List of honorary citizens of Kronberg im Taunus
The city of Kronberg im Taunus has awarded the following people honorary citizenship .
Note: The listing is done chronologically according to the date of award.
The honorary citizens of the city of Kronberg im Taunus
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Dr. med. by Bertrand
- Royal Prussian first lieutenant, doctor
- Awarded in 1851
- Bertrand, who came from Bonn, was probably a spa guest in Kronberg several times and treated patients during this time. At the request of the council member Johann Ellenberger, he was given honorary citizenship in recognition of his self-sacrificing service to the local people.
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Jacques Reiss (born March 4, 1807 in Frankfurt am Main, † March 17, 1887 in Frankfurt am Main)
- Merchant, banker
- Awarded in 1864
- In 1863, Reiß acquired the site of the former cold water sanatorium in Kronberg and built Villa Schönbusch here as a family home. At his instigation, the Cronberger Eisenbahngesellschaft was founded to build a rail link between Rödelheim and Kronberg. He supported the local poor fund with considerable donations.
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Johann Adam Hermann Osterrieth (born August 15, 1792 in Frankfurt am Main, † August 14, 1868 in Kronberg im Taunus)
- Merchant (hide handler)
- Awarded in 1864
- Osterrieth discovered a mineral spring on excursions on the Mammolshain slope (see also Kronthal Spring Park ). With their water he built up a commercial distribution and built a health resort (on Mammolshain district). In 1858 he settled in a villa below Kronberg Castle. The city awarded him honorary citizenship for his work alongside Jacques Reiss in building the Cronberger Railway.
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Wilhelm Bernhard Bonn (born March 16, 1843 in Frankfurt am Main; † October 21, 1910 in Kronberg im Taunus), as well as his brothers Philipp Bonn , Leopold Bonn and Moritz Bonn
- banker
- Awarded in 1891
- In 1891, together with his brothers Philipp and Leopold, Bonn founded the Baruch and Betty Bonn'sche pension house of the Cronberg community , named after his parents, which welcomed the poor, the sick and the elderly. Ten years later he founded the Association for Holiday Colonies for Poor and Sick Schoolchildren and had a rest home built in Schönberg for Frankfurt students.
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Anton Burger (born November 14, 1824 in Frankfurt am Main; † July 6, 1905 in Kronberg im Taunus)
- painter
- Awarded in 1894
- Burger had settled permanently in Kronberg at the end of the 1850s. The Kronberg painter colony developed around his house and studio, built in 1876/77. On the occasion of his 70th birthday, the city of Kronberg made him an honorary citizen.
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Adolf Schreyer (born July 9, 1828 in Frankfurt am Main; † July 29, 1899 in Kronberg im Taunus)
- painter
- Awarded in 1895
- The horse painter Schreyer lived permanently in Kronberg from 1870/71. After donating fire extinguishers to the local volunteer fire brigade, they made him an honorary member. The city gave him honorary citizenship for his services to fire fighting and the poor.
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Carl Kannegießer (born March 29, 1848 in Essen, † April 8, 1921 in Wiesbaden)
- Large industrialist
- Awarded in 1901
- The Kannengießer, who came from the Ruhr area, had expanded his coal wholesale business into a consortium of mining companies operating throughout the Reich. After his appointment to the Commerce Council, he settled in Wiesbaden. In Kronberg he generously sponsored the erection of the Kaiser-Friedrich-Monument in 1901. The city thanked him for his commitment by making him an honorary citizen.
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Karl Wilhelm von Meister (born February 3, 1863 in Frankfurt am Main, † February 14, 1935 in Geneva)
- District administrator, district president, diplomat
- Awarded in 1902
- As the district administrator of the Obertaunus district in Bad Homburg, he significantly promoted the construction of the hospital in Kronberg, which opened in 1899. He suggested the erection of the Kaiser Friedrich monument and was the initiator of the foundation of the non-profit building cooperative Kronberg-Schönberg , which created inexpensive living space for the socially disadvantaged.
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Georg Jamin (born October 25, 1825 in Kronberg im Taunus; † February 7, 1909 in Kronberg im Taunus)
- mayor
- Awarded in 1905
- Jamin served as mayor of Kronberg for over forty years from 1864 to 1905. During his tenure, the place developed into a preferred villa suburb of neighboring Frankfurt. He actively supported the connection of the place to the railway network, ran the construction of a new elementary school and an efficient water supply and disposal network. When he left office, the city made him an honorary citizen.
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Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Schulte (born May 2, 1868 in Siegen, † June 19, 1933 in Kronberg im Taunus)
- mayor
- Awarded in 1921
- Schulte, previously head of the city council, took over the office of mayor from Karl Eugen Pietsch, who died in the war, and remained in office on an honorary basis until 1921. He was granted honorary citizenship for his great services, which he had earned during the difficult war and occupation times.
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Paul von Hindenburg (born October 2, 1847 in Posen, † August 2, 1934 at Gut Neudeck)
- Awarded in April 1933
- President of the empire
- As in many other German cities, Hindenburg was made an honorary citizen. The award was run by the National Socialist councilors in the Kronberg town hall.
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Carl Rudolf Walther vom Rath (born September 11, 1857 in Amsterdam, † February 2, 1940 in Kronberg im Taunus)
- deputy chairman of the IG Farbenindustrie, politician
- Awarded in 1938
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Louis Leisler Kiep (born January 10, 1884 in Glasgow, † June 30, 1962)
- Manager
- Awarded in 1960
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Anton Henrich (born July 4, 1897 - † November 25, 1973)
- City councilor and executive mayor
- Awarded in 1972
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Julius Hembus (born July 23, 1903 in Kronberg im Taunus, † April 20, 1983 in Kronberg im Taunus)
- Civil engineer
- Awarded in 1978
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Helmut Bode (born October 21, 1910 in Kronberg im Taunus, † July 20, 1988 in Kronberg im Taunus)
- Publicist, local researcher
- Awarded in 1980
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Carl Rudolph Neubronner (born January 13, 1896 in Kronberg im Taunus, † November 19, 1997 in Kronberg im Taunus)
- engineer
- Awarded in 1984
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Christa Jaenich (born September 27, 1914 in Northeim, † 2004)
- City councilors and city elders
- Awarded in 1993
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Hanna Feldmann (* 1923 in Kronberg im Taunus, † 2003 in Königstein im Taunus)
- Local researcher, local poet, author, founding member of the 1. Kronberger Laienspielschar and the Kronberg association
- Awarded in 2003
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Rudolf Möller (born July 29, 1928 in Kronberg im Taunus; † February 12, 2008 in Kronberg im Taunus)
- mayor
- Awarded in 2005
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Wolfgang Ronner (born March 30, 1921 in Goldberg, Lower Silesia; † October 21, 2008 in Kronberg im Taunus)
- Historian, writer
- Awarded in 2005
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Herbert Alsheimer (born February 4, 1931 in Frankfurt; † March 11, 2013 in Kronberg-Oberhöchstadt)
- University professor (economics), author ("The Vatican in Kronberg")
- Awarded in 2008
literature
- Association for History Kronberg im Taunus e. V .: Honorary citizen, city elders, holder of the plaque of honor and the certificate of honor of the city of Kronberg im Taunus. Kronberger Geschichtsblätter, booklet 10. Kronberg im Taunus 2001