List of honorary citizens of Saarbrücken
The city of Saarbrücken and the former cities and communities that are now part of Saarbrücken have granted the following people honorary citizenship. Honorary citizenship is the highest distinction a municipality can bestow. It is awarded to people who have made a special contribution to the community. This honorary citizenship ends with death. Separate from this is another and very special appreciation of the state capital Saarbrücken, the "honorary citizenship posthumously". With it, the state capital honors outstanding personalities with a connection to Saarbrücken who, like Willy Graf and Max Braun, fought the Nazi dictatorship with their lives and only received this honor after their death.
As is customary in other cities, the city council decided on April 3, 2001, that various members of the government and politicians of National Socialism were removed from the list of honorary citizens.
Note: The listing is done chronologically according to the date of award.
The honorary citizens of the city of Saarbrücken
- 2003 posthumously: Willi Graf (1918–1943), resistance fighter in the Third Reich, member of the White Rose
- 2012: Tzvi Avni , Israeli composer
- 2016 posthumously: Max Braun , politician and journalist
- 2018: Wolfgang Wahlster , computer scientist and university lecturer
Former honorary citizen of the city of Saarbrücken
People from the time of National Socialism who were removed from the list of honorary citizens in 2001 due to a city council resolution.
- 1934: Adolf Hitler , Reich Chancellor
- 1937: Wilhelm Frick , Reich Minister of the Interior
- 1937: Joseph Goebbels , Reich Propaganda Minister
- 1937: Hermann Göring , Reichsmarschall
- 1940: Josef Bürckel , Gauleiter
- 1940: Fritz Todt , Reich Minister for Armaments and Ammunition
Former honorary citizens. Honorary citizenship ends with death.
- 1790: August Wilhelm Iffland , actor
- 1885: Otto von Bismarck , Chancellor (from 1895 also honorary citizen of St. Johann and Malstatt-Burbach)
- 1890: Julius Kiefer , businessman
- 1893: Ernst Wagner , glass manufacturer (honorary citizen of St. Johann)
- 1896: Eduard von Pestel , major general (honorary citizen of old Saarbrücken and St. Johann)
- 1897: Gustav Bruch , brewer (honorary citizen of St. Johann)
- 1897: Emil Haldy , entrepreneur (honorary citizen of St. Johann)
- 1897: Ferdinand Riotte, lawyer (honorary citizen of St. Johann)
- 1904: Gustav Leopold Ilse , Protestant pastor (honorary citizen of St. Johann)
- 1906: Theodor Cormann, President of the Regional Court (honorary citizen of old Saarbrücken)
- 1907: Friedrich Wilhelm Feldmann , civil engineer and Lord Mayor (honorary citizen of old Saarbrücken)
- 1910: Eduard Adt , factory owner and mayor (honorary citizen of Ensheim ), MdR
- 1913: Constanz von Baltz , District President
- 1930: Oscar Orth , doctor (honorary citizen of Ensheim )
- 1934: Paul von Hindenburg , President of the Reich
- 1952: Adolf Wilhelm, teacher (honorary citizen of Ensheim )
- 1952: Karl Lohmeyer , art historian and folklorist
- 1954: Jakob Michels, miner and mayor (honorary citizen of Altenkessel)
- 1958: Andreas Kremp, teacher (honorary citizen of Eschringen)
- 1959: Ludwig Glaser, foreman and mayor (honorary citizen of Güdingen)
- 1959: Wilhelm Huppert, former and mayor (honorary citizen of Güdingen)
- 1959: Richard Becker , wholesale merchant and politician
- 1961: Franz-Josef Bungarten , Catholic pastor
- 1961: Karl Franz, Catholic pastor
- 1965: Wilhelm Kehr, Catholic pastor (honorary citizen of Dudweiler)
- 1966: Sister Gottfrieda, alias Ida Hartmann, religious and nurse (honorary citizen of Ensheim )
- 1966: Carl August Hertel, Protestant pastor (honorary citizen of Dudweiler)
- 1966: Peter Weber, Catholic pastor (honorary citizen of Klarenthal)
- 1967: Heinrich Jenewein, factory owner (honorary citizen of Dudweiler)
- 1969: Walter Lutz, doctor (honorary citizen of Güdingen)
- 1969: Johanna Wendel, deaconry sister (honorary citizen of Güdingen)
- 1970: Emil Schäfer, radio presenter and mayor (honorary citizen of Güdingen)
- 1971: Roger Bigot, Mayor (honorary citizen of Altenkessel)
- 1973: Reinhold Schweig, businessman and mayor (honorary citizen of Schafbrücke)
- 1987: Jean Porhiel (1907–1991), journalist and founder of the twinning with Nantes