and Ratingen near Düsseldorf, Villingen-Schwenningen, Triptis, the Bavarian town of Altenstadt, and Essen.

LVR Industrial Museum

Ratingen: Textilfabrik Cromford (textiles factory), the first factory in continental Europe, named after the Cromford Mill


see also