List of honorary citizens of Cologne

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Certificate conferring honorary citizenship on Alfred Neven DuMont in 2001

The city of Cologne has granted honorary citizenship to 24 people since 1856 .

As early as 1823, the Cologne City Council had awarded the art collector Ferdinand Franz Wallraf with an oak wreath as a citizen's crown and given him a cup of honor. Later, the term "ore citizen" was coined for Wallraf, which is equivalent to a preliminary form of honorary citizenship.

Between 1933 and 1945 Paul von Hindenburg , Adolf Hitler , Hermann Göring , Robert Ley , Alfred Rosenberg and Joseph Goebbels were also honorary citizens of the city of Cologne. At its meeting on April 27, 1989, the city council decided unanimously that the resolutions passed during the Nazi era to grant honorary citizenship were void from the start.

Note: The listing takes place chronologically according to the date of the award by decision of the Council of the City of Cologne

The honorary citizens of the city of Cologne

Otto von Bismarck
Heinrich von Stephan
Konrad Adenauer
Frings sculpture in Cologne
Heinrich Boell
Willy Millowitsch
Gerhard Richter
Hedwig Neven DuMont
  1. Franz Egon Graf von Fürstenberg-Stammheim (born March 24, 1797 at Herdringen Castle; † December 20, 1859 in Cologne)
    royal Prussian chamberlain
    Council decision of December 18, 1856
  2. Ernst Moritz Arndt (born December 26, 1769 in Groß Schoritz; † January 29, 1860 in Bonn)
    Freedom poet
    Council resolution of December 9, 1859, awarded on December 26, 1859
  3. Otto Fürst von Bismarck (born April 1, 1815 in Schönhausen, † July 30, 1898 in Friedrichsruh)
    Chancellor
    Council resolution of April 1, 1875
  4. Helmuth Graf von Moltke (born October 26, 1800 in Parchim; † April 24, 1891 in Berlin)
    Field Marshal General
    Council decision of June 9, 1879
  5. Gustav von Mevissen (born May 20, 1815 in Dülken; † August 13, 1899 in Bad Godesberg)
    Secret Commerce Council
    Council resolution of April 25, 1895, awarded on May 20, 1895
  6. August Reichensperger (born March 22, 1808 in Koblenz, † July 16, 1895 in Cologne)
    Appeals judge
    Council resolution of April 25, 1895, awarded on May 20, 1895
  7. Heinrich von Stephan (born January 7, 1831 in Stolp, † April 8, 1897 in Berlin)
    State Secretary
    Council decision of April 25, 1895
  8. Friedrich Wilhelm von Becker (* July 12, 1835 in Tangermünde; † January 11, 1924 in Cologne-Marienburg)
    Lord Mayor
    Council resolution of July 12, 1905, awarded on July 12, 1905
  9. Alexander Schnütgen (born February 22, 1843 in Steele / Ruhr; † November 24, 1918 in Listernohl)
    Cathedral Chapter
    Council decision of October 26, 1910
    President of the empire
    Council resolution of March 30, 1933, revoked on April 27, 1989
    • Adolf Hitler (born April 20, 1889 in Braunau am Inn, † April 30, 1945 in Berlin)
    Chancellor
    Council resolution of March 30, 1933, revoked on April 27, 1989
    • Hermann Göring (born January 12, 1893 in Rosenheim, † October 15, 1946 in Nuremberg)
    Prussian Prime Minister
    Council resolution of June 28, 1934, revoked on April 27, 1989
    • Robert Ley (born February 15, 1890 in Niederbreidenbach, † October 25, 1945 in Nuremberg)
    Head of Reich Organization, Head of DAF
    Council decision of February 15, 1937, revoked on April 27, 1989
    • Alfred Rosenberg (born January 12, 1893 in Reval, † October 16, 1946 in Nuremberg)
    Reichsleiter of the NSDAP
    Council resolution of April 26, 1939, revoked on April 27, 1989
    • Joseph Goebbels (born October 29, 1897 in Rheydt, † May 1, 1945 in Berlin)
    Reich Minister for Public Enlightenment and Propaganda
    Council resolution of May 20, 1939, revoked on April 27, 1989
  10. Hans Böckler (born February 26, 1875 in Trautskirchen; † February 16, 1951 in Cologne)
    Chairman of the DGB
    Council resolution of January 2, 1951, awarded on January 4, 1951
  11. Konrad Adenauer (born January 5, 1876 in Cologne, † April 19, 1967 in Rhöndorf)
    Lord Mayor and Federal Chancellor
    Council resolution of January 2, 1951, awarded on January 4, 1951
  12. Theodor Heuss (born January 31, 1884 in Brackenheim; † December 12, 1963 in Stuttgart)
    Federal President
    Council resolution of June 25, 1959, awarded on August 26, 1959
  13. Josef Cardinal Frings (born February 6, 1887 in Neuss, † December 17, 1978 in Cologne)
    archbishop
    Council decision of June 2, 1967, awarded on June 22, 1967
  14. Theo Burauen (born October 19, 1906 in Cologne, † October 28, 1987 in Cologne)
    Lord Mayor
    Council decision of December 20, 1973, awarded on January 17, 1974
  15. Peter Ludwig (born July 9, 1925 in Koblenz, † July 22, 1996 in Aachen)
    Manufacturer and art collector
    Council decision of September 25, 1975, awarded on October 14, 1975
  16. Heinrich Böll (born December 21, 1917 in Cologne, † July 16, 1985 in Kreuzau-Langenbroich)
    Writer, Nobel Prize Winner in Literature
    Council resolution of November 25, 1982, awarded on April 25, 1983
  17. Willy Millowitsch (born January 8, 1909 in Cologne, † September 20, 1999 in Cologne)
    Folk actor
    Council decision of November 17, 1988, awarded on March 17, 1989
  18. John van Nes Ziegler (born May 20, 1921 in Cologne, † November 14, 2006 in Cologne)
    Lord Mayor and President of the State Parliament
    Council decision of April 23, 1991, awarded on May 21, 1991
  19. Irene Ludwig (born June 17, 1927 in Aachen, † November 28, 2010 in Aachen)
    Art collector and donor
    Council decision of December 13, 1994, awarded on February 21, 1995
  20. Norbert Burger (born November 24, 1932 in Cologne; † May 16, 2012 in Cologne)
    Lord Mayor
    Council decision of October 21, 1999, awarded on November 24, 1999
  21. Hans Imhoff (born March 12, 1922 in Cologne, † December 21, 2007 in Cologne)
    Manufacturer
    Council decision of July 3, 2001, awarded on November 4, 2001
  22. Alfred Neven DuMont (born March 29, 1927 in Cologne; † May 30, 2015 in Cologne)
    publisher
    Council decision of July 3, 2001, awarded on November 4, 2001
  23. Gerhard Richter (born February 9, 1932 in Dresden)
    Visual artist
    Council resolution of November 3, 2005, awarded on April 16, 2007
  24. Hedwig Neven DuMont (born August 9, 1946 in Seekirchen)
    Publisher's wife
    Council resolution of February 6, 2020, award on August 16, 2020

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Zahn, Robert: Ferdinand Franz Wallraf - The only "Erzbürger of Cologne" in: Topography: History Wallrafplatz, website www.Campi-im-Funkhaus.de [1] ; also: Schwedt, Herbert: The Prince, the Rhine, the Carnival. Ways of civil carnival in: Fastnacht / Carnival in European comparison, ed. by Michael Matheus, Stuttgart 1999, p. 65 [2] and a.
  2. ↑ On the history of the city of Cologne, part 1, section Who are the city's honorary citizens? . Archives in North Rhine-Westphalia, accessed on January 3, 2014 .
  3. ↑ More fame for the city. Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger , November 3, 2005, accessed January 3, 2014 .
  4. ↑ AfD voted against Hedwig Neven DuMont made an honorary citizen of Cologne. Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger , February 6, 2020, accessed on February 6, 2020 .
  5. ↑ City of Cologne press release of February 6, 2020: Hedwig Neven DuMont receives the highest Cologne award , accessed on February 6, 2020
  6. ↑ ksta.de from August 16, 2020: Hedwig Neven DuMont honored honorary citizen of the city of Cologne at the ceremony , accessed on August 17, 2020