List of honorary citizens of Düsseldorf

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article or the following section is not adequately provided with supporting documents ( e.g. individual evidence ). Information without sufficient evidence could be removed soon. Please help Wikipedia by researching the information and including good evidence.
Letter of honorary citizenship for Peter von Cornelius , July 30, 1862

Since 1856, the city ​​of Düsseldorf has granted honorary citizenship to 29 people .

In addition, Adolf Hitler and Hermann Göring were made honorary citizens in 1933, even though Hitler did not accept the award personally. In 1938, the party functionary of the NSDAP, Alfred Rosenberg, was made an honorary citizen. In 1946 the City Council of Düsseldorf revoked Göring and Rosenberg's honorary citizenship. In 2004 the city of Düsseldorf also revoked Adolf Hitler's honorary citizenship through a referendum.

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

The honorary citizens of the city of Düsseldorf

Prince Friedrich of Prussia
Karl Anton von Hohenzollern
Peter v. Cornelius
Leo v. Massenbach
Leonhard von Blumenthal
Andreas Achenbach
Otto von Bismarck
Oswald Achenbach
Albert Mooren
Georg von Rheinbaben
Albert Weisgerber : Theodor Heuss youth portrait
  1. Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig of Prussia (born October 30, 1794 in Berlin, † July 27, 1863 in Berlin)
    Division commander and patron of the arts
    Awarded in 1856
  2. Karl Anton von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (born September 7, 1811 in Krauchenwies; † June 2, 1885 in Sigmaringen)
    Division commander and later Prime Minister of Prussia
    Awarded in 1856
  3. Peter von Cornelius (born September 23, 1783 in Düsseldorf, † March 6, 1867 in Berlin)
    Director of the Art Academy
    Awarded in 1862
  4. Leo von Massenbach (born July 28, 1797 in Insterburg, † November 12, 1880 in Düsseldorf)
    District President
    Awarded in 1866
  5. Leonhard von Blumenthal (born July 30, 1810 in Schwedt an der Oder; † December 21, 1900 at Gut Quellendorf)
    Lieutenant General
    Awarded in 1871
  6. Andreas Achenbach (born September 29, 1815 in Kassel; † April 1, 1910 in Düsseldorf)
    Landscape painter
    Awarded in 1885
  7. Otto von Bismarck (born April 1, 1815 in Schönhausen; † July 30, 1898 in Friedrichsruh)
    Chancellor
    Awarded in 1895
  8. Oswald Achenbach (born February 2, 1827 in Düsseldorf, † February 1, 1905 in Düsseldorf)
    Landscape painter
    Awarded in 1897
  9. Albert Mooren (born July 26, 1828 in Oedt, † December 31, 1899 in Düsseldorf)
    Doctor and director of the city eye clinic
    Awarded in 1898
  10. Heinrich Lueg (* 1840 in Sterkrade, † 1917 in Düsseldorf)
    Secret Commerce Councilor, industrialist
    Awarded in 1902
  11. Georg von Rheinbaben (born August 21, 1855 in Frankfurt / Oder; † March 25, 1921 in Düsseldorf)
    Minister of State and Finance
    Awarded in 1907
  12. Wilhelm Marx (born December 29, 1851 in Oelinghofen, † July 30, 1924 in Düsseldorf)
    Lord Mayor
    Awarded in 1910
  13. Paul von Hindenburg (born October 2, 1847 in Posen, † August 2, 1934 at Gut Neudeck)
    Field Marshal General
    Awarded in 1917
  14. Erich Ludendorff (born April 9, 1865 in Kruszewnia near Schwersenz, † December 20, 1937 in Munich)
    commander
    Awarded in 1917, but the certificate was initially withheld and then no longer handed over
  15. Eduard Gebhardt (born June 13, 1838 in Järva-Jaani; † February 3, 1925 in Düsseldorf)
    History painter
    Awarded in 1918
  16. Fritz Roeber (born October 15, 1851 in Elberfeld, † May 15, 1924 in Düsseldorf)
    Director of the Art Academy
    Awarded in 1921
  17. Professor Georg Oeder (born April 12, 1846 in Aachen, † July 4, 1931 in Düsseldorf)
    Landscape painter
    Awarded in 1926
  18. Fritz Henkel (born March 20, 1848 in Vöhl, † March 1, 1930 in Rengsdorf)
    Commerce councilor and manufacturer
    Awarded in 1928
    • Adolf Hitler (born April 20, 1889 in Braunau am Inn, † April 30, 1945 in Berlin)
    "Führer" and Reich Chancellor
    Awarded in 1933; revoked in 2004
    • Hermann Göring (born January 12, 1893 in Rosenheim, † October 15, 1946 in Nuremberg)
    Prussian Prime Minister, Reichstag President, Chief of the Air Force
    Awarded in 1933; revoked in 1946
    • Alfred Rosenberg (born January 12, 1893 in Reval, † October 16, 1946 in Nuremberg)
    Representative of the Führer for the supervision of the entire intellectual and ideological training and education of the NSDAP
    Awarded in 1938; revoked in 1946
  19. Herbert Eulenberg (born January 25, 1876 in Cologne-Mülheim; † September 4, 1949 in Kaiserswerth)
    poet
    Awarded in 1946
  20. Hugo Henkel (born January 21, 1881 in Düsseldorf, † December 18, 1952 in Ratingen-Hösel)
    Manufacturer
    Awarded in 1951
  21. Gustav Lindemann (born August 24, 1872 in Danzig; † May 5, 1960 in Stephanskirchen-Sonnenholz)
    General manager
    Awarded in 1952
  22. Theodor Heuss (born January 31, 1884 in Brackenheim; † December 12, 1963 in Stuttgart)
    Federal President a. D.
    Awarded in 1960
  23. Konrad Henkel (born October 25, 1915 in Düsseldorf, † April 24, 1999 in Düsseldorf)
    Chemist
    Awarded in 1976
  24. Walter Scheel (born July 8, 1919 in Solingen; † August 24, 2016 in Bad Krotzingen)
    Federal President a. D.
    Awarded in 1979
  25. Georg Schulhoff (born December 1, 1898 in Budapest, † June 5, 1990 in Düsseldorf)
    President of the Düsseldorf Chamber of Crafts
    Awarded in 1982
  26. Helmut Hentrich (born June 17, 1905 in Krefeld, † February 7, 2001 in Düsseldorf)
    architect
    Awarded 1985
  27. Aloys Odenthal (born March 8, 1912 in Düsseldorf; † November 30, 2003 in Düsseldorf)
    architect
    Awarded 1985
  28. Udo van Meeteren (born May 26, 1926 in Mülheim an der Ruhr)
    Merchant and patron of the arts
    Awarded in 2003
  29. Albrecht Woeste (born October 30, 1935 in Düsseldorf)
    Entrepreneur and sports official
    Awarded in 2015