List of honorary citizens of Rostock
The honorary citizenship is the highest appreciation of the Hanseatic city of Rostock . Since 1816, 21 people have been honored with it, three of them after 1990. Every citizen who has lived in Rostock for a long time and has made lasting contributions to the city can be granted honorary citizenship. The people to be honored can be proposed by any citizen to the President of Rostock's citizenship. The citizenship then decides publicly. The name of the honorary citizen is then entered in the Hanseatic city's book of honor. Honorary citizenship can be revoked at any time due to improper behavior. So were Adolf Hitler , Friedrich Hildebrandt , Hermann Schuldt , John Warnke , Karl Mewis and Paul von Hindenburg appointed honorary citizens, where the ceremony was again denied.
Note: The listing is done chronologically according to the date of award.
The honorary citizens of the Hanseatic City of Rostock
1. Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742–1819)
- Field Marshal General
- Awarded August 18, 1816 in recognition of his outstanding military services
2. John White (1773–1843)
- Manufacturer of surgical instruments and medical apparatus
- Awarded August 25, 1826
- in appreciation of his high professional skills and his generosity oriented towards the common good
3. Bernd Johann Carl Friedrich von Below (1762–1834)
- City Commander
- Awarded January 19, 1829
- on the occasion of his 50th anniversary of service
4. Friedrich von Oertzen (1771–1848)
- President of the Court of Appeal
- Awarded March 29, 1841
- on the occasion of his 50th anniversary in office
5. Johann Christian Brandenburg (1769-1856)
- Advocate of the First Quarter of the Hundred Men College
- Awarded April 12, 1843
- on the occasion of his 50th doctoral anniversary
6. Detloff Karsten (1787–1879)
- Mayor 1836–1846
- Awarded March 30, 1846
- on the occasion of his 35 years of service for the benefit of the city of Rostock
7. Carl Friedrich von Both (1789–1875)
- Vice Chancellor of the University
- Awarded August 28, 1860
- on the occasion of his 50th anniversary of service
8. Carl Trotsche (1803–1879)
- President of the Court of Appeal
- Awarded April 5, 1870
- on the occasion of his 25th service anniversary
9. Otto Friedrich Maximilian von Liebeherr (1814–1896)
- President of the Court of Appeal and Vice Chancellor of the University
- Awarded June 27, 1887
- on the occasion of his 50th anniversary of service
- Lawyer
- Awarded December 12, 1887
- on the occasion of the completion of his 82nd year of life in recognition of long charitable work for the city of Rostock
11. Vincent Heinrich Mann (1818–1869)
- Senate President of the Higher Regional Court
- Awarded April 2, 1889
- on the occasion of his 25th service anniversary
12. Friedrich Flügge (1817–1898)
- Chief Post Office Director
- Awarded January 2, 1893
- on the occasion of his retirement from service
13. Otto Fürst von Bismarck (1815–1898)
- Chancellor
- Awarded April 1, 1895
- on the occasion of his 80th birthday
14. Theodor Thierfelder (1824–1904)
- professor
- Awarded April 22, 1898
- on the occasion of his 50th doctoral anniversary
15. Magnus Maßmann (1835-1915)
- Mayor 1889–1914
- Awarded April 22, 1914
- on the occasion of his 50-year membership in the Rostock Council
16. Karl August Nerger (1875–1947)
- Frigate captain, commander of the auxiliary cruiser Wolf
- Awarded February 28, 1918
- on the occasion of his 15-month sea voyage on the SMS Wolf
17. Erich Schlesinger (1880–1956)
- Rector of the University
- Awarded December 23, 1955
- on the occasion of his 75th birthday in recognition of his services to the university and the city of Rostock
18. Ernst Hilzheimer (1901–1986)
- Co-founder of the LDPD and councilor for finance
- Awarded October 6, 1981
- on the occasion of his 80th birthday and in recognition of his services to the city of Rostock
19. Yaakov Zur (1924-2013)
- Scientist and historian
- Awarded on September 1, 1993
- in recognition of his services as a mediator between Germany and Israel
20. Walter Kempowski (1929–2007)
- writer
- Awarded on April 29, 1994
- on the occasion of his 65th birthday and in honor of his literary commitment to his native Rostock
21. Joachim Gauck (* 1940)
- eleventh German Federal President
- Awarded on August 9, 2012 in the Marienkirche
- in recognition of the services rendered to the peaceful revolution in 1989
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22. William Wolff (1927-2020)
- Journalist and former state rabbi of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- Award ceremony on June 12, 2017 in Rostock town hall
- "... in recognition of his extraordinary and lasting services to the Jewish community of Rostock, the interreligious dialogue and the common good of the citizens of the Hanseatic City of Rostock"
23. Dietlind Glüer (* 1937)
- Co-founder of the New Forum in Rostock
- Award ceremony on December 14, 2018 in Rostock town hall
- For "... your work for democracy, your commitment to participation and for the common good ..."
literature
- Antje Krause; Karsten Schröder: In honor of a very pleasant citizen ... , Small series of publications of the archive of the Hanseatic City of Rostock, Redieck & Schade, 2010, ISBN 978-3-942673-01-3
Individual evidence
- ↑ The exact procedure governing Statute honors deserving individuals through the Hanseatic city of Rostock in the current version dated 23 September 2003 (cf .: PDF ( Memento of the original September 18, 2015 Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. )
- ↑ Citizenship resolves honorary citizenship for Dr. Joachim Gauck ( Memento of the original from May 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 5, 2012
- ↑ focus-online "Granting of honorary citizenship to Dr. William Wolff ”, June 12, 2017, accessed June 12, 2017
- ^ Resolution of the citizens in the citizen information system
