Willi Ostermann, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Willi Ostermann

German composer

Date of Birth: 01-Oct-1876

Place of Birth: Mülheim, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 06-Aug-1936

Profession: composer, singer, songwriter, lyricist

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Wilhelm "Willi" Ostermann (1 October 1876 – 6 August 1936) was a lyricist, composer and singer of carnival songs and songs about Cologne, primarily in the German dialect of Kölsch.
The tune Homesick for Cologne is counted amongst his most famous pieces. In the year 1949, a monument was erected to commemorate the life and works of Willi Ostermann in the Seven Mountains' Nightingale Valley of Königswinter.