List of honorary citizens of Bernstadt ad Eigen
The honorary citizenship is the highest honor of the Saxon town Bernstadt ad Eigen .
Since 1849 the following six people have received this honor.
Note: The listing is done chronologically according to the date of award.
The honorary citizens of the city of Bernstadt ad Eigen
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Carl Friedrich Braeske
- Dyer and Senator
- Awarded in 1849
- Braeske was the son of the art, woad and fairy dyer Carl Albrecht Braeske. The family had come to Bernstadt from East Prussia in 1792. After taking over his father's business, he made a contribution to the development of the cloth trade and to his work as a senator.
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Karl Theophil Borott
- Headmaster
- Awarded in 1864
- Borott was the director of the local school from 1823 to 1867 and developed it into a town and country school . On the occasion of his 50th anniversary in service, he was made an honorary citizen of the city. At the same time, the Saxon government awarded him the Cross of Honor for the Order of Albrecht.
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Otto von Bismarck (born April 1, 1815 in Schönhausen; † July 30, 1898 in Friedrichsruh near Hamburg)
- Chancellor
- Date of award unknown, after 1871
- As in many cities of the German Empire, after the victorious Franco-German War, Bismarck was made an honorary citizen in Bernstadt ad Eigen without any direct local reference. As part of the worship of his person also was Breitenstein in Bismarckhöhe renamed (after 1945 Peace height) and a Bismarck oak planted.
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Adolf Hanspach
- Soap maker
- Awarded on January 2, 1874
- Hanspach managed the Bernstädter Sparkasse from 1854 to 1860 in addition to his job and was also a councilor. On the occasion of his 25-year membership on the city council, he was awarded honorary citizenship.
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Karl-Werner Günzel (born September 4, 1949 in Bernstadt ad Eigen, † March 29, 2013 in Berlin)
- Awarded on November 27, 1999
- Günzel was recognized for his long-standing support of the Bernstadt Heimatmuseum and the creation of the Karl Werner Günzel Foundation for the promotion of the cultural heritage and the care of the city's cultural assets as well as for his research on the beginnings of rocket technology and the life and work of rocket pioneer Klaus Riedel with the Honorary citizenship honored.
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Peter Schöne
- Local chronicler
- Awarded on January 4, 2003
- Schöne headed the local history museum for many years and anchored it in the city's cultural life. As a local writer, he created an extensive work on local history.
Web links
- Honorary citizen of the city on bernstadt.info