List of honorary citizens of Ludwigslust
The city of Ludwigslust has granted ten people honorary citizenship since 1876 .
Note: The listing is done chronologically according to the date of award.
The honorary citizens of the city of Ludwigslust
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Dr. theol. Ludwig Heinrich Martin Daneel
- Church council
- Awarded on November 7, 1895
- The award ceremony took place on the occasion of his 40th service anniversary.
- Otto Kaysel
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Otto Jantzen
- mayor
- Awarded on February 15, 1921
- Jantzen was mayor of the city from 1891 to 1921. When he left his office, his work was honored with honorary citizenship.
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Friedrich Franz IV Duke of Mecklenburg (born April 9, 1882 in Palermo, † November 17, 1945 in Flensburg)
- former Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- Awarded on June 7, 1929
- On the occasion of the silver wedding between him and Princess Alexandra of Hanover.
- Hermann Schuldt
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Meta Malikowski
- Mayoress
- Awarded on August 31, 1966
- Malikowski was mayor of the city from 1950 to 1954. On the occasion of her 80th birthday, she was made an honorary citizen.
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Sofija Yevstigneyev
- doctor
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Nikolai Yevstigneyev
- Member of the Red Army
- Awarded on November 11, 1976
- Both came to Ludwigslust in 1945 after the end of World War II. They were honored as part of the German-Soviet friendship.
- Bruno Theek (* May 20, 1891 in Berlin-Wedding; † March 22, 1990 in Ludwigslust)
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Leonhard Linton (born January 1, 1922 in Yokohama, † January 18, 2005 in Point Lookout, New York)
- US Army Corporal
- Awarded on May 3, 2000
- Linton was instrumental in rebuilding a civil administration in Ludwigslust, and in taking care of the victims of the Wöbbelin concentration camp . After 1990 he promoted the work of the Wöbbelin memorials. With the award, the city commemorated the 55th anniversary of its liberation from National Socialism.