List of honorary citizens of Aschaffenburg

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Honorary citizenship

Personalities who have rendered outstanding services to the city can be appointed honorary citizens of the city of Aschaffenburg. Honorary citizenship is the highest distinction the city bestows.

Legal basis

The legal basis is Article 16 of the Bavarian Municipal Code . A city council resolution is required, which is passed in a closed session with a simple majority of the voters. The award can only take place during the lifetime of the person to be honored, as their legal capacity is a prerequisite. The honorary citizenship expires with the death of the honorary citizen.

revocation

A revocation is possible for any behavior which, from the point of view of an objective, impartial observer, is incompatible with the position and special reputation of an honorary citizen. A two-thirds majority of the voting members of the city council is required for the revocation.

Award, withdrawal

The city of Aschaffenburg has been conferring honorary citizenship since 1839. Today this takes place in a solemn form as part of a ceremony with the handing over of the honorary citizenship certificate.

With the incorporation of Damm on July 1, 1901, the honorary citizenship of the factory owner Philipp Dessauer was taken over.

The honorary citizenships of Paul von Hindenburg, Adolf Hitler, Franz Ritter von Epp, Otto Hellmuth and Ludwig Siebert, which arose elsewhere between 1933 and 1945, have been irrelevant since the end of the Third Reich; it was officially withdrawn in 1981.

When Schweinheim was incorporated, Pastor Johann Georg Schweinfest was given honorary citizenship on April 1, 1939, and Pastor Gregor Türk took over honorary citizenship when Gailbach was incorporated on April 1, 1975 .

The honorary citizens of the city of Aschaffenburg

(Note: The listing is chronological according to the date of award.)

  1. Friedrich Freiherr von Fechenbach (born August 27, 1790 in Mainz, † October 24, 1850 in Vienna)
    Royal Bavarian Chamberlain
    Awarded in 1839
    During his three-year stay in the city, Baron von Fechenbach earned a high degree of general respect and love through his charity towards the needy and his diligent efforts for the well-being of the residents.
  2. Philipp Dessauer (born June 20, 1837 in Aschaffenburg, † August 19, 1900 in Aschaffenburg)
    Manufacturer
    Awarded in 1872 in the municipality of Damm
    Dessauer was a founding member and board member of the Association of German Pulp Manufacturers. He is credited with pioneering developments in the processing of pulp into paper.
  3. Franz Hettinger (born January 13, 1819 in Aschaffenburg, † January 26, 1890 in Würzburg)
    Professor of Patrology and Apologetics, Homiletics and Dogmatics
    Awarded in 1889
    The award took place on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of his ordination.
  4. Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Alteneck (* May 5, 1811 in Aschaffenburg, † May 19, 1903 in Munich)
    painter
    Awarded in 1894
    Hefner-Alteneck was director of the Bavarian National Museum in Munich. His international merits and the publication of important books were honored with honorary citizenship.
  5. Karl Alzheimer (born October 6, 1825 in Kassel ( Biebergemünd ), † December 29, 1904 in Aschaffenburg)
    Pastor
    Awarded 1900
    Alzheimer gained a great reputation through his charity and his services to the Elisabethenverein. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of his ordination, he was made an honorary citizen.
  6. Johann Georg Schweinfest (born January 16, 1850 in Schweinshaupten ; † October 21, 1925 in Schweinheim )
    Pastor
    Awarded in 1912 in the community of Schweinheim
    In 1894/95 he had the Church of the Birth of Mary and in 1899 the Church of St. Margareta and St. Johannes built in Grünmorsbach and was a chronicler of the community.
  7. Adalbert Hock (born May 19, 1866 in Aschaffenburg, † January 18, 1949 in Aschaffenburg)
    Art and local painter
    Awarded in 1947
    Views of the city of Aschaffenburg are a recurring theme in Hock's work. He was also involved in the restoration of the wall paintings in the Pompejanum.
  8. Friedrich Dessauer (born July 19, 1881 in Aschaffenburg, † February 16, 1963 in Frankfurt am Main)
    Physicists, entrepreneurs and politicians
    Awarded in 1956
    Dessauer was the son of the city of Aschaffenburg. His scientific achievements and social commitment were honored with honorary citizenship.
  9. Gregor Türk (* 1932 in Frickenhausen)
    Pastor
    Awarded in 1974 in the community of Gailbach
    Türk had been a pastor in Gailbach since 1966 and earned services in the expansion of the parish center in Gailbach
  10. Gustav Stadelmann (born August 19, 1896 in Aschaffenburg, † November 19, 1991 in Aschaffenburg)
    Local history explorer
    Awarded in 1981
    In his spare time, Stadelmann occupied himself intensively with the history of his homeland. He later donated his extensive collection to the city of Aschaffenburg.
  11. Hugo Karpf (born January 17, 1895 in Wüstenzell; † July 19, 1994 in Aschaffenburg)
    Politician
    Awarded 1985
    Karpf was a member of the Reichstag and the Bundestag. He always stood up for the socially disadvantaged and is considered the father of homeworkers . With the award of honorary citizenship, the city honored his life's work.
  12. Kurt Frenzel (born March 15, 1908 in Böhingen; † October 8, 1995 in Aschaffenburg)
    Local politician
    Awarded 1985
    After the end of the war, Frenzel was a member of the Spruchkammer as part of the denazification process and later set accents for the well-being of the city's citizens through his political work and his non-professional commitment.
  13. Marielies Schleicher (born July 28, 1901 in Aschaffenburg, † January 17, 1996 in Aschaffenburg)
    politician
    Awarded in 1991
    With the honorary citizenship, the city honored the founding of the Lebenshilfe association and the associated workshops for the disabled.
  14. Willi Reiland (born November 2, 1933 in Oberaltstadt; † November 14, 2015 in Haibach)
    Lord Mayor from 1970 to 2000
    Awarded in 2000
    A city father in the best sense of the word, an authority above the parties.
  15. Günter Dehn (born July 4, 1933 in Aschaffenburg)
    Mayor from 1978 to 2002
    Awarded in 2015
    With the honorary citizenship, the city honored the more than 50 years of membership in the city council, the 24-year tenure as mayor and the above-average social commitment of Mr. Dehn.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GÜNTER DEHN BECOMES HONORED CITIZEN OF THE CITY. City of Aschaffenburg, October 21, 2015, accessed on June 19, 2017 .