List of honorary citizens of the City of Vienna

You become an honorary citizen of the City of Vienna through the formal award of a citizenship certificate by the institution of the Austrian capital. This honor is systemically below that of an honorary citizen of Vienna .

Citizen of the City of Vienna

The following people were awarded the title "Citizens of the City of Vienna":

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Franz von Suppè (March 9, 1881), composer and conductor

Eduard Pötzl (March 3, 1911), journalist, columnist ( tax-free citizenship )

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1919-1933

Georg Philp (April 3, 1919), councilor
Heinrich Schmid (April 3, 1919), City Councilor
Hans Arnold Schwer (April 3, 1919), City Councilor
Johann Knoll (April 3, 1919), City Councilor
Hans Schneider (April 15, 1919), City Councilor
Gustav Hillinger (June 11, 1919), City Accounting Director
Wilhelm Exner (April 20, 1920), former member of the Reichsrat, president of the trade association
Carl Michael Ziehrer (July 9, 1920), composer
Karl Kantner (March 4, 1921), fire department commander
Johann Palisa (March 4, 1921), astronomer
Ernst Fuchs (June 23, 1921), director of the Vienna Eye Clinic
Edmund Hellmer (September 30, 1921), sculptor
Ludwig Basch (December 2, 1921), editor-in-chief
Max Devrient (December 16, 1921), actor
Anton Kreutzer (January 20, 1922), local councilor
Ferdinand Leißner (January 20, 1922), District Councilor
Anton Amon (April 7, 1922), actor
Anton Hlavaček (May 12, 1922), painter
Alfred Grünfeld (June 16, 1922), pianist and composer
Lazar Rosefeld (July 11, 1922), police doctor
Josef Fuhrmann (July 26, 1922), fire chief
Karl Baumgartner (October 10, 1922), actor
Karl Streitmann (October 20, 1922), operetta singer
Adam Müller-Guttenbrunn (November 17, 1922), writer
Alois Rohrauer (November 17, 1922), Honorary President of Naturefriends
Josef Obrist (March 6, 1923), chairman of the Arbeiter-Sängerbund
Viktor Keldorfer (April 13, 1923), choirmaster
Viktor Kutschera (April 13, 1923), actor
Auguste Wilbrandt-Baudius (May 29, 1923), actress
Arnold Rosé (November 8, 1923), concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic
Rudolf Tyrolt (December 22, 1923), actor
Robert Gersuny (January 25, 1924), doctor
Sigmund Freud (April 22, 1924), neurologist, founder of psychoanalysis
Anton David (May 30, 1924), editor
Eduard Zetsche (December 23, 1924), painter
Karl Zewy (April 24, 1925), painter
Ludwig Wutschel (September 18, 1925), councilor
Georg Reimers (October 9, 1925), actor
Heinrich Schoof (October 16, 1925), mentor of the Worker Singers
Karl Führich (November 20, 1925), composer
Gustav Schäfer (December 23, 1925), councilor
Friedrich Becke (January 29, 1926), mineralogist
Edmund Melcher (February 26, 1926), city architect
Karl Ornstein (May 7, 1926), lawyer
Laurenz Widholz (May 7, 1926), Member of the National Council
Raimund Körbler (September 10, 1926), councilor
Martin Spörr (November 26, 1926), conductor
Wenzel Jellinek (December 15, 1926), Chairman of the Health Insurance Fund
Wilhelm Kienzl (December 27, 1926), composer
Alexander Demetrius Goltz (February 11, 1927), painter
Karl Schönherr (March 4, 1927), writer
Julius Wagner-Jauregg (May 27, 1927), neurologist
Josef Meder (June 28, 1927), director of the Albertina
Hans Temple (June 28, 1927), painter
Eusebius Mandyczewski (August 2, 1927), composer
Edmund Eysler (October 7, 1927), composer
William Unger (October 7, 1927), etcher
Albert Sever (November 18, 1927), former governor of Lower Austria
Albert Heine (February 24, 1928), actor
Karl Glossy (March 9, 1928), director of the municipal collections
Hedwig Bleibtreu (October 19, 1928), actress
Anna Kallina (October 19, 1928), actress
Rosa Mayreder (October 19, 1928), writer and suffragette
Willy Thaller (October 19, 1928), actor
Karl Zeska (October 19, 1928), actor
Johann Kremenezky (February 8, 1929), electrical industrialist
Karl Stiaßny (February 8, 1929), lawyer
Marianne Hainisch (April 12, 1929), founder of the Austrian women's movement
Richard Waldemar (May 31, 1929), actor
Babette Devrient-Reinhold (November 22, 1929), actress
Josef Redlich (January 31, 1930), lawyer and politician
Rudolf Beer (March 14, 1930), theater director
Emil Ertl (March 14, 1930), writer
Eduard Jordan (March 14, 1930), school principal
Felix Salten (March 14, 1930), writer
Franz Schalk (March 14, 1930), Director of the State Opera
Georg Stern (March 14, 1930), General Councilor of the Länderbank
Richard Wettstein (March 14, 1930), botanist
Max Winter (March 14, 1930), Vice Mayor and social reporter
Oskar Lehner (April 25, 1930), Director of the Hotel Imperial
Alfred Adler (July 11, 1930), psychiatrist
Michael Haberlandt (October 3, 1930), ethnologist
Hugo Darnaut (December 5, 1930), painter
Josef Hoffmann (December 23, 1930), architect and designer
Emil von Sauer (December 23, 1930), pianist
Ernst Arndt (March 13, 1931), actor
Viktor Zwilling (March 15, 1931), director of the children's asylum "Humanitas"
Josef Jaksch (March 20, 1931), board member of the Schubert League
Michael Hackl (April 21, 1931), City Councilor
Otto Treßler (May 8, 1931), actor
Rudolf von Larisch (July 10, 1931), type artist
Carl Moll (July 10, 1931), painter
Helene Richter (July 10, 1931), writer
Anton Hueber (October 7, 1931), President of the Senate
Anton Eiselsberg (January 26, 1932), surgeon
Markus Hajek (February 19, 1932), laryngologist
Karl Noorden (February 19, 1932), physician, professor of internal medicine
Josef Reiter (February 19, 1932), composer
Hans Wancura (February 19, 1932), banker (Schelhammer & Schattera)
Adolf Menzel (May 10, 1932), lawyer
Hans Horst Meyer (June 3, 1932), pharmacologist
Rudolf Slatin (June 7, 1932), Africa explorer
Wilhelm Johann Holczabek (July 1, 1932), writer
Carl Lafite (October 2, 1932), composer
Franz Cizek (November 23, 1932), painter and art educator
Arnold Durig (November 23, 1932), physiologist
Leopold Happisch (March 31, 1933), founder of the Vienna Department of Friends of Nature
Oswald Redlich (July 14, 1933), historian
Heinrich Glücksmann (November 3, 1933), journalist and poet

Since 1946

Albert Bassermann (November 21, 1946), actor

Robert Stolz (April 24, 1947), composer

Joseph Marx (June 19, 1947), composer

Hans Finsterer (June 24, 1947), surgeon, university professor

Paul Speiser (July 21, 1947), Vice Mayor

Conrad Lötsch (February 20, 1948), councilor

Gabriele Proft (February 18, 1949), member of the National Council

Arnold Schönberg (September 14, 1949), composer

Karl Holey (February 17, 1950), cathedral builder, monument conservator

Josef Enslein (March 23, 1950), politician

Hans Preyer (April 27, 1951), district chairman

Ferdinand Buchberger (October 26, 1951), district chairman

Viktor Kritscha (December 14, 1953), Municipal Director 1945–1953

Leopold Zechner (June 18, 1954), City School Council President

Johann Resch (November 14, 1957), City Councilor

Leopold Thaller (September 19, 1958), City Councilor

Lise Meitner (October 24, 1958), nuclear physicist

Karl Honay (June 26, 1959, posthumously), Vice Mayor

Karl Maisel (November 11, 1960), union leader and minister of social affairs

Josef Afritsch (March 10, 1961), City Councilor, Minister of the Interior

Karl Lakowitsch (February 16, 1962), City Councilor

Walter Kinzl (September 21, 1962), Magistrate Director 1953–1962

Franz Koci (July 31, 1964), City Councilor

Hans Mandl (July 31, 1964), Vice Mayor

Bruno Marek (January 29, 1965), Mayor

Max Neugebauer (July 30, 1965), City School Council President

Franz Glaserer (November 22, 1968), City Councilor

Rudolf Sigmund (November 22, 1968), City Councilor

Clemens Holzmeister (May 14, 1971), architect

Rosa Jochmann (June 18, 1971), resistance fighter

Karl Waldbrunner (November 19, 1971), President of the National Council, Minister of Transport

Karl Mühlhauser (September 27, 1974), 3rd President of the State Parliament

Wilhelm Stemmer (September 27, 1974), 1st President of the State Parliament

Maria Jacobi (April 25, 1974), City Councilor

Fritz Wotruba (October 17, 1975, posthumously), sculptor

Otto Probst (December 16, 1976), 3rd President of the National Council, Minister of Transport

Heinrich Drimmel (February 28, 1977), Deputy Governor

Alfred Porges (June 29, 1977), Chairman of the Federal Council

Hermann Schnell (May 21, 1979), City School Council President

Hans Böck (June 27, 1979), City Councilor

Fritz Bock (October 29, 1979), Vice Chancellor

Hans Bock (November 19, 1979), Vice Mayor

Eduard Weikhart (May 30, 1980), State Secretary

Heinz Nittel (May 14, 1981, posthumously), City Councilor

Rudolf Ertl (September 30, 1983), Municipal Director 1962–1975

Otto Glück (September 30, 1983), City Councilor

Maria Hlawka (September 30, 1983), President of the State Parliament

Grete Rehor (September 30, 1983), Minister of Social Affairs

Otto Schweda (September 30, 1983), 3rd President of the State Parliament

Franz Skotton (September 30, 1983), Chairman of the Federal Council

Robert Weisz (September 30, 1983), Member of the National Council

Rudolf Wurzer (September 30, 1983), city councilor, university professor

Karl Fellinger (May 31, 1985), physician, university professor

Viktor Frankl (May 31, 1985), psychiatrist, university professor

Josef Holaubek (September 23, 1985), Chief of Police

Hubert Pfoch (May 14, 1986), 1st President of the State Parliament

Markus Bittner (June 24, 1986), City School Council Vice President

Leopold Mistiger (April 24, 1989), Member of the National Council

Karl Vak (February 7, 1990), General Director of the Central Savings Bank
Roland Rainer (April 27, 1990), architect, urban planner
Erwin Ringel (April 19, 1991), psychiatrist, university professor
Hans Strotzka (April 19, 1991), psychiatrist, university professor
Viktor Matejka (December 13, 1991), City Councilor
Marcel Prawy (December 13, 1991), music journalist
Egon Seefehlner (May 4, 1992), State Opera Director
Karl Vitaly (November 26, 1992), owner of the Tlapa clothing store
Fritz Hofmann (December 17, 1994), President of the State Parliament
Alois Stacher (April 28, 1995), City Councilor, President of the Red Cross
Fritz Hahn (October 5, 1995), City Councilor
Harald Leupold-Löwenthal (October 5, 1995), psychiatrist, university professor
Josef Bandion (October 5, 1995), Municipal Director 1975–1995
Otto Pelzelmayer (February 9, 1996), City Councilor
Günther Goller (March 8, 1996), City Councilor
Leonie Rysanek (May 28, 1997), opera singer
Tassilo Broesigke (November 27, 1997), President of the Court of Auditors
Kurt Tichy (December 18, 1997), ice cream maker
Paul Grosz (December 17, 1998), Honorary President of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde
Hans Matzenauer (June 2, 1999), City School Council President
Franz Nekula (March 17, 2000), City Councilor
Carl Szokoll (June 2, 2003), resistance fighter
Walter Nettig (November 30, 2004), President of the Vienna Chamber of Commerce
Johanna Dohnal (September 29, 2005), Minister for Women
Josef Veleta (March 27, 2006), City Councilor, Member of the National Council
Maria Hampel-Fuchs (June 30, 2006), 1st President of the State Parliament
Ingrid Smejkal (February 21, 2007), Vice Mayor and 1st President of the State Parliament
Karl Wlaschek (December 13, 2007), entrepreneur ( Billa founder)
Johann Hatzl (February 13, 2009), former SPÖ President of the State Parliament
Rudolf Edlinger (December 22, 2009), former politician (SPÖ) and football official
Ernst Theimer (June 7, 2010), Municipal Director 1995–2010
Otto Schenk (June 10, 2010), actor, cabaret artist, director and artistic director
Franz Mrkvicka (May 5, 2010), City Councilor for Culture
Elfriede Ott (May 9, 2011), chamber actress
Peter Schieder (October 31, 2012), former member of the National Council D.
Hannes Swoboda (April 13, 2015), former city councilor and MEP
Hilde Hawlicek (November 15, 2017), former SPÖ politician and Minister of Education

literature

Hanns Jäger-Sunstenau : The honorary citizens and honorary citizens of the City of Vienna . Deuticke, Vienna 1992, ISBN 978-3-7005-4629-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Theater and Music. In: Neue Illustrirte Zeitung , March 13, 1881, SI Volume. Number 25, p. 399 (online at ANNO ). (Franz v. Suppé,) the popular composer, celebrated the 40th anniversary of his work as a composer and conductor on March 9th. The jubilee was honored with countless ovations. The Mayor of Vienna Dr. v. Newald personally presented him with the resolution of the parish council, according to which v. Suppé has been made a citizen of Vienna.Template: ANNO / Maintenance / niz