List of honorary citizens of Kassel

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This list of honorary citizens of the city of Kassel shows the awards of honorary citizenship in chronological order :

  • 1830: Maximilian von Ditfurth , lieutenant and captain * May 10, 1806 in Munich † August 8, 1861 in Marburg
  • 1834: Karl Schomburg , retired Lord Mayor D. * October 11, 1791 in Grebenstein † July 4, 1841 in Mihla near Eisenach
  • 1836: Karl Wilhelm Wippermann , retired mayor D. * December 1, 1800 in Rinteln † March 23, 1857 in Rinteln
  • 1847: Louis Spohr , general music director and court music director * April 5, 1784 in Braunschweig † October 22, 1859 in Kassel
  • 1850: Bernhard Eberhard , Minister of the State of Hesse * April 7, 1796 in Schlüchtern † February 29, 1860 in Hanau
  • 1850: Moritz von Baumbach , Minister of State and Justice of the State of Hesse * February 25, 1789 in Gemünden † June 15, 1871 in Kassel
  • 1856: Johann Peter Heraeus , Senior Medical Director * January 15, 1790 in Hanau † January 4, 1857 in Kassel
  • 1856: Ludwig Schwarzenberg , senior court attorney * November 27, 1787 in Kassel † October 26, 1857 in Kassel
  • 1859: Karl Bernhardi , state librarian * October 9, 1799 in Ottrau † August 1, 1874 in Kassel
  • 1862: Friedrich Oetker , senior court attorney, editor * April 9, 1809 in Rehren, † February 17, 1881 in Berlin
  • 1866: Eduard von Moeller , senior president a. D. * June 3, 1814 in Minden † November 2, 1880 in Kassel
  • 1866: Franz von Werder , Governor General of Kurhessen * October 26, 1788 in Magdeburg † June 30, 1869 in Potsdam
  • 1873: Heinrich Henkel , Counselor * January 9, 1802 in Schmalkalden † June 26, 1873 in Kassel
  • 1876: Julius von Bose , General * September 12, 1809 in Sangerhausen † July 22, 1894 in Wernigerode
  • 1885: August Albrecht , police chief * January 14, 1813 in Heilgenstadt, † March 22, 1886 in Hofgeismar
  • 1890: Otto von Bismarck , Reich Chancellor * April 1, 1815 in Schönhausen (Elbe) † July 30, 1898 in Friedrichsruh
  • 1893: George André Lenoir , chemist * February 5, 1825 in Kassel † November 2, 1909 in Meran (South Tyrol)
  • 1895: Gustav Adolf Hupfeld , Privy Councilor of Justice * May 2, 1823 in Lichtenau. † April 9, 1897 in Kassel
  • 1899: Eduard von Magdeburg , Upper President of the Hesse-Nassau Province * October 16, 1844 in Biebrich † January 15, 1932 in Potsdam
  • 1903: Friedrich Carl Endemann , Vice Mayor and Deputy Mayor, born April 10, 1833 in Marburg, † June 30, 1909 in Kassel
  • 1912: Karl Pfeiffer , City Councilor, * February 17, 1844 in Kassel, † October 17, 1912 in Kassel
  • 1914: Josias von Heeringen , Colonel General * March 9, 1850 in Kassel, † October 9, 1926 in Charlottenburg
  • 1919: Paul von Hindenburg , Field Marshal General and Reich President * October 2, 1847 in Posen , † August 2, 1934 at Gut Neudeck
  • 1919: Georg Seidler , alderman, born February 21, 1842 in Kassel, † December 26, 1923 in Kassel
  • 1951: Theodor Schröder , President of the Landesversicherungsanstalt Hessen-Nassau a. D. * March 8, 1860 in Kassel, † October 2, 1951 in Helmarshausen
  • 1951: Wilhelm Kniest , honorary master of the carpenter's guild, born April 11, 1863 in Hamburg, † August 10, 1951 in Kassel
  • 1956: Sara Nussbaum , born November 29, 1868 in Merzhausen (Willingshausen), † December 13, 1956 in Kassel
  • 1957: Georg-August Zinn , Prime Minister of the State of Hesse, * May 27, 1901 in Frankfurt am Main, † March 27, 1976 in Frankfurt am Main
  • 1960: August Bode , factory owner, born September 28, 1875 in Kassel, † December 11, 1960 in Kassel
  • 1960: Georg Häring , Minister of Agriculture, Governor, born March 5, 1885 in Augsburg, † August 24, 1973 in Kassel
  • 1964: Rudolf Freidhof , member of the government, * September 23, 1888 in Gerlachsheim-Baden, † December 25, 1983 in Kassel
  • 1966: Fritz Catta , architect * January 11, 1886 in Wiesbaden † September 17, 1968 in Kassel
  • 1970: Willi Seidel , Lord Mayor, born November 1, 1885 in Kassel, † March 9, 1976 in Kassel
  • 1975: Karl Branner , Lord Mayor, born September 11, 1910 in Kassel, † October 17, 1997 in Kassel
  • 1980: Rolf Lucas , Vice President of the Hessian State Parliament Full-time managing director of documenta GmbH, * December 15, 1916 in Siegburg, † August 27, 1980 in Kassel
  • 1984: Elisabeth Selbert , lawyer and politician, one of the four mothers of the Basic Law * September 22, 1896 in Kassel † June 9, 1986 in Kassel
  • 1987: Christine Brückner , writer * December 10, 1921, † December 21, 1996 Kassel
  • 1988: Holger Börner , Prime Minister of Hesse (1976–1987), born February 7, 1931 in Kassel, † August 2, 2006 in Kassel
  • 1989: Max Danz , doctor, co-founder and vice-president of the National Olympic Committee (NOK), born September 6, 1908 in Kassel, † June 20, 2000 in Kassel
  • 2010: Richard Wurbs (FDP), Vice President of the German Bundestag (1979–1984), born August 16, 1920 in Kassel, † September 9, 2018
  • 2010: Jochen Lengemann , President of the State Parliament (CDU), born January 10, 1938 in Kassel
  • 2010: Hans Krollmann , Minister of State (SPD), born November 7, 1929 in Werdau