List of honorary citizens of Bamberg

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Coat of arms of the city of Bamberg

The city of Bamberg has given 35 people honorary citizenship.

Note: The listing takes place chronologically according to the date of the award and excluding the persons from whom the honorary citizenship has been withdrawn.

The honorary citizens of the city of Bamberg

  1. Franz Ludwig von Hornthal (* 1760 Hamburg , † 1833 Bamberg)
    First Lord Mayor of Bamberg from 1818 to 1821
    Awarded in 1819
  2. Anton von Grafenstein (* 1780; † 1854)
    royal postmaster
    Awarded in 1833
  3. Johann Christoph David Bartels
    Royal Bavarian and Greek Consul in Cologne
    Awarded 1837/38
  4. Joseph Maria Freiherr von Fraunberg (* 1768; † 1842)
    Archbishop from 1824 to 1842
    Awarded in 1841
  5. Heinrich Gengler (* 1772; † 1847)
    Royal rent official
    Awarded in 1846
  6. Bonifaz Kaspar von Urban (born January 6, 1773 in Oberherrnhausen; † January 9, 1858 in Bamberg)
    Archbishop from 1842 to 1858
    Awarded in 1852
  7. Karl Georg Lang (* 1833; † 1889)
    City Planning Council
    Awarded in 1884
  8. Heinrich Hopffer (* 1817; † 1886)
    Church council and dean
    Awarded in 1886
  9. Friedrich von Schreiber (* 1819; † 1890)
    Archbishop from 1875 to 1890
    Awarded in 1889
  10. Josef von Schmitt (* 1838; † 1907)
    Board of directors of the city council and district court president
    Awarded in 1889
  11. Franz Seraphin Ritter von Keller (* 1831; † 1914)
    Cathedral capitular and cathedral priest in Bamberg
    Awarded in 1897
    Maximilian Count von Feilitzsch
  12. Maximilian Graf von Feilitzsch (* 1834; † 1913)
    Minister of State of the Interior, Royal Bavarian Chamberlain
    Awarded in 1898
  13. Josef Ritter von Schork (* 1829; † 1905)
    Archbishop from 1890 to 1905
    Awarded in 1904
  14. Franz Roth (* 1835; † 1924)
    District Councilor and Hospital Director
    Awarded in 1905
  15. Heinrich Semlinger (* 1849; † 1929)
    Factory owner, honorary citizen of the community of Gaustadt (today part of Bamberg)
    Awarded in 1908
  16. Jacobus Ritter von Hauck (* 1861; † 1943)
    Archbishop from 1912 to 1943
    Awarded in 1924
  17. Rudolf Weyermann (* 1880 Bamberg; † 1946 Bamberg)
    Factory owner in Bamberg
    Awarded in 1930
  18. Paul von Hindenburg (born October 2, 1847 in Posen , † August 2, 1934 at Gut Neudeck)
    President of the empire
    Awarded in 1933
  19. Joseph Otto Kolb (born August 9, 1881 - † March 29, 1955)
    Archbishop from 1943 to 1955
    Awarded in 1946
  20. Georg Hau (* 1887; † 1976)
    Senior teacher, honorary citizen of the Wildensorg community (today part of Bamberg)
    Awarded in 1950
  21. Georg Mann (* 1891; † 1964)
    Cathedral capitular, honorary citizen of the community of Gaustadt (today part of Bamberg)
    Awarded in 1950
  22. Georg Rattel (born April 29, 1882 Hof, † February 14, 1950 Bamberg)
    Mayor and city councilor in Bamberg
    Awarded in 1950
  23. Hans Ehard (born November 10, 1887 in Bamberg, † October 18, 1980 in Munich)
    Bavarian Prime Minister from 1946 to 1954 and 1960 to 1962
    Awarded in 1952
  24. Gerhard Hofmann (* 1901; † 1967)
    Senior building officer, honorary citizen of the municipality of Bug (today part of Bamberg)
    Awarded in 1952
  25. Georg Meixner (* 1887; † 1960)
    Prelate, honorary citizen of the Bug community (now part of Bamberg)
    Awarded in 1952
  26. Adolf Wächter (* 1873; † 1954)
    Lord Mayor of Bamberg from 1913 to 1924
    Awarded in 1952
  27. Luitpold Weegmann (* 1885 Bamberg, † 1966 Bamberg)
    Lord Mayor of Bamberg from 1924 to 1934 and from 1945 to 1958
    Awarded in 1955
  28. Friedrich Eberle (* 1907; † 1970)
    Pastor, honorary citizen of the community of Gaustadt (today part of Bamberg)
    Awarded in 1958
  29. Amalie Salb (* 1893; † 1988)
    Rector, honorary citizen of the community of Gaustadt (today part of Bamberg)
    Awarded in 1959
  30. Peter Link (* 1890; † 1963)
    Mayor, honorary citizen of the municipality of Bug (today part of Bamberg)
    Awarded in 1960
  31. Josef Schneider (born February 5, 1906 Nuremberg; † January 18, 1998)
    Archbishop from 1955 to 1976
    Awarded in 1966
  32. Theodor Mathieu (* 1919; † 1995)
    Lord Mayor from 1958 to 1982
    Awarded in 1984
  33. Elmar Maria Kredel (born February 24, 1922 Nuremberg; † June 10, 2008 in Erlangen)
    Archbishop from 1977 to 1994
    Awarded in 1987
  34. Paul Röhner (born August 7, 1927 in Aidhausen ; † December 24, 2014 in Bamberg)
    Lord Mayor of Bamberg from 1982 to 1994
    Awarded in 1996
  35. Herbert Lauer (born August 7, 1946 in Bamberg)
    Lord Mayor of Bamberg from 1994 to 2006
    Awarded in 2009