List of honorary citizens of Kulmbach

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Coat of arms of the city of Kulmbach

The honorary citizenship is the highest municipal award of the city of Kulmbach . The city also awards a silver and a gold citizen medal.

Since 1848 the following people have been made honorary citizens. The honorary citizenship of the factory owner Hans Sauermann was revoked by the National Socialists. The honorary citizenships bestowed on Adolf Hitler, Hans Schemm, Oskar Petschke and Todt during the Nazi era were revoked by a city council resolution at the end of 1945.

Note: The listing is done chronologically according to the date of award.

The honorary citizens of the city of Kulmbach

  1. Johann Peter Apollonius Weltrich (born April 30, 1781 in Kulmbach, † August 23, 1850 in Kulmbach)
    Rent officer
    Awarded in 1843
  2. Carl Rosenkrantz († 1893)
    mayor
    Awarded on January 1, 1888
  3. Theodor Leopold Landgraf († 1908)
    Kgl. Chief Magistrate
    Awarded on April 30, 1890
  4. Michel Täffner († May 16, 1900)
    Kgl. Commerce Council
    Awarded on November 2, 1897
  5. Hermann Limmer († November 18, 1921)
    Kgl. Kommerzienrat, member of the state parliament
    Awarded on October 5, 1900
  6. Fritz Hornschuch (1874–1955)
    Commerzienrat, spinning mill director
    Awarded on September 16, 1922
    • Hans Sauermann († May 17, 1933)
    Factory owner
    Awarded on January 4, 1923, revoked by the National Socialists
  7. Wilhelm Meußdoerffer (1858–1931)
    Commerce Council
    Awarded on September 15, 1927
  8. Wilhelm Schröder († April 14, 1938)
    Commerce Council
    Awarded on September 4, 1930
  9. Paul von Hindenburg (born October 2, 1847 in Posen, † August 2, 1934 at Gut Neudeck)
    President of the empire
    Awarded on April 27, 1933
    • Adolf Hitler (born April 20, 1889 in Braunau am Inn, † April 30, 1945 in Berlin)
    Chancellor
    Awarded on April 27, 1933, revoked at the end of 1945
    • Hans Schemm (born October 6, 1891 in Bayreuth; † March 5, 1935 in Bayreuth)
    Minister of Education
    Awarded on April 27, 1933, revoked at the end of 1945
    • Oskar Petschke
    Commerce Council
    Awarded on April 27, 1933, revoked at the end of 1945
    • Fritz Todt (born September 4, 1891 in Pforzheim; † February 8, 1942 near Rastenburg)
    General Inspector for German Roads
    Awarded on September 23, 1937, revoked at the end of 1945
  10. Michel Weiß († April 10, 1951)
    Painter
    Awarded on November 20, 1947
  11. Eduard Meußdoerffer (1881–1966)
    Factory owner
    Awarded on January 25, 1956
  12. Georg Hagen (born September 12, 1887 in Kulmbach; † November 18, 1958 in Munich)
    Lord Mayor
    Awarded on July 24, 1957
  13. Hans Herold († November 27, 1964)
    Master baker, innkeeper, 3rd mayor
    Awarded on May 22, 1959
  14. Albert Ruckdeschel († 1971)
    Factory owner
    Awarded on January 14, 1965
  15. Heinrich Weiskopf († 1986)
    Lawyer and City Councilor
    Awarded in 1973
  16. Karl Herold (born November 6, 1921 in Kulmbach; † September 1, 1977 ibid.)
    Member of the Bundestag, Parliamentary State Secretary
    Awarded in 1977
  17. Max Beyerlein († 1983)
    mayor
    Awarded in 1978
  18. Erich Stammberger († 2004)
    Lord Mayor ret. D.
    Awarded in 1996
  19. Thomas Gottschalk (born May 18, 1950 in Bamberg)
    Moderator
    Awarded in 2001
  20. Horst Uhlemann (born January 9, 1928 - August 20, 2011)
    publisher
    Awarded on April 14, 2002
    Uhlemann was made an honorary citizen for his extraordinary services to the common good and the economy of the city.
  21. Horst Kühne
    Entrepreneur
    Awarded in 2005
  22. Hans Albert Ruckdeschel
    Entrepreneur
    Awarded in 2007

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