In the course of modern history, Germany can be said to have a deep influence on China, for example, Yuan Shikai trained the new army, invited German officers to train the army according to the German style, and the reform of the reform of the reform faction and the constitutional movement of the Qing court later, referring to the German constitutional monarchy system, as well as the agreement reached between China and Germany before World War II, using tin ore and other raw materials in exchange for military guidance and assistance, and the German mechanics trained played a great role in the War of Resistance Against Japan. German celebrities emerge in an endless stream, how many do you know? In 2003, the German newspaper Bild and the second national television station jointly organized the "Top Ten Outstanding Figures in German History" selection event.
Due to the wide publicity of the media, the number of participants is very wide, millions of German citizens participated in the vote, more than 1300 Germans were nominated, so this event is still more able to see the attitude of German residents to their own national figures, let's take a look!
The tenth place is Einstein, this ranking is somewhat unexpected, many people think that he ranks a little low, to know that in the United States "Time" magazine, Einstein is the first of the 100 people who influenced the era, he has played a creative change in the entire field of physics, if you analyze the reasons for the low ranking, it should still be some people who think that Einstein is An American, so they did not take him into account.
In the 9th place, Bismarck, the famous iron-blooded prime minister of the Prussian Empire, launched the Austro-Prussian War and won the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, forcing the four Southern German states to join the German Confederation and establish the German Empire, which is the prototype of what is now Germany.
No. 8 was Johann Gutenberg, a 15th-century German inventor who was also the inventor of Western movable type printing, which led to the media revolution and rapidly promoted the development of Western science and society.
The 7th place is the world-renowned thinker and writer Goethe, who is also a famous representative of classical literature, famous works include "The Troubles of Young Werther", "Faust" and other classic masterpieces.
The famous musicologist Bach ranked 6th, one of the most famous composers in history, it is worth mentioning that another music big man, Beethoven, born in Bonn, Germany, has not been on the list, only ranked 12th, and the reason for the low position is likely to be the same as Einstein, because he went to Vienna at the age of 22 and has ambiguity in nationality.
The fifth was Willy Brandt, a German politician, the fourth Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, who won the Nobel Peace Prize, most notably for his "stunning knees" in front of the monument to the Uprising in Poland's Ghetto in 1970.
The Scholl siblings, tied for fourth place, may feel strange to you, german resisters and initiators of the Campaign against the Nazis during World War II.
The third was the politician, thinker, philosopher Marx, who was not difficult to understand, who set off great changes throughout the world.
The second was Father Martin Luther, an advocate of the European Reformation in the 16th century and the founder of the Protestant Lutheranism.
And the first place is also very unexpected, that is, the first chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Conrad Adenauer, he experienced four major historical periods of the German Empire, the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich and the Federal Republic of Germany, under his leadership, Germany regained sovereignty from a defeated country in World War II, became an equal partner of Western countries, Adenauer actively healed the wounds caused by the war, and worked hard to develop the economy, he became the most outstanding prime minister in the eyes of the Germans.
This is the top ten outstanding representatives selected by the Germans, in fact, when it comes to the most influential, everyone may think of Adolf Hitler, of course, he has nothing to do with "great", but there are really guys who brought him into the nomination, which was quickly rejected by the organizers of the event. Moreover, strictly speaking, although Hitler was the Chancellor of Germany, he was born in Austria in austria and Hungary, and he was not a pure-blood German. What is the list in your minds for readers?