List of honorary citizens of Magdeburg
The honorary citizenship is the highest honor that the city of Magdeburg awards. The mayor of the city awards it to personalities who have rendered outstanding services to the city by resolution of the city council.
The award of honorary citizenship in Magdeburg can only be verified since the beginning of the 19th century. With the introduction of the Stone Town Order in 1808, the towns of Prussia were given the privilege of granting non-citizens the political rights of citizens. In 1832 a cabinet order determined the honorary right to be a mere show of honor, which excludes participation in the burdens and duties of civil rights.
Since 1814 the following 55 people have been made honorary citizens of Magdeburg. 9 honorary citizens were deprived of honorary citizenship in 1946 and 1990 respectively.
Note: The listing is made chronologically according to the date of award, separated between current and former honorary citizens.
The honorary citizens of the city of Magdeburg
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Wilhelm Anton von Klewiz (born August 1, 1760 in Magdeburg, † July 26, 1838 in Magdeburg)
- Privy councilor and civil governor
- Awarded in 1814
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Robert Humphrey Marten (born March 21, 1763 in Whitechapel, † December 11, 1839 in Plaistow)
- President of the London Aid Committee
- Awarded in 1814
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Luke Howard (born November 28, 1772 in London, † March 21, 1864 in Tottenham)
- President of the London Aid Committee
- Awarded in 1814
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Dr. Johann Haase
- Garrison staff doctor
- Awarded in 1824
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Johann Andreas Matthias (born April 9, 1761 in Magdeburg; † May 25, 1837)
- Director of the Domgymnasium
- Awarded in 1825
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Karl Christoph Gottlieb Zerrenner (born May 15, 1780 in Beyendorf, † March 2, 1851 in Magdeburg)
- Consistorial and school council
- Awarded in 1825
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Friedrich Leberecht Trüstedt (born February 1, 1791 in Berlin, † November 19, 1855 in Halberstadt)
- Medical Council
- Awarded in 1828
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Heinrich Zschokke (born March 22, 1771 in Magdeburg, † June 27, 1848 in Aarau)
- writer
- Awarded in 1830
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Friedrich Albert Immanuel Mellin (born June 27, 1796 in Magdeburg, † April 2, 1859 in Berlin)
- Government and Building Councilor
- Awarded in 1831
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Carl Sigismund Grüel
- Upper Government Council
- Awarded in 1832
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Friedrich Wilhelm von Jagow (born September 8, 1771 in Wolfshagen, † December 2, 1857 in Berlin)
- general
- Awarded in 1835
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Hans Carl Erdmann von Manteuffel (born March 6, 1773 in Sorau, † March 31, 1844 in Magdeburg)
- President of the Higher Regional Court
- Awarded in 1837
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Levin Friedrich von Bismarck (born February 19, 1771 in Birkholz, † August 26, 1847 in Potsdam)
- District President
- Awarded in 1838
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Carl August Laué
- Council of Justice
- Awarded in 1839
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Conrad Christian Goßler
- Secret Chief Justice
- Awarded in 1840
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Anton zu Stolberg-Wernigerode (born October 23, 1785 at Wernigerode Castle; † February 11, 1854 in Berlin)
- Chief President
- Awarded in 1841
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Carl Christian Gottfried Eberhard von Fischer-Treuenfeld (* February 12, 1788 in Aschersleben; † July 7, 1870 in Bonn)
- Colonel and Commander of the City
- Awarded in 1843
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Heinrich Eduard von Flottwell (born July 23, 1786 in Insterburg, † May 28, 1865 in Berlin)
- Upper President of the Province of Saxony
- Awarded in 1844
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Wilhelm von Ditfurth (born June 29, 1780 in Minden; † August 20, 1855 at Gut Dankersen near Rinteln)
- Lieutenant General
- Awarded in 1844
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Leberecht Uhlich (born February 27, 1799 in Köthen; † March 23, 1872 in Magdeburg)
- pastor
- Awarded in 1844
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Eduard von Schlegell
- Major general
- Awarded in 1848
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Woldemar Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (born October 13, 1810 in Leipzig, † January 20, 1871 in Mainz)
- Major general
- Awarded in 1854
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Prince Wilhelm von Radziwill (born March 19, 1797 in Berlin; † August 5, 1870)
- general
- Awarded in 1858
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Heinrich Wilhelm Muller
- Commerce Council
- Awarded in 1862
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Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke (born October 26, 1800 in Parchim; † April 24, 1891 in Berlin)
- general
- Awarded in 1870
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Carl Friedrich Deneke (born January 27, 1803 in Magdeburg, † July 1, 1877 in Magdeburg)
- Secret Commerce Council
- Awarded in 1873
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Otto von Bismarck (born April 1, 1815 in Schönhausen; † July 30, 1898 in Friedrichsruh)
- Chancellor
- Awarded in 1875
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Hans Victor von Unruh (born March 28, 1806 in Tilsit, † February 4, 1886 in Dessau)
- Government and Building Councilor
- Awarded in 1875
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Leonhard von Blumenthal (born July 30, 1810 in Schwedt / Oder; † December 21, 1900 in Quellendorf)
- general
- Awarded in 1877
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Carl Gustav Friedrich Hasselbach (born March 21, 1809 in Stettin, † April 21, 1882 in Magdeburg)
- Lord Mayor
- Awarded in 1881
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Ludwig Alexander von Jordan (born June 9, 1806 at Gut Schönwald near Rosenberg; † December 23, 1889 in Potsdam)
- Privy councilor and chief finance councilor
- Awarded in 1882
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Hermann Gruson (born March 13, 1821 in Magdeburg, † January 30, 1895 in Magdeburg)
- Commerce Council
- Awarded in 1889
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Wilhelm Ludwig Conrad Listemann (born September 3, 1832 in Magdeburg; † May 2, 1893 in Magdeburg)
- General director and chairman of the city council
- Awarded in 1892
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Albert von Pommer Esche (born June 14, 1837 in Berlin, † December 6, 1903 Berlin)
- Upper President of the Province of Saxony
- Awarded in 1897
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Otto Duvigneau (born July 7, 1828 in Magdeburg, † September 7, 1899 in Magdeburg)
- City council
- Awarded in 1898
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Karl Heinrich von Boetticher (born January 6, 1833 in Stettin, † March 6, 1907 in Naumburg)
- Upper President of the Province of Saxony
- Awarded in 1902
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Werner Fritze (* December 23, 1836 in Magdeburg; † March 10, 1925 in Magdeburg)
- Commerce Council
- Awarded in 1906
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Karl Eduard Julius Voigtel
- City elder
- Awarded in 1907
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August Lentze (born October 21, 1860 in Hamm (Westphalia); † April 12, 1945 in Werben (Spreewald))
- Lord Mayor
- Awarded in 1910
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Paul von Hindenburg (born October 2, 1847 in Posen, † August 2, 1934 at Gut Neudeck)
- Field Marshal General and President
- Awarded in 1914
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Erich Weinert (born August 4, 1890 in Magdeburg, † April 20, 1953 in Berlin)
- poet
- Awarded in 1950
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Angela Davis (born January 26, 1944 in Birmingham, Alabama)
- Peace fighter in the USA
- Awarded in 1972
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Igor Alexejewitsch Belikow (born February 26, 1941 in Charkow, † May 18, 2015 in Lugansk)
- soviet officer
- Awarded in 1977
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Heinz Gerling
- Monument protector
- Awarded in 1997
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Wilhelm Polte (born January 11, 1938 in Niegripp)
- Lord Mayor from 1990-2001
- Awarded in 2002
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Menahem Pressler (born December 16, 1923 in Magdeburg)
- Pianist and founder of the Beaux Arts Trio
- Awarded in 2009
Former honorary citizen of the city of Magdeburg
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Adolf Hitler (born April 20, 1889 in Braunau am Inn, Austria-Hungary, † April 30, 1945 in Berlin)
- Reich Chancellor from 1933 to 1945
- Awarded in 1933
- Withdrawal in 1946
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Hermann Göring (born January 12, 1893 in Rosenheim, † October 15, 1946 in Nuremberg)
- Prussian Prime Minister
- Awarded in 1933
- Withdrawal in 1946
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Wilhelm Friedrich Loeper (born October 13, 1883 in Schwerin, † October 23, 1935 in Dessau)
- Reich Governor
- Awarded in 1933
- Withdrawal in 1946
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Franz Seldte (born June 29, 1882 in Magdeburg, † April 1, 1947 in Fürth)
- Reich Minister of Labor
- Awarded in 1933
- Withdrawal in 1946
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Ernst Röhm (born November 28, 1887 in Munich; † July 1, 1934 in Munich-Stadelheim)
- Chief of Staff of the SA
- Award process not completed due to Röhm's death
- Withdrawal in 1946
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Wilhelm Frick (born March 12, 1877 in Alsenz, Northern Palatinate; † October 16, 1946 in Nuremberg)
- Interior minister
- Awarded in 1938
- Withdrawal in 1946
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Albert Eggeling
- State Councilor and Gauleiter of the NSDAP
- Awarded in 1938
- Withdrawal in 1946
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Alois Pisnik
- 1. Secretary of the Magdeburg district leadership of the SED
- Awarded in 1971
- Withdrawal in 1990
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Kurt Ranke
- Chairman of the Council of the Magdeburg District
- Awarded in 1980
- Withdrawal in 1990
literature
- Maren Ballerstedt, Peter Petsch and Matthias Puhle (editors), “For the good of the city…”, Magdeburg honorary citizen , Central German publishing house Halle (Saale) 2012, ISBN 978-3-89812-963-3