List of honorary citizens of Leipzig
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.
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Friedrich Otto von Goldacker (* 1792 in Weberstadt; † November 30, 1840 in Dresden)
- Major and Commander of the Communal Guard
- Awarded in 1832
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Adolf Heinrich Ludwig von Schulz (born January 2, 1791 in Mittelhorka, † October 22, 1857 in Dresden)
- Captain
- Awarded in 1833
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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
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Theodor Christian Friedrich Enslin (born November 18, 1787 in Kloster Sulz; † May 22, 1851 in Berlin)
- Bookseller
- Awarded in 1834
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Carl Ferdinand Schwetschke (born August 17, 1798 in Halle (Saale); † February 14, 1843 ibid)
- publisher
- Awarded in 1834
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Friedrich Johannes Frommann (born August 9, 1797 in Zülichau; † June 6, 1886 in Jena)
- Bookseller
- Awarded in 1834
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Friedrich Christoph Perthes (born April 21, 1772 in Rudolstadt; † May 18, 1843 in Gotha)
- Booksellers and publishers
- Awarded in 1834
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Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Duncker (born March 25, 1781 in Berlin; † July 15, 1869 there)
- Booksellers and publishers
- Awarded in 1834
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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
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Carl Friedrich Ernst Frommann (born September 14, 1765 in Jena; † June 12, 1837 there)
- Publisher and bookseller
- Awarded in 1836
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Johann Carl Otto von Dallwitz (born April 17 or 21, 1791; † December 31, 1872 in Dresden)
- Captain and Commander
- Awarded in 1837
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Johann Christian August Clarus (born November 5, 1774 in Coburg; † July 13, 1854 in Leipzig)
- Mediciners
- Awarded in 1838
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Adolph Wilhelm Aster (born April 2, 1793 in Dresden; † March 19, 1848 there)
- Saxon captain and commanding officer
- Awarded in 1839
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Gustav Koch (born August 6, 1795 - † February 9, 1862, probably in Cölln near Meißen)
- Alderman and City Councilor
- Awarded in 1839
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Karl August von Leonhardi (* 1777 in Eilenburg; † August 3, 1841 in Zscheppelende near Eilenburg)
- Colonel and City Commander
- Awarded in 1841
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Wilhelm Traugott Krug (born June 22, 1770 in Radis; † January 13, 1842)
- philosopher
- Awarded in 1841
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Johann Christian Dolz (born November 6, 1769 in Golßen (Niederlausitz), † January 1, 1843 in Leipzig)
- Ratsschulrat and Protestant hymn poet
- Awarded in 1841
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Christian Friedrich Gotthelf Weinich († August 31, 1850 in Leipzig)
- City Court Actuary
- Awarded in 1842
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Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (born February 3, 1809 in Hamburg, † November 4, 1847 in Leipzig)
- composer
- Awarded in 1843
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Johann Paul von Falkenstein (born June 15, 1801 in Pegau, † January 14, 1882 in Dresden)
- District Director
- Awarded in 1844
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Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Döring († April 17, 1850 in Leipzig)
- Council Free School Director
- Awarded in 1844
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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
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Carl Benjamin Schiller (* 1796 in Lauban; † May 31, 1855 in Leipzig)
- Georgenhaus administrator
- Awarded in 1851
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Christian Gottlob Koch (* 1779 in Leipzig; † January 1, 1856 there)
- Forester Councilor
- Awarded in 1852
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Christian Gottlob Großmann (born November 9, 1783 in Prießnitz, † June 29, 1857 in Leipzig)
- Superintendent
- Awarded in 1853
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Eduard von Broizem (born March 4, 1798 in Heldrungen, † January 25, 1872 in Dresden)
- District Director
- Awarded in 1854
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Carl Christoph Vogel (also: Johann Karl Vogel; * July 19, 1795 in Stadtilm; † November 15, 1862 in Leipzig)
- Realschule director
- Awarded in 1857
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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
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Wilhelm Ferdinand Stengel (* 1796 in Christgrün; † June 17, 1870 in Leipzig)
- Police Director
- Awarded in 1860
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Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (born March 26, 1794 in Leipzig, † May 24, 1872 in Dresden)
- Painter, general director in Dresden
- Awarded in 1862
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Franz Theodor Berger (* 1799 in Leipzig; † March 20, 1877 ibid)
- Vice Mayor
- Awarded in 1862
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Gustav Harkort (born March 3, 1795 in Hagen, † August 29, 1865 in Leipzig)
- Banker, co-founder of the Leipzig-Dresden Railway
- Awarded in 1864
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Paul Theodor Cichorius (born December 31, 1816 in Leipzig; † May 22, 1865 ibid)
- Vice Mayor
- Awarded in 1865
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Robert Julius Vollsack (* 1804 in Leipzig; † September 22, 1888 ibid)
- City council
- Awarded in 1867
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August Franz Werner (born March 9, 1792 in Waldenburg, † April 6, 1879 in Leipzig)
- Lawyer and notary
- Awarded in 1870
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Ernst Heinrich Weber (born June 24, 1795 in Wittenberg, † January 26, 1878 in Leipzig)
- Physiologist and anatomist
- Awarded in 1871
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Otto von Bismarck (born April 1, 1815 in Schönhausen; † July 30, 1898 in Friedrichsruh)
- Chancellor
- Awarded in 1871
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Helmuth Graf von Moltke (born October 26, 1800 in Parchim; † April 24, 1891 in Berlin)
- Field Marshal General
- Awarded in 1871
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Heinrich Brockhaus (born February 4, 1804 in Amsterdam, † November 15, 1874 in Leipzig)
- Bookseller, publisher and liberal politician
- Awarded in 1872
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Carl Wilhelm Otto Koch (born May 3, 1810 in Graßdorf, † August 14, 1876 in Connewitz)
- mayor
- Awarded in 1873
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Eduard Stephani (born October 29, 1817 in Beucha, † August 13, 1885 in Leipzig)
- Vice Mayor
- Awarded in 1874
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Moritz Wilhelm Drobisch (born August 16, 1802 in Leipzig; † September 30, 1896 there)
- Mathematician, logician and philosopher
- Awarded in 1876
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Wilhelm Seyfferth (* July 24, 1807 in Leipzig; † July 18, 1881 ibid)
- Banker and councilor
- Awarded in 1878
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Carl Lampe (born July 10, 1804 in Leipzig; † December 15, 1889 there)
- Kaufmann, co-founder of the Leipzig-Dresden Railway
- Awarded in 1878
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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
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Albert Wilhelm Gustav Goetz (born November 29, 1821 in Leipzig; † December 16, 1898 there)
- Iron foundry owner and city councilor
- Awarded in 1881
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Eduard von Simson (born November 10, 1810 in Königsberg, † May 2, 1899 in Berlin)
- President of the Imperial Court
- Awarded in 1883
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Gustav Theodor Fechner (born April 19, 1801 in Groß Särchen, † November 18, 1887 in Leipzig)
- Physicist and nature philosopher
- Awarded in 1884
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Heinrich Leberecht Fleischer (born February 21, 1801 in Schandau, † February 10, 1888 in Leipzig)
- University professor
- Awarded in 1885
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Hermann Theobald Petschke (born March 21, 1806 in Bautzen, † January 28, 1888 in Leipzig)
- Lawyer and Councilor
- Awarded in 1887
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Otto Georg Graf zu Münster (born November 18, 1825 in Schandau; † February 9, 1893 in Blasewitz near Dresden)
- District Chief
- Awarded in 1887
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Gustav Adolf von Kröner (born May 26, 1836 in Stuttgart; † January 29, 1911 there)
- publisher
- Awarded in 1888
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Wilhelm Roscher (born October 21, 1817 in Hanover, † June 4, 1894 in Leipzig)
- Economist and university professor
- Awarded in 1889
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Bernhard Windscheid (born June 26, 1817 in Düsseldorf, † October 26, 1892 in Leipzig)
- Lawyer and university professor
- Awarded in 1890
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Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig (born December 29, 1816 in Witzenhausen, † April 23, 1895 in Leipzig)
- physiologist
- Awarded in 1890
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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
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Carl Thiersch (born April 20, 1822 in Munich, † April 28, 1895 in Leipzig)
- surgeon
- Awarded in 1892
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Gustav Adolf Fricke (born August 22, 1822 in Leipzig; † March 30, 1908 there)
- Protestant theologian
- Awarded in 1892
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August Drechsler (born March 14, 1821 in Stavenhagen, † August 10, 1897 in Bad Harzburg)
- Reichsgericht Senate President
- Awarded in 1894
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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
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Hermann Tessendorf (born August 6, 1831 in Niederheinrichshagen, Grimmen / Pomerania district; † December 1, 1895 in Leipzig)
- Senior Reich Attorney
- Awarded in 1895
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Carl Adolf Schmidt (born November 4, 1815 in Allstedt; † October 24, 1903 in Baden-Baden)
- Legal scholar
- Awarded in 1895
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Rudolf Leuckart (born October 7, 1822 in Helmstedt; † February 6, 1898 in Leipzig)
- zoologist
- Awarded in 1895
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Emil Albert Friedberg (born December 22, 1837 in Konitz / West Prussia; † September 7, 1910 in Leipzig)
- Lawyer and canon law teacher
- Awarded in 1897
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Otto Schill (born December 9, 1838 in Schneeberg, † February 28, 1918 in Leipzig)
- City Councilor
- Awarded in 1899
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Otto Robert Georgi (born November 22, 1831 in Mylau, † April 1, 1918 in Leipzig)
- Lord Mayor
- Awarded in 1899
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Wilhelm Wundt (born August 16, 1832 in Neckarau, † August 31, 1920 in Großbothen)
- Physiologist, philosopher and psychologist
- Awarded in 1902
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Heinrich Leo von Treitschke (born January 30, 1840 in Dresden; † June 17, 1927 there)
- General of the Infantry
- Awarded in 1904
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Georg Otto von Ehrenstein (born January 19, 1835 in Dresden; † November 3, 1907 there)
- District chief of Leipzig
- Awarded in 1906
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Oskar Pank (born May 2, 1838 in Leuthen / Niederlausitz, † April 14, 1928 in Lindau-Schachen on Lake Constance)
- Superintendent
- Awarded in 1909
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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
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Friedrich Gustav Esche (born November 19, 1839 in Leipzig; † August 18, 1920 ibid)
- Merchant and City Councilor
- Awarded in 1914
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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
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Rudolf Bernhard August Dittrich (born January 2, 1855 in Bärenwalde, † February 15, 1929 in Leipzig)
- Lord Mayor
- Awarded in 1917
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Denis Nowell Pritt (born September 22, 1887 Harlesden, † May 23, 1972 Barn End)
- Crown Attorney
- Awarded in 1957
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German Stepanowitsch Titow (born September 11, 1935 in Verkhneye Schilino, † September 20, 2000 in Moscow)
- Cosmonaut
- Awarded in 1961
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Bruno Apitz (born April 28, 1900 in Leipzig, † April 7, 1979 in Berlin)
- writer
- Awarded in 1975
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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
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Kurt Masur (born July 18, 1927 in Brieg, † December 19, 2015 in Greenwich, Connecticut)
- Gewandhaus Kapellmeister
- Awarded in 1989
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Erich Loest (born February 24, 1926 in Mittweida; † September 12, 2013 in Leipzig)
- writer
- Awarded in 1996
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Hinrich Lehmann-Grube (* December 21, 1932 in Königsberg; † August 6, 2017 in Leipzig)
- Lord Mayor
- Awarded in 1999
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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
- leipzig.de: Overview of the honorary citizens of the city of Leipzig. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
- leipzig.de: Statute on the award of honorary citizenship, the medal of honor and the badge of honor by the city of Leipzig from March 20, 2013 (Leipzig Official Gazette No. 7 from April 6, 2013.) Accessed on July 14, 2014.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gina Klank; Gernot Griebsch: Lexicon of Leipzig street names. Verlag im Wissenschaftszentrum Leipzig, Leipzig 1995, ISBN 3-930433-09-5 , p. 119
- ↑ Leipzig City Council, printed matter No. 100/1990
- ↑ 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. "
- ↑ Leipzig City Council, Resolution No. 134/1990 of December 12, 1990/20. December 1990
- ^ City of Leipzig, resolution of the council meeting no. RBV-386/10 of May 19, 2010