List of honorary citizens of Eisenach
The honorary citizenship is the highest honor that the city of Eisenach awards. The mayor of the city awards it to personalities who have rendered outstanding services to the city by resolution of the city council.
The list is in the chronological order of the award.
The honorary citizens of the city of Eisenach
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Franz Maximilian Diez (1767-1851)
- Councilor and Chief Post Commissioner of the city
- Awarded: 1837
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Christian Theodor Reussig (1767–1846)
- Senior Medical Officer, Eisenach City Physician
- Awarded: 1841
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Valentin Simon (1792-1862)
- Founder and major of the Eisenach vigilante group
- Awarded: 1848
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Wilhelm Weißenborn (1803-1878)
- Councilor and high school teacher, member of the Frankfurt National Assembly
- Awarded: 1849
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Helene, Duchess of Orleans (1814-1858)
- Benefactress
- Awarded: 1851
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Friedrich Wilhelm Heerwart (1787–1863)
- Privy Councilor of Justice, Vice-President of the Court of Appeal
- Awarded: 1858
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Hugo von Ritgen (1811-1889)
- Court building officer, restorer of the Wartburg
- Awarded: 1868
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Julius von Eichel-Streiber (1820–1905)
- Manor owner, manufacturer and patron
- Awarded: 1878
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August Roese (1807-1891)
- Mayor of Eisenach, street naming
- Awarded: 1884
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Carl Grebe (1816-1890)
- Oberlandesforstmeister, Real Privy Council,
- Awarded: 1890
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Eduard von Eichel-Streiber (1818–1896)
- Manor owner, manufacturer and patron
- Awarded: 1893
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Otto von Bismarck (1815–1898)
- Reich Chancellor, on the occasion of his 70th birthday, street naming
- Awarded: 1895
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Paul von Hindenburg (1847–1934)
- Field Marshal General , later Reich President, on the occasion of his 70th birthday
- Awarded: 1917
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Adolf von Donndorf (1835-1916)
- Sculptor, for his monuments created in Eisenach
- Awarded: 1895
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Eduard Stöhr (1846–1928)
- Secret Commerce Councilor, industrialist, benefactor, street naming
- Awarded: 1921
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Curt Elschner (1876–1963)
- The councilor of commerce, hotelier and patron donated a picture gallery and the Eulenspiegel fountain to the city
- Awarded: 1926
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Fritz Janson (1885-1946)
- Lord Mayor, first President of the Wartburg Foundation
- Awarded: 1937
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Moritz Mitzenheim (1891–1977)
- Regional bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Thuringia , street naming
- Awarded: 1961
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Alfred Markwitz (1883–1965)
- Antifascist, mayor, merits in building up socialism, naming streets
- Awarded: 1963
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August Rudloff (1884–1966)
- Merits in socialist construction, street naming
- Awarded: 1964
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Karl Hermann (1885–1973)
- Lord Mayor, merits in socialist construction, street naming, honor grave (since 2008)
- Awarded: 1966
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Avital Ben-Chorin (1923-2017)
- Holocaust survivor born in Eisenach, services to German-Jewish reconciliation
- Awarded: 2012
The honorary citizenships awarded centrally to the NSDAP politicians Adolf Hitler , Wilhelm Frick and Fritz Sauckel in 1933 were revoked by a municipal council resolution on December 5, 1946.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Die Ehrenbürger der Wartburgstadt In: Mitteldeutsche Allgemeine, Lokalseite Eisenach, No. 20 of January 25, 1994 p. 20
- ↑ "Displaced Jew receives honorary citizenship", Thüringer Allgemeine, online edition , accessed on July 26, 2012
Web links
- Guideline for honoring the city of Eisenach. (PDF, 26 kB) Website of the city of Eisenach, accessed on January 25, 2009 .
- List of honorary citizens of the city of Eisenach