List of honorary citizens of Greifswald
This list of the honorary citizens of Greifswald shows the honorary citizens of Greifswald .
Honorary citizen of the university and Hanseatic city of Greifswald
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Hermann Kühne (judge) (born November 12, 1819; † January 1887)
- Awarded on January 14, 1880
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Johannes Krech (* July 2, 1834 - † January 20, 1915)
- Awarded in November 1884
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Richard Sigmund Schultze (born February 1, 1831 in Freiburg im Breisgau; † January 5, 1916 in Greifswald)
- Mayor of Greifswald
- Awarded in March 1906
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Friedrich August Johannes Loeffler (born June 24, 1852 in Frankfurt (Oder), † April 9, 1915 in Berlin)
- Physician, hygienist and bacteriologist, student of Robert Koch in Berlin.
- Awarded on May 10, 1914
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Edmund Stengel (born April 5, 1845 in Halle (Saale), † November 3, 1935 in Marburg)
- Romance studies and university professor
- Awarded on February 21, 1920
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Johannes Rehmke (born February 1, 1848 in Hainholz near Elmshorn, † December 23, 1930 in Marburg)
- Philosopher and university professor
- Awarded on February 1, 1923
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Max Albert Wilhelm Lenz (born June 13, 1850 in Greifswald; † April 6, 1932 in Berlin)
- Historian and university professor
- Awarded on January 28, 1925
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Erich Peiper (born May 19, 1856 in Leubus Monastery; † September 13, 1938 in Greifswald)
- Pediatrician
- Awarded on October 24, 1926
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Ernst Lucht (born December 23, 1871 in Kolberg, † April 16, 1934 in Greifswald)
- Architect and Prussian building officer
- Awarded on September 23, 1928
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Johannes Luther (born October 12, 1861 in Seehausen (Altmark), † May 1, 1954 in Greifswald)
- Germanist and librarian, professor at the University of Greifswald
- Awarded on May 10, 1932
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Martin Andersen Nexø (born June 26, 1869 in Christianshavn, Copenhagen; † June 1, 1954 in Dresden)
- Danish writer
- Awarded on July 7, 1949
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Gerhardt Katsch (born May 14, 1887 in Berlin; † March 7, 1961 in Greifswald)
- Internist, professor of internal medicine, director of the medical clinic and the rector of Greifswald University
- Awarded on May 14, 1952
- For his services in handing over the city to the Soviet Army in April 1945 without a fight.
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Rudolf Petershagen (born June 4, 1901 in Hamburg, † April 13, 1969 in Greifswald)
- Officer of the German Wehrmacht, city commander of Greifswald
- Awarded on October 19, 1955
- For his services in surrendering the city without a fight on April 30, 1945, which saved it from destruction by Soviet troops.
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Pawel Mironowitsch Sineoki (born January 1, 1901, † July 12, 1977)
- Soviet military commander
- Awarded on November 7, 1971
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Werner Westphal (born June 18, 1907; † September 11, 1990)
- Awarded on November 7, 1971
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Nikolai Grigoryevich Lyashchenko (* 1910 in Sima (Irkutsk), † October 10, 2000 in Moscow)
- Soviet Army General
- Awarded on May 11, 1980
- For his services in surrendering the city without a fight in April 1945.
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Johann Schönfeld (born February 28, 1907; † July 13, 1992)
- Officer of the German Wehrmacht
- Awarded posthumously in 1993
- For his services in surrendering the city without a fight in April 1945.
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Max Otto Wurmbach (born September 24, 1885; † 1946)
- Officer of the German Wehrmacht
- Awarded posthumously in 1993
- For his services in surrendering the city without a fight in April 1945.
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Wolfgang Koeppen (born June 23, 1906 in Greifswald; † March 15, 1996 in Munich)
- writer
- Awarded on March 14, 1994
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Berthold Beitz (born September 26, 1913 in Zemmin; † July 30, 2013 in Kampen, Sylt)
- Managers and business leaders
- Awarded on May 26, 1995
Revocation of honorary citizenship
Honorary citizenship was revoked from the persons listed here.
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Wilhelm Karpenstein (born May 24, 1903 in Frankfurt am Main; † May 2, 1968 in Lauterbach (Hesse))
- Gauleiter of Pomerania
- Awarded on May 11, 1933, revoked on September 5, 1935
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Hermann Lindgreen (born January 1, 1890 - † March 7, 1965)
- Communist resistance fighter
- Awarded on February 24, 1965, termination of honorary citizenship by BS on December 6, 1990
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Hans von Beseler (born April 27, 1850 in Greifswald; † December 20, 1921 in Neubabelsberg)
- Prussian colonel general and politician
- Awarded on October 12, 1915, revoked on May 23, 1991