List of honorary citizens of Aichach

The honorary citizenship is the highest honor of the Swabian district town Aichach . It can be awarded to personalities who have made outstanding contributions to the reputation and fate of the city and who have decisively influenced the development of Aichach. Since 1821 a total of 16 people and a further 11 people in the rural communities around the city that have since been incorporated have received this honor.

As in many other German cities, on May 4, 1933, the city council of Aichach filed a motion to honor high-ranking politicians of the Third Reich with honorary citizenship, without these people having any connection to the city. The request was granted. With resolution no. 45 of the Aichach city council of November 6, 1945, the names Hindenburg , Hitler , Ritter von Epp and Adolf Wagner were deleted from the list of honorary citizens.

The mayors and city council members are entitled to submit proposals. After assessment by the administrative and finance committee, the city council decides on the proposals in a closed session. A resolution requires a two-thirds majority of the members entitled to vote. Honorary citizens have the right to be invited to representative events in the city. Otherwise there are no special rights or obligations. Honorary citizens who find themselves in economic hardship through no fault of their own can be granted support by the city council or an honorary salary to avert permanent hardship. The withdrawal of civil rights or unworthy behavior leads to the withdrawal of honorary citizenship. The city council also votes on this with a two-thirds majority.

Note: The listing is done chronologically according to the date of award.

The honorary citizens of the city of Aichach

1. Theodor Freiherr von Hallberg-Broich (born September 8, 1768 at Broich Castle, † April 17, 1862 at Hörmannsdorf Castle)

   Writer and explorer

   Awarded on March 23, 1821

   The hermit von Gauting was made an honorary citizen by the city's magistrate in recognition of his services to the establishment of a national monument at the castle site in Oberwittelsbach.

2. Georg Forster († February 26, 1838 in Neuburg adDonau)

   kgl. Appeals judge

   Awarded in 1837

   Forster worked from 1818 to March 1, 1837 as a district judge in Aichach. After he had moved to the nearby Neuburg as a councilor of appeal , the magistrate decided to grant him honorary citizenship because of the loving treatment, gentle kindness and useful service he had shown to all of the city's citizens.

3. Karl Ludwig Wimmer († 1872)

   kgl. District Administrator

   Awarded on May 24, 1864

   Wimmer initially held the office of district judge in Aichach, later that of district administrator. On the occasion of the completion of his 25th year of service, the magistrate decided to grant him honorary citizenship in grateful recognition of his services. During this time, Wimmer had distinguished himself through his rich experience and knowledge, through restless activity with which he directed the interests and needs of all members of the court, through his well-known humanity and through benevolent, loving behavior towards the poor and the rich.

4. Max Grünberger (* May 1823 in Aichach, † July 1905 in Regensburg)

   kgl. chief magistrate

   Awarded on July 29, 1894

   From September 1, 1867 to August 1, 1894, Grünberger was a district judge and senior magistrate at the local court. On the occasion of his retirement, the popular civil servant, who was always on the best of terms with the citizens, was granted honorary citizenship as an honorable sign of devotion and respect.

5. Johann Nepomuk Mulzer (* in Neunburg vorm Wald; † 1907)

   kgl. District Administrator and Councilor

   Awarded on March 22, 1897

   Mulzer had been employed as a district administrator in Aichach from 1880 onwards, and in this position he gained a high reputation.

6. Arnold Jacobi (born September 8, 1828 in Kempten (Allgäu), † March 6, 1900)

   City pastor and clergyman

   Awarded on September 8, 1898

   Jacobi was the parish priest in Aichach from February 1, 1882 until his death. During this time a new morgue and a new organ were added to the parish church. In 1883 he inaugurated a new way of the cross. On the occasion of his 70th birthday, he was granted honorary citizenship for his long-standing pastoral care and the most thankful understanding that he maintained between the clergy and the citizens.

7. Johann Nepomuk Deller (born January 15, 1854 in Donauwörth; † August 21, 1916 in Pasing)

   Dean and parish priest

   Awarded on June 8, 1915

   Deller was city preacher from 1884 and after Jacobi's death from 1900 city pastor. On the occasion of his thirty years of spiritual activity and in view of the great services he had earned for the church, school and community, he was made an honorary citizen.

8. Franz Beck (born April 30, 1846 in Aichach; † October 23, 1918 in Aichach)

   Commerce Councilor and Mayor

   Awarded on July 30, 1916

   The cosmopolitan businessman, who was also a member of the Center Party for a while in the Reichstag, served the citizens of Aichach as plenipotentiary, magistrate and for the last six years of his life as mayor. With the award of honorary citizenship on the occasion of his 70th birthday, he was particularly thanked for the foundation of an old people's home, as well as his donations to the hospital, the orphanage and the church.

9. Anton Werlberger (born April 10, 1850 in Aichach; † March 6, 1929 in Aichach)

   mayor

   Awarded on April 10, 1920

   Werlberger joined the council of community representatives in 1876 at the age of 25. From 1891 he was active as a magistrate and after the death of Franz Beck in autumn 1918 was elected first as deputy mayor and in summer 1919 as mayor. After the end of the electoral term, he withdrew from office on December 31, 1924. On the occasion of his 70th birthday, the city council granted him honorary citizenship in grateful recognition of his unselfish, extremely meritorious 44 years of service in these offices.

10. Josef Haselberger (born September 5, 1849 in Konstein; † November 27, 1935 in Aichach)

    Meat manufacturer

    Awarded on April 1, 1925

    Haselberger came to Aichach in 1880 and opened a butcher's shop there. At the beginning of the 20th century, he and his sons expanded it into a meat and sausage canning factory, which supplied delicatessen shops, the army and naval administration and shipping companies throughout the German Empire. He was made an honorary citizen in grateful recognition of his repeatedly expressed, noble sense of charity and his willingness to make sacrifices for the city. Haselberger donated the town's war memorial and managed the town's orphanage for many years.

    • Paul von Hindenburg (born October 2, 1847 in Posen, † August 2, 1934 at Gut Neudeck)

    President of the empire

    Awarded on May 4, 1933, revoked on November 6, 1945

    • Franz Ritter von Epp (born October 16, 1868 in Munich, † January 31, 1947 in Munich)

    German professional soldier and National Socialist politician

    Awarded on May 4, 1933, revoked on November 6, 1945

    • Adolf Hitler (born April 20, 1889 in Braunau am Inn, † April 30, 1945 in Berlin)

    Chancellor

    Awarded on May 4, 1933, revoked on November 6, 1945

    • Adolf Wagner (born October 1, 1890 in Algringen; † April 12, 1944 in Bad Reichenhall)

    Minister of State

    Awarded on May 4, 1933, revoked on November 6, 1945

11. Fritz Mayer (born December 27, 1865 - † December 10, 1937)

    Book printer owner

    Awarded on April 19, 1937

    From 1903, Mayer was the owner of the Mayer & Sons printing company , which also published the Aichacher Zeitung . Throughout his life he campaigned for the social life of the city. He served as chairman of the gymnastics club for 48 years and was in command of the volunteer fire department for 31 years . At the end of March 1933 he was elected 2nd mayor. He was made an honorary citizen in recognition of his unselfish, extremely meritorious work for the common good.

12. Robert Haselberger (born March 28, 1884 in Aichach, † September 29, 1959 in Augsburg)

    Commercial councilor and meat manufacturer

    Awarded on September 2, 1950

13. Georg Beck (born August 25, 1878 in Aichach; † March 30, 1961)

    Art mill owner

    Awarded on September 2, 1950

14. Gottlieb Schmid (* July 24, 1871 in Aichach; † June 13, 1964 in Kaufbeuren)

    Builder and Mayor

    Awarded on September 2, 1950

15. Wilhelm Wernseher (born February 11, 1908 in Moos near Vilshofen, † August 10, 1978 in Schrobenhausen)

    mayor

    Awarded on June 30, 1972

16. Alfred Riepl (born June 8, 1925 in Algertshausen ; † July 14, 2014)

    mayor

    Awarded on April 30, 1990

17. Josef Kapfhamer (born January 9, 1911 in Aichach; † July 23, 1991 in Aichach)

    2. Mayor and rail freight forwarder

    Awarded on January 25, 1991

18. Josef Bestler (born May 13, 1925 in Deubach; † March 1, 2018)

    Old district administrator

    Award ??

The honorary citizens of the incorporated districts

Ecknach

• Franz Xaver Hafner

  Pastor

  Date of award unknown

• Kaspar Preisinger (born April 19, 1857 in Ecknach; † December 20, 1928 in Ecknach)

  mayor

  Awarded on April 19, 1927 (Saturday)

• Lorenz Niedermaier (born August 1, 1892 in Sielenbach; † November 27, 1971 in Aindling)

  farmer

  Awarded after 1960

• Leonhard Steinacker (born April 19, 1887 in Munsingen; † November 24, 1969 in Ecknach)

  Pastor

  Awarded in 1968

Griesbeckerzell

• Max Gmach (born February 26, 1912 in Lauingen / Donau; † June 9, 1980 in Altötting)

  Pastor

  Awarded on November 19, 1972

Sound

• Nikolaus Wagner (born March 6, 1907 - March 11, 1988)

  Rector

  Awarded on September 1, 1960

Oberbernbach

• Hans Schindler (born March 21, 1891 in Reichertshausen, † 1983 in Munich)

  Senior teacher

  Awarded on April 8, 1954

• Leonhard Schelchshorn (born November 6, 1908 in Oberbernbach, † April 22, 1979 in Aichach)

  mayor

  Awarded on November 6, 1977

Oberwittelsbach and Unterwittelsbach

• Bruno Bayer (born August 10, 1891 in Neuhausen near Esslingen; † April 2, 1962)

  Benefit Vicar

  Awarded on August 12, 1956

Unterschneitbach

• Raimund Veith (born April 1, 1892 in Herrieden; † July 8, 1973 in Aichach)

  Senior teacher

  Awarded on April 1, 1962

Walchshofen

• Martin Achter (born October 28, 1905 in Walchshofen; † December 24, 1995 in Augsburg)

  Episcopal Vicar

  Awarded on July 25, 1954

literature

• Karl Christl: honorary citizen of Aichach and the districts. Aichach story (s), Volume I. Aichach 1990

Individual evidence

1. ^ Decision book of the city of Aichach