List of honorary citizens of Bitburg
The city of Bitburg has granted the following people honorary citizenship. The granting of honorary citizenship is regulated by law in paragraph 23 of the municipal code of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
- They are listed chronologically according to the date of award.
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Johann Nikolaus Caesar Thilmany (August 27, 1806 in Bitburg; † 1885)
- District Administrator of the Bitburg district , General Secretary of the Agricultural Association of Rhine Prussia
- Awarded in 1872
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Johann Peter Limbourg (* 1820 in Bitburg; † 1905)
- Local politician
- Awarded in 1905
- on the occasion of his 85th birthday
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Franz Mecker (* 1843; † 1930)
- first head of the agricultural school Bitburg
- on the occasion of his retirement
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Peter Wallenborn (born March 30, 1848 in Bitburg; † May 16, 1917 in Berlin-Südende)
- Farmer and politician (member of the Reichstag)
- Awarded in 1913
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Theobald Simon (* 1847 in Bitburg; † 1924)
- Brewery owner ( Bitburger Brewery )
- Awarded in 1922
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Matthias Benz (1874 in Altrich; † 1957)
- Pastor at the Liebfrauenkirche and dean of the Bitburg dean's office
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Bertrand Simon (* 1882; † 1958)
- Brewery owner (Bitburger Brewery)
- Awarded in 1955
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Hanns Simon (* 1908 in Bitburg; † September 10, 1989)
- Brewery owner (Bitburger Brewery)
- Awarded on January 20, 1979