List of honorary citizens of Berlin
The Berlin honorary citizenship is the Berlin Senate in agreement with the Berlin House of Representatives awarded.
Since 1813, the city of Berlin has granted citizenship to 131 people, initially on an honorary basis without paying a citizen's fee . From 1851 onwards, citizens of Berlin were granted honorary citizenship for the first time . They are listed chronologically according to the date of award.
Revoked titles are shown in italics .
Privileges
The Berlin honorary citizenship is a personal award that does not contain any special rights or obligations. However, in accordance with the guidelines passed on August 20, 1956, certain advantages are granted without legal entitlement. These include invitations to representative events in the State of Berlin, such as receptions, balls and commemorative ceremonies, an annual free ticket for the Berlin public transport company , if necessary, an honorary pension for the awardee and his surviving dependents, a burial at state expense and an honorary grave in a Berlin cemetery . In addition, the award-winning people can be portrayed by an artist of their choice, the associated paintings are exhibited in the building of the House of Representatives .
The honorary citizens of the city of Berlin
Honorary citizenship
- Konrad Gottlieb Ribbeck (born March 21, 1759 in Stolp , Pomerania ; † June 28, 1826 in Berlin; ▭ St. Marien and St. Nikolai Cemetery I , Prenzlauer Berg )
- Senior Consistorial Councilor and Provost of Berlin
- Awarded on July 6, 1813
- Ribbeck distinguished itself by reducing the suffering of Berlin citizens during the French occupation in 1806.
- Heinrich Falckenberg (* 1771 in Stendal , Mark Brandenburg ; † September 25, 1845 in Berlin)
- Accountant of the city debt fund
- Awarded on February 28, 1815
- Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (* December 16, 1742 in Rostock ; † September 12, 1819 in Krieblowitz , Province of Silesia )
- Field Marshal General of the Prussian Army
- Awarded on January 31, 1816
- Von Blücher was honored for his significant contribution to the victory at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
- Ernst Ludwig Heim (* July 22, 1747 in Solz , Sachsen-Meiningen ; † September 15, 1834 in Berlin; ▭ cemeteries in front of the Hallesches Tor , Kreuzberg )
- doctor
- Awarded on April 15, 1822
- Awarded on the occasion of the 50th doctor's anniversary. Heim was one of the founders of modern medicine, introduced the smallpox vaccination and treated thousands of poor people annually free of charge.
- Ludwig von Brauchitsch (* May 7, 1757 in Breslau or Berlin; January 19, 1827 in Berlin; ▭ old garrison cemetery , center )
- Lieutenant General of the Prussian Army, City Commander of Berlin
- Awarded on May 19, 1822
- Von Brauchitsch organized the Berlin Landsturm during the Wars of Liberation .
- Friedrich von Schuckmann , from 1834 Freiherr von Schuckmann (born December 25, 1755 in Mölln , Mecklenburg ; † September 17, 1834 in Berlin)
- Prussian Minister of State (Interior Minister) and member of the Prussian State Council
- Awarded on January 11, 1829
- Awarded on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of service.
- Carl Friedrich Ludwig von Gontard (* July 30, 1764 in Bayreuth ; † March 1, 1839 in Berlin; ▭ Old Garrison Cemetery , center )
- Lieutenant Colonel in the Prussian Army, Platzmajor von Berlin
- Awarded on July 31, 1829
- Awarded on the occasion of the 50th military anniversary. Von Gontard made a great contribution to the well-being of the citizens during the French occupation of the city.
- Friedrich Hansmann (born May 30, 1769 in Berlin; † May 4, 1836 there)
- Choir director
- Awarded on October 28, 1829
- Awarded on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the singing institute he founded.
- Carl Friedrich Heinrich Graf von Wylich and Lottum (born November 5, 1767 in Berlin; February 14, 1841 ibid)
- Prussian State Chancellor , General of the Infantry
- Awarded on April 9, 1834
- Awarded on the occasion of the 50th military anniversary.
- Karl von Gerlach (born December 30, 1792 in Neuwedell ; † August 14, 1863 in Boossen , Brandenburg province )
- Police President of Berlin 1832–1839
- Awarded on October 3, 1834
- Von Gerlach earned the trust of the magistrate and the sympathy of the population to a large extent.
- Friedrich August von Staegemann (born November 7, 1763 in Vierraden , Uckermark ; † December 17, 1840 in Berlin; ▭ cemeteries in front of Hallesches Tor , Kreuzberg )
- Head of the Prussian State Bank
- Awarded on February 4, 1835
- Awarded on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of service. Von Staegemann made a special contribution to the implementation of the Stein-Hardenberg reforms .
- Ludwig Wilhelm Neumann (born July 7, 1762 in Perleberg , Brandenburg ; † November 30, 1847 in Berlin)
- Council of Justice
- Awarded on January 20, 1837
- Awarded on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of service. Neumann's most important project was the reform of the process procedure.
- Emperor Nicholas I (born June 25, 1796 in Tsarskoe Selo , Russia , † February 18, 1855 in Saint Petersburg )
- Emperor of Russia
- Awarded on October 18, 1837
- Awarded on the occasion of his acquisition of the property of the Russian Embassy in Berlin .
- Johann Philipp von Ladenberg (born August 15, 1769 in Magdeburg , † February 11, 1847 in Berlin)
- Chief President of the Prussian Chamber of Accounts
- Awarded on November 26, 1839
- Awarded on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of service. Von Ladenberg headed the State Commission for the Improvement of the State Organism.
- Karl Albert von Kamptz (born September 16, 1769 in Schwerin , † November 3, 1849 in Berlin)
- Real secret minister of state and justice
- Awarded on March 24, 1840
- Awarded on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of service. As a lawyer, von Kamptz strove to defend the existing system - especially against impulses of freedom.
- Gustav von Rauch (born April 1, 1774 in Braunschweig ; † April 2, 1841 in Berlin; ▭ Invalidenfriedhof , Mitte )
- General of the Prussian Army, Minister of War
- Awarded on April 6, 1840
- Von Rauch made particular efforts to establish war schools and to develop the engineering, fortification and pioneering system of the Prussian army.
- Friedrich Magnus von Bassewitz (born January 17, 1773 in Schönhof , Mecklenburg-Schwerin , † January 14, 1858 in Berlin)
- Upper President of the Province of Brandenburg
- Awarded on March 31, 1842
- Awarded on the occasion of his resignation for health reasons.
- Baron Karl von Müffling (born June 12, 1775 in Halle (Saale) ; † January 16, 1851 near Erfurt )
- President of the Council of State, Governor of Berlin
- Awarded on November 15, 1842
- Awarded on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of service.
- Hermann von Boyen (born June 23, 1771 in Kreuzburg , East Prussia , † February 15, 1848 in Berlin; ▭ Invalidenfriedhof , Mitte )
- Minister of War
- Awarded on November 19, 1842
- Von Boyen was considered a much-criticized but ambitious reformer in Prussia.
- Carl Streckfuß (born September 20, 1779 in Gera ; July 26, 1844 in Berlin; ▭ Friedhof II der Sophiengemeinde Berlin , Mitte )
- Real Secret Upper Government Councilor
- Awarded on March 9, 1843
- Awarded on the occasion of his resignation from civil service. Streckfuß made a name for itself especially through Italian translations, such as Dante's Divine Comedy .
- Johann Christian Krüger (born February 8, 1771 in Berlin; December 25, 1845 ibid)
- Official in the Berlin City Court
- Awarded on May 14, 1843
- Awarded on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of service in the service of the City Court.
- Ludwig von Borstell (born December 30, 1773 in Tangermünde , Brandenburg ; † May 9, 1844 in Berlin; ▭ Old Garrison Cemetery , Berlin-Mitte )
- General of the Prussian Army
- Awarded September 6, 1843
- Awarded on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Battle of Dennewitz . Von Borstell's victory over the French troops prevented a renewed occupation of Berlin.
- Johann David Heegewaldt (born June 15, 1773 in Berlin; April 16, 1850 there; ▭ cemeteries in front of Hallesches Tor , Kreuzberg )
- Accounting officer of the poor directorate
- Awarded in 1844
- Heegewaldt managed to significantly increase donations for the poor.
- Carl August Alsleben (born October 5, 1770 in Magdeburg ; † February 6, 1855 in Berlin)
- Higher regional judge
- Awarded on June 12, 1845
- Awarded for his commitment to many charitable organizations.
- Eugen von Puttkamer (* October 12, 1800 in Zemlin (now in Golczewo ), Pomerania; † April 17, 1874 in Lübben (Spreewald) , Brandenburg province)
- Police President of Berlin
- Awarded on July 27, 1847
- Awarded on the occasion of his move to Frankfurt (Oder) . The award sparked protests just before the March Revolution , as von Puttkamer was considered a right-wing aristocrat.
- Christian von Rother (born November 14, 1778 in Strelen , today in Wiązów , Silesia ; † November 7, 1849 in Rogau , today in Prochowice , Silesia)
- Finance minister
- Awarded on October 14, 1847
- Awarded on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of service. Von Rother was distinguished by the revival of Prussian trade and industry after the coalition wars.
- Baron Heinrich von Gagern (born August 20, 1799 in Bayreuth , † May 22, 1880 in Darmstadt )
- President of the Frankfurt National Assembly
- Awarded on March 19, 1849
- Von Gagern received the honorary citizenship due to his commitment to a united, free Germany.
- Count Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg (born January 24, 1792 in Berlin; † November 6, 1850 there)
- Prussian Prime Minister
- Awarded on February 6, 1850
- Carrier of reaction in Prussia. As Prime Minister he introduced a constitution that strengthened the power of the king.
- Freiherr Otto von Manteuffel (born February 3, 1805 in Lübben , Brandenburg; † November 26, 1882 Krossen, today in Drahnsdorf , Brandenburg)
- Prussian Minister of the Interior
- Awarded on February 6, 1850
- Carrier of reaction in Prussia.
- Count Friedrich von Wrangel (born April 13, 1784 in Stettin ; † November 1, 1877 in Berlin)
- Field Marshal General of the Prussian Army
- Awarded on September 24, 1850
- Carrier of reaction in Prussia. Von Wrangel advanced into the city with his troops, imposed a state of emergency and thus restored the king's authority.
Honorary citizenship
- Christian Daniel Rauch (born January 2, 1777 in Arolsen , Waldeck ; † December 3, 1857 in Dresden ; ▭ cemetery of the Dorotheenstadt and Friedrichswerder communities , center )
- sculptor
- Awarded on May 31, 1851
- Awarded on the occasion of the inauguration of the equestrian statue of Frederick the Great at the beginning of the boulevard Unter den Linden . First citizen of Berlin to receive honorary citizenship.
- Baron Alexander von Humboldt (born September 14, 1769 in Berlin; † May 6, 1859 there; ▭ Tegel Castle Park , Tegel )
- Naturalist and explorer
- Awarded on January 24, 1856
- Von Humboldt is considered one of the co-founders of geography as an empirical science.
- Eduard von Flottwell (born July 23, 1786 in Insterburg , East Prussia , † May 28, 1865 in Berlin)
- President of various Prussian provinces
- Awarded on February 16, 1856
- Awarded on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of service.
- August Boeckh (born November 24, 1785 in Karlsruhe , † August 3, 1867 in Berlin; ▭ cemetery of the Dorotheenstadt and Friedrichswerder communities , center )
- Antiquity researcher, professor at the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität
- Awarded on March 15, 1857
- Awarded on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of service. Boeckh was also instrumental in the first complete edition of the works of Frederick II .
- Samuel Marot (born December 11, 1770 in Magdeburg , † October 12, 1865 in Berlin; ▭ cemeteries in front of Hallesches Tor , Kreuzberg )
- Superintendent of the Reformed and Lutheran Diocese of Friedrichswerder ; Co-author of the Berlin hymn book from 1829.
- Awarded on July 1, 1858
- Awarded on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of service.
- Heinrich Wilhelm Krausnick (born March 30, 1797 in Potsdam , † December 14, 1882 in Berlin; ▭ cemeteries in front of Hallesches Tor , Kreuzberg )
- Lord Mayor of Berlin
- Awarded on December 30, 1862
- Awarded on the occasion of his resignation after 26 years in office.
- Count Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke (born October 26, 1800 in Parchim , Mecklenburg-Schwerin ; † April 24, 1891 in Berlin)
- Chief of the General Staff of the Prussian Army
- Awarded on March 18, 1871
- Awarded on the occasion of the victories in the German Wars of Unification .
- Prince Otto von Bismarck (born April 1, 1815 in Schönhausen , Province of Saxony , † July 30, 1898 in Friedrichsruh , Schleswig-Holstein )
- Chancellor
- Awarded on March 27, 1871
- Awarded on the occasion of the founding of the German Empire .
- Heinrich Kochhann (born May 11, 1805 in Berlin; † February 11, 1890 there; ▭ Luisenstädtischer Friedhof , Kreuzberg )
- City Councilor of Berlin
- Awarded on January 14, 1875
- Awarded on the occasion of leaving office. Kochhahn had devoted himself to elementary schooling and the introduction of free instruction.
- Heinrich Schliemann (born January 6, 1822 in Neubukow , Mecklenburg-Schwerin , † December 26, 1890 in Naples )
- Antiquarian
- Awarded on July 7, 1881
- Awarded on the occasion of the donation of his Trojan gold treasures to the German people and their exhibition in Berlin.
- Leopold von Ranke (* December 21, 1795 in Wiehe , Province of Saxony ; † May 23, 1886 in Berlin; ▭ Cemetery II of the Sophiengemeinde Berlin , Mitte )
- Historian, professor at the University of Berlin
- Awarded on March 31, 1885
- Awarded on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of service. Von Ranke is considered to be the founder of the source-critical method in historical research.
- Robert Koch (born December 11, 1843 in Clausthal-Zellerfeld , Hanover ; † May 27, 1910 in Baden-Baden ; ▭ mausoleum of the Robert Koch Institute , center )
- Physician, director of the Hygiene Institute of the Friedrich Wilhelm University
- Awarded on November 21, 1890
- Awarded on the occasion of the presentation of the “ Tuberculin ” vaccine . Koch discovered the tubercle bacterium , the cholera pathogen and the vectors of plague and malaria .
- Rudolf Virchow (born October 13, 1821 in Schivelbein , Province of Pomerania ; † September 5, 1902 in Berlin; ▭ Alter St.-Matthäus-Kirchhof Berlin , Schöneberg )
- Physicians and social politicians
- Awarded on October 13, 1891
- Awarded on the occasion of his 70th birthday. As a member of the German Progressive Party in the Prussian House of Representatives, Virchow fought to improve the hygienic conditions in the city.
- Adolph Menzel (* December 8, 1815 in Breslau ; † February 9, 1905 in Berlin; ▭ cemeteries in front of Hallesches Tor , Kreuzberg )
- Graphic artist and draftsman
- Awarded on December 8, 1895
- Awarded on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Menzel was an important representative of bourgeois realism . He was considered an appointed painter of the works of King Frederick II.
- Paul Langerhans (born May 25, 1820 in Berlin; † June 21, 1909 there; ▭ Luisenstädtischer Friedhof , Kreuzberg )
- Physician, mayor of Berlin city council
- Awarded on May 25, 1900
- Awarded on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Langerhans dealt with general health care and sponsored, among other things, the construction of the Berlin sewer system.
- Heinrich Bertram (* May 1, 1826 in Magdeburg ; † November 5, 1904 in Berlin; ▭ Twelve Apostles Cemetery, Schöneberg )
- City School Board
- Awarded on December 23, 1900
- Awarded on the occasion of his resignation for health reasons. Bertram was particularly committed to reforms in the primary school system. He promoted object lessons, advocated drawing and gymnastics lessons and founded the seven-class community school.
- Arthur Hobrecht (born August 14, 1824 in Berent , West Prussia province ; † July 7, 1912 in Berlin; ▭ Lankwitz cemetery )
- Lord Mayor of Berlin
- Awarded on August 14, 1904
- Awarded on the occasion of his 80th birthday. During his tenure as Lord Mayor, he ensured that state roads and bridges became the property of the city. He took care of a modern sewer system and promoted education and nursing.
- Albert Haack (born September 20, 1832 in Berlin; † March 14, 1906 there; ▭ cemetery of the Sophienkirche parish, Gesundbrunnen )
- City Councilor, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Water Works
- Awarded on January 22, 1905
- Awarded on the occasion of the 35th anniversary as an unpaid city councilor in the service of Berlin.
- Arnold Marggraff (born May 17, 1834 in Berlin; † June 5, 1915 in Groß-Lichterfelde , Brandenburg; ▭ Cemetery of the Sophienkirche community, Gesundbrunnen )
- City council
- Awarded on January 26, 1911
- Awarded on the occasion of the completion of the Berlin sewer system, which he planned together with Rudolf Virchow and Arthur Hobrecht. He was also a member of the Board of Trustees for Lighting Matters, which put the first electric lamps into operation at Potsdamer Platz in 1882 .
- Martin Kirschner (born November 10, 1842 in Freiburg in Silesia ; † September 13, 1912 in Ehrwald , Tyrol ; ▭ Friedrichsfelde central cemetery )
- Lord Mayor of Berlin
- Awarded on May 15, 1912
- Awarded on the occasion of his resignation for health reasons. As Lord Mayor, Kirschner had commissioned the construction of the Virchow Hospital and the mental hospital in Buch . He also had the urban northern railway, the east port and the Schillerpark built.
- Paul Michelet (born October 26, 1835 in Berlin; † November 29, 1926 there; ▭ cemetery of the French community, Gesundbrunnen )
- Head of the City Council of Berlin
- Awarded on January 20, 1914
- Awarded on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of service.
- Oskar Cassel (born June 4, 1849 in Schwetz , Province of Prussia ; † August 8, 1923 in Berlin; ▭ Jewish cemetery Berlin-Weißensee )
- City Councilor of Berlin
- Awarded on January 20, 1914
- Awarded on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of service.
- Ferdinand Straßmann (born February 24, 1838 in Rawitsch , Province of Posen , † April 19, 1931 in Berlin; ▭ Jewish cemetery Berlin-Weißensee )
- City Medical Council
- Award ceremony on 17./18. December 1915
- Straßmann's merits lay in promoting disinfection, sanitation and the construction of new hospitals and mental health institutions.
- Ludwig Hoffmann (born July 30, 1852 in Darmstadt , † November 11, 1932 in Berlin)
- Architect and City Councilor
- Awarded on March 13, 1924
- Awarded on the occasion of his resignation from office. Hoffmann built 111 structures in Berlin with a total of 300 individual buildings, including the Rudolf Virchow Hospital and the Buch mental hospital.
- Hugo Heimann (born April 15, 1859 in Konitz , West Prussia , † February 23, 1951 in New York City )
- City councilor of Berlin, member of the Reichstag
- Awarded on June 24, 1926, again on December 4, 1947
- Heimann donated a library and reading room to the city of Berlin in 1919.
- Since Heimann was of Jewish origin, honorary citizenship was revoked by the National Socialists, and in 1947 Heimann was reinstated as an honorary citizen
- Hermann Bamberg (born July 26, 1846 in Wittenberge , Brandenburg province ; † October 4, 1928 in Berlin; ▭ Heerstrasse cemetery, Westend )
- Commercial judge, chairman of the Berlin Red Cross Association
- Awarded on June 26, 1926
- Bamberg made a name for itself especially through its work on the supervisory boards of the Sparkasse, Stadtbank and the exhibition company.
- Max Liebermann (* July 20, 1847 in Berlin; † February 8, 1935 there; ▭ Jewish Cemetery Schönhauser Allee, Prenzlauer Berg )
- President of the Berlin Secession and the Prussian Academy of the Arts
- Awarded on June 30, 1927
- Awarded on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Max Liebermann was considered a master of impressionism .
- Paul von Hindenburg (born October 2, 1847 in Posen , † August 2, 1934 in Neudeck , East Prussia )
- Prussian General Field Marshal, Reich President
- Awarded in 1933; revoked on January 30, 2020
- Awarded on the occasion of Hitler's appointment as Reich Chancellor . Paul von Hindenburg was considered a legendary military man who had been an officer since the 1860s. During the First World War he was celebrated as the "Held von Tannenberg " who prevented the occupation of East Prussia by Russian troops. During his time as Reich President , he particularly embodied the conservative forces in the country. By appointing Hitler as Reich Chancellor and signing the Enabling Act , he contributed significantly to the downfall of the Weimar Republic. Honorary citizenship was controversial and was revoked on January 30, 2020.
- Adolf Hitler (born April 20, 1889 in Braunau am Inn , Upper Austria , † April 30, 1945 in Berlin)
- "Führer" and Reich Chancellor
- Awarded on April 1, 1933; revoked on December 16, 1948
- Adolf Hitler was hailed as the leader of the National Socialist movement, which had set itself the goal of making Germany the dominant power in Europe at the expense of other states. The National Socialists murdered at least 6 million Jews in the Holocaust on the basis of their racial ideology . Over 50 million people continued to die as a result of the Second World War , triggered by Hitler .
- He committed suicide just before the end of World War II.
- Hermann Göring (born January 12, 1893 in Rosenheim , Bavaria ; † October 15, 1946 in Nuremberg )
- Prussian Prime Minister, Reichstag President , Commander in Chief of the Air Force
- Awarded in 1934; revoked on December 16, 1948
- Goering was one of the leading figures in the National Socialist movement. The International Military Tribunal found him guilty of conspiracy against world peace, waging war of aggression, crimes against martial law and crimes against humanity.
- Joseph Goebbels (born October 29, 1897 in Rheydt , Rhine Province ; † May 1, 1945 in Berlin)
- Reich Minister of Propaganda, Gauleiter of Berlin
- Awarded in 1934; revoked on December 16, 1948
- Goebbels' task in the National Socialist Reich was the targeted indoctrination of the German people. Shortly after the seizure of power, all newspapers were subordinated to the Ministry of Propaganda. Goebbels initiated the November pogroms in 1938 and in 1943, in the face of a hopeless military situation, propagated total war among the German people.
- He committed suicide just before the end of World War II.
- Wilhelm Frick (born March 12, 1877 in Alsenz , Bavaria ; † October 16, 1946 in Nuremberg )
- Reich Minister of the Interior
- Awarded in March 1937; revoked on December 16, 1948
- As Minister of the Interior in the Nazi state, Wilhelm Frick was responsible for drafting the laws that were intended to undermine the Weimar Constitution and cement the National Socialist leadership. Among other things, the Reichstag Fire Ordinance came from him . The International Military Tribunal found him guilty of preparing for war of aggression, directing and participating in war crimes, and crimes against humanity.
- Paul Lincke (born November 7, 1866 - † September 3, 1946 in Clausthal-Zellerfeld , Lower Saxony )
- composer
- Awarded on November 7, 1941
- Awarded on the occasion of his 75th birthday. Paul Lincke was a celebrated operetta composer who had worked for many years at the Berlin variety theater "Apollo". Among other things, the march “Berliner Luft” came from him. In the 1930s, his works were rediscovered on the radio.
- Wilhelm Pieck (born January 3, 1876 in Guben , Brandenburg province ; † September 7, 1960 in Berlin; ▭ Memorial of the Socialists , Lichtenberg )
- Member of the Presidium of the Communist International , member of the Reichstag
- Awarded on January 3, 1946; revoked in West Berlin on December 16, 1948, in East Berlin until 1992.
- Awarded on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Pieck was a member of the KPD and the Spartakusbund in the Weimar Republic . In 1946 he pushed the unification of the KPD and SPD to form the SED and became the first President of the German Democratic Republic .
- Rudolf Wissell (born March 8, 1869 in Göttingen , Hanover ; † December 13, 1962 in Berlin; ▭ churchyard "Zum heiligen Kreuz" Mariendorf )
- Member of the Reichstag, Reich Labor Minister 1928–1932
- Awarded on March 8, 1949 in West Berlin
- Awarded on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Wissell had campaigned for the expansion of the welfare state and was striving for a democratic-social basic order.
- Theodor Heuss (born January 31, 1884 in Brackenheim , Württemberg; † December 12, 1963 in Stuttgart-Killesberg , Baden-Württemberg)
- Federal President
- Awarded on October 31, 1949 in West Berlin
- Theodor Heuss had already been district chairman of Schöneberg in the 1920s . For the DDP he sat in the Reichstag until 1933. After the war he became first chairman of the FDP .
- Paul Löbe (born December 14, 1875 in Liegnitz , Silesia ; † August 3, 1967 in Bonn ; ▭ Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf )
- President of the Reichstag, senior president of the Bundestag
- Awarded on December 14, 1955 in West Berlin
- Awarded on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Paul Löbe had been a member of the Reichstag throughout the Weimar Republic. After the failed assassination attempt on July 20, 1944 , he was taken to the Groß-Rosen concentration camp . In 1948 he became a member of the Parliamentary Council .
- Louise Schroeder (born April 2, 1887 in Altona , † June 4, 1957 in Berlin)
- Member of the Reichstag, Lord Mayor of Berlin 1947/1948
- Awarded on April 2, 1957 in West Berlin
- Awarded on the occasion of her 70th birthday. Louise Schroeder was a member of the Reichstag from 1920 to 1933. In 1947 she was the last mayor of all of Berlin.
- Jakob Kaiser (* February 8, 1888 in Hammelburg , Bavaria ; † May 7, 1961 in Berlin; ▭ Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf )
- Member of the Reichstag, Federal Minister for All-German Issues
- Awarded on February 8, 1958 in West Berlin
- Awarded on the occasion of his 70th birthday. Jakob Kaiser was a member of the Reichstag in 1933. After the war he founded the CDU in the Soviet occupation zone , but went to the West after conflicts with the occupying power. In 1949 he was elected to the German Bundestag.
- Otto Dibelius (born May 15, 1880 in Berlin; † January 31, 1967 there; ▭ Parkfriedhof Lichterfelde )
- Bishop of Berlin
- Awarded on May 15, 1958 in West Berlin
- Awarded on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Otto Dibelius had been bishop of Berlin and Brandenburg since 1945, but was no longer allowed to enter the GDR. In 1948 he was the first German to be elected to the World Council of Churches . From 1949 to 1961 he was also Chairman of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany.
- Marie-Elisabeth Lüders (born June 25, 1878 in Berlin; † March 23, 1966 in West Berlin; ▭ Waldfriedhof Dahlem )
- Member of the Reichstag, age president of the Bundestag
- Awarded on June 25, 1958 in West Berlin
- Awarded on the occasion of her 80th birthday. The women's rights activist and democrat Lüders was the first woman in Germany to receive a doctorate. From 1919 to 1933 she was a member of the Reichstag. From 1953 to 1961 she was a member of the German Bundestag.
- Heinrich Lübke (born October 14, 1894 in Enkhausen , Westphalia , † April 6, 1972 in Bonn )
- Federal President
- Awarded on April 30, 1962 in West Berlin
- Awarded in recognition of Lübke's solidarity with the city of Berlin.
- Lucius D. Clay (born April 23, 1898 in Marietta , Georgia , † April 16, 1978 in Chatham , Massachusetts )
- General of the US Army, military governor in Germany
- Awarded on May 5, 1962 in West Berlin
- Awarded on the occasion of his departure as special envoy in Berlin. General Clay was governor of the American zone of occupation after the war. In 1948 he initiated the Berlin Airlift , which supplied the cut off citizens of the western sectors.
- Walter Ulbricht (born June 30, 1893 in Leipzig ; † August 1, 1973 in East Berlin; ▭ Memorial of the Socialists ; Lichtenberg )
- Chairman of the State Council of the GDR
- Awarded on June 29, 1963 in East Berlin, revoked on September 29, 1992
- Awarded on the occasion of his 70th birthday. The Berlin Wall had been built two years earlier under the leadership of Walter Ulbricht .
- Otto Warburg (born October 8, 1883 in Freiburg im Breisgau ; † August 1, 1970 in Berlin; ▭ Dahlem cemetery )
- Head of the Institute for Cell Physiology in Berlin-Dahlem
- Awarded on October 8, 1963 in West Berlin
- Awarded on the occasion of his 80th birthday. Winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine. At Warburg's suggestion, the Institute for Cell Physiology was founded in 1931, which he headed himself. In 1949 he returned to this post after research trips to the USA.
- Konrad Adenauer (born January 5, 1876 in Cologne , † April 19, 1967 in Rhöndorf , North Rhine-Westphalia )
- Chancellor
- Awarded on October 10, 1963 in West Berlin
- Awarded on the occasion of his departure from office as the first Federal Chancellor after 14 years. During his term of office there was the economic miracle - the reconstruction of the destroyed West Germany - as well as the reconciliation with France, Great Britain and the USA and the integration of the Federal Republic into the Western European Union .
- Fjodor Bokow (born January 7, 1904 in Alferowka , Russia , † 1984)
- Political member of the SMAD War Council
- Awarded on April 30, 1965 in East Berlin; revoked on September 29, 1992
- Awarded on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Battle of Berlin . As a political member of the War Council, Bokow was responsible for the political line of military administration in the Soviet occupation zone .
- Mikhail Jegorow (born May 5, 1923 in Yermoshenki , Soviet Union , † June 20, 1975 in Smolensk )
- Sergeant of the Red Army
- Awarded on May 8, 1965 in East Berlin; revoked on September 29, 1992
- Awarded on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the total surrender of the Wehrmacht . Jegorow had hoisted the victory flag on the Reichstag building in Berlin together with Kantaria .
- Meliton Kantaria (born October 5, 1920 in Jawari , Georgia , † December 27, 1993 in Moscow )
- Sergeant of the Red Army
- Awarded on May 8, 1965 in East Berlin; revoked on September 29, 1992
- Awarded on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the total surrender of the Wehrmacht. Kantaria had hoisted the victory flag together with Yegorov on the Reichstag building in Berlin.
- Michail Katukow (born September 17, 1900 in Bolshoye Uvarovo , Russia, † June 8, 1976 in Moscow)
- Colonel General of the Red Army
- Awarded on May 8, 1965 in East Berlin; revoked on September 29, 1992
- Awarded on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the total surrender of the Wehrmacht. Katukov was Commander in Chief of the victorious 1st Guards Armored Army in the Battle of Berlin .
- Ivan Konev (born December 28, 1897 in Lodeino , Russia, † May 21, 1973 in Moscow)
- Marshal of the Soviet Union
- Awarded on May 8, 1965 in East Berlin; revoked on September 29, 1992
- Awarded on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the total surrender of the Wehrmacht. Konew was commander in chief of the troops that liberated Auschwitz and took part in the Battle of Berlin. Konew is accused of at least tolerating attacks on the civilian population by his soldiers.
- Alexander Kotikow (born August 27, 1902 in Bakino , Russia, † July 19, 1981 in Moscow)
- Major General of the Red Army, City Commander of Berlin
- Awarded on May 8, 1965 in East Berlin; revoked on September 29, 1992
- Awarded on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the total surrender of the Wehrmacht. Kotikow was the Soviet city commander who suppressed the election of the city council in east Berlin and thus caused the political division of the city.
- Nikolai Massalow (born December 10, 1922 in Voznesenka, (today Tissul district, Kemerovo Oblast ), † December 20, 2001 in Tjashin, Kemerovo Oblast)
- Red Army officer
- Awarded on May 8, 1965 in East Berlin; revoked on September 29, 1992
- Awarded on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the total surrender of the Wehrmacht.
- Vladimir Semjonow (born February 16, 1911 in Russia, † December 18, 1992 in Cologne )
- High Commissioner in Germany
- Awarded on May 8, 1965 in East Berlin; revoked on September 29, 1992
- Awarded on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the total surrender of the Wehrmacht. Semjonow had initiated the formalism dispute through a newspaper article in the Daily Rundschau , which led to the "fight against formalism in literature and culture" and to the promotion of socialist realism .
- Wassili Sokolowski (born July 21, 1897 in Kosliki , Russia, † May 10, 1968 in Moscow)
- Military governor of the SBZ
- Awarded on May 8, 1965 in East Berlin; revoked on September 29, 1992
- Awarded on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the total surrender of the Wehrmacht. As military governor, Sokolowski was the head of the Soviet military administration in Germany from 1946 to 1949.
- Mikhail Solomatin (born December 5, 1894 in Kyschtym , † October 22, 1986 in Moscow)
- Red Army officer
- Awarded on May 8, 1965 in East Berlin; revoked on September 29, 1992
- Awarded on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the total surrender of the Wehrmacht.
- Vasily Tschuikow (born January 31, 1900 in Serebrjanyje Prudy , Russia, † March 18, 1982 in Moscow)
- Marshal of the Red Army
- Awarded on May 8, 1965 in East Berlin; withdrawn September 29, 1992
- Awarded on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the total surrender of the Wehrmacht. Chuikov and his troops took part in the Battle of Stalingrad and the Battle of Berlin. From 1949 to 1953 he was commander in chief of the Soviet troops in the GDR.
- Friedrich Ebert junior (born September 12, 1894 in Bremen ; † December 4, 1979 in East Berlin; ▭ Memorial of the Socialists , Lichtenberg )
- Lord Mayor of East Berlin
- Awarded on July 5, 1967 in East Berlin; revoked on September 29, 1992
- Friedrich Ebert, son of the former Reich President Friedrich Ebert , had been appointed Lord Mayor of Berlin on November 30, 1948 after the split in the Berlin City Council ; the representatives of the western military authorities limited this to the eastern sector, which cemented the division of Berlin . In the western sectors, Ernst Reuter was elected and confirmed mayor by the democratically elected city council on December 7, 1948.
- Nelly Sachs (born December 10, 1891 in Berlin, † May 12, 1970 in Stockholm )
- Writer
- Awarded on July 14, 1967 in West Berlin
- With her work, Nelly Sachs took part in the literary reappraisal of the National Socialist era . In 1966 she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature for this.
- Otto Hahn (born March 8, 1879 in Frankfurt am Main , † July 28, 1968 in Göttingen )
- Chemist
- Awarded on June 17, 1968 in West Berlin
- Otto Hahn, the founder of nuclear chemistry , discovered a. a. the nuclear fission of the heavy elements uranium and thorium , for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1944. In 1959 the new institute for nuclear research created in Berlin-Wannsee was named Hahn-Meitner-Institut . From 1946 to 1948 he was the last president of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society and from 1948 to 1960 he was the founder and first president of the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science that emerged from it . Hahn was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize several times by international organizations because of his post-war commitment to a world free of nuclear weapons .
- Hans Scharoun (born September 20, 1893 in Bremen ; † November 25, 1972 in West Berlin; ▭ Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf )
- Architect, President of the Academy of Arts in Berlin (West)
- Awarded on February 26, 1969 in West Berlin
- Scharoun was one of the most important modern architects. His works in Berlin include the Siemensstadt housing estate and the Philharmonie .
- Otto Nagel (born September 27, 1894 in Berlin; † July 12, 1967 in East Berlin; ▭ Friedrichsfelde Central Cemetery)
- Painter, President of the German Academy of the Arts in Berlin (East)
- Awarded posthumously on February 4, 1970 in East Berlin
- Otto Nagel was particularly concerned with the working class in his pictures. Despite being banned from his profession after 1933, he created numerous views of Berlin before its destruction in World War II.
- Heinrich Zille (born January 10, 1858 in Radeburg , Saxony ; † August 9, 1929 in Berlin; ▭ Südwestkirchhof Stahnsdorf )
- Illustrator
- Awarded posthumously on February 4, 1970 in East Berlin
- In his work Heinrich Zille particularly recorded the milieu of the Berlin tenements and their residents.
- Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (born December 1, 1884 in Rottluff , Saxony; † August 10, 1976 in West Berlin; ▭ Dahlem forest cemetery )
- painter
- Awarded on April 10, 1970 in West Berlin
- Karl Schmidt-Rottluff was the founder of the artists' association " Brücke " and one of the most important representatives of Expressionism. On his 80th birthday, he bequeathed a large number of works to Berlin, which are exhibited in the specially founded Brücke Museum .
- Heinrich Grüber (born June 24, 1891 in Stolberg (Rhineland) , † November 29, 1975 in West Berlin)
- Theologian and resistance fighter
- Awarded on May 8, 1970 in West Berlin
- Awarded on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the total surrender of the Wehrmacht. With his “Bureau Grüber” he helped persecuted Christians in Germany from 1937. From 1940 to 1943 he was imprisoned in Sachsenhausen or Dachau concentration camp . After the war he was the representative of the Evangelical Church in the GDR government and tried to find a balance and understanding, but had to leave the GDR in 1958. In 1966 Grüber became honorary president of the German-Israeli Society .
- Willy Brandt (born December 18, 1913 in Lübeck ; † October 8, 1992 in Unkel , Rhineland-Palatinate ; ▭ Waldfriedhof Zehlendorf )
- Governing Mayor of West Berlin, Federal Chancellor
- Awarded on December 12, 1970 in West Berlin
- Willy Brandt was mayor at the time the wall was built . As Federal Chancellor, he tried to strike a balance between the western and eastern states within the framework of Ostpolitik . The Moscow and Warsaw treaties concluded in 1970 were equivalent to peace treaties between the Federal Republic of Germany and Poland and the Soviet Union , respectively .
- Pyotr Abrassimow (born May 16, 1912 in Bogushevsk, Russia , † February 16, 2009 in Moscow )
- Soviet ambassador to the GDR
- Awarded in September 1971 in East Berlin; revoked on September 29, 1992
- Abrassimov played a key role in bringing about the Berlin Agreement , which was supposed to secure the status quo for Berlin and prevent further conflicts. Erich Honecker later asked in Moscow for Abrassimov's replacement because of his increasingly self-important and patronizing demeanor towards the GDR government.
- Ferdinand Friedensburg (born November 17, 1886 in Schweidnitz , Silesia ; † March 11, 1972 in Berlin; ▭ Nikolassee churchyard)
- Member of the Reichstag, acting Lord Mayor of Berlin in 1948
- Awarded on October 20, 1971 in West Berlin
- Ferdinand Friedensburg was the acting Lord Mayor when the city was divided. He stayed in the Berlin City Hall (located in the eastern part) until he had to be removed from the building by force. Friedensburg later represented West Berlin as a member of the German Bundestag.
- Franz Neumann (born August 14, 1904 in Berlin; † October 9, 1974 in West Berlin)
- Resistance fighter against the Nazi regime, member of the Bundestag
- Awarded on October 20, 1971 in West Berlin
- Franz Neumann worked as a youth welfare officer for the Berlin magistrate until 1933. Because of his resistance work for the SPD, he was sentenced in 1936 for preparation for high treason. After 1945 he re-established the SPD Reinickendorf and was involved in preventing the compulsory unification of the SPD and KPD in the western sectors of Berlin. From 1949 to 1960 Neumann was a member of the Bundestag for West Berlin and supported the reconstruction of the Technical University of Berlin .
- Hans Reif (born January 19, 1899 in Leipzig ; † November 11, 1984 in West Berlin; ▭ Zehlendorf cemetery)
- Member of the Parliamentary Council , Member of the Bundestag and Member of the Berlin Parliament
- Awarded on October 20, 1971 in West Berlin
- Hans Reif represented West Berlin in the German Bundestag in Bonn from 1949 to 1957. From 1953 he also taught European politics at the German University of Politics in Berlin. From 1963 to 1971 he was also a member of the House of Representatives.
- Herbert von Karajan (born April 5, 1908 in Salzburg ; † July 16, 1989 in Anif , Salzburg )
- Head of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
- Awarded on November 23, 1973 in West Berlin
- Von Karajan was connected to Berlin as a conductor for over 50 years. His breakthrough came in 1938 with a performance of Fidelio at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden . From 1941 to 1944 he was their Kapellmeister. In 1955 he returned to Berlin and was musical director of the Berliner Philharmoniker until 1989 , with which he also celebrated great international success.
- Gustav Heinemann (* July 23, 1899 in Schwelm , Rhineland ; † July 7, 1976 in Essen )
- Federal President
- Awarded on February 18, 1974 in West Berlin
- Heinemann was one of the leading men in the Confessing Church during the Nazi era . In Bonn he was first Federal Minister of the Interior, but resigned this office in protest against the rearmament of the Federal Republic. From 1966 he was Federal Minister of Justice and Federal President from 1969 to 1974. He was granted honorary citizenship shortly before the end of his term of office.
- Nikolai Bersarin (born April 1, 1904 in Saint Petersburg , † June 16, 1945 in Berlin)
- Colonel General of the Red Army , first city commandant of Berlin
- Awarded posthumously on May 2, 1975 in East Berlin; deleted on September 29, 1992; resumed February 11, 2003
- Awarded on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the end of the Battle of Berlin . Colonel-General Bersarin endeavored well beyond his official duty to prevent attacks by Soviet soldiers on the civilian population, organized the food supply for the population and the repair of roads, electricity and water pipes and also promoted the rebuilding of cultural life in Berlin.
- Anna Seghers (born November 19, 1900 in Mainz ; † June 1, 1983 in East Berlin; ▭ cemetery of the Dorotheenstadt and Friedrichswerder communities , center )
- Writer
- Awarded on November 19, 1975 in East Berlin
- Anna Seghers was one of the most famous German writers who dealt with the time of National Socialism. Her novels Transit and The Seventh Cross became world famous. From 1952 to 1978 she was president of the GDR Writers' Association.
- Valery Bykowski (born August 2, 1934 in Pavlovsky Possad , Soviet Union ; † March 27, 2019)
- Cosmonaut
- Awarded on September 21, 1978 in East Berlin
- Valery Bykovsky started out into space in 1963 as the fifth person. As the commander of the Soyuz 31 spaceship , he flew into space with Sigmund Jähn, for which he was granted honorary citizenship. From 1988 to 1990 he was director of the House of Soviet Science and Culture in Berlin.
- Sigmund Jähn (born February 13, 1937 in Morgenröthe-Rautenkranz , Saxony ; † September 21, 2019 in Strausberg )
- Cosmonaut
- Awarded on September 21, 1978 in East Berlin
- Sigmund Jähn started as a research cosmonaut on board Soyuz 31 in 1978 as the first German to go into space. Its flight lasted eight days. Jähn later worked for the European Space Agency ESA .
- Walter Scheel (born July 8, 1919 in Höhscheid , Westphalia ; † August 24, 2016 in Bad Krozingen , Baden-Württemberg ; ▭ Zehlendorf forest cemetery )
- Federal Foreign Minister, Federal President
- Awarded on November 27, 1978 in West Berlin
- As Foreign Minister, Walter Scheel was involved in the implementation of Ostpolitik and détente in the Cold War . He was given honorary citizenship for his commitment to the city.
- Johann Baptist Gradl (born March 25, 1904 in Berlin; † July 2, 1988 in West Berlin; ▭ Churchyard of the St. Matthias Congregation , Mariendorf )
- Head of the Berlin office of the CDU in exile, member of the Bundestag
- Awarded on April 28, 1982 in West Berlin
- Gradl co-founded the CDU in the Soviet occupation zone in 1945. He was banned from speaking by the SMAD in 1947 and had to leave the East. He then founded the CDU in exile in West Berlin. From 1957 to 1980 he was also a Berlin member of the German Bundestag in Bonn. Gradl was always an advocate of German unity.
- Erich Honecker (born August 25, 1912 in Wiebelskirchen , Saarland , † May 29, 1994 in Santiago de Chile )
- Chairman of the State Council of the GDR
- Awarded on August 25, 1982 in East Berlin, revoked in 1989
- Erich Honecker was the first man in the GDR since 1975. His accomplishments include the establishment of the GDR, in the form of the basic treaty and membership of the United Nations . During his term of office, however, there was also the economic decline of the country, which in connection with the political system, which large parts of the GDR population perceived as illegal, ultimately led to the political change and the dissolution of the GDR.
- Shepard Stone (born March 31, 1908 in Nashua , New Hampshire , † May 4, 1990 in Vermont )
- Director of the Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies in Berlin
- Awarded on March 24, 1983 in West Berlin
- Stone was very dedicated to promoting Berlin and German-American friendship. In 1974 he came to the city as director of the branch of the Aspen Institute he had suggested and led numerous conferences there.
- Wolfgang Heinz (born May 18, 1900 in Pilsen ; † October 30, 1984 in Berlin; ▭ Adlershof cemetery)
- actor
- Awarded on September 30, 1983 in East Berlin
- Heinz came to the city in 1956 and worked at the Deutsches Theater , whose director he became in 1963. In 1966 he was appointed President of the Association of Theater Professionals of the GDR. After 1968 he mainly worked at the Berliner Ensemble .
- Karl Carstens (born December 14, 1914 in Bremen ; † May 30, 1992 in Meckenheim , North Rhine-Westphalia )
- Federal President
- Awarded on April 3, 1984 in West Berlin
- John Jay McCloy (born March 31, 1895 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , † March 11, 1989 in Stamford , Connecticut )
- High Commissioner in Germany
- Awarded on April 1, 1985 in West Berlin
- Awarded on the occasion of his 90th birthday. As US High Commissioner, McCloy played a decisive role in the preparation of the Marshall Plan , which laid the foundation for the reconstruction of the West German economy. In 1963, as an advisor to President John F. Kennedy , he initiated his famous visit to Berlin.
- Wieland Herzfelde (born April 11, 1896 in Weggis , canton Lucerne ; † November 23, 1988 in East Berlin; ▭ cemetery of the Dorotheenstadt and Friedrichswerder communities , center )
- Artist
- Awarded on April 11, 1986 in East Berlin
- Herzfelde founded the Berlin “Dada movement”. During the time of National Socialism he edited the anti-fascist "Neue Deutschen Blätter" with Anna Seghers and Oskar Maria Graf in Prague. In New York City he founded the Aurora publishing house with Thomas Mann . In 1949 he returned to Berlin as a professor of sociology in modern literature. Herzfelde was awarded honorary citizenship for founding Malik-Verlag .
- Heinz Galinski (born November 28, 1912 in Marienburg in West Prussia ; † July 19, 1992 in Berlin; ▭ Jewish Cemetery, Charlottenburg )
- Chairman of the Jewish Community in Berlin
- Awarded on November 26, 1987 in West Berlin
- Awarded on the occasion of his 75th birthday. Heinz Galinski and his family were deported to Auschwitz concentration camp in 1943. As the only survivor of his family, he was liberated in 1945. Back in Berlin he founded a new Jewish community, which initially had the aim of enabling surviving Jews to emigrate to Israel or the USA . Soon, however, the community was no longer interested in leaving, but in rebuilding. Heinz Galinski always tried to establish the Jewish community and a new democratic society.
- Wilhelmine Schirmer-Pröscher (born July 9, 1889 in Gießen , † March 2, 1992 in Berlin)
- Deputy Mayor of East Berlin
- Awarded on July 9, 1989 in East Berlin, revoked on September 29, 1992
- Awarded on the occasion of her 100th birthday.
- Helmut Schmidt (* December 23, 1918 in Hamburg ; † November 10, 2015 in Hamburg)
- Chancellor
- Awarded on December 13, 1989 in West Berlin
- As Federal Chancellor, he created the conditions for the détente between the two German states. The expansion of transit routes and the facilitation of entry into the GDR, which he achieved, benefited West Berlin in particular.
- Richard Freiherr von Weizsäcker (born April 15, 1920 in Stuttgart ; † January 31, 2015 in Berlin)
- Governing Mayor , Federal President
- Awarded on June 29, 1990 in West Berlin
- Richard von Weizsäcker was Governing Mayor of West Berlin from 1981 to 1984. In 1984 he was elected Federal President and became the first head of state of united Germany. Von Weizsäcker confessed to the Germans' guilt for the Holocaust and was the first German president to visit Israel . Even before the corresponding decision in 1991, von Weizsäcker was expressly in favor of Berlin as the new federal capital.
- Mikhail Gorbachev (born March 2, 1931 in Privolnoje , Soviet Union )
- General Secretary of the CPSU, President of the Soviet Union
- Awarded on November 9, 1992
- Awarded on the 3rd anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall . With his perestroika, Gorbachev paved the way for political change in the GDR. The two plus four treaty he co-signed in 1990 was the prerequisite for the subsequent reunification of the two German states.
- Helmut Kohl (born April 3, 1930 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein ; † June 16, 2017 there)
- Chancellor
- Awarded on November 9, 1992
- Awarded on the third anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall . Kohl was one of the most important "architects" of German reunification and was re-elected in 1990 as the first all-German Federal Chancellor.
- Ronald Reagan (born February 6, 1911 in Tampico , Illinois - † June 5, 2004 in Bel Air , California )
- President of the United States of America
- Awarded on November 9, 1992
- Awarded on the third anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall . His rapprochement with Gorbachev and the Soviet Union contributed significantly to the end of the Cold War . His visit to the Wall in 1987 is well known.
- Hans-Dietrich Genscher (born March 21, 1927 in Reideburg , Province of Saxony ; † March 31, 2016 in Wachtberg, North Rhine-Westphalia )
- Federal Foreign Minister
- Awarded on September 9, 1993
- In response to Mikhail Gorbachev's perestroika, Hans-Dietrich Genscher sought a more active policy of détente.
- Edzard Reuter (born February 16, 1928 in Berlin)
- Entrepreneur
- Awarded on May 20, 1998
- The son of the former mayor Ernst Reuter is considered the "architect" of the new Potsdamer Platz . Even before German reunification , as Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler-Benz , he decided to purchase the property that today houses the QuartierDaimler . Edzard Reuter has always stood up for Berlin as a center of science, economy and culture.
- Roman Herzog (born April 5, 1934 in Landshut , Bavaria ; † January 10, 2017 in Bad Mergentheim )
- Federal President
- Awarded on February 3, 1999
- Awarded on the occasion of his resignation from office. Roman Herzog was particularly committed to promoting the internal unity of Germany.
- George HW Bush (born June 12, 1924 in Milton , Massachusetts , † November 30, 2018 in Houston , Texas )
- President of the United States of America
- Awarded on November 8, 1999
- Awarded ten years after the fall of the Berlin Wall . George Bush was a great advocate for the reunification of Germany .
- Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (born May 28, 1925 in Berlin; † May 18, 2012 in Berg am Starnberger See )
- Singer (baritone), conductor, painter, music writer and reciter
- Awarded on December 6, 2000
- The singer, referred to by the Times as the “best song singer in the world”, began his career at the Städtische Oper Berlin and until 1992 often celebrated great successes on stage.
- Speaker of the Berlin Senate , adviser to Federal Chancellor Brandt
- Awarded on March 18, 2002
- Egon Bahr was considered one of Willy Brandt's closest confidants . He was co-author of the basic treaty between the GDR and the Federal Republic and advocated a policy of détente. Through his work he achieved at least some relief for the people in divided Germany.
- Marlene Dietrich (born December 27, 1901 in Schöneberg ; † May 6, 1992 in Paris ; ▭ Schöneberg III cemetery )
- actress and singer
- Awarded posthumously on May 6, 2002
- Awarded on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of her death. Marlene Dietrich celebrated international success as an actress in The Blue Angel and other cinema productions. During the time of National Socialism , she was strongly committed to the Nazi regime.
- Johannes Rau (born January 16, 1931 in Wuppertal ; † January 27, 2006 in Berlin; ▭ cemetery of the Dorotheenstadt and Friedrichswerder communities , center )
- Federal President
- Awarded on March 15, 2004
- Johannes Rau always lived according to his motto "reconcile instead of divide". He was first prime minister of North Rhine-Westphalia for many years . In this office he was the first Prime Minister to visit the GDR. In 1999, like his mentor Gustav Heinemann , he was elected Federal President.
- Heinz Berggruen (born January 6, 1914 in Wilmersdorf ; † February 23, 2007 in Paris )
- Art patron
- Awarded on June 9, 2004
- Heinz Berggruen is honored with an honorary citizen for his services to classical modernism , which he promoted with various important exhibitions.
- Wolf Biermann (born November 15, 1936 in Hamburg )
- Songwriter and poet
- Awarded on March 26, 2007
- Wolf Biermann was honored for his services “as a torch of enlightenment in the fog of dictatorship”. Wolf Biermann moved to the GDR as a teenager. He was banned from working in the GDR in 1965 and expatriated by the SED in 1976 . There were months of discussions in Berlin state politics about his honor.
- Werner Otto (born August 13, 1909 in Seelow , Brandenburg province ; † December 21, 2011 in Berlin)
- Entrepreneur
- Awarded on August 11, 2009
- As one of the economic pioneers, Werner Otto was instrumental in the reconstruction of the German economy after the Second World War.
- Joachim Gauck (born January 24, 1940 in Rostock )
- Federal President
- Awarded on November 19, 2014
- Joachim Gauck received honorary citizenship for his constant advocacy for freedom and democracy as well as against dictatorship and oppression.
- W. Michael Blumenthal (born January 3, 1926 in Oranienburg )
- Founding director of the Jewish Museum Berlin
- Awarded on April 24, 2015
- W. Michael Blumenthal has "made a decisive contribution to the fact that Berlin [is] perceived as a metropolis that faces its history and thus avows itself to freedom, tolerance and cosmopolitanism."
- Wolfgang Schäuble (born September 18, 1942 in Freiburg im Breisgau )
- Federal Minister for Special Tasks, Head of the Federal Chancellery, Federal Minister of the Interior, Federal Minister of Finance, President of the Bundestag
- Award ceremony on June 14, 2016
- Inge Deutschkron (born August 23, 1922 in Finsterwalde )
- Journalist and author
- Award ceremony on June 26, 2018
- Margot Friedländer (born November 5, 1921 in Berlin)
- Holocaust survivor
- Award ceremony on June 26, 2018
literature
- Birgit Fleischmann: The honorary citizens of Berlin . Haude and Spener, Berlin 1993, ISBN 3-7759-0380-1 (209 pages with numerous illustrations).
- Thorsten Müller: Berlin's honorary citizen. From Conrad Ribbeck to Nelly Sachs . In: Berlin reminiscences . No. 18 . Haude and Spener, West Berlin 1968, DNB 457650389 (156 p. With ill.).
- Brigitte Schellmann (ed.): Honorary citizens of Berlin 1813–2002 (= Brigitte Schellmann's Who's Top - time tables ). Schellmann, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-931230-11-2 (174 pages; produced as required).
- Horst Ulrich, Uwe Prell, Ernst Luuk: honorary citizens . In: Berlin Handbook. The lexicon of the federal capital . FAB-Verlag, Berlin 1992, ISBN 3-927551-27-9 , p. 316-319 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Gallery of Honorary Citizens. (PDF, 1 MB) (No longer available online.) In: Berlin House of Representatives. The President of the Berlin House of Representatives, November 22, 2007, archived from the original on February 20, 2013 ; Retrieved December 9, 2011 .
- ↑ Horst Ulrich, u. a .: Berlin Handbook . 1992, p. 316.
- ↑ Awards and honors from the State of Berlin. berlin.de, accessed on May 12, 2015 .
- ^ Hindenburg is removed from Berlin's list of honorary citizens
- ^ Coalition wants to remove Hindenburg from the list of honorary citizens
- ^ Berlin strikes Hindenburg from the list of honorary citizens. In: tagesspiegel.de. January 30, 2020, accessed February 2, 2020 .
- ^ Awarded honorary citizenship to W. Michael Blumenthal