Dirk Nowitzki attended the Rontgen Gymnasium from 1994 to 1997.
 In summer 2011, Nowitzki played with Germany in the EuroBasket 2011, where the team reached ninth place
Nowitzki was named the Euroscar European Basketball Player of the Year by the Italian sports newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport for five years running from 2002 to 2006 and again in 2011

