List of honorary citizens of Freital

The honorary citizenship is the highest honor the city of Freital . It honors people who have made a special contribution to the city. The city council decides on the award. Since 1951, seven people have been made honorary citizens.

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

Honorary citizen of the city of Freital

1. Karl Hanusch (born May 9, 1881 in Niederhäslich , † November 19, 1969 in Dresden )

   German painter and graphic artist

   Awarded honorary citizenship in 1951

   Karl Hanusch attended elementary school and then began an apprenticeship as a decorative painter . From 1900 he studied at the Royal Art Academy in Dresden. In 1909 he was appointed to the State Academy in Breslau and in 1922 to the State Textile School in Plauen . In 1933 he was arrested by the National Socialists, but released again in 1934. He then worked in Rabenau and contributed to the establishment of the Dresden University of Fine Arts . He lived in Freitaler Poisental with his friends Marianne Bruns and the Schumann couple.

2. Marianne Bruns (born August 31, 1897 in Leipzig , † January 1, 1994 in Dresden )

   German writer

   Awarded honorary citizenship in 1967

   Marianne Bruns initially studied music, and from 1926 continued her parents' laundry business. She made the acquaintance of Kurt Hanusch and Eva Schumann, with whom she worked in Freitaler Poisental. From 1965 she contributed to the establishment of a foundation for social and cultural projects in Freital.

3. Eva Schumann (born January 8, 1889 in Hainichen , † December 3, 1973 in Freital )

   German translator

   Awarded honorary citizenship in 1967

   Eva Feine completed an apprenticeship as a bookbinder in Leipzig. In 1912 she married Wolfgang Schumann and received her doctorate in 1914. She joined the labor movement in 1918 and began to translate. From 1933 she lived in exile in Czechoslovakia and England and returned to Dresden towards the end of the war. The Schumann family's house was destroyed in the air raids on Dresden , and they stayed with friends Karl Hanusch and Marianne Bruns. In Freital, she was involved in founding the “Schauspielhaus im Plauenschen Grund”.

4. Erich Dittrich

   German resistance fighter

   Awarded honorary citizenship in 1984

   During the Second World War, the anti-fascist Dittrich was deported to a concentration camp. He survived and later worked as chairman of the workers' housing association.

5. Hellmuth Heinz (born August 31, 1904 in Potschappel ; † December 25, 1994 in Freital )

   German resistance fighter and museologist

   Awarded honorary citizenship in 1988

   After attending elementary school, Hellmuth Heinz completed a degree in publishing. He was active in the labor movement and joined the Karl Liebknecht Youth in 1919 . In 1928 he became a member of the USPD and worked illegally in a Dresden group under the direction of Fritz Schulze during National Socialism . In 1941 he was arrested and sentenced to 15 years in prison. After the end of the war he founded, among other things, the local branch of the Kulturbund and acted as head of the adult education center, the cultural office and, from 1954, as museum director in the Haus der Heimat . As early as 1949 he acquired the " Willy Eberl Collection " for the city of Freital. In 1987 Heinz handed over his private art collection to the city museum.

6. Friedrich Pappermann (born February 2, 1909 in Dresden ; † August 28, 1995 there )

   German art collector

   Awarded honorary citizenship in 1994

   After attending school, Pappermann completed an apprenticeship as an export merchant in Dresden. He later worked in an electrotechnical factory and developed his passion for collecting as an artist. From 1947 he was head and director of various companies, from 1960 he worked at VEB Medical and Laboratory Equipment in Dresden. After the end of his career, Pappermann devoted himself entirely to the art collection. In 1988 he first came into contact with employees of the Freital Museum. A few years later, Pappermann decided to donate his collection to the museum. The exhibition was opened in June 1993.

7. Gottfried Bammes (born April 26, 1920 in Potschappel , † May 14, 2007 in Dresden )

   German painter

   Awarded honorary citizenship in 2004

   Bammes attended the Lessing School in Potschappel and later the state high school for boys in Dresden- Plauen . During the Second World War he was taken prisoner, from which he returned in 1945 and began studying art education. He helped clear the ruins of the destroyed University of Fine Arts and trained himself as an autodidact . During the GDR times, he worked artistically at VEB Edelstahlwerk on May 8, 1945 and created several murals for the city. From 1951 he studied at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts as a painter and graphic artist and was appointed as a university professor in 1953. In 1965 he received the Freital City Art Prize, and in 1976 the GDR National Prize for Science and Technology. After the fall of the Wall , the stainless steel plant acquired a few Bamme works. In 2000 he received the city of Freital's culture and art prize.

Web links

• List of honorary citizens with short biographies on freital.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Karl Hanusch on freital.de
2. ↑ Marianne Bruns on freital.de
3. ↑ Dr. Eva Schumann on freital.de
4. ↑ Stefan Brieger: Do you know Freitals as an honorary citizen? In: Sächsische Zeitung , June 2, 2007. This person is not to be confused with a National Socialist of the same name (years 1904–1972), regional planner, economics teacher, most recently at the University of Bonn.
5. ↑ Hellmuth Heinz on freital.de
6. ↑ Friedrich Pappermann on freital.de
7. ↑ Gottfried Bammes on freital.de