List of honorary citizens of Aachen

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The city of Aachen has granted honorary citizenship to 20 people since 1880 and has revoked this from two people.

The honorary citizens of the city of Aachen

Chronological list

Note: The listing is based on the date of award.

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Heinrich von Dechen (born March 25, 1800 in Berlin , † February 15, 1889 in Bonn )
  • Chief miner
  • Awarded in 1880
  • The award was made for his services in building new water pipes and for maintaining the city's old thermal springs.
Heinrich von Dechen
Barthold Suermondt (born May 18, 1818 in Utrecht / Netherlands, † March 1, 1887 in Aachen)
  • Mine owner and art collector
  • Awarded in October 1882
  • Suermondt donated its extensive art collection to the city.
Barthold Suermondt
Alfred von Reumont (born August 15, 1808 in Aachen, † April 27, 1887 in Aachen)
  • Historian, real privy councilor
  • Awarded in May 1883
  • The award celebrated the 50th anniversary of his doctorate.
Alfred von Reumont
Helmuth Graf von Moltke (born October 26, 1800 in Parchim ; † April 24, 1891 in Berlin)
  • Field Marshal General
  • Awarded in October 1890
  • The Prussian military leader was honored on the occasion of his 82nd birthday for his contribution to the Prussian-German victories in the German-Danish War, the Prussian-Austrian War and the Franco-German War.
Helmuth Count von Moltke
Adam Bock (born November 21, 1832 in Aachen, † November 1, 1912 in Aachen)
  • Papal secret chamberlain
  • Awarded in November 1910
  • Bock was honored on the occasion of his 78th birthday.
Adam Bock
Hugo Junkers (born February 3, 1859 in Rheydt ; † February 3, 1935 in Gauting )
  • Engineer, entrepreneur
  • Awarded in May 1928
  • Junkers was a professor at the Technical University in Aachen for 15 years. He was honored for building the aircraft that made the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic from east to west.
Hugo Junkers
Paul von Hindenburg (born October 2, 1847 in Posen , † August 2, 1934 at Gut Neudeck )
  • President of the empire
  • Awarded in October 1930
  • The German Reich President was made an honorary citizen as part of the celebration of the anniversary of the city's liberation from Belgian occupation.
Paul von Hindenburg
Albert Servais (born February 26, 1887 in Aachen, † October 27, 1974 in Aachen)
  • Senior City Director a. D.
  • Awarded on February 26, 1967
  • Servais received honorary citizenship on the occasion of his 80th birthday in recognition of his multiple and great services to the city of Aachen.
Albert Servais
Willem Baron Michiels van Kessenich (born October 16, 1902 in Langebrück , † January 9, 1992 in De Bilt / Netherlands)
  • former Mayor of Maastricht
  • Awarded on January 6, 1968
  • Michiels van Kessenich was honored for his great contribution to the early opening of the borders between the Netherlands and Germany after the Second World War.
Willem Baron Michiels van Kessenich
Kurt Pfeiffer (born June 3, 1893 in Aachen, † January 30, 1987 in Aachen)
  • Merchant
  • Awarded on June 8, 1968
  • Pfeiffer was the initiator of the International Charlemagne Prize of the city of Aachen in 1949.
Hermann Heusch (born June 23, 1906 in Aachen, † January 15, 1981 in Aachen)
  • Councilor and Lord Mayor
  • Awarded on August 16, 1973
  • Heusch was the city's mayor from 1952 to 1973. When he left office, he was made an honorary citizen.
Consul Hugo Cadenbach (born October 2, 1916 in Aachen, † September 29, 2000 in Aachen)
  • Honorary Consul of the Netherlands and the Republic of Hungary
  • Awarded on October 6, 1991
  • Cadenbach shaped the social, cultural and sporting areas of the city in various social functions with his outstanding commitment.
Irene Ludwig (born June 17, 1927 in Aachen; † November 28, 2010)
  • Art patrons
  • Awarded on April 16, 1994
  • The Ludwig couple received honorary citizenship in recognition and grateful recognition of their outstanding services to the promotion of art and artists, museums and cultural institutions.
Peter Ludwig (born July 9, 1925 in Koblenz , † July 22, 1996 in Aachen)
  • Art patrons
  • Awarded on April 16, 1994
  • The Ludwig couple received honorary citizenship in recognition and grateful recognition of their outstanding services to the promotion of art and artists, museums and cultural institutions.
Jost Pfeiffer (born December 29, 1920 in Aachen, † January 14, 2010 in Aachen)
  • Councilor
  • Awarded on January 20, 2001
  • Pfeiffer's decades of commitment to the reconstruction of the city and its development were recognized with honorary citizenship.
Hans Müllejans (born March 12, 1929 in Gressenich - Vicht ; † August 5, 2009 in Stolberg - Venwegen )
  • Provost
  • Awarded on July 3, 2002
  • In appreciation and grateful recognition of his decades of work as the initiator of the measures for the preservation of Aachen Cathedral and guardian of the city's traditional right of concustody over the Aachen sanctuaries.
Kurt Malangré (born September 18, 1934 in Aachen; † October 4, 2018 in Aachen)
  • Councilor and Lord Mayor
  • Awarded on September 18, 2004
  • Malangré was Lord Mayor of Aachen from 1973 to 1989. Honorary citizenship was granted to him on the occasion of his 70th birthday as a thank you for the decades of commitment to the city and its citizens.
Kurt Malangre
Jürgen Linden (born January 13, 1947 in Aachen)
  • Councilor and Lord Mayor of the city from 1989 to 2009
  • Awarded with an entry in the city's Golden Book on December 12, 2009
  • The City Council of Aachen decided to confer honorary citizenship on Jürgen Linden on October 28, 2009 in recognition of his outstanding services to Aachen and its citizens.
Jürgen Linden

Also appointed in 1933

Surname
Adolf Hitler
  • Awarded on March 29, 1933
  • The only item on the agenda of the first meeting of the city ​​council after the introduction of the Enabling Act was the granting of honorary citizenship to Hitler at the request of the NSDAP . In view of the march of SA men, the intimidated council members of the other factions did not dare to reject the application.
Hermann Goering
  • Awarded on July 26, 1933
  • Göring's already prepared visit to the Aachen horse show on July 27, 1933 was taken advantage of at short notice to give him honorary citizenship.

After a determination by the Council in 1983, the honorary citizenship of these people is with the end of the NS - tyranny extinguished.

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