all, it enables foreign truck drivers, and company customers, whom need to visit one of the industrial areas, to bypass the town itself. Personalities Willi Daume (1913-1996)- former National Olympic Committee president Heidemarie Ecker-Rosendahl - 1972 Summer Olympics long jump winner Johann Heinrich Jung (1740-1817), author Vinzenz Jakob von Zuccalmaglio, named Montanus (in 1806-1876) Maria Zanders (née Johanny; born 1839) Peter Biesenbach - German politician, Landtag member Walter Ufer (born here 1876) - American artist based in Taos, New Mexico Jörg Guido Hülsmann - economist Julian Wasserfuhr - jazz trumpeter Roman Wasserfuhr - jazz pianist, composer and arranger International relations Hückeswagen is twinned with: Étaples sur Mer (France), since 29 July 1972. References External links Official site General information about the town MyTown Hückeswagen Town marketing Oberbergischer Kreis