What is "hilgers"

Hilgers is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Bernhard Josef Hilgers (1808–1874) was a German Catholic Church historian
• Jan Hilgers (1886–1945), Dutch aviator
• Josef Hilgers (1858–1918), German Jesuit
• Michael Hilgers (born 1966), German field hockey player
• Walter Hilgers (born 1959), German classical tubist