List of honorary citizens of Karlsruhe
The following list contains honorary citizens of the city of Karlsruhe since 1821 . The persons are listed chronologically according to the granting of honorary citizenship.
appointment | Honorary citizen | comment | image |
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March 16, 1821 | Wilhelm Ludwig Leopold Reinhard Freiherr von Berstett | Baden Minister of the Grand Ducal House | |
March 16, 1821 | Karl Christian Freiherr von Berckheim | Baden Minister of the Interior 1821–1831 | |
October 20, 1830 | Johann Georg Stulz von Ortenberg | "Fashion King of London" | |
April 25, 1833 | Karl Benjamin Friedrich Scholl | Founder of various social and charitable organizations | |
March 1, 1834 | Karl Ludwig Freiherr von Lotzbeck | Manufacturer | |
March 1, 1834 | Ferdinand Freiherr von Lotzbeck | Founder of social institutions, benefactor | |
November 5, 1839 | Carl Baumgartner | Director of the government of the Middle Rhine District in Rastatt 1839 ff. | |
November 11, 1849 | Konrad Gerber | Baden officer | |
March 20, 1851 | Johann Klauprecht | Director of the polytechnic school 1848–1857 | |
August 31, 1853 | Karl von Stößer | City director in Karlsruhe 1839–1853 | |
February 21, 1871 | Karl August Graf von Werder | Leader of the Baden troops in the war of 1870/1871 | |
November 14, 1893 | August Lamey | President of the Baden Ministry of the Interior 1861–1866 | |
April 1, 1895 | Otto von Bismarck | Imperial Chancellor 1871–1890 | |
October 22, 1900 | Wilhelm Klose | Painter | |
July 16, 1901 | Wilhelm Nokk | President of the Baden State Ministry 1893–1901 | |
July 27 or 28, 1911 | August Dürr | Merchant, city councilor or city councilor | |
March 26, 1915 | Frigate Captain Erich Koehler | Commander of the small cruiser Karlsruhe (sponsored ship of the city), which sank on November 4, 1914 after an ammunition explosion off the West Indies | |
March 29, 1916 | Karl Schrempp | Brewery director | |
December 21, 1917 | Friedrich Wolff | Manufacturer | |
July 28, 1919 | Hans Thoma | Painter, director of the Kunsthalle Karlsruhe 1899–1919 | |
March 31, 1947 | Heinrich Koehler | Customs officer, Baden Minister of Finance 1920–1927, President of Baden 1923/1924, 1926/1927, Reich Minister of Finance 1927–1928, Deputy Prime Minister of Württemberg-Baden. 1945–1949, Minister of Economic Affairs 1946 and Minister of Finance of Württemberg-Baden 1946–1949. | |
May 16, 1948 | Adam Remmele | Baden Minister 1919–1931, Baden State President 1922/1923, 1927/1928 | |
July 16, 1963 | Albert Kessler | Senior Director of Studies, City Councilor or City Councilor | |
September 22, 1964 | Heinrich Luebke | Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture and Forests 1953–1959, Federal President 1959–1969 | |
May 18, 1965 | Hermann Veit | Lawyer, politician (SPD), Lord Mayor 1945–1946, Member of the Bundestag , Member of the Bundestag (Baden-Württemberg), Minister of Economics of Württemberg-Baden and Baden-Württemberg | |
May 18, 1965 | Julius Bender | Bishop of the Evangelical Church in Baden 1945–1964 | |
May 18, 1965 | Kunigunde fisherman | City Councilor (SPD) | |
May 18, 1965 | Siegfried Kühn | President of the Baden State Insurance Company in Karlsruhe 1947–1953, President of the Badischer Sparkassen- und Giroverband in Mannheim 1953–1965 | |
March 1, 1966 | Pierre Wéber | Mayor of the twin town of Nancy 1961–1970 | |
17th December 1969 | Wilhelm Baur | Publisher and editor-in-chief of the Badische Neuesten Nachrichten | |
17th December 1969 | Gustav Heller | City Council (SPD) | |
June 16, 1970 | Günther Klotz | Lord Mayor 1952–1970 | |
October 10, 1981 | Franz Gurk | President of the state parliament of Baden-Württemberg 1960–1968 | |
October 10, 1981 | Alex Möller | Federal Minister of Finance 1969–1971 | |
May 13, 1986 | Otto Dullenkopf | Lord Mayor 1970–1986 | |
March 2, 1993 | Hanne Landgraf | City Councilor (SPD) | |
March 2, 1993 | Toni Menzinger | City Councilor (CDU) | |
July 18, 1995 | André Rossinot | Minister of the French Republic; Lord Mayor of the City of Nancy | |
July 21, 1998 | Gerhard Seiler | Lord Mayor 1986–1998, President of the German Association of Cities 1995–1997 | |
May 9, 2006 | Dieter Ludwig | Managing Director of Verkehrsbetriebe Karlsruhe 1976–2006; Managing Director of the Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft 1978–2006 | |
July 23, 2010 | Gerlinde Hämmerle | Politician and regional president of the Karlsruhe administrative district 1994–2005 | |
February 28, 2013 | Heinz Fenrich | Lord Mayor of Karlsruhe from 1998 to 2013 |
Temporarily honorary citizenship
The following people were initially granted honorary citizenship, but later revoked:
- March 26, 1915: Paul von Hindenburg - withdrawal December 11, 2018; former division commander in Karlsruhe
- May 10, 1933: Adolf Hitler - dismissal April 25, 1946; Chancellor
- May 10, 1933: Walter Köhler - withdrawal April 25, 1946; Prime Minister of Baden
- May 10, 1933: Robert Wagner - withdrawal April 25, 1946; Reichsstatthalter Baden, head of the civil administration in Alsace
- April 21, 1934: Hans Frank - withdrawal April 25, 1946; Governor General in Poland
- March 26, 1936: Hermann Göring - withdrawal April 25, 1946; Reichsmarschall and Commander in Chief of the Air Force
Web links
- Honorary citizens of the city of Karlsruhe
- List of honorary citizens of Karlsruhe in the Stadtwiki Karlsruhe
Individual evidence
- ^ Municipal council: delete with a note. In: City newspaper. City of Karlsruhe, December 14, 2018, accessed on December 17, 2018 .