List of honorary citizens of Gdansk

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The title of honorary citizen of the city of Gdańsk has been bestowed by city leaders (usually the city council) since 1832. It is awarded to people who have made a special contribution to the interests of the city, regardless of whether they were born in Gdansk or have lived there.

The first award of the title goes back to a Prussian ordinance on the self-government of Danzig in 1831. It introduced the designation of an honorary citizen of Danzig and was valid until 1920. During the time of the Free City of Danzig , the city's Senate adopted the Prussian tradition of granting the title of honorary citizen, but without passing an ordinance. The city ​​government granted Hermann Göring honorary citizenship in 1943. After the Second World War , a simple decision by the city council was enough to award the title. There was no special regulation.

In 1993 the city council passed an ordinance on the award of honorary citizenship, which contains general rules for the award. On the basis of this ordinance, the city council has since decided on the award and during a special session of the city council (mostly in the Artushof ) the honorary citizenship of the respective person is awarded.

The regulation does not describe whether the honorary citizenship can be withdrawn again. However, historians and lawyers believe that honorary citizenship expires with the death of the recipient. The honorary citizenship is not connected with any financial obligations of the city towards the recipient. The honorary citizen receives a diploma, a replica of a Gdańsk-style chair, the right to use the Gdańsk public transport company free of charge, and a burial place in the city's municipal cemetery.

So far, the awards have usually taken place in Danzig, a few times in Berlin . So far (as of December 2011) honorary citizenship has been awarded 58 times, three times as community honorary citizenship.

The honorary citizens of the city of Gdansk

Chronological listing by date of award.

  1. Wilhelm Baum (born September 10, 1799 in Elbing, † September 6, 1883 in Göttingen)
    surgeon
    Awarded in 1832
    For his contribution to fighting the cholera epidemic of 1831.
  2. Johann Karl Rothe (born April 4, 1771 in Danzig; † August 27, 1853 in Danzig)
     
    Awarded in 1841
     
  3. Jakob Friedrich Rüchel-Kleist
     
    Awarded in 1842
     
  4. Paul W. Wundsch
     
    Awarded in 1847
     
  5. Adolf Heinrich von Grabow
     
    Awarded in 1849
     
    Stanisław Kostka Rosołkiewicz
  6. Stanisław Kostka Rosołkiewicz (born November 13, 1775 in Old Scotland near Danzig, † June 16, 1855 in Danzig)
    catholic priest
    Awarded in 1849
     
  7. Emil Friedrich Götz (born July 26, 1806 in Danzig; † August 8, 1858 in Kiel)
    doctor
    Awarded in 1849
     
  8. Otto Theodor von Manteuffel (born February 3, 1805 in Lübben (Spreewald); † November 26, 1882 at Gut Krossen)
    President of the Ministry of State
    Awarded in 1853
     
  9. Friedrich Wilhelm von Clausewitz (born September 6, 1809 in Graudenz; † January 10, 1881 in Berlin)
    Chief of Police
    Awarded in 1856
     
  10. Robert von Blumenthal (born March 16, 1806 in Königsberg, East Prussia; † March 11, 1892 in Posen)
    District President in Danzig (1840–1863)
    Awarded in 1863
     
  11. Matthias Gotthilf Löschin (born February 24, 1790 in Danzig; † January 31, 1868 in Danzig)
     
    Awarded in 1865
     
  12. Eduard Friedrich Wiebe (born October 12, 1804 in Stalle; † February 23, 1892 in Berlin)
    architect
    Awarded in 1885
     
    Adolf Ernst von Ernsthausen
  13. Karl Adolf Ernsthausen (born March 14, 1827 in Gummersbach; † August 24, 1894 in Bonn )
    Civil servant and politician
    Awarded in 1888
     
  14. Leopold von Winter (born January 23, 1823 in Schwetz; † July 9, 1893 in Schwetz)
     
    Awarded in 1890
     
  15. Julius Albert Licht (born June 25, 1821 in Gieshof, † January 28, 1898 in Wiesbaden)
    architect
    Awarded in 1893
     
    Leo of Caprivi
  16. Leo von Caprivi (born February 24, 1831 in Charlottenburg, † February 6, 1899 in Skyren)
    Chancellor
    Awarded in 1894
     
  17. Heinrich Rickert (born December 27, 1833 in Putzig, † November 3, 1902 in Berlin)
     
    Awarded in 1895
     
  18. Otto Steffens (born April 7, 1826 in Danzig; † August 12, 1904 in Danzig)
     
    Awarded in 1896
     
  19. Richard Damme
     
    Awarded in 1897
     
  20. Georg Friedrich Abegg (born March 19, 1826 in Königsberg, † October 3, 1900 in Wiesbaden)
     
    Awarded in 1898
     
  21. Gustav von Goßler (born April 13, 1838 in Naumburg, † September 29, 1902 in Danzig)
     
    Awarded in 1899
     
  22. Emil Berenz (born February 15, 1833 in Elbing, † December 17, 1907 in Danzig)
     
    Awarded in 1903
     
    Paul von Hindenburg
  23. Paul von Hindenburg (born October 2, 1847 in Posen, † August 2, 1934 at Gut Neudeck)
    Field Marshal General
    Awarded in 1915
     
  24. August von Mackensen (born December 6, 1849 in House Leipnitz; † November 8, 1945 in Burghorn)
    Field Marshal General
    Awarded in 1915
     
  25. Max Halbe (born October 4, 1865 in Güttland near Danzig; † November 30, 1944 in Neuötting)
    writer
    Awarded in 1925
     
  26. Albert Forster (born July 26, 1902 in Fürth, † February 28, 1952 in Warsaw)
    Gauleiter
    Awarded on July 14, 1933
     
  27. Adolf Hitler (born April 20, 1889 in Braunau am Inn, † April 30, 1945 in Berlin)
    Fuehrer and Chancellor
    Awarded in 1939
     
  28. Hermann Göring (born January 12, 1893 in Rosenheim, † October 15, 1946 in Nuremberg)
    Reichsfeldmarschall
    Awarded in 1943
     
  29. Bolesław Bierut (born April 18, 1892 in Rury Brigidkowskie, † March 12, 1956 in Moscow)
    President
    Awarded in 1947
     
  30. Konstantin Rokossowski (born December 21, 1896 in Velikije Luki, † August 3, 1968 in Moscow)
    Marshal of the Soviet Union and Marshal of Poland
    Awarded in 1949
     
  31. Pawel Ivanovich Batow (June 1, 1897 - April 19, 1985)
    soviet army general
    Awarded in 1965
     
  32. Viktor Kulikow (born July 5, 1921 - † May 28, 2013)
    Marshal of the Soviet Union
    Awarded in 1977
     
  33. Hans Eggebrecht (born May 17, 1925 - June 24, 2004)
    Dock workers
    Awarded March 29, 1989
     
    Günter Grass
  34. Günter Grass (born October 16, 1927 in Danzig-Langfuhr † April 13, 2015 in Lübeck)
    writer
    Awarded in 1993
     
    Hans-Lothar Fauth
  35. Hans-Lothar Fauth (born March 14, 1928 in Danzig; † January 8, 2012 in Lübeck)
    Gastronom and local politician
    Awarded in 1994
     
  36. Gerard Labuda (born December 28, 1916 in Neuhütte, † October 1, 2010 in Posen)
    historian
    Awarded in 1994
     
  37. Ignacy Adamczewski (born January 25, 1907, † June 23, 2000)
     
    Awarded in 1994
     
  38. Hans Koschnick (born April 2, 1929 in Bremen; † April 21, 2016 in Bremen)
    Politician
    Awarded in 1994
     
    George Bush
  39. George HW Bush (born June 12, 1924 in Milton, † November 30, 2018 in Houston)
    former President of the United States of America
    Awarded in 1997
     
  40. Richard von Weizsäcker (born April 15, 1920 in Stuttgart; † January 31, 2015 in Berlin)
    former Federal President of the Federal Republic of Germany
    Awarded in 1997
     
    Lech Wałęsa
  41. Lech Wałęsa (born September 29, 1943 in Popowo)
    former Chairman of Solidarność, former President
    Awarded in 1997
     
  42. Marian Kołodziej (born December 6, 1921 in Raszków, † October 13, 2009 in Danzig)
     
    Awarded in 1997
     
    Ryszard Kukliński
  43. Ryszard Kukliński (born June 13, 1930 in Warsaw, † February 11, 2004 in Tampa)
    Colonel in the Polish Army
    Awarded in 1998
     
  44. The defenders of the Westerplatte in 1939
    Awarded in 1998
     
  45. The defenders of the Polish Post Office Gdansk 1939
    Awarded in 1998
     
  46. Trade unionist of the free trade unions of Gdańsk and signatory of the Gdańsk August Agreement 1980
    (of the winners, only Anna Walentynowicz rejected the award)
    Awarded in 1998
     
  47. Henryk Jankowski (born December 18, 1936 - † July 12, 2010)
    priest
    Awarded in 2000
    Revoked on March 7, 2019
     
    Margaret Thatcher
  48. Margaret Thatcher (born October 13, 1925 in Grantham, Lincolnshire, † April 8, 2013 in London)
    former British Prime Minister
    Awarded in 2000
     
  49. Ronald Reagan (born February 6, 1911 in Tampico - † June 5, 2004 in Bel Air)
    former President of the United States of America
    Awarded in 2000
     
    Andrzej Januszajtis
  50. Andrzej Januszajtis (born August 18, 1928 in Lida)
    Physicist and historian
    Awarded in 2000
     
    Zbigniew Brzeziński
  51. Zbigniew Brzeziński (born March 28, 1928 in Warsaw; † May 26, 2017 in Falls Church, Virginia, USA)
    Political scientist
    Awarded in 2002
     
  52. Jan Nowak-Jeziorański (born October 3, 1914 in Warsaw, † January 20, 2005 in Warsaw)
    Journalist and writer
    Awarded in 2002
     
  53. Dieter Schenk (* 1937 in Frankfurt am Main)
    Criminologist, historian and writer
    Awarded in 2003
     
  54. Zygmunt Chychła (born November 6, 1926 in Danzig; † September 26, 2009 in Hamburg)
    boxer
    Awarded in 2003 - but did not accept the award
     
  55. Stanisław Bogdanowicz (born November 6, 1939)
     
    Awarded in 2004
     
  56. Ryszard Kaczorowski (born November 26, 1919 in Białystok, † April 10, 2010 in Smolensk, Russia)
    last President of Poland in exile
    Awarded in 2008
     
  57. Helmut Kohl (born April 3, 1930 in Ludwigshafen am Rhein; † June 16, 2017 there)
    former German Chancellor
    Awarded in 2009
     
  58. Tadeusz Mazowiecki (born April 18, 1927 in Płock, Poland; † October 28, 2013 in Warsaw)
    former Polish Prime Minister
    Awarded in 2009
     
  59. Ludwik Wiśniewski
     
    Awarded in 2011
     
  60. Andrzej Zbierski
     
    Awarded in 2011
     
    Archbishop Tadeusz Gocłowski (undated)
  61. Tadeusz Gocłowski (born September 16, 1931 in Piski, Poland; † May 3, 2016 in Danzig)
    Archbishop of Danzig
    Award ceremony 2016
     

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