You should pay attention to these people from Hanover in 2022
The new year lies ahead of us – endless spaces for possibilities, chances and ideas. Of course, we don’t yet know which of these ideas and opportunities can be realized, who WILL be successful and who will not. But there are some people in Hanover who are doing exciting projects, have a new, important post or just have what it takes to draw attention to themselves in 2022. Is this list complete? Certainly not. But it is a beginning – for the beginning of the year.
A new boss in the Herrenhausen Gardens
SHE WILL TAKE A NEW OFFICE, but her team has known her for a long time: Anke Seegert is to be the successor of Herrenhausen director Ronald Clark on February 1st. The landscape and open space planner with a doctorate has been working in the Herrenhausen Gardens for 17 years, 13 of them as Vice Director. How creative the 56-year-old, who also has a university professorship, is in dealing with blooming is evident every year: Seegert is responsible for the changing planting of the ornamental beds. It is also thanks to her that the rare narcissus breed “Kurfürstin Sophie” came to Herrenhausen. Her main tasks are likely to include the construction of a new Berggarten show house, which costs 13 million euros and is due to start in 2023. (jk)
One talent can bring speed to 96
Lawrence Ennali, Soccer player. 19 years old, small, fast, cheeky. Does things that the opponents do not expect, also does exactly what Hannover 96 is missing this season. Has recently had a trainer who is professionally familiar with the offspring at 96. If Christoph Dabrowski has the courage and ignites this rocket on the outside lane more often, Ennali could become someone who not only helps the relegation candidate back on track, but also brings back what the audience has not had for a long time: fun at Hannover 96 )
Big tasks for the new head of the bank
Jörg Frischholz, Nord / LB boss. When new CEOs take office, they usually promise growth. The Norddeutsche Landesbank is the exception: even under Jörg Frischholz, who took over the post from Thomas Bürkle on January 1, the institute has to shrink further. Because the bank has managed to get close to bankruptcy with ailing ship loans, it has to reduce its total assets and almost halve its workforce. The declared task of the new boss is to make the Landesbank sustainably profitable. The state of Lower Saxony and the savings banks as sponsors expect a dividend again in the medium term.
New tones for the arts festival
Rainer Hofmann is the new second man behind artistic director Ingo Metzmacher at the Herrenhausen Art Festival. As chief dramaturge, he will have a decisive influence on the program for the upcoming edition in May. Before moving to Hanover in September, Hofmann ran his own festival in Utrecht. He is a man for discoveries, surprises – and also for the uncomfortable. “As soon as we stop disturbing and become part of the mainstream, we stop being a necessary force,” he says. “Then Netflix will be the better option.” At the art festival, Hofmann wants to prevent this in a stimulating way. (arn)
In search of the smallest particles
Christian Ospelkaus researches in areas in which no one can really see through. Ospelkaus works at the Institute for Quantum Optics at Leibniz University Hanover – and in the quantum world there is uncertainty in the nature of things. At the atomic level, a few certainties disappear that are extremely important for our everyday life: for example, that a particle cannot be there and at the same time cannot be there. But there are also opportunities. Professor Christian Ospelkaus is researching the fundamentals of the quantum computer within the framework of the quantum alliance “Quantum Valley Lower Saxony”. It can calculate many things at the same time and is far superior to normal computers in some areas.
Christian Ospelkaus will speak about the opportunities of quantum computers and the work of the “Quantum Valley Lower Saxony” initiative on January 18 at the “Herrenhausen Forum” of the Volkswagen Foundation in Herrenhausen Palace. He’ll be there then – almost certainly. (Rome)
A blogger takes off
Ninia LaGrande, 38, is an author, presenter, blogger and no longer a stranger. 2021 was already a very successful year for the all-rounder: Among other things, she moderated the Grimme Online Award, interviewed top politicians such as Annalena Barbock and Hubertus Heil, published an alternative Hanover travel guide and was a guest on TV talk shows. In 2022, their rise in Germany’s highest media league could continue. Your wishes for the new year? “Hopefully no more Zoom moderations,” she writes on Instagram, which is quickly followed by 36,000 people. (each)
City of Hanover: New manager for economy, environment and climate
In the second attempt it finally worked: January 15 starts Anja Ritschel her job in the town hall as economic and environmental officer and is therefore also responsible for the implementation of Hanover’s climate policy. When Mayor Belit Onay first proposed her to succeed Sabine Tegtmeyer-Dette in the summer, she passed a secret ballot in the council. That is why the majority alliance of the SPD, Greens and FDP broke up – to this day it is unclear who the dissidents were.
After the local elections, however, Ritschel’s choice worked. The 55-year-old with a membership in the Green Party was most recently environment officer for the city of Bielefeld. But she knows Hanover well: until she left for Bielefeld in 2008, she was in charge of nature conservation in the city’s environmental department. (med)
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