List of honorary citizens of Landsberg am Lech

The city of Landsberg am Lech has given eleven people honorary citizenship since 1859 .

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

The honorary citizens of the city of Landsberg am Lech

Johann Leonhard Albrecht Kühlmann (* 1794 - May 18, 1879)

kgl. advice and squeaking rent official

Awarded in 1859
Ludwig Bauer

kgl. city and regional judges a. D.

Awarded in 1878
Otto Ritter von Kühlmann (born November 28, 1834 in Landsberg am Lech, † September 18, 1915 in Munich)

General Director

Awarded in 1889
Sir Hubert Ritter von Herkomer (born May 26, 1849 in Waal, † March 31, 1914 in Budleigh Salterton, Devonshire)

Painter, sculptor, musician and writer

Awarded in 1907
Johann Baptist Winklhofer (born June 23, 1859 in Munich; † March 28, 1949 in Landsberg am Lech)

Commerce Council

Awarded in 1918
Josef Johann Schober († March 31, 1925)

Study professor at the royal secondary school, city archivist

Awarded in 1918
Adolf Hitler (born April 20, 1889 in Braunau am Inn, Upper Austria, † April 30, 1945 in Berlin)

Fuehrer and Chancellor

Awarded April 24, 1933 - revoked after 1945
Wilhelm Weidringer († August 21, 1960)

Senior Director of Studies

Awarded in 1949
Hanns Hamberger (born September 11, 1923 in Unterbernbach ; † January 20, 2013 in Landsberg am Lech)

Lord Mayor ret. D.

Awarded in 1993
Gabriel Beißer (* 1930/31; † March 19, 2009 in Dinkelsbühl )

Spiritual councilor, parish priest

Awarded in 1999
Siegfried Meister (* October 7, 1938; † July 28, 2017)

Entrepreneur, founder of Rational, now Rational AG

Awarded in 2008