List of honorary citizens of Memmingen

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Coat of arms of the city of Memmingen

The honorary citizenship is the highest municipal award of the city of Memmingen . It is awarded to citizens who have made special contributions to the city. The legal basis is the respective municipal code. In addition to honorary citizenship, the city also awards a ring of honor.

Since 1866, as far as can be determined from the files, the following persons have been made honorary citizens.

Note: The listing is done chronologically according to the date of award.

The honorary citizens of the city of Memmingen

  1. Karl Friedrich Dobel (* 1819; † 1891)
    City librarian and city archivist
    Awarded on November 16, 1866
  2. Wilhelm von Behringer (* 1820; † 1902)
    Appeals judge
    Awarded on July 9, 1869
    Behringer was a member of the state parliament from 1863 to 1869, was President of the Senate and from 1871 to 1874 a member of the Reichstag. In recognition of both his efforts for the national connection of the south with the north of Germany, as well as his achievements for the good of the fatherland and in appreciation of his zealous efforts for the special interests of the city of Memmingen, he was made an honorary citizen.
  3. Winfried Hörmann von Hörbach (born June 25, 1821 in Mainz, † October 21, 1896 in Munich)
    Group leader of the Liberals
    Awarded on September 18, 1885
    Hormann was honored in recognition of his services to the constituency of Kempten in general and to the city of Memmingen in particular.
  4. Gustav Ritter von Prinzing (* 1833; † 1910)
    Kgl. Senior Consistorial Councilor
    Awarded on September 3, 1891
    The appointment was made in recognition of the services to the education and instruction system of the city and as the founder and chairman of the Ludwigslehrerinnenseminar and for his almost 30 years of blessed activity in the city.
    Otto von Bismarck
  5. Otto von Bismarck (born April 1, 1815 in Schönhausen; † July 30, 1898 in Friedrichsruh)
    Chancellor
    Awarded on April 1, 1895
  6. Josef Wagner (* 1846; † 1914)
    District Judge
    Awarded in 1898
    Wagner was a member of the state parliament and the Reichstag from 1887 to 1904. He was granted honorary citizenship for his services as a member of parliament.
  7. Paul Ritter von Köberle (born May 19, 1866 in Memmingen; † February 4, 1948 in Rammelsbach)
    Lieutenant General
    Awarded on January 31, 1918
    As major general and leader of a reserve division in a critical situation, Köberle brought the enemy attempt to break through on July 31, 1917 at a crucial point in Flanders by means of particularly clever, prudent, energetic measures. After being awarded the Military Max Josef Order, he also became an honorary citizen in Memmingen.
  8. Monsignor Max Rippler (* 1855 - † 1923)
    Parish priest
    Awarded in 1921
    Rippler was made an honorary citizen for his 36 years of self-sacrificing work in the Catholic community, in school and in the poor council, in gratitude for the charities he set up with a rare sense of sacrifice and for his continued striving to maintain peace in and with the community.
    Board of honorary citizens in the town hall
  9. Eduard Flach (* 1853; † 1945)
    Privatier
    Awarded on October 12, 1928
    With the award, the city honored his more than 30 years of meritorious work in the beautification association and his unremitting work and his great financial sacrifice for the creation and maintenance of the walking paths and facilities around the city.
  10. Paul von Hindenburg (born October 2, 1847 in Posen, † August 2, 1934 at Gut Neudeck)
    Field Marshal General, President of the Reich
    Awarded on April 27, 1933
    • Ludwig Siebert (born October 17, 1874 in Ludwigshafen; † November 1, 1942 at Chiemsee)
    Bavarian Prime Minister
    Awarded on April 27, 1933
    • Adolf Hitler (born April 20, 1889 in Braunau am Inn, † April 30, 1945 in Berlin)
    Fuehrer, Chancellor
    Awarded on April 27, 1933
    denied
  11. Julius Miedel (born August 5, 1863 in Weißenburg in Bavaria, † August 18, 1940 in Memmingen)
    Senior teacher
    Awarded on August 5, 1938
    Miedel received honorary citizenship in recognition of his great services to local history and homeland care.
  12. Friedrich Braun (* 1873; † 1960)
    Lord Mayor
    Braun was Lord Mayor of Memmingen from 1910 to 1931.
  13. Georg Fey (born December 28, 1882 in Memmingen; † October 2, 1959 there)
    mayor
    Fey was mayor from 1945 to 1962.
  14. Heinrich Berndl
    Lord Mayor
    Awarded in 1962
    Berndl was initially from 1926 to 1932 legal counsel in Memmingen and then from 1932, except 1945-1956, Lord Mayor of the city. On the occasion of his 75th birthday, he was made an honorary citizen for his great services to the city, including its salvation from the destruction in 1945.
  15. Ludwig Leichtle
    mayor
    Awarded in 1978
    Ludwig Leichtle was granted honorary citizenship due to his long service in the Memmingen city council and his capacity as deputy mayor.
  16. Ludwig Hermann
    mayor
    1984
    Ludwig Hermann was granted honorary citizenship due to his long service in the Memmingen city council and his capacity as deputy mayor.
    Eugen Oppitz's grave at the forest cemetery in Memmingen
  17. Eugene Oppitz
    City council
    Awarded in 1990
    Eugen Oppitz was awarded honorary citizenship due to his long service in the Memmingen city council.
  18. Max Ziegelbauer (born September 6, 1923 in Memmingen; † November 21, 2016 there)
    Auxiliary Bishop in Augsburg
    Awarded in 1993
    was represented as the highest Memmingen representative in the Catholic Church until his death
  19. Josef Miller (born July 12, 1947 in Oberschöneberg)
    Politician
    Awarded April 28, 2014
    Josef Miller represented the interests of the state and the region in the Bavarian state parliament for almost three decades and, as far as possible, especially the city of Memmingen, and for 18 years stood up for the citizens of Memmingen in the city council. He has made a special contribution to the well-being of the city.
  20. Ivo Holzinger (born April 4, 1948 in Aalen)
    Politician
    Awarded October 17, 2016, entry into force on November 21, 2016
    Awarded due to his 36-year tenure as Lord Mayor of the City of Memmingen
  21. Herbert Müller (born November 15, 1944 in Memmingen)
    Politician
    Unanimously decided in the last plenary meeting of the 2014–2020 term of office
    Awarded for city council activities 1972 to 2020, for 24 years representing the interests of the state, the region and the city in the state parliament and initiating the Memming Freedom Prize 1525

Remarks

  1. ↑ Lt. Memminger Volksblatt of April 28, 1933, page 4.
  2. ↑ Is no longer considered an honorary citizen.
  3. ↑ josef-miller.de , quotation from Mayor Ivo Holzinger as a reason for being granted honorary citizenship
  4. ↑ 600 guests say goodbye to Dr. Ivo Holzinger
  5. ↑ Press release of the City of Memmingen accessed on May 2, 2020

source

  • Karlheinz Spielmann : Honorary Citizen and Honors in the Federal Republic. Self-published, Dortmund-Barop 1965.
  • City Cultural Office and City Archives Memmingen