List of honorary citizens of Hanover

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The list of honorary citizens of Hanover contains the people to whom the city of Hanover has granted honorary citizenship. It is the city's highest award.

Another honor is the award of the city ​​plaque .

Honorary citizen of the city of Hanover

Jean-Pierre Blanchard
Karl Karmarsch
Georg Friedrich Grotefend
Hermann Wilhelm Bödeker
Heinrich Marschner
Karl August Devrient
Hermann Kestner
Rudolf von Bennigsen
Alfred von Waldersee
Paul von Hindenburg
Otto von Emmich
Heinrich Tramm
Niki de Saint Phalle
Gerhard Schröder
Herbert Schmalstieg
  1. Jean-Pierre Blanchard (* 1753 in Les Andelys, † 1809 near Paris)
    Aviation pioneer and balloonist
    Awarded in 1790 after a flight demonstration in Hanover
  2. Claus von der Betten (born January 5, 1742 in Rittershausen, † July 10, 1826 in Hanover)
    State and Cabinet Ministers
    Awarded in 1798
  3. Prince Adolph Friedrich of Great Britain, Ireland and Hanover (* February 24, 1774 in London; † July 8, 1850 there)
    Prince and field marshal
    Awarded in 1798
  4. Carl Rudolph August von Kielmannsegge (born September 1, 1731, † December 18, 1810 in Hanover)
    Minister, President of the Chamber, Councilor and Author
    Awarded in 1798
  5. Ernst August Rumann (born July 3, 1746 in Polle; † July 17, 1827 in Hanover)
    Lawyer and Minister of Justice of the Kingdom of Hanover from 1816 to 1827
    Awarded in 1816
  6. Carl von Alten (born October 21, 1764 in Burgwedel near Hanover; † April 20, 1840 in Bozen)
    General and statesman
    Awarded in 1817
  7. Friedrich Franz Dietrich von Bremer (born August 10, 1759 in Hanover; † March 7, 1836 there)
    Minister of the Kingdom of Hanover
    Awarded in 1817
  8. Carl von Linsingen (born January 6, 1742, † September 5, 1830 in Herrenhausen), general
    Awarded in 1820
  9. Georg Ludwig Friedrich Laves (born December 17, 1788 in Uslar, † April 30, 1864 in Hanover)
    Architect of the Kingdom of Hanover
    Awarded in 1824
  10. Georg Christian von Wangenheim (born August 17, 1780 in Hanover; † October 21, 1851 there)
    Hanoverian Oberhofmarschall
    Awarded in 1828
  11. August Heinrich Andreae (born December 4, 1804 in Horst; † January 6, 1846 in Hanover)
    Architect and city builder
    Awarded in 1845
  12. Karl Karmarsch (born October 17, 1803 in Vienna, † March 24, 1879 in Hanover)
    founded the Higher Trade School in 1831 - today's Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University of Hanover
    Awarded on April 7, 1846
  13. Moritz Rühlmann (born February 15, 1811 in Dresden, † January 16, 1896 in Hanover)
    Main teacher at the higher trade school
    Awarded on April 7, 1846
  14. Friedrich Heeren (born August 11, 1803 in Hamburg, † May 2, 1885 in Hanover)
    Main teacher at the higher trade school
    Awarded on April 7, 1846
  15. Heinrich Kirchweger (born June 12, 1809 in Stettin, † January 18, 1899 in Hanover)
    Machine director and board member of the railway machine inspection
    Awarded on April 7, 1846
  16. Georg Friedrich Grotefend (born June 9, 1775 in Hann. Münden, † December 15, 1853 in Hanover)
    Linguist and archaeologist, decipherer of cuneiform scripts
    Awarded on February 1, 1848
  17. Hermann Wilhelm Bödeker (born May 15, 1799 in Osnabrück, † January 5, 1875 in Hanover)
    Pastor at the Marktkirche , founded several social foundations, including the children's sanatorium, what later became the nurses' house and the so-called Bödekerkrippe.
    Awarded on November 27, 1848
  18. Friedrich Krancke (born June 11, 1782 in Hanover; † December 6, 1852 there)
    School inspector, authored several arithmetic books
    Awarded on September 26, 1851
  19. Heinrich Marschner (born August 16, 1795 in Zittau, † December 14, 1861 in Hanover)
    Composer, court conductor. His most important work was Hans Heiling , a key work of German romantic opera.
    Awarded on January 1, 1857
  20. Ludewig Johann von Slicher (born June 15, 1809 in Kassel; † September 9, 1896 in Hanover)
    Major general
    Awarded on November 30, 1863
  21. Karl August Devrient (born April 5, 1797 in Berlin, † August 3, 1872 in Bad Lauterberg in the Harz Mountains)
    Court actor
    Awarded on July 28, 1869
  22. Hermann Kestner (born July 30, 1810 in Hanover; † June 27, 1890 ibid)
    Composer, presented as an executor, the rich collection of antiques of his uncle August Kestner of Hanover available that the basis for the Museum August Kestner was
    Awarded on November 15, 1889
  23. Rudolf von Bennigsen (born July 10, 1824 in Lüneburg, † August 7, 1902 in Bennigsen)
    Member of the Reichstag 1867–1879, its President from 1873 to 1879, Upper President of the Province of Hanover 1888–1897
    Awarded on July 10, 1894
  24. Georg Lichtenberg (born March 26, 1852 in Hanover; † May 21, 1908 there)
    Mayor of Linden, Governor of the Province of Hanover
    Awarded on April 2, 1895
    Lichtenberg became the first and only honorary citizen of the city of Linden for his services . When they were incorporated in 1920, his entry in Hanover was adopted.
  25. Alfred von Waldersee (born April 8, 1832 in Potsdam, † March 5, 1904 in Hanover)
    Field Marshal General of the Prussian Army
    Awarded on April 27, 1900
  26. Julius Berend (born October 20, 1820 in Berlin, † March 24, 1904 in Hanover)
    Court actor
    Awarded 1900
  27. Paul von Hindenburg (born October 2, 1847 in Posen, † August 2, 1934 in Neudeck, East Prussia)
    Field Marshal General of the Prussian Army, lived in Hanover from 1920–1925, President of the Reich from 1925
    Awarded on August 26, 1915
  28. Otto von Emmich (born August 4, 1848 in Minden; † December 22, 1915 in Hanover)
    Commanding general of the German army, became general of the Hanover X. Army Corps in 1909. At the beginning of the First World War , his troops captured the Liège fortress .
    Awarded on August 26, 1915
  29. Heinrich Tramm (born March 13, 1854 in Hanover; † March 13, 1932 there)
    City director of Hanover 1891–1918. During his time the expansion of the Oststadt, the completion of the sewer system and the construction of the New Town Hall fall .
    Awarded on November 16, 1916
  30. Siegmund Seligmann (born August 19, 1853 in Verden; † October 12, 1925 in Hanover)
    Merchant and entrepreneur, since 1879 the first director of the Hanoverian Continental AG
    Awarded on August 19, 1923 on the occasion of his 70th birthday
  31. Gustav Fink (born July 3, 1854 in Hanover; † May 15, 1933 ibid)
    City director 1922–1925
    Awarded on September 22, 1925 on the occasion of his retirement
  32. Adolf Hitler (born April 20, 1889 in Braunau am Inn, † April 30, 1945 in Berlin)
    Reich Chancellor 1933–1945
    Awarded on April 6, 1933
    deleted from the list of honorary citizens by resolution of November 9, 1978
  33. Bernhard Rust (born September 30, 1883 in Hanover; † May 8, 1945 in Berne)
    Gauleiter of South Hanover-Braunschweig 1928–1940
    Awarded on April 6, 1933
    deleted from the list of honorary citizens by resolution of November 9, 1978
  34. Fritz Beindorff (born April 29, 1860 in Essen, † June 2, 1944 in Celle)
    Factory owner, consul and councilor
    Awarded on April 27, 1940
  35. Gustav Bratke (born July 29, 1878 in Hanover, † October 24, 1952 in Coburg)
    Mayor of Misburg 1919–1933, City Director 1946–1949, organized the first Hanover Fair in 1947
    Awarded on October 20, 1949
    In 1952 Bratke became an honorary citizen in Misburg, which was incorporated in 1974 .
  36. Wilhelm Weber (born January 6, 1879 in Hamburg; † July 12, 1961 in Hanover)
    Lord Mayor 1946–1956
    Awarded on November 28, 1956, on the occasion of his retirement
  37. Bernhard Sprengel (born April 17, 1899 in Warendorf; † January 22, 1985 in Hanover)
    Factory owner and patron of the arts, donated his considerable art collection to the city on his 70th birthday, which resulted in the Sprengel Museum
    Awarded on April 17, 1969
  38. August Holweg (born October 21, 1905 in Linden; † May 21, 1989 in Hanover)
    Mayor 1956–1972, significantly involved in the expansion of the Herrenhausen Gardens , the Medical University , the Hanover city railway and the History Museum
    Awarded on January 19, 1972
  39. Rudolf Hillebrecht (born February 26, 1910 in Linden; March 6, 1999 in Hanover)
    City planning officer, completely redesigned the city center after the Second World War
    Awarded on February 26, 1980
  40. August Closs (born August 9, 1898 in Neumarkt in Steiermark, † June 21, 1990 in Bristol)
    Co-founder of the city partnership between Hanover and Bristol .
    Awarded on August 31, 1987
  41. Hinrich Seidel (born November 7, 1931 in Rendsburg; † February 18, 2020 in Hanover)
    University professor, from 1976 to 1997 Rector / President of the Technical University / University of Hanover
    Awarded on January 20, 1990
  42. Niki de Saint Phalle (born October 29, 1930 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, † May 21, 2002 in San Diego)
    Painter and sculptor, became known in Germany in 1974 when she set up her "Nanas" on the banks of the Leine on today's sculpture mile.
    Awarded November 17, 2000
  43. Gerhard Schröder (born April 7, 1944 in Mossenberg, Lippe)
    Prime Minister of Lower Saxony 1990–1998, Federal Chancellor 1998–2005
    Awarded on February 24, 2006
  44. Herbert Schmalstieg (born June 8, 1943 in Hanover)
    Lord Mayor from 1972 to 2006
    Awarded on February 2, 2007

See also

literature

Web links

Commons : Honorary citizens of Hanover  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Klaus Mlynek : Kielmannsegg (e), Counts of, (1) Carl Rudolph August. In: Dirk Böttcher , Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , p. 198 and others, online via Google books