List of honorary citizens of Kaufbeuren
The honorary citizenship is the highest municipal award of the city of Kaufbeuren . It is awarded to citizens who have made special contributions to the city. The legal basis is the respective municipal code.
Since 1874, among others, the following people have been made honorary citizens.
Note: The list is chronological according to the date of award and is incomplete. Former honorary citizens (honorary citizenship revoked) are named for reasons of transparency, but shown separately.
The honorary citizens of the city of Kaufbeuren
Honorary citizenship continued
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Adam Buchner
- Rector of the trade school
- Awarded on June 15, 1874
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Winfried Hörmann von Hörbach (* 1821; † 1896)
- Bavarian State Minister, District President of Swabia and Member of the Reichstag
- Awarded on September 10, 1886
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Georg von Hauberrisser (* 1841; † 1922)
- architect
- Awarded on March 4, 1887
- Hauberrisser was the architect of the new town hall in Kaufbeuren, which was built in 1879–81.
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Carl Haffner Sr.
- Mayor from 1866–1875
- Awarded on April 3, 1894
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Otto von Bismarck (* 1815; † 1898)
- Chancellor
- Awarded on April 1, 1895
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Emmanuel Eduard Christa
- Evangelical pastor
- Awarded on January 1, 1908
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Julius Probst
- Kaufmann (* 1829; † 1911)
- Awarded on February 14, 1909
- Probst donated considerable sums for the Martinskirche and the orphanage and founded a soup kitchen for those in need.
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Josef Landes (* 1841; † 1919)
- City pastor and member of the Reichstag
- Awarded on July 22, 1915
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Johann Leonhard Kluftinger (* 1843; † 1930)
- Consul and patron
- Awarded on April 23, 1923
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Christian Frank (* 1867; † 1942)
- Local history explorer
- Awarded on December 23, 1925
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Johann Peter Wahl (* 1867; † 1942)
- Brewery owner, ship manager and patron
- Awarded on July 24, 1929
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Paul von Hindenburg (* 1847; † 1934)
- Field Marshal General, President of the Reich
- Awarded on March 27, 1933
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Hermann Fink (* 1888; † 1959)
- Spiritual advice, cath. Parish priest
- Awarded on July 20, 1952
Honorary citizenship revoked
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Adolf Hitler (* 1889 - † 1945)
- Fuehrer, Chancellor
- Awarded on April 27, 1933
- Revoked in 1971 by a city council resolution
literature
- Marianne Feix: honorary citizen of the city of Kaufbeuren . Admission work. Munich 1972.
- H. Kübler: The City of Kaufbeuren's Book of Honor since 1925 . In: Heimatverein Kaufbeuren e. V. (Ed.): Kaufbeurer history sheets . Volume 8. Kaufbeuren 1978/1980, pp. 356-359.