List of honorary citizens of the city of Cottbus

Certificate of appointment of Max Grünebaum as an honorary citizen of the city of Cottbus, 1908

The city of Cottbus has granted the following people honorary citizenship (list chronologically according to the year of the award):

Honorary citizen

Award	carrier	born	died	Remarks	proof	Street name in Cottbus
1857	Hermann von Pückler-Muskau	1785	1871	Lord of the castle on Branitz and landscape architect		Pücklerstrasse
1903	Richard Koch	1834	1910	President of the Reichsbank Directorate		Kochstrasse
1903	Wilhelm Riedel	1829	1916	Manufacturer and founder of several charities		Wilhelm-Riedel-Strasse
1908	Max Grünebaum	1851	1925	Textile manufacturer		Max-Grünebaum-Strasse
1914	Paul Werner	1848	1927	Lord Mayor		Werner Street
1926	Ewald Haase	1849	1930	Fire chief		Ewald-Haase-Strasse
1963	Elisabeth Wolf	1873	1964	Painter		Elisabeth-Wolf-Strasse
1965	Walter Wagner	1898	1970	Worker, communist resistance fighter against National Socialism
1965	Alfred Altmann	1891	1979	Worker, mayor, chairman of the association of those persecuted by the Nazi regime in the Cottbus district
1965	Franz Striemann	1909	1984	Worker, activist
1974	Annemarie Schulz	1897	1979	Worker, communist resistance fighter against National Socialism
1974	Max Döring	1893	1974	Buchbinder, mayor from 1945 to 1946
1976	Franz Noack	1901	1979	Worker, communist resistance fighter against National Socialism, SED functionary
1979	Ferdinand Greiner	1900	1979	Worker, communist, Spanish fighter, volunteer in the Red Army
1979	Walter Drangosch	1899	1985	Antiquarian and local historian
1979	Bernhard Pischon	1912	1999	Dreher, communist resistance fighter against National Socialism
1979	Alma Maey	1897	1992	Worker, social democratic resistance fighter against National Socialism, mayor of Lübben, district administrator
1981	Johannes Werner	1908	1986	Commercial clerk and composer
1981	Kurt Kerscht	1906	1981	Worker, communist resistance fighter against National Socialism
1989	Gertrud Nolte	1923	1999	Deputy Mayor

See also

• List of personalities of the city of Cottbus
• List of the Lord Mayors of the City of Cottbus

literature

• Horst Käberich (Head): Cottbus. Notes from the life of Cottbus honorary citizens. [City Council], Cottbus 1987 (life stories about Alfred Altmann, Max Döring, Ferdinand Greiner, Kurt Kerscht, Alma Maey, Franz Noack, Bernhard Pischon, Annemarie Schulz, Franz Striemann, Walter Wagner, Johannes Werner and Elisabeth Wolf)

Web links

• Chronicle of honor of the city of Cottbus
• Winner of the City of Cottbus Medal of Honor from 1995

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Our Pückler. Our Pückler? For the 225th birthday of the writer and park gardener from Muskau-Branitz. ( Memento from August 6, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) In: Der Märkische Bote. Lusatian local newspaper. October 30, 2010 (online edition, with picture)
2. ↑ Manfred Pohl:  Koch, Richard. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1980, ISBN 3-428-00193-1 , p. 273 f. ( Digitized version ) .; krö: Dr. Richard Koch. In: Lausitzer Rundschau . October 14, 2005 (online edition, with picture)
3. ^ Siegfried Kohlschmidt: Wilhelm Riedel. Manufacturer and benefactor of the poor. ( Memento from October 17, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) In: Der Märkische Bote. Lusatian local newspaper. (Online edition, with picture); Elke Möbus: Lively Cottbus history book. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. August 19, 2004 (online edition)
4. ↑ Max Grünebaum. Live and act. max-gruenebaum-stiftung.de (with picture); krö: Max Grünebaum. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. January 19, 2005 (online edition, with picture); n / a: Jewish residents and their fate in Cottbus. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. September 8, 2005 (online edition, with picture); Memorial plaque commemorates the work of Max Grünebaum. cottbus.de, June 28, 2007; Ceremony for the award of the Max Grünebaum Awards 2009. cottbus.de, September 30, 2009 (with picture)
5. ↑ hhk: Paul Werner. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. June 9, 2007 (online edition, with picture)
6. ↑ hhk: Ewald Haase. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. May 31, 2005 (online edition); hhk: Ewald Haase. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. May 8, 2009 (online edition); Ulrike Elsner: The first firefighters in Cottbus were gymnasts. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. February 5, 2013 (online edition); 1930. cottbus.de; Bernhard Mann: Biographical Handbook for the Prussian House of Representatives (1867-1918) (= Handbooks on the History of Parliamentarism and Political Parties, Volume 3). Droste, Düsseldorf 1988, p. 160, No. 775; History of the Cottbus fire brigade 1863–1933. ( Memento from January 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) feuerwehr-cottbus.org (with picture)
7. ^ Bdm: Memories of Elisabeth Wolf. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. December 13, 2004 (online edition, with picture); Ulrike Elsner: Cottbus painter with a strong feeling for the region. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. July 13, 2007 (online edition); hhk: Elisabeth Wolf. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. March 1, 2008 (online edition, with picture); Bernd Marx: The small, big Cottbus artist. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. December 1, 2009 (online edition, with picture); Hans Vollmer : General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century . Volume 5, Seemann, Leipzig 1961, p. 161; Dietmar Eisold: Lexicon artists in the GDR. Verlag Neues Leben, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-355-01761-9 , p. 1043
8. ↑ hhk: Walter Wagner. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. February 28, 2005 (online edition, with picture); hhk: Walter Wagner. ( Memento of the original from January 3, 2016 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. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. February 27, 2010 (online edition, with picture) 
9. ↑ hhk: Alfred Altmann. ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. May 23, 2009 (online edition, with picture); hhk: Memory of Alfred Altmann. In: Cottbuser Herzblatt. 17th year, No. 6/7 (No. 202/203 of the entire series), June / July 2009 ( Memento of the original from May 24, 2018 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. (PDF; 1.3 MB), p. 15 (with picture)  
10. ↑ Horst Käberich (Head): Cottbus. Notes from the life of Cottbus honorary citizens. [City Council], Cottbus 1987, pp. 21-22; Frank Schumann: City of Cottbus. Two old Sandowers. [Bernhard Pischon and Franz Striemann] In: Die Weltbühne. 75th year (XXXV). Issue 44, Berlin, October 28, 1980, pp. 1377-1380 ( excerpt ); Bulletin of the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government. 1952, p. 885 ( excerpt ); Who is who? The German Who's Who. 14th edition, Volume 2, arani Verlagsgesellschaft, Berlin-Grunewald 1965, p. 332; Meyer's new lexicon. Volume 7, Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1964, pp. 831-832
11. ↑ hhk: Annemarie Schulz. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. March 26, 2007 (online edition, with picture)
12. ↑ hhk: Max Döring. ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. November 4, 2008 (online edition, with picture); ka: The long, incomplete list of Cottbus mayors. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. January 19, 2005 (online edition) 
13. ↑ hhk: Franz Noack. ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. May 8, 2009 (online edition, with picture); Günter Bengs: In memory of Franz Noack. In: Cottbuser Herzblatt. 17th year, No. 5 (No. 201 of the entire series), May 2009 ( Memento of the original from September 9, 2017 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. (PDF; 1.2 MB), p. 13 (with picture); Günter Bengs: In memory of Franz Noack. Honorary citizen of the city of Cottbus. In: Cottbuser Herzblatt. 19th year, No. 1 (No. 221 of the entire series), January 2011 ( Memento of the original from September 9, 2017 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. (PDF; 2.9 MB), p. 12 (with picture)   
14. ↑ H.-H. Krönert: In memory of Ferdinand Greiner. In: Cottbuser Herzblatt. Volume 18, No. 3 (No. 211 of the complete series), March 2010 (PDF; 1.5 MB), p. 13; Gerd Gräber: Laborious way to Spain. ( Memento of the original from February 20, 2016 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. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. February 5, 2009 (online edition, with picture) 
15. ↑ hhk: Walter Drangosch. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. January 13, 2010 (online edition, with picture); hk: Antiquarian and local history researcher Walter Drangosch. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. January 13, 2005 (online edition, with picture); Heinz Endermann: Walter Drangosch, 80 years. In: Past and present of the Cottbus district (Niederlausitzer studies). Issue 13, Cottbus 1979, pp. 203-204; Walter Drangosch on his 85th birthday. In: Past and present of the Cottbus district (Niederlausitzer studies). Issue 18, Cottbus 1984, p. 183
16. ↑ hhk: Bernhard Pischon. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. April 17, 2007 (online edition, with picture); hhk: Bernhard Pischon. ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. March 2, 2009 (online edition, with picture); Frank Schumann: City of Cottbus. Two old Sandowers. [Bernhard Pischon and Franz Striemann] In: Die Weltbühne. 75th year (XXXV). Issue 44, Berlin, October 28, 1980, pp. 1377-1380 
17. ^ Brigitte Schulz: Unforgotten fighter for peace and women's rights. Cottbus honorary citizen Alma Maey. In: Cottbuser Herzblatt. 15th year, No. 12 (No. 186 of the entire series), December 2007 ( Memento of the original from March 25, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.3 MB), p. 10 (with picture) 
18. ↑ Klaus Wilke: More than a good person. ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. September 26, 2008 (online edition, with picture); Ulrike Elsner: Cottbus as a magnet for composers. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. February 1, 2006 (online edition) 
19. ↑ hhk: Kurt Kerscht. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. November 4, 2006 (online edition, with picture)
20. ↑ hhk: Gertrud Nolte. ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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. In: Lausitzer Rundschau. February 21, 2008 (online edition)