List of honorary citizens of Laufen
The honorary citizenship is the highest municipal award the city running . They are awarded by resolution of the city council.
Since 1897 the following people have been made honorary citizens. The honorary citizenships granted to Adolf Hitler, Franz Ritter von Epp, Adolf Wagner and Kreisleiter Kammerer during the period of National Socialism under the pressure of District Commissioner Koppheister's threat of immediate dissolution of the City Council were revoked on June 11, 1945.
After 1967 no more honorary citizenship was granted. Deserving citizens are honored with the Laufen Citizen Medal.
The honorary citizens of the city of Laufen
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Anton Megele (1827–1905)
- royal chief magistrate, local history researcher
- Awarded in 1897
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Dr. Robert Einhauser (1871–1931)
- Higher government councilor, member of the state parliament
- Awarded in 1931
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Paul von Hindenburg (born October 2, 1847 in Posen, † August 2, 1934 at Gut Neudeck)
- President of the empire
- Awarded in 1933
- Adolf Hitler (born April 20, 1889 in Braunau am Inn, † April 30, 1945 in Berlin)
- Chancellor
- Awarded on March 31, 1933, revoked on June 11, 1945
- Franz Ritter von Epp (born October 16, 1868 in Munich; † January 31, 1947 ibid.)
- Reich Governor
- Awarded on March 31, 1933, revoked on June 11, 1945
- Adolf Wagner (born October 1, 1890 in Algringen, Lorraine, † April 12, 1944 in Bad Reichenhall)
- Interior minister
- Awarded on March 31, 1933, revoked on June 11, 1945
- Chamberlain
- District leader
- Awarded on March 31, 1933, revoked on June 11, 1945
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Father Clarenz Hornberger (Ludwig Hornberger) (born August 11, 1877 - April 4, 1953)
- Clergyman
- Awarded in 1949
- Hornberger worked as a pastor in the Laufen prison. He was made an honorary citizen for the services he earned in this difficult task.
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Franz Fuchs (born September 11, 1876 - † February 20, 1961)
- Pharmacy owner
- Awarded on December 19, 1949
- Fuchs served as the city's 1st mayor for many years and was appointed former mayor when he left office. He was granted honorary citizenship for his faithful, selfless and unselfish service to the city.
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Hans Düll (born October 20, 1879 - † February 26, 1963)
- Notary inspector
- Awarded in 1950
- Düll was the city's second mayor. He earned special services in the construction of the new cemetery and the expansion of the water supply.
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Friedrich Nickolai (born August 19, 1890 - † September 20, 1962)
- Administrator
- Awarded on August 18, 1960
- Nickolai was mayor of the city after World War II. He was made an honorary citizen because of his services to the development of the city and his achievements in this office.
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Peter Gries (April 3, 1894 - April 13, 1977)
- Abbey dean, clergyman, city pastor
- Awarded in 1965
- The award of honorary citizenship honored his pastoral work for the population in times of war and peace and especially during the flood disasters in 1954 and 1959, as well as his special services to the renovation of the collegiate church.
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Sebastian Knoller (born February 19, 1895)
- 2. Mayor and Deputy District Administrator
- Awarded on January 10, 1965
- On the occasion of his 70th birthday, Knoller was honored for his services to the good of the city.
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Max Schmid (* 1905)
- District Administrator of the district of Laufen from 1948 to 1970
- Awarded in 1967
source
- Karlheinz Spielmann: Honorary Citizen and Honors in the Federal Republic. 1965
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dr. Bruno Leo Friton, in: "Der Salzach-Bote" from 12./13. June 1965
- ↑ Citizen medal holder of the city of Laufen. Retrieved March 24, 2018 .
- ↑ Hans Roth: Order of the caretaker, city judge and mayor. In: Heinz Dopsch, Hans Roth (eds.): Laufen and Oberndorf. 1250 years of history, economy and culture on both banks of the Salzach. Self-published by the city of Laufen and the municipality of Oberndorf, Laufen / Oberndorf 1998, ISBN 978-3-00-003359-9 , p. 573.