List of honorary citizens of Koblenz
The Peter Altmeier Monument in Koblenz
The list of honorary citizens of Koblenz names all persons who have received honorary citizenship of the city of Koblenz since 1868 . To date, the right has been granted to 23 people, whereby this dignity was subsequently revoked for six people.
| number | Surname | function | Date of award |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philipp Krementz | cardinal | February 19, 1868 |
| 2 | Gustav Friedrich von Beyer | General and Commander of the Koblenz Fortress | January 17, 1879 |
| 3 | Moritz von Bardeleben | Upper President of the Rhine Province | February 9, 1886 |
| 4th | August Reichensperger | Lawyer and politician | March 16, 1892 |
| 5 | Otto von Bismarck | Chancellor | March 14, 1895 |
| 6th | Berthold von Nasse | Upper President of the Rhine Province | June 19, 1901 |
| 7th | Julius Fischel | Secret Justice Council | October 2, 1901 |
| 8th | Julius Wegeler | Commerce Councilor and City Councilor | May 25, 1904 |
| 9 | Clemens Freiherr von Schorlemer-Lieser | Upper President of the Rhine Province | June 22, 1910 |
| Paul von Hindenburg | Field Marshal General and President | September 28, 1917 (revoked May 15, 2020) | |
| 10 | Eduard Müller | Secret Justice Council | December 5, 1917 |
| 11 | Georg von Rheinbaben | Upper President of the Rhine Province | March (?) 1918 |
| Johannes Fuchs | Upper President of the Rhine Province | November 13, 1929 (withdrawal March 13, 1935, revocation June 21, 1946) | |
| Karl Russell | Lord Mayor | June 23, 1931 (revocation April 19, 1933, revocation July 17, 1933) | |
| Adolf Hitler | Chancellor | March 25, 1933 (revoked June 27, 1985) | |
| Konstantin Hierl | Reich Labor Leader | September 26, 1935 (revoked May 15, 2003) | |
| Fritz Michel | Doctor and art historian | September 17, 1952 (revoked May 15, 2020) | |
| 12 | Peter Altmeier | Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate | July 16, 1959 |
| 13 | Josef Schnorbach | Lord Mayor | July 11, 1963 |
| 14th | Erich Franke | Local politician and homeland researcher | June 11, 1981 |
| 15th | Willi Hört | Lord Mayor | June 29, 1995 |
| 16 | Valery Giscard d'Estaing | French President | October 22, 2006 |
| 17th | Eberhard Schulte-Wissermann | Lord Mayor | December 10, 2019 |
literature
- Helmut Kampmann: When stones speak. Memorial plaques and memorial plaques in Koblenz. Fuck-Verlag, Koblenz 1992, 272 pp. ISBN 3-9803142-0-0
- Wolfgang Schütz: Koblenz heads. People from the city's history - namesake for streets and squares. Verlag für Werbung Blätter GmbH Mülheim-Kärlich, Ed .: Bernd Weber, 2005 (2nd revised and expanded edition).
Web links
- Honorary citizen of the city of Koblenz in: koblenz.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Honorary citizen of the city of Koblenz. koblenz.de , accessed on September 13, 2013 .
- ↑ a b ( page no longer available , search in web archives: honorary citizenship is revoked - city council distanced itself from Hitler and Hierl ) in: Rhein-Zeitung , 13 May 2003
- ↑ August 16, 1959. Peter Altmeier was an honorary citizen of Koblenz. ( Memento from January 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) in: Landeshauptarchiv Koblenz