List of honorary citizens of Loerrach

The honorary citizenship is the highest award of the Baden-Württemberg district town Loerrach .

Since 1818, 14 people have been granted honorary citizenship. In the course of the incorporation of the communities Brombach , Haagen and Tumringen , the honorary citizenships awarded there were taken over.

Because of the existing honorary citizenship of the painter and poet Hermann Burte , an advocate of the national ideology and supporter of National Socialist ideas, Federal President Theodor Heuss rejected the honorary citizenship of Lörrach.

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

The honorary citizens of the city of Loerrach

1. Franz Columban Maier (* 1786; † 1850)

   Grand Ducal District Tax Peraeguator

   Awarded in 1818

2. Reinhard Schellenberg (* 1814; † 1890)

   Evangelical dean in Lörrach and senior church councilor in Karlsruhe

   Awarded in 1873

3. Oskar Grether (* 1875; † 1929)

   Merchant in Basel, benefactor, pharmacist

   Awarded in Tumringen in 1920

4. Karl Friedrich Müller (* 1848; † 1929)

   Mayor of Haagen (1878–1922)

   Awarded in 1922 in Haagen

5. Erwin Gugelmeier (born January 15, 1879 in Bühl; † April / May 1945)

   Lord Mayor of the City of Lörrach (1906–1927)

   Awarded in 1927

6. Walter Köhler (born September 30, 1897 in Weinheim; † January 9, 1989 in Weinheim)

   Prime Minister of Baden

   Awarded in 1933 in Haagen

7. Adolf Ohm (* 1869; † 1937)

   Farmer and Mayor

   Awarded in 1935 in Tumringen

8. Ernst Schultz (* 1869; † 1937)

   Sparkasse director, founder of the Lörracher Heimatmuseum and its director (1932–1951)

   Awarded in 1936

9. Hermann Burte (born February 15, 1879 in Maulburg; † March 21, 1960 in Lörrach)

   Painter and poet

   Awarded in 1939

10. Max Laeuger (born September 30, 1864 in Lörrach; † December 12, 1952 in Lörrach)

    Architect, painter, ceramist and art teacher

    Awarded in 1939

11. Franz Ehret (* 1868; † 1951)

    Mayor of Brombach (1919–1933 and 1945–1946)

    Awarded in 1948 in Brombach

12. Ernst Rösch (* 1867; † 1953)

    Member of the state parliament in the Weimar Republic

    Awarded in 1948 in Haagen

13. Wilhelm Schöpflin (* 1881; † 1952)

    Manufacturer, promoter of art and culture

    Awarded in 1951 in Haagen

14. Julius Wilhelm (* 1873; † 1961)

    Monument curator of the district of Loerrach

    Awarded in 1953

15. Hans Schöpflin (* 1906; † 1985)

    Manufacturer and promoter of art

    Awarded in 1956 in Haagen

16. Gaston Perrot (* 1898; † 1980)

    Mayor of the city of Sens, founder of the city partnership between Sens and Lörrach

    Awarded in 1968

17. Hans Stössel (* 1893; † 1977)

    KBC General Manager

    Awarded in 1963

18. Albert Scheer (* 1885; † 1977)

    Baker, local councilor in Haagen (1919–1933 and 1945–1965), deputy mayor of the Haagen community

    Awarded in 1965 in Haagen

19. Adolf Strübe (* 1881; † 1973)

    Painter and sculptor

    Awarded in 1971

20. Etienne Braun (* 1925)

    Lord Mayor of the City of Sens

    Awarded in 1976

21. Egon Hugenschmidt (born June 24, 1925 in Lörrach-Stetten; † April 11, 2010)

    Lord Mayor of the City of Lörrach (1960–1984)

    Awarded 1983

22. Hans Unterseh (* 1930; † 2006)

    KBC General Manager

    Awarded in 1996

23. Helmut Bürgel (* 1951)

    Cultural advisor with cultural department and founder of the Voices Festival

    Awarded in 2012

24. Gudrun Today-Bluhm (* 1957)

    Lord Mayor of Lörrach (1995-2014)

    Awarded in 2014

25. Rainer Offergeld (* 1937)

    Lord Mayor of Lörrach (1978–1982)

    Award ceremony 2018

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