List of honorary citizens of Bremen
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The Bremer honorary citizenship , the highest honor since 1797 to personalities of Bremen was awarded, which is the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen have made deserved. The following people received honorary citizenship :
Note: The list is complete, but details are still missing. They are listed chronologically according to the date of award.
The honorary citizens of the Hanseatic City of Bremen
| Surname | Data | Award | Explanations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Wilhelm von Dohm | 1751-1820 | 1797 | Prussian envoy , 1796/97 negotiations about Bremen's neutrality and independence. |
| Charles de Villers | 1765-1815 | 1809 | French officer , philosopher , writer |
| Friedrich Karl von Tettenborn | 1778-1845 | 1813 | Freiherr, Major General of the Russian Cavalry Liberation of Bremen in the War of Liberation ; also honorary citizen of Hamburg. |
| Freiherr vom Stein | 1757-1831 | 1816 | Statesman and reformer |
| Adolf von Lützow | 1782-1834 | 1816 | Baron, Prussian major general . Commanded the Lützow Freikorps in 1812/14 . |
| Heinrich Böse | 1783-1867 | 1825 | In 1813, the sugar manufacturer led the volunteer Bremen Jäger Corps as captain Böse . Founded the Bremen vigilante group in 1815. |
| James Colquhoun | 1780-1855 | 1826 | Scottish lawyer, consul general and diplomatic chargé d'affaires of the Hanseatic cities in London ; also honorary citizens of Hamburg and Lübeck. |
| Hans Georg von Carlowitz | 1772-1840 | 1828 | Saxon privy councilor , minister and envoy to the Bundestag of the German Confederation |
| Bernhard Dräseke | 1774-1849 | 1832 | Pastor of St. Ansgarii in Bremen General Superintendent and Prussian Bishop . |
| Georg Michael Gramlich | 1785-1880 | 1838 | Businessman, consul of Hamburg and chargé d' affaires in Venezuela; Friendship, trade and shipping agreements between the Hanseatic cities; also honorary citizen of Hamburg. |
| Ambrose Dudley man | 1801-1889 | 1847 | Consul in Bremen, 1853 first Assistant Secretary of State in the USA ; supported Bremen from 1844 to 1846 in setting up the first US post line to Bremerhaven . |
| Julius Gottlob von Nostitz and Jänkendorf | 1797-1870 | 1855 | Saxon envoy to the Bundestag of the German Confederation |
| Daniel Meinertzhagen V. | 1801-1869 | 1859 | English merchant and banker ; supported the Bremen economy |
| Albert Schumacher | 1802-1871 | 1859 | German / American businessman, Bremen consul general in Baltimore |
| Otto von Bismarck | 1815-1898 | May 22, 1871 | Imperial Chancellor from 1871 to 1890 |
| Helmuth von Moltke | 1800-1891 | 1871 | Prussian field marshal and chief of the general staff |
| Heinrich von Stephan | 1831-1897 | 1895 | General Post Director of the German Reich |
| Paul von Hindenburg | 1847-1934 | 1917 | Field Marshal General, later President of the Reich |
| Rudolf Alexander Schröder | 1878-1962 | 1948 | Poet and interior designer |
| Anton Kippenberg | 1874-1950 | 1949 | Publisher (Insel Verlag) and Goethe collector |
| Wilhelm Kaisen | 1887-1979 | 1965 | President of the Senate (SPD); from 1945 to 1965 mayor of Bremen . |
| August hawthorn | 1888-1969 | 1966 | Politician (SPD); from 1946 to 1966 president of the Bremen citizenship . |
| Hans Koschnick | 1929-2016 | 1999 | President of the Senate (SPD), Mayor of Bremen from 1967 to 1985. |
| André Migdal | 1924-2007 | 2000 | French resistance fighter, concentration camp prisoner, poet; During the Nazi era, forced laborers building the Valentin submarine bunker . Fought for Franco-German reconciliation . |
| Reimar Lüst | * 1923 | 2001 | Astrophysicist, Science Manager As chairman of the supervisory board, he designed the structure of the International University Bremen . |
| Bernd Hockemeyer | 1935-2020 | April 9, 2003 | Businessman and politician (CDU); from 1997 to 2000 President of the Bremen Chamber of Commerce . Merits for opening up the economy to culture. |
| Uwe Hollweg | * 1937 | April 9, 2003 | Entrepreneur, politician (CDU) Merits due to the opening of the economy to culture through the Karin and Uwe Hollweg Foundation . |
| Annemarie Mevissen | 1914-2006 | Sept 6, 2005 | Senator (SPD) from 1951 to 1975; from 1967 to 1975 mayor of Bremen. |
| Barbara Grobien | * 1938 | Sept 6, 2005 | Golfer and art patron, founder of the Michael and Barbara Grobien Foundation . |
| Klaus Huebotter | * 1930 | November 19, 2010 | Building contractors and patrons, commitment to the preservation of buildings that are important to the city's history, shaped the culture and peace work. |
Individual evidence
- ↑ see at Ocean Steam Navigation Company
literature
- Hartmut Müller : On the honorary citizenship of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen in: Bremisches Jahrbuch 78, 1999, pp. 190–200.