List of honorary citizens of the city of Güstrow

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Honorary citizen

  • April 20, 1843: Johann Friedrich Besser (1771–1846), Rector of the Güstrow Cathedral School (on the 50th anniversary of his career)
  • March 10, 1844: Georg Bernhard Johann Brandt (1772–1847), director of the law firm in Güstrow (on the 50th anniversary of his career)
  • December 17, 1858: Wilhelm Friedrich Christian Ludwig von Meding (1785–1868), Privy Councilor, First Secretary of the Justice Chancellery in Güstrow (on the 50th anniversary of his career)
  • April 10, 1874: Adolf Türk (1795–1880), cathedral preacher (on leaving office)
  • September 30, 1879: Karl von Monroy (1808–1894), President of the Supreme Court (when leaving the judiciary as a result of the new court system)
  • April 11, 1883: (Gustav Carl) Heinrich Raspe (1811–1887), grammar school director (on the 50th anniversary of his office)
  • September 30, 1886: Wilhelm Schultetus (1810-1892), governor (on leaving office after 56 years of uninterrupted activity in Güstrow)
  • April 8, 1901: (Martin) Heinrich Seeger (1825–1902), director of the Realgymnasium (on the 50th anniversary of the office)
  • May 9, 1919: Otto (Friedrich Wilhelm) Dahse (1839–1921), Mayor (on leaving the council after 53 years of service)
  • 1933: Friedrich Hildebrandt (1898–1948), NSdAP politician, Reich governor of Mecklenburg and Lübeck, revoked on March 16, 2006
  • May 8, 1965: Klaus Sorgenicht (1923–1999), 1945/46 mayor or lord mayor of Güstrow, 1946–1949 District Administrator of the district of Güstrow , SED politician (on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the liberation from fascism).
  • May 8, 1965: Bernhard Quandt (1903–1999), 1945/46 District Administrator of the Güstrow District , 1948–1951 Minister and 1951–1952 Prime Minister of the State of Mecklenburg , 1952–1974 First Secretary of the SED District Management in Schwerin, member of the SED Central Committee and the State Council of the GDR (on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the liberation from fascism)
  • May 8, 1965: Hans Warnke (1896–1984), 1945 Lord Mayor of Güstrow, member of the Central Committee of the SED, regional politician of the SED (on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the liberation from fascism)
  • September 29, 1995: Helmut Schmidt (1918–2015), former Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany. D. (in recognition and appreciation of his commitment to the city and the preservation of the estate of Marga Böhmer , Ernst Barlach's partner )
  • October 31, 1997: Slata Kowalewskaja , b. Kriwussjowa (1924-2016), Eastern worker from Ukraine , interpreter during the negotiations for the surrender of the city of Güstrow to the Red Army without a fight on May 2, 1945 (in gratitude and recognition of their courageous efforts)
  • November 28, 2003 (posthumously): Wilhelm Beltz (1890–1961), captain a. D., 1945 District Administrator in Güstrow (for his work in handing over the city of Güstrow to the Red Army without a fight)
  • October 1, 2010 (posthumously): Ernst Barlach (1870–1938), painter and sculptor (with his world-class work he made the city known beyond the national borders)
  • 2014 (posthumously): John Brinckman (1814–1870), Niederdt. Poet, storyteller and lyric poet
  • December 8, 2018: Folker Hachtmann (1933–2020), Pastor a. D., as a friend and promoter of the ideal of peaceful coexistence between people of different faiths and views, he has made a special contribution to coming to terms with Güstrow's Jewish history.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Whether Klaus Sorgenicht - in view of his involvement in the violation of human rights in the GDR - will be deprived of his honorary citizenship has not yet been decided (as of 2011).