List of honorary citizens of Kaufbeuren

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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

  1. Adam Buchner
    Rector of the trade school
    Awarded on June 15, 1874
  2. Winfried Hörmann von Hörbach (* 1821; † 1896)
    Bavarian State Minister, District President of Swabia and Member of the Reichstag
    Awarded on September 10, 1886
  3. 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.
    Otto von Bismarck
  4. Carl Haffner Sr.
    Mayor from 1866–1875
    Awarded on April 3, 1894
  5. Otto von Bismarck (* 1815; † 1898)
    Chancellor
    Awarded on April 1, 1895
  6. Emmanuel Eduard Christa
    Evangelical pastor
    Awarded on January 1, 1908
  7. 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.
  8. Josef Landes (* 1841; † 1919)
    City pastor and member of the Reichstag
    Awarded on July 22, 1915
  9. Johann Leonhard Kluftinger (* 1843; † 1930)
    Consul and patron
    Awarded on April 23, 1923
  10. Christian Frank (* 1867; † 1942)
    Local history explorer
    Awarded on December 23, 1925
  11. Johann Peter Wahl (* 1867; † 1942)
    Brewery owner, ship manager and patron
    Awarded on July 24, 1929
  12. Paul von Hindenburg (* 1847; † 1934)
    Field Marshal General, President of the Reich
    Awarded on March 27, 1933
  13. Hermann Fink (* 1888; † 1959)
    Spiritual advice, cath. Parish priest
    Awarded on July 20, 1952

Honorary citizenship revoked

  1. 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.