List of honorary citizens of Feuchtwangen
The town of Feuchtwangen granted eight people honorary citizenship between 1869 and 1945 . It was the highest award the city bestowed.
In addition, Paul von Hindenburg and Adolf Hitler were made honorary citizens in 1933. These honors were revoked again in 1946 by decision of the Feuchtwang city council.
After the end of the war, this type of honor was waived. In its place, the town of Feuchtwangen's ring of honor was created in 1988 , which is now awarded as the highest honor to those people who have made outstanding contributions to the town or who have increased the town's reputation with outstanding achievements.
Note: The listing is done chronologically according to the date of award.
The honorary citizens of the city of Feuchtwangen
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Christian Samuel Meinel (born October 17, 1795, † December 1, 1877 in Feuchtwangen)
- dean
- Awarded in 1869
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Friedrich Ernst Aub (born August 30, 1837 in Fürth; † March 18, 1900 in Munich)
- Doctor, member of the state parliament
- Awarded on July 14, 1874
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Gottlieb Hauser (born October 30, 1822 in Feuchtwangen; † December 9, 1900 in Feuchtwangen)
- Senior teacher, organist
- Awarded on March 11, 1896
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Wilhelm Schaudig (born December 1, 1845 in Windsheim; † February 6, 1930 in Feuchtwangen)
- Church council, dean
- Awarded on November 26, 1925
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Josef Herzlieb (* 1857 in Hoyerberg near Lindau in Lake Constance; † March 8, 1927 in Dinkelsbühl)
- City pastor, clergyman and dean
- Awarded on November 26, 1925
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Friedrich Fückel (born December 25, 1850 in Feuchtwangen; † 1931)
- mayor
- Awarded in 1926
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Hans Güthlein (born January 29, 1871 in Erlangen, † March 18, 1935 in Nuremberg)
- Medical Council
- Awarded in 1926
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Carl May (born April 30, 1856 in Feuchtwangen; † July 12, 1928 in Nuremberg)
- 2nd Mayor
- Awarded on April 26, 1926
- Paul von Hindenburg (born October 2, 1847 in Posen, † August 2, 1934 at Gut Neudeck)
- Field Marshal General, President of the Reich
- Awarded in 1933; revoked in 1946
- Adolf Hitler (born April 20, 1889 in Braunau am Inn, † April 30, 1945 in Berlin)
- Chancellor
- Awarded in 1933; revoked in 1946
Bearer of the ring of honor of the city of Feuchtwangen
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Ernst Hähnlein (* June 20th, 1908 in Schopfloch † June 6th, 1996 in Feuchtwangen)
- Building contractor
- Long-standing city councilor, district councilor and honorary board member of the Sparkasse
- Founding chairman of the association for trade, craft and industry (trade association)
- Co-founder of the Association for Folk Art and Folklore and the non-profit building cooperative
- Bearer of the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
- awarded the medal of the district of Ansbach and the Free State of Bavaria for special services to local government
- as long-time chairman of the trade association, initiator and motor of the Mooswiesenfestzug, the old town festival, the Christmas market and the folklore evenings
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Ernst Weißbeck († January 16, 2008)
- Mayor of the former municipality of Breitenau until the end of 1971
- 2nd Mayor in Feuchtwangen 1972–1990
- Member of the district council (district of Ansbach) 1972–1990
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Wolf Rüdiger Eckhardt
- Mayor of Feuchtwangen 1972–2008
- Member of the district council (district of Ansbach) since 1978
literature
- Dietrich Weiß: The Feuchtwanger honorary citizens. In: Feuchtwanger home history. 2006, ZDB -ID 2292702-5 , pp. 110-124.