List of honorary citizens of Leipzig

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The granting of honorary citizenship in the city of Leipzig is regulated according to Section 26 of the Saxon Municipal Code (SächsGemO). For the first time, Saxon municipalities were able to appoint honorary citizens to the Kingdom of Saxony on the basis of the new constitution for the Kingdom of Saxony of September 4, 1831 . In Leipzig, for example, the city's first honorary citizen was appointed on April 9, 1832. Since then, the city of Leipzig has given 88 people honorary citizenship. Six people were deprived of their honorary citizenship. Currently (2019) 82 people are listed as honorary citizens.

The honorary citizens of the city of Leipzig

Note: They are listed chronologically according to the date of award.

  1. Friedrich Otto von Goldacker (* 1792 in Weberstadt; † November 30, 1840 in Dresden)
    Major and Commander of the Communal Guard
    Awarded in 1832
  2. Adolf Heinrich Ludwig von Schulz (born January 2, 1791 in Mittelhorka, † October 22, 1857 in Dresden)
    Captain
    Awarded in 1833
  3. Carl Gottlob Kühn (also: Karl Gottlob Kühn; * July 12, 1754 in Spergau near Merseburg; † June 19, 1840 in Leipzig)
    Physician and medical historian, university professor
    Awarded in 1833
  4. Theodor Christian Friedrich Enslin (born November 18, 1787 in Kloster Sulz; † May 22, 1851 in Berlin)
    Bookseller
    Awarded in 1834
  5. Carl Ferdinand Schwetschke (born August 17, 1798 in Halle (Saale); † February 14, 1843 ibid)
    publisher
    Awarded in 1834
  6. Friedrich Johannes Frommann (born August 9, 1797 in Zülichau; † June 6, 1886 in Jena)
    Bookseller
    Awarded in 1834
    Friedrich Christoph Perthes
  7. Friedrich Christoph Perthes (born April 21, 1772 in Rudolstadt; † May 18, 1843 in Gotha)
    Booksellers and publishers
    Awarded in 1834
  8. Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Duncker (born March 25, 1781 in Berlin; † July 15, 1869 there)
    Booksellers and publishers
    Awarded in 1834
  9. Friedrich Albert von Langenn (born January 26, 1798 in Merseburg, † December 30, 1868 in Dresden)
    Lawyer and historian, court and judicial councilor
    Awarded in 1835
    Johann Christian August Clarus
  10. Carl Friedrich Ernst Frommann (born September 14, 1765 in Jena; † June 12, 1837 there)
    Publisher and bookseller
    Awarded in 1836
  11. Johann Carl Otto von Dallwitz (born April 17 or 21, 1791; † December 31, 1872 in Dresden)
    Captain and Commander
    Awarded in 1837
  12. Johann Christian August Clarus (born November 5, 1774 in Coburg; † July 13, 1854 in Leipzig)
    Mediciners
    Awarded in 1838
  13. Adolph Wilhelm Aster (born April 2, 1793 in Dresden; † March 19, 1848 there)
    Saxon captain and commanding officer
    Awarded in 1839
  14. Gustav Koch (born August 6, 1795 - † February 9, 1862, probably in Cölln near Meißen)
    Alderman and City Councilor
    Awarded in 1839
  15. Karl August von Leonhardi (* 1777 in Eilenburg; † August 3, 1841 in Zscheppelende near Eilenburg)
    Colonel and City Commander
    Awarded in 1841
  16. Wilhelm Traugott Krug (born June 22, 1770 in Radis; † January 13, 1842)
    philosopher
    Awarded in 1841
  17. Johann Christian Dolz (born November 6, 1769 in Golßen (Niederlausitz), † January 1, 1843 in Leipzig)
    Ratsschulrat and Protestant hymn poet
    Awarded in 1841
  18. Christian Friedrich Gotthelf Weinich († August 31, 1850 in Leipzig)
    City Court Actuary
    Awarded in 1842
    Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
  19. Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (born February 3, 1809 in Hamburg, † November 4, 1847 in Leipzig)
    composer
    Awarded in 1843
  20. Johann Paul von Falkenstein (born June 15, 1801 in Pegau, † January 14, 1882 in Dresden)
    District Director
    Awarded in 1844
  21. Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Döring († April 17, 1850 in Leipzig)
    Council Free School Director
    Awarded in 1844
  22. Albrecht Ernst Stellanus Count von Holtzendorff (born January 16, 1792 in Bärenstein; † February 24, 1882 in Dresden)
    General of the Infantry and Minister of War
    Awarded in 1848
  23. Carl Benjamin Schiller (* 1796 in Lauban; † May 31, 1855 in Leipzig)
    Georgenhaus administrator
    Awarded in 1851
  24. Christian Gottlob Koch (* 1779 in Leipzig; † January 1, 1856 there)
    Forester Councilor
    Awarded in 1852
  25. Christian Gottlob Großmann (born November 9, 1783 in Prießnitz, † June 29, 1857 in Leipzig)
    Superintendent
    Awarded in 1853
  26. Eduard von Broizem (born March 4, 1798 in Heldrungen, † January 25, 1872 in Dresden)
    District Director
    Awarded in 1854
  27. Carl Christoph Vogel (also: Johann Karl Vogel; * July 19, 1795 in Stadtilm; † November 15, 1862 in Leipzig)
    Realschule director
    Awarded in 1857
  28. Karl Georg von Wächter (born December 24, 1797 in Marbach am Neckar, † January 15, 1880 in Leipzig)
    Lawyer, chamber president, university professor and politician
    Awarded in 1859
  29. Wilhelm Ferdinand Stengel (* 1796 in Christgrün; † June 17, 1870 in Leipzig)
    Police Director
    Awarded in 1860
  30. Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (born March 26, 1794 in Leipzig, † May 24, 1872 in Dresden)
    Painter, general director in Dresden
    Awarded in 1862
  31. Franz Theodor Berger (* 1799 in Leipzig; † March 20, 1877 ibid)
    Vice Mayor
    Awarded in 1862
    Gustav Harkort
  32. Gustav Harkort (born March 3, 1795 in Hagen, † August 29, 1865 in Leipzig)
    Banker, co-founder of the Leipzig-Dresden Railway
    Awarded in 1864
  33. Paul Theodor Cichorius (born December 31, 1816 in Leipzig; † May 22, 1865 ibid)
    Vice Mayor
    Awarded in 1865
  34. Robert Julius Vollsack (* 1804 in Leipzig; † September 22, 1888 ibid)
    City council
    Awarded in 1867
  35. August Franz Werner (born March 9, 1792 in Waldenburg, † April 6, 1879 in Leipzig)
    Lawyer and notary
    Awarded in 1870
    Ernst Heinrich Weber
    Otto von Bismarck
    Helmuth Count von Moltke
    Wilhelm Seyfferth
    Eduard von Simson
  36. Ernst Heinrich Weber (born June 24, 1795 in Wittenberg, † January 26, 1878 in Leipzig)
    Physiologist and anatomist
    Awarded in 1871
  37. Otto von Bismarck (born April 1, 1815 in Schönhausen; † July 30, 1898 in Friedrichsruh)
    Chancellor
    Awarded in 1871
  38. Helmuth Graf von Moltke (born October 26, 1800 in Parchim; † April 24, 1891 in Berlin)
    Field Marshal General
    Awarded in 1871
  39. Heinrich Brockhaus (born February 4, 1804 in Amsterdam, † November 15, 1874 in Leipzig)
    Bookseller, publisher and liberal politician
    Awarded in 1872
  40. Carl Wilhelm Otto Koch (born May 3, 1810 in Graßdorf, † August 14, 1876 in Connewitz)
    mayor
    Awarded in 1873
  41. Eduard Stephani (born October 29, 1817 in Beucha, † August 13, 1885 in Leipzig)
    Vice Mayor
    Awarded in 1874
  42. Moritz Wilhelm Drobisch (born August 16, 1802 in Leipzig; † September 30, 1896 there)
    Mathematician, logician and philosopher
    Awarded in 1876
  43. Wilhelm Seyfferth (* July 24, 1807 in Leipzig; † July 18, 1881 ibid)
    Banker and councilor
    Awarded in 1878
  44. Carl Lampe (born July 10, 1804 in Leipzig; † December 15, 1889 there)
    Kaufmann, co-founder of the Leipzig-Dresden Railway
    Awarded in 1878
  45. Heinrich Eduard von Pape (born September 13, 1816 in Brilon, † September 10, 1888 in Berlin)
    President of the Reich Chamber of Commerce
    Awarded in 1879
  46. Albert Wilhelm Gustav Goetz (born November 29, 1821 in Leipzig; † December 16, 1898 there)
    Iron foundry owner and city councilor
    Awarded in 1881
  47. Eduard von Simson (born November 10, 1810 in Königsberg, † May 2, 1899 in Berlin)
    President of the Imperial Court
    Awarded in 1883
  48. Gustav Theodor Fechner (born April 19, 1801 in Groß Särchen, † November 18, 1887 in Leipzig)
    Physicist and nature philosopher
    Awarded in 1884
  49. Heinrich Leberecht Fleischer (born February 21, 1801 in Schandau, † February 10, 1888 in Leipzig)
    University professor
    Awarded in 1885
  50. Hermann Theobald Petschke (born March 21, 1806 in Bautzen, † January 28, 1888 in Leipzig)
    Lawyer and Councilor
    Awarded in 1887
  51. Otto Georg Graf zu Münster (born November 18, 1825 in Schandau; † February 9, 1893 in Blasewitz near Dresden)
    District Chief
    Awarded in 1887
    Adolf Kröner
  52. Gustav Adolf von Kröner (born May 26, 1836 in Stuttgart; † January 29, 1911 there)
    publisher
    Awarded in 1888
  53. Wilhelm Roscher (born October 21, 1817 in Hanover, † June 4, 1894 in Leipzig)
    Economist and university professor
    Awarded in 1889
  54. Bernhard Windscheid (born June 26, 1817 in Düsseldorf, † October 26, 1892 in Leipzig)
    Lawyer and university professor
    Awarded in 1890
  55. Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig (born December 29, 1816 in Witzenhausen, † April 23, 1895 in Leipzig)
    physiologist
    Awarded in 1890
  56. Franz Reinhard Gräfe (born July 10, 1809 in Paupitzsch, † July 13, 1896 in Leipzig)
    Landowner in Leipzig-Eutritzsch, benefactor
    1889 honorary citizen of Eutritzsch ; honorary citizenship was recognized by the city council of Leipzig after the incorporation of Eutritzsch in 1890
    Carl Thiersch
  57. Carl Thiersch (born April 20, 1822 in Munich, † April 28, 1895 in Leipzig)
    surgeon
    Awarded in 1892
  58. Gustav Adolf Fricke (born August 22, 1822 in Leipzig; † March 30, 1908 there)
    Protestant theologian
    Awarded in 1892
  59. August Drechsler (born March 14, 1821 in Stavenhagen, † August 10, 1897 in Bad Harzburg)
    Reichsgericht Senate President
    Awarded in 1894
  60. Otto von Oehlschläger (born May 16, 1831 at Gut Heiligenwalde; † January 14, 1904 in Charlottenburg)
    Go Councilor and President of the Imperial Court
    Awarded in 1895
  61. Hermann Tessendorf (born August 6, 1831 in Niederheinrichshagen, Grimmen / Pomerania district; † December 1, 1895 in Leipzig)
    Senior Reich Attorney
    Awarded in 1895
  62. Carl Adolf Schmidt (born November 4, 1815 in Allstedt; † October 24, 1903 in Baden-Baden)
    Legal scholar
    Awarded in 1895
    Rudolf Leuckart
  63. Rudolf Leuckart (born October 7, 1822 in Helmstedt; † February 6, 1898 in Leipzig)
    zoologist
    Awarded in 1895
  64. Emil Albert Friedberg (born December 22, 1837 in Konitz / West Prussia; † September 7, 1910 in Leipzig)
    Lawyer and canon law teacher
    Awarded in 1897
  65. Otto Schill (born December 9, 1838 in Schneeberg, † February 28, 1918 in Leipzig)
    City Councilor
    Awarded in 1899
  66. Otto Robert Georgi (born November 22, 1831 in Mylau, † April 1, 1918 in Leipzig)
    Lord Mayor
    Awarded in 1899
  67. Wilhelm Wundt (born August 16, 1832 in Neckarau, † August 31, 1920 in Großbothen)
    Physiologist, philosopher and psychologist
    Awarded in 1902
  68. Heinrich Leo von Treitschke (born January 30, 1840 in Dresden; † June 17, 1927 there)
    General of the Infantry
    Awarded in 1904
  69. Georg Otto von Ehrenstein (born January 19, 1835 in Dresden; † November 3, 1907 there)
    District chief of Leipzig
    Awarded in 1906
  70. Oskar Pank (born May 2, 1838 in Leuthen / Niederlausitz, † April 14, 1928 in Lindau-Schachen on Lake Constance)
    Superintendent
    Awarded in 1909
  71. Clemens Thieme (born May 13, 1861 in Borna; † November 11, 1945 in Leipzig)
    Architect, builder of the Monument to the Battle of the Nations
    Awarded in 1913
  72. Friedrich Gustav Esche (born November 19, 1839 in Leipzig; † August 18, 1920 ibid)
    Merchant and City Councilor
    Awarded in 1914
  73. Rudolf Daniel August Hubert Freiherr von Seckendorff (born November 22, 1844 in Cöln; † September 23, 1932 in Bad Liebenstein)
    Go Councilor and President of the Imperial Court
    Awarded in 1916
  74. Rudolf Bernhard August Dittrich (born January 2, 1855 in Bärenwalde, † February 15, 1929 in Leipzig)
    Lord Mayor
    Awarded in 1917
  75. Denis Nowell Pritt (born September 22, 1887 Harlesden, † May 23, 1972 Barn End)
    Crown Attorney
    Awarded in 1957
  76. German Stepanowitsch Titow (born September 11, 1935 in Verkhneye Schilino, † September 20, 2000 in Moscow)
    Cosmonaut
    Awarded in 1961
  77. Bruno Apitz (born April 28, 1900 in Leipzig, † April 7, 1979 in Berlin)
    writer
    Awarded in 1975
  78. Nikolai Ivanovich Trufanow (born May 15, 1900 in Velikoye, † February 12, 1982 in Kharkiv)
    Soviet general, first Soviet military commander after World War II
    Awarded in 1975
  79. Kurt Masur (born July 18, 1927 in Brieg, † December 19, 2015 in Greenwich, Connecticut)
    Gewandhaus Kapellmeister
    Awarded in 1989
  80. Erich Loest (born February 24, 1926 in Mittweida; † September 12, 2013 in Leipzig)
    writer
    Awarded in 1996
  81. Hinrich Lehmann-Grube (* December 21, 1932 in Königsberg; † August 6, 2017 in Leipzig)
    Lord Mayor
    Awarded in 1999
  82. Hans Mayer (born March 19, 1907 in Cologne, † May 19, 2001 in Tübingen)
    Literary scholar
    Awarded in 2001

Withdrawal of honorary citizenship

In addition, in 1909 Karl Binding (university rector) and in the Third Reich in 1933 Paul von Hindenburg (Reich President) and Adolf Hitler (Führer and Reich Chancellor), in 1938 Hans Frank (Reich Minister) and in 1939 Wilhelm Frick (Reich Minister) became honorary citizens of Leipzig. After the Second World War, the honorary citizenship was awarded to Walter Ulbricht (Chairman of the State Council of the GDR) in 1958 on the occasion of his 65th birthday.

It was not until December 1990 that the Leipzig city council dealt with these 1933–1945 and with the honorary citizenships awarded 1945–1990. "A review of the archive material of the city archives gave no indication that a revocation took place." However, an automatic revocation is likely to have already taken place through a directive of the Allied Control Council from 1946, which granted the main war criminals privileges such as B. Revoked honorary citizenships. On December 20, 1990, the city council passed the formal revocation of honorary citizenship for Adolf Hitler, Wilhelm Frick, Hans Frank, Walter Ulbricht and Paul von Hindenburg, with no votes against and one abstention.

On May 19, 2010 the Leipzig City Council decided with five votes against and one abstention to withdraw Karl Binding's honorary citizenship because of “Karl Binding's participation in the posthumously published work in 1920 - together with the psychiatrist Alfred Hoche - ' The release of annihilation unworthy of life Life - Your Measure and Shape '".

literature

  • Klaus Sohl: From communal guard commander to scholar. Leipzig's honorary citizen since 1832. Leipziger Kalender 2004, Leipziger Universitätsverlag, Leipzig 2003, pp. 113–143 (a 2010 updated version of the article is available online; accessed on July 14, 2014).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gina Klank; Gernot Griebsch: Lexicon of Leipzig street names. Verlag im Wissenschaftszentrum Leipzig, Leipzig 1995, ISBN 3-930433-09-5 , p. 119
  2. ↑ Leipzig City Council, printed matter No. 100/1990
  3. ↑ In the Control Council Directive No. 38 arrest and punishment of war criminals, National Socialists and militarists and internment, control and surveillance of potentially dangerous Germans. of October 12, 1946, Section II, Article VIII. Atonement against the main culprits states: “II. The following atonement measures can be imposed on other main culprits: [...] i) They lose all approvals, licenses and privileges granted to them, as well as the right to keep a motor vehicle. "
  4. ↑ Leipzig City Council, Resolution No. 134/1990 of December 12, 1990/20. December 1990
  5. ^ City of Leipzig, resolution of the council meeting no. RBV-386/10 of May 19, 2010