Honorary title
An honorary title is awarded to honor a person , place , group or other name. The practice of awarding honorary degrees and the way they are dealt with is historically and culturally very different.
In Germany there is
(One of the last - contrary to appearances - also the title of professor , if he deserved artists will be awarded nationally, so no official and job title is.)
Professional titles are very common in Austria .
Religious honorary degrees
Honorary titles for rulers and deities
Places can be given special honorary titles ( Lutherstadt , Mozartstadt ).
Numerous honorary degrees in the GDR correspond to the Soviet model. Examples:
- Honored Military Aviator of the German Democratic Republic was equivalent to Honored Military Aviator of the USSR .
- The order of the Great Patriotic War corresponded to the Patriotic Order of Merit of the GDR in the Soviet Union .
- The GDR award “ Hero of Labor” corresponded to Hero of Socialist Labor in the Soviet Union .
- Hero of the GDR was equivalent to hero of the Soviet Union .
For further honorary titles in real socialist states see, for example, people 's artist (honorary title) .
