List of honorary citizens of Bayreuth

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The city of Bayreuth has granted honorary citizenship to the following people since 1851 . The city of Bayreuth officially distanced itself from the granting of honorary citizenship rights to Adolf Hitler and HS Chamberlain in a city council meeting on December 21, 1988. A legal withdrawal was not possible, since the status of honorary citizen expires with the death of the honoree. On November 27, 2013, City Councilors symbolically revoked Adolf Hitler and HS Chamberlain as well as Hans Schemm, Ludwig Siebert and Adolf Hühnlein their honorary citizenship and renounced the honorary citizenship rights granted to representatives, ideologues and advocates of National Socialism, especially in the period from 1933 to 1945, distant.

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

The honorary citizens of the city of Bayreuth

  1. Alexander Friedrich Wilhelm von Württemberg (born December 20, 1804 in Riga, † October 28, 1881 in Bayreuth)
    Manager of the Fantaisie Palace and builder of the hotel of the same name
    Awarded in 1851
     
  2. Florentin Theodor Schmidt (born November 1, 1783 in Wunsiedel; † May 15, 1860)
    Consul General in Hamburg, operator of a sugar factory in Bayreuth St. Georgen and co-founder of a mechanical cotton spinning mill
    Awarded in 1854
     
  3. Theodor von Zwehl (born February 7, 1800 in Vallendar; † December 17, 1875 in Munich)
    Minister of State of the Interior (1849–1864), District President of Upper Franconia (1864–1868)
    Awarded in 1866
     
  4. Karl Alexander von Burchtorff (born May 16, 1822 in Regensburg, † December 11, 1894 in Munich)
    Otto von Bismarck
    District President (1876-1893)
    Awarded in 1892
     
  5. Otto von Bismarck (born April 1, 1815 in Schönhausen; † July 30, 1898 in Friedrichsruh)
    Imperial Chancellor (1871–1890)
    Awarded in 1895
     
  6. Gustav Ritter von Meyer (born February 9, 1834 in Ansbach, † January 19, 1909 in Bayreuth)
    Council of Justice
    Awarded in 1897
     
  7. Adolf von Groß (born March 25, 1845 in Bamberg, † June 5, 1931 in Bayreuth)
    Sponsor of the Richard Wagner Festival
    Awarded in 1901
     
    Cosima Wagner, 1905
  8. Rudolph von Roman (born December 1, 1836 in Leider bei Aschaffenburg, † January 8, 1917 in Würzburg)
    District President (1893–1909)
    Awarded in 1906
     
  9. Cosima Wagner (born December 25, 1837 in Bellagio on Lake Como, † April 1, 1930 in Bayreuth; née Cosima de Flavigny)
    second wife of Richard Wagner and director of the Bayreuth Festival (1883–1906)
    Awarded in 1911
     
    Hans Richter, around 1880
  10. Hans Richter (born April 4, 1843 in Raab; † December 5, 1916 in Bayreuth)
    conductor
    Awarded in 1913
     
  11. Siegfried Wagner (born June 6, 1869 in Tribschen near Lucerne; † August 4, 1930 in Bayreuth)
    Son of the poet composer Richard Wagner
    Awarded in 1913
     
  12. Christian von Langheinrich (born November 16, 1870 in Bayreuth; † June 9, 1950 in Bayreuth)
    because of special bravery in the First World War
    Awarded in 1916
     
  13. Christian von Popp (born April 7, 1891 in Bayreuth; † May 11, 1964 in Bayreuth)
    because of special bravery in the First World War
    Awarded in 1918
     
  14. Leopold von Casselmann (born June 29, 1858 in Fischbeck / Hessen-Nassau; † May 23, 1930 in Bayreuth)
    Lord Mayor (1900-1919)
    Awarded in 1919
     
  15. Wilhelm Ritter von Eitzenberger (born March 10, 1875 in Bayreuth; † September 13, 1956 in Bayreuth)
    because of special bravery in the First World War
    Awarded in 1919
     
  16. Houston Stewart Chamberlain (born September 9, 1855 in Portsmouth, † January 9, 1927 in Bayreuth)
    Anglo-German writer and cultural philosopher, son-in-law of Richard Wagner, representative of nationalist , Pan-Germanic and racist anti-Semitism .
    Awarded in 1922; 1988 distancing by the Bayreuth city council; November 27, 2013 Revocation by the Bayreuth City Council
     
  17. Hans Paul Freiherr von Wolhaben (born November 13, 1848 in Potsdam; † June 2, 1938 in Bayreuth)
    Writer, editor of the "Bayreuther Blätter"
    Awarded in 1922
     
  18. Karl Muck (born October 22, 1859 in Darmstadt, † March 3, 1940 in Stuttgart)
    General music director, long-time conductor of the Richard Wagner Festival
    Awarded in 1926
     
    Grave of Heinrich Bales in the family grave at the Bayreuth city cemetery
  19. Otto Ritter von Strossenreuther (born September 4, 1865 in Bayreuth, † March 11, 1958 in Munich)
    District President (1916–1933)
    Awarded in 1926
     
  20. Heinrich Bales (born June 19, 1872 in Cologne; † November 26 [27?] November 1954 in Rhöndorf)
    Sponsor of the Richard Wagner Memorial
    Awarded in 1928
     
  21. Robert Bartsch (born February 19, 1859 in Danzig; † June 13, 1948)
    Sponsor of the Richard Wagner Memorial
    Awarded in 1928
     
    Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, 1915
  22. Carl Friedrich Glasenapp (born October 3, 1847 in Riga, † April 14, 1915 in Riga)
    Richard Wagner biographer
    Awarded in 1928
     
  23. Ferdinand I of Bulgaria (born February 26, 1861 in Vienna, † September 10, 1948 in Coburg)
    supported the Richard Wagner Festival and attended all of the festivals between 1883 and 1943 in the city
    Awarded in 1928
     
  24. Blandine Gravina (born March 20, 1863 in Berlin, † December 4, 1941 in Florence)
    Daughter of Cosima Wagner from her first marriage to Hans Guido von Bülow
    Awarded in 1933
     
  25. Hans Georg Hofmann (born September 26, 1873 in Hof; † January 31, 1942)
    District President (1933/34)
    Awarded in 1933
     
  26. Eva Chamberlain (born February 17, 1867 in Triebschen (Switzerland), † May 26, 1942 in Bayreuth)
    Daughter of Richard and Cosima Wagner
    Awarded in 1933
     
  27. Heinrich Popp (born September 6, 1867 in Bad Berneck, † July 28, 1947 in Bayreuth)
    mayor
    Awarded in 1933
     
  28. Adolf Hitler (born April 20, 1889 in Braunau am Inn, † April 30, 1945 in Berlin)
    Dictator of the German Reich (1933–1945)
    Awarded March 23, 1933 at the request of the NSDAP parliamentary group in the city council; December 21, 1988 distancing by the Bayreuth city council; November 27, 2013 Revocation by the Bayreuth City Council
     
    Paul von Hindenburg
  29. Paul von Hindenburg (born October 2, 1847 in Posen ; † August 2, 1934 at Gut Neudeck , East Prussia )
    Reich President (1925–1933)
    Awarded March 23, 1933 at the request of the NSDAP parliamentary group in the city council
     
  30. Albert Preu (born April 12, 1868 in Castell / Lower Franconia; † June 14, 1944 in Bayreuth)
    Lord Mayor (1919–1933)
    Awarded May 1933
     
  31. Hans Schemm (born October 6, 1891 in Bayreuth; † March 5, 1935 in Bayreuth)
    NS -Gauleiter (1933-1935)
    Awarded in 1933; November 27, 2013 Revocation by the Bayreuth City Council
     
  32. Ludwig Siebert (born October 17, 1874 in Ludwigshafen, † November 1, 1942 in Stock am Chiemsee)
    Prime Minister (1933–1942)
    Awarded in 1933; November 27, 2013 Revocation by the Bayreuth City Council
     
    Arturo Toscanini
  33. Daniela von Bülow (born October 12, 1860 in Berlin, † July 28, 1940 in Bayreuth)
    Daughter of Cosima Wagner from her first marriage to Hans Guido von Bülow
    Awarded in 1933
     
  34. Arturo Toscanini (born March 25, 1867 in Parma, † January 16, 1957 in New York)
    conductor
    Awarded in 1933
     
  35. Winifred Wagner (born June 23, 1897 in Hastings; † March 5, 1980 in Überlingen)
    Widow of Siegfried Wagner, festival director
    Awarded in 1933
     
    Richard Strauss (painted by Max Liebermann, 1918)
  36. Adolf Hühnlein (born September 12, 1881 in Neustadt bei Coburg, † June 18, 1942 in Munich)
    Corps leader of the NSKK, SA leader
    Awarded in 1937; November 27, 2013 Revocation by the Bayreuth City Council
     
  37. Richard Strauss (born June 11, 1864 in Munich, † September 8, 1949 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen)
    Composer and conductor
    Awarded in 1949
     
  38. Hans Knappertsbusch (* March 12, 1888 Elberfeld; † October 25, 1965 in Munich)
    General music director, long-time conductor of the Richard Wagner Festival
    Awarded in 1953
     
  39. Hans Rollwagen (born June 14, 1892 in Nördlingen, † March 29, 1992 in Bayreuth)
    Lord Mayor (1948–1958)
    Awarded in 1958
     
  40. Konrad Pöhner (born July 24, 1901 in Bayreuth; † September 24, 1974 in Bayreuth)
    Minister of State for Finance (1964–1970)
    Awarded in 1967
     
  41. Fritz Meyer (born January 2, 1898 in Bayreuth; † January 22, 1980 in Bayreuth)
    Lawyer and local politician
    Awarded in 1972
     
  42. Karl Seeser (born July 5, 1906 in Bayreuth; † December 2, 1981 in Bayreuth)
    Local politician
    Awarded in 1972
     
  43. Wolfgang Wagner (born August 30, 1919 in Bayreuth; † March 21, 2010 in Bayreuth)
    Grandson of Richard Wagner, festival director (1951–2008)
    Awarded in 1976
     
  44. Hans Walter Wild (born November 27, 1919 in Würzburg; † May 24, 2001 in Bayreuth)
    Lord Mayor of Bayreuth (1958–1988)
    Awarded in 1988
     
  45. Peter Färber (born October 16, 1922 in Mistelbach; † August 10, 2009 in Bayreuth)
    High school teacher and city councilor
    Awarded in 1996
     
  46. Franz Überla
    Second Mayor of Bayreuth (1974–1978)
    Awarded in 1996
     
  47. Dieter Mronz (born May 17, 1944 in Trogen / Upper Franconia)
    Lord Mayor of Bayreuth (1988-2006)
    Awarded in 2006
     
  48. Bernd Mayer (born March 10, 1942 in Berlin; † December 2, 2011 in Bayreuth)
    Freelance journalist, city historian
    City Councilor (1972–2011), Second Mayor (1990–2002), Third Mayor (2002–2008)
    Awarded in 2011
     
  49. Anneliese Fischer (born May 31, 1925 in Pirmasens; † February 2, 2020 in Bayreuth)
    City Councilor (1980–1986 and 1990–1996), Vice President of the Bavarian State Parliament (1994–1998)
    Award ceremony 2019
     

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ nizza-thobi.com , accessed December 30, 2013
  2. ↑ Hitler no longer an honorary citizen of the city of Bayreuth at nordbayerischer-kurier.de from November 25, 2013, accessed on October 10, 2017
  3. ↑ Honorary Citizen of the City of Bayreuth at bayreuth.de, accessed on June 7, 2015
  4. ↑ Bernd Mayer: Bayreuth in the twentieth century , p. 48.