List of honorary citizens of Altötting

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The honorary citizenship is the highest municipal award of the city of Altoetting . They are awarded by resolution of the city council to personalities who have made an outstanding contribution to the common good and who have a special, sustainable relationship to Altötting. To emphasize the importance of this honor, the number of living honorary citizens is limited to five. Since 1895 at least 22 people have been made honorary citizens.

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

The honorary citizens of the city of Altötting

  1. Georg Ritter von Orterer (born October 30, 1849 in Wörth, † October 5, 1916 in Munich)
    President of the Bavarian Chamber of Deputies
    Awarded in 1895
    for his services to the connection to the Bavarian railway network
  2. Anton Hauth
    Administrator of the chapel pen
    Awarded in 1906
    for promoting pilgrimage
  3. Father Cyprian Fröhlich (born March 20, 1853 in Eggolsheim, † February 6, 1931 in Munich)
    Awarded in 1908
    for promoting pilgrimage
  4. Otto Wirth
    Upper Government Council
    Awarded in 1908
    for the promotion of the new building of the town hall
  5. Monsignor Josef Frischhut
    Pastor
    Awarded in 1908
    for promoting pilgrimage
  6. Carl A. Hofer
    Magistrate Council
    Awarded in 1916
    in recognition of his 40 years of voluntary work in local government
  7. Konrad Albert
    Administrator of the chapel pen
    Awarded in 1924
    for promoting pilgrimage
  8. Siegismund Felix Freiherr von Ow-Felldorf (born October 18, 1855 in Berchtesgaden; † May 11, 1936 in Passau)
    Bishop of Passau
    Awarded in 1925
    for promoting pilgrimage
  9. Ferdinand Altmann
    Commerce Council
    Awarded in 1925
    for his voluntary work in the community
  10. Prelate Johann Baptist Mehler
    Pilgrim guide
    Awarded in 1926
    for promoting pilgrimage
  11. Franz Xaver Konrad
    Penitentiary
    Awarded in 1927
    for the promotion of pilgrimage and the re-establishment of the Canons' Monastery
  12. Hugo Beck
    Pharmacy owner
    Awarded in 1929
    for the foundation of the Altöttinger Heimatmuseum
  13. Father Josef Anton Keßler
    Awarded in 1930
    for promoting the construction of the St. Anne's Basilica and the beatification of Brother Conrad
  14. Gabriel Mayer
    Economic Council , 1st Mayor and Member of Parliament
    Awarded in 1930
    for his services to the community
  15. Simon Konrad Landersdorfer (born October 2, 1880 in Neutenkam, † July 21, 1971 in Passau)
    Bishop of Passau
    Awarded on September 15, 1950
  16. Prelate Josef Engelhart
    Foundation provost, papal secret chamberlain
    Awarded on July 17, 1951
    for the promotion of pilgrimage, Caritas and social housing in Altötting
  17. Monsignor Ludwig Uttlinger (born August 30, 1899 - † January 26, 1978 in Altötting)
    Collegiate bandmaster; Holder of the Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class
    Awarded on February 27, 1959
    for the promotion of church music, the foundation of the Marienwerk, his role as the initiator of the Marienfilm and the diorama show on the pilgrimage history of the city
  18. Alfons Grüneis
    Penitentiary
    Awarded in 1971
  19. Robert Bauer
    Administrator of the Holy Chapel
    Awarded in 1971
  20. Fritz Esterer
    Entrepreneur
    Awarded in 1979
  21. Antonius Hofmann
    Bishop of Passau
    Awarded in 1986
  22. Max Absmeier (1920–2012)
    prelate
    Awarded in 1995
    Absmeier was the parish priest in the parish of St. Philip and James from 1979 to 1995. During this time he combined the duties of the pilgrimage pastor with intensive parish work. He campaigned strongly for the charitable church institutions in Altötting, such as the children's home, the home for the disabled and the meeting center. He played a leading role in the major events during this time, the Pope's visit in 1980 and the pilgrimage anniversary in 1989. He was awarded honorary citizenship for his extensive pastoral and organizational work in the town of Altötting.
  23. Seban Dönhuber (born January 14, 1934 in Neuötting)
    Old district administrator
    Awarded in 2001
    Dönhuber has worked in various political functions as a member of the state parliament, senator and district administrator for the district and the city of Altötting. In addition, he was involved in responsible offices in social organizations, u. a. as district chairman of the BRK and in the state chairmanship of the workers' welfare. Numerous large projects, such as the new building of the district hospital, were realized under his leadership.
  24. Franz Xaver Eder (born November 4, 1925 in Pfarrkirchen; † June 20, 2013 in Passau)
    Bishop of Passau
    Awarded in 2001
    Eder was Bishop of Passau from 1984 to 2001. During this time, as head of the diocese, he particularly promoted the traditional pilgrimage to Altötting and expressed his solidarity with the city on numerous visits to Altötting. The 500-year pilgrimage anniversary, which was celebrated in 1989, was a high point of his term of office. His initiatives in the further development of pastoral work and youth work also had a very positive effect in Altötting.
  25. Maria Eder (* 1919 - † July 2, 2007 in Zimbabwe)
    Missionary doctor
    Awarded in 2004
    Eder has been a missionary doctor in Zimbabwe since 1960. Under the most difficult of conditions, she set up medical care in Brunapeg on the edge of the Kalahari. There, and then in the government hospital Antelope, she cared for tens of thousands of patients, even during the turmoil of civil war in Zimbabwe. From 2000 she worked in the AIDS orphan care program of the Archdiocese of Bulawayo. The town and parish of Altötting have supported their projects for decades, and the close relationship has proven to be fruitful for both sides. In recognition of her life's work, Maria Eder was the first woman to be granted honorary citizenship.
  26. Benedict XVI. (Joseph Alois Ratzinger), (born April 16, 1927 in Marktl)
    Pope
    Awarded on June 7, 2006
    Benedict XVI. was head of the Catholic Church from 2005 to 2013. Throughout his life he showed a close connection with the Marian shrine in Altötting. As a child, Joseph Ratzinger often visited the Altötting image of grace. As a priest, bishop and cardinal he also drew strength for his tasks from the spiritual radiation of the Marian Shrine. In recognition of his many-times proven, close ties with the pilgrimage town of Altötting, he was made an honorary citizen of the town.
  27. Richard Antwerp (born December 29, 1930 in Berchtesgaden)
    Former Mayor
    Awarded on December 12, 2007
    Antwerp has made an outstanding contribution to the city of Altötting over many decades. From 1983 to 1995 he was mayor of Altötting. In the long list of measures that were implemented under his direction and that have had a lasting positive effect on the cityscape and urban development, the clearing of traffic and the redesign of Kapellplatz, including the completion of the inner ring and the construction of the underground car park, are particularly noteworthy. For his various services to the city of Altötting, he received an honorary citizen.

literature

  • Eduard Baumann: The honorary citizens of the city of Altötting. in: Altötting. Heart of Bavaria. - Altötting: Geiselberger, 2000

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