List of honorary citizens of Salzburg

The appointment as an honorary citizen is the highest distinction that the state capital Salzburg can award . It has always been associated with all the rights of a Salzburg citizen, but without their obligations. Honorary citizenship was first awarded on May 6, 1829 to the landscape painter Johann Michael Sattler. Only after almost 100 years was the Kammersängerin Lilli Lehmann, the first woman to be made an honorary citizen of the city of Salzburg in 1920.

The appointment of particularly deserving men and women as honorary citizens by various cities in the German-speaking area took place for the first time in the last decade of the 18th century . This is mainly due to the achievement of intellectual and later also political leadership by the strengthening bourgeoisie , who managed to include the nobility in its basic type and finally even to award the civil rights as an honorable distinction to aristocrats.

A statutory legal basis for the appointment as well as for the legal status of honorary citizens was included for the first time in 1850, with the adoption of the first municipal code for the city of Salzburg. For the pre-constitutional period in Salzburg, as in all of Austria, no legal basis was drawn up.

Honorary citizen of Salzburg

Appointments in the 19th century

• Johann Michael Sattler (born September 28, 1786 in Herzogenburg , Lower Austria; † September 27, 1847 in Mattsee , Salzburg );

Portrait and landscape painter

Awarded: May 6, 1829

• Anton Graf Kinsky (born May 25, 1774; † January 31, 1864 in Vienna );

Military commander

Awarded: February 12, 1830

• Karl Graf Welsperg-Raitenau (born March 1, 1779; † October 12, 1873 in Purkersdorf near Vienna );

Politician, district chief of Salzburg

Awarded: September 27, 1831

• Albert Graf Montecuccoli-Laderchi (born July 1, 1802 in Mitterau, Lower Austria, † August 19, 1852 in Vienna),

Politician, district chief of Salzburg

Awarded: February 3, 1838

• Michael Benedikt Lessing (born July 15, 1809 in Danzig ; † December 6, 1884 in Berlin );

Medical Council

Awarded: October 23, 1839

• August Pott (born November 7, 1806 in Hanover , † August 27, 1883 in Graz );

Chamber musician, court conductor

Awarded September 4, 1842

• Ludwig von Schwanthaler (born August 26, 1802 in Munich ; † November 14, 1848 there);

sculptor

Awarded: September 4, 1842 as part of the unveiling ceremony for the Mozart monument

• Johann Baptist Stiglmaier (born October 18, 1791 in Fürstenfeldbruck , Upper Bavaria , † March 2, 1844 in Munich );

Ore caster and sculptor

Awarded: September 4, 1842 as part of the unveiling ceremony for the Mozart monument

• Alois Fischer (born January 28 in Landeck , Tyrol , † April 8, 1883 in Innsbruck );

Court and court advocate in Salzburg and Ministerialrat, 1848–1851 Head of the Crown Land of Upper Austria

Awarded: March 18, 1848

• Franz von Hilleprandt (born August 29, 1796 in Vienna , † September 17, 1871 in Salzburg );

Court attorney in Salzburg, founder of the first Austrian savings bank

Awarded: April 5, 1848

• Ernst Schilling (born December 25, 1809 in Lofer ; † April 25, 1872)

Member of the Leopoldstadt in Vienna at the Frankfurt National Assembly

Awarded: May 15, 1848

• Gustav Ignaz Graf Chorinsky (* January 27, 1806; † October 15, 1873 in Vienna )

District chief of Salzburg

Awarded: March 3, 1849

• Josef Freiherr Lasser von Zollheim (born September 30, 1815 in Weißenbach near Strobl ; † November 19, 1879 in Vienna )

Ministerial Councilor and Minister of the Interior

Awarded: May 5, 1850

• Friedrich Fürst Schwarzenberg (born April 6, 1809 in Vienna ; † March 27, 1885 ibid)

Prince Archbishop of Salzburg

Awarded: August 5, 1850

• Gotthard Bayrhamer (born March 21, 1819 - † May 17, 1877 in Salzburg )

House and property owners in Schallmoos

Awarded: March 4, 1852

• Vinzenz Maria Süß (born January 15, 1802 in Weißenbach near Strobl ; † May 5, 1868 in Salzburg )

School teacher and founder as well as director of the Salzburg Museum

Awarded: August 2, 1852

• Ignaz Blaschke Ritter von Reigersheim (* 1974 or 1795 in Reigersdorf , Moravia ; † October 28, 1871 in Salzburg )

Benefactor of Salzburg and honorary member of the Salzburg Museum

Awarded: November 15, 1852

• Alexander Freiherr von Bach (born January 4, 1813 in Loosdorf , Lower Austria ; † November 12, 1893 at Schönberg Palace , Lower Austria)

Minister of the Interior and Minister of Justice

Awarded March 14, 1853

• Otto Franz Graf Fünfkirchen (born March 19, 1800 - † April 6, 1872 in Vienna )

State President of Salzburg

Awarded: October 12, 1857

• Anton Ritter von Le Monnier (born December 21, 1819 in Frankfurt am Main , Germany; † June 17, 1873 in Vienna )

Police Director in Salzburg, President of the Vienna Police Directorate

Awarded: July 23, 1860

• Josef Karl Maager (March 15, 1813 in Kronstadt, Austrian Empire , today Brașov , Romania ; † February 23, 1887)

Reichsrat, President of the Chamber of Commerce and the Kreditanstalt branch in Kronstadt

Awarded: February 25, 1861

• Anton Ritter von Schmerling (born August 23, 1805 in Vienna ; † May 23, 1893 ibid)

Reich Minister President; Honorary Citizen of the City of Vienna

Awarded: February 10, 1862

• Carl Freiherr von Schwarz (* July 23, 1817 in Söhle bei Neutitschein , Moravia , today Nový Jičín ; Czech Republic ; † October 21, 1898 in Salzburg )

Building contractor

Awarded: December 1, 1862

• Franz Freiherr von Spiegelfeld (born May 10, 1802 in Trieste , coastal region , Austrian Empire ; † October 20, 1885 in Aschach bei Volders , Tyrol )

State President of Salzburg

Awarded: May 4, 1863

• Eduard Graf Taaffe (born February 24, 1833 in Vienna , † November 29, 1895 in Ellischau , Bohemia )

State President of Salzburg

Awarded: May 21, 1866

• Heinrich Ritter von Mertens (born April 28, 1811 in Vienna , † October 26, 1872 in Salzburg )

Mayor of the City of Salzburg

Awarded: December 17, 1866

• Friedrich Ferdinand Graf Beust (born January 13, 1809 in Dresden ; † October 24, 1886 at Altenberg Castle , Lower Austria )

Saxon Prime Minister, opponent Bismarck, Austrian Prime Minister; Honorary Citizen of the City of Vienna

Awarded: November 13, 1871

• Adolf Fürst Auersperg (* July 21, 1821 - † January 5, 1885 in Goldegg near St. Pölten , Lower Austria )

Austrian Prime Minister, State President of Salzburg, Oberstland Marshal of Bohemia

Awarded: November 28, 1871

• Leopold Scheibl (born November 4, 1817 in Schärding am Inn , Austria ob der Enns ; † September 17, 1894 in Salzburg )

Goldsmith, Mayor and Deputy Governor of Salzburg

Awarded: May 13, 1872

• Ignaz Harrer (born July 19, 1826 in Lambach , Austria ob der Enns , † June 11, 1905 in Salzburg )

mayor

Awarded: November 15, 1875

• Sigmund Ignaz Graf von Thun and Hohenstein (born June 11, 1827 in Klösterle an der Eger, Bohemia ; † September 7, 1897 in Morzg )

Governor of the Emperor in Moravia , President of Salzburg

Awarded: December 3, 1875

• Rudolf Biebl (born April 6, 1820 in Salzburg , † April 19, 1895 there)

Mayor and City Council

Awarded: January 13, 1879

• Adolf Ritter von Steinhauser (* December 4, 1825 in Hallein ; † June 16, 1888 in Salzburg )

Government Council

Awarded: June 9, 1884

• Alois Czedik Freiherr von Bründlsberg and Eysenberg (born November 14, 1830 in Agram , Austrian Empire , † July 19, 1924 in Vienna )

Reichsrat member

Awarded: August 10, 1885

• Rudolf Spängler (* January 21, 1830 in Salzburg , † December 18, 1895 there)

pharmacist

Awarded: November 6, 1893

• Franz von Hueber (born March 17, 1845 in Salzburg ; † May 11, 1936 there)

Mayor and City Council

Awarded: April 23, 1894

• Peter Poschacher (born September 13, 1825 in Salzburg ; † April 19, 1911 there)

Councilor, Vice Mayor, President of the Chamber of Notaries

Awarded: April 29, 1895

• Anton Neumüller (born November 23, 1830 in Ried im Innkreis ; † July 20, 1898 in Salzburg )

Lawyer, First City Legal Counsel

Awarded: July 1, 1895

• Otto Spängler (born July 4, 1841 in Salzburg ; † November 26, 1919 there)

Lawyer, councilor, director of the Salzburger Sparkasse

Awarded: May 4, 1897

Appointments in the 20th century

• Julius Sylvester (born June 30, 1854 in Vienna , † July 13, 1944 in Seekirchen )

Jurist; Vice Mayor of the City of Salzburg, Member of the Reichsrat

Awarded: June 11, 1901

• Heinrich Ritter von Wittek (born January 29, 1844 in Vienna ; † April 9, 1930 ibid)

Jurist; Trade minister, railway minister, prime minister, member of the Reichsrat

Awarded: June 11, 1901

• Karl Wurmb (born September 18 in Neumarkt im Hausruckkreis ; † January 30, 1907 in Vienna)

Head of Section in the Ministry of Railways

Awarded: June 11, 1901

• Wilhelm Drathschmidt Edler von Bruckheim (born December 6, 1846 in Königgrätz , † December 29, 1925 in Vienna)

K. k. Councilor and State Railway Director

Awarded: June 11, 1901

• Franz Berger (born April 7, 1860 in Eberschwang , Austria ob der Enns; † March 11, 1929 in Salzburg)

Banker, councilor, mayor of the city of Salzburg

Awarded: September 10, 1906

• Eberhard Fugger (born January 3, 1842 in Salzburg, † August 21, 1919 there)

Natural scientist, director of the Carolino Augusteum Museum

Awarded: December 18, 1911

• Max Ott (born November 2, 1855 in Rienpach , Württemberg; † April 23, 1941 in Salzburg)

Mayor and Deputy Governor

Awarded October 28, 1913

• Alois Winkler (born June 7, 1838 in Waidring , Tyrol; † June 11, 1925 in Salzburg)

Governor of Salzburg

Awarded: June 2, 1917

• Cornelius Reitsamer (born July 3, 1857 in Villach , † October 18, 1930 in Salzburg)

Goldsmith, City Fire Director

Awarded: July 19, 1920

• Lilli Lehmann (born November 24, 1848 in Würzburg , † May 17, 1929 in Berlin )

Chamber singer

Awarded: October 4, 1920

• Johann Engl (born July 13, 1835 in Salzburg; † May 18, 1921 there)

Mozart researcher, founder of the Mozart Foundation

Awarded: November 15, 1920

• Burghard Breitner (born June 10, 1884 in Mattsee , † March 28, 1956 in Innsbruck)

Surgeon; President of the Austrian Society of the Red Cross

Awarded: November 15, 1920

• Ludwig Schmederer (born October 10, 1846 in Munich , † October 21, 1935 in Salzburg)

President of the Salzburg Art Association; Holder of the Golden Badge of Honor of the Republic of Austria

Awarded: April 19, 1921

• Emil Hettwer (born April 13, 1847 in Udine , Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia ; † April 8, 1934 in Salzburg)

Colonel of the Imperial and Royal Army; cartographer

Awarded: December 18, 1922

• Julius Haagn (born February 12, 1844 in Liefering ; † June 23, 1925 in Salzburg)

Kommerzialrat, member of the state parliament, founder of the voluntary fire brigade in Salzburg, holder of the Golden Decoration of Honor of the Republic of Austria

Awarded: December 17, 1923

• Richard Strauss (born June 11, 1864 in Munich, † September 8, 1949 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen )

Composer and conductor

Awarded: June 17, 1924

• Richard Mayr (born October 18, 1877 in Salzburg; December 1, 1935 ibid)

Chamber singer; Honorary member of the Vienna State Opera and the Mozarteum

Awarded: September 26, 1927

• Christian Varnschein (born December 18, 1867 in Salzburg; † April 20, 1944 there)

Senior Medical Council; Founder of the Salzburg Voluntary Rescue Society

Awarded: May 7, 1928

• Franz Rehrl (born December 4, 1890 in Salzburg; † January 23, 1947 there)

Governor of Salzburg

Awarded: May 13, 1929

• Ignatius Rieder (born February 1, 1858 in Grossarl ; † October 8, 1934 in Salzburg )

Prince Archbishop of Salzburg

Awarded: May 25, 1931

• Josef Reiter (born January 19, 1862 in Braunau am Inn ; † June 2, 1939 in Bayerisch Gmain )

composer

Awarded: August 29, 1938

• Mark W. Clark (born May 1, 1896 in Madison Barracks , Sackets Harbor , New York , † April 17, 1984 in Charleston, South Carolina)

Career officer; US High Commissioner for Austria

Awarded: February 1, 1946

Grave of Harry J. Collins in the Salzburg Petersfriedhof

• Harry J. Collins (born December 7, 1895 in Chicago - † March 8, 1963)

Career officer; 1946–1948 commanding general of US troops in Austria

Awarded: February 1, 1946

• Edgar Erskine Hume (born December 26, 1889 in Frankfort (Kentucky) )

1945–1947 military governor for the US zone of Austria

Awarded: February 1, 1946

• Richard Hildmann (born February 6, 1882 in Bockenheim , Germany; † October 4, 1952 in Salzburg )

Mayor of the City of Salzburg

Awarded: July 29, 1949

• Anton Neumayr (born June 1, 1887 in Salzburg; † June 18, 1954 there)

Mayor and Deputy Governor; President of the State Parliament

Awarded: May 29, 1952

• Heinrich Puthon (born May 17, 1872 in Graz, † April 24, 1961 in Salzburg)

Colonel i. R.

Awarded: August 9, 1957

• Stanislaus Pacher (born October 19, 1892 in Flattach , Carinthia ; † August 17, 1970 in Salzburg)

Mayor of the City of Salzburg and Member of the State Parliament

Awarded: August 28, 1958

• Johannes Baptist Filzer , (born January 11, 1874 in Kitzbühel, † July 13, 1962 in Salzburg)

Auxiliary bishop

Awarded: April 22, 1959

• Andreas Rohracher , (born May 31, 1892 in Lienz ; † August 6, 1976 in Altötting )

archbishop

Awarded: April 22, 1959

• Franz Wallack (born August 24, 1887 in Vienna , † October 31, 1966 in Sankt Johann im Pongau )

Street planner

Awarded: August 19, 1960

• Adolf Schemel , (born June 30, 1880 in Salzburg, † June 27, 1961 there)

Deputy Governor

Awarded: August 19, 1960

• Franz Peyerl (born June 26, 1897 in Kleinmünchen near Linz, † September 13, 1967 in Salzburg)

Deputy Governor

Awarded: June 26, 1962

• Bernhard Paumgartner (born November 14, 1887 Vienna ; † July 27, 1971 in Salzburg)

Conductor and composer

Awarded: January 28, 1963

• Eduard Paul Tratz (born September 25, 1888 in Salzburg, † January 5, 1977 there)

Founder and director of the Salzburg House of Nature

Awarded: September 27, 1963.

In the official report of December 4, 2014, Salzburg Mayor Heinz Schaden (SPÖ) called for the posthumous revocation of honorary citizenship because of Tratz's Nazi past.

• Karl Böhm (born August 28, 1894 in Graz , † August 14, 1981 in Salzburg )

conductor

Awarded: August 31, 1964

• Hans Lepperdinger (born June 29, 1905 in Munich; † March 30, 1984 in Traunstein)

Colonel in the German Wehrmacht in World War II

Awarded: April 15, 1966

• Karl Heinrich Waggerl (born December 10, 1897 in Bad Gastein , † November 4, 1973 in Schwarzach im Pongau )

Poet and writer

Awarded: December 11, 1967

• Herbert von Karajan (born April 5, 1908 in Salzburg, † July 16, 1989 in Anif )

conductor

Awarded: April 4, 1968

• Alfred Bäck (born November 21, 1903 in Saalfelden , Austria; † November 3, 1974 in Salzburg);

Mayor of the state capital Salzburg

Awarded: November 21, 1968

• Carl Orff , (* July 10, 1895 in Munich; † March 29, 1982 ibid)

German composer and music teacher

Awarded: June 4, 1975

• Clemens Holzmeister , (born March 27, 1886 in Fulpmes , Tyrol; † June 12, 1983 in Hallein )

Architect ( Great Festival Hall )

Awarded: August 19, 1976

• Nico Dostal (born November 27, 1895 in Korneuburg , Lower Austria; † October 27, 1981 in Salzburg)

Operetta and film music composer

Awarded: November 24, 1980

• Heinrich Salfenauer (born September 11, 1920 in Werfen ; † April 4, 2016)

Mayor of the state capital Salzburg

Awarded: January 6, 1981

• Robert Jungk (born May 11, 1913 in Berlin ; † July 14, 1994 in Salzburg )

Futurologist

Awarded: 1989

• Leopold Müller-Salzburg (born January 9, 1908 in Salzburg , † August 1, 1988 there)

Anthroposophist , founder of the science of geomechanics

Awarding: unknown

• Otto Nussbaumer (born March 31, 1876 in Wilten near Innsbruck; † May 5, 1930 in Salzburg)

physicist

Awarding: unknown

Appointments in the 21st Century

• Günther Schwab (born October 7, 1904 in Prague , † April 12, 2006 in Salzburg )

Writer, conservationist and early critic of nuclear energy

Awarded: 2004

• Donald Kahn (* 1925 in New York ; † August 10, 2013 in Salzburg )

patron

Awarded: June 2, 2004

• Josef Dechant

Mayor of the City of Salzburg from 1992 to 1999

Awarded on May 11, 2005

• Josef Reschen

Mayor of the City of Salzburg from 1980 to 1990

Awarded on May 11, 2005

• Fritz Wintersteller (born October 21, 1927 in Innsbruck; † September 15, 2018 in Salzburg)

climber

Awarded: February 23, 2006

• Marko Feingold (born May 28, 1913; died September 19, 2019)

President of the Israelite religious community in Salzburg

Awarded: 2008

• Helga Rabl-Stadler (born June 2, 1948)

President of the Salzburg Festival

Awarded: 2018

literature

• Josef Gassner: The honorary citizens of the state capital Salzburg . Self-published by the Carolino Augusteum Museum, Salzburg 1954.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Salzburger Nachrichten - Eduard Paul Tratz: City revokes honorary citizenship . Article dated December 5, 2014, accessed December 5, 2014.
2. ^ Salzburg.orf.at - House of Nature: Tratz loses honorary citizenship . Article dated December 5, 2014, accessed December 5, 2014.
3. ↑ Festival patron Donald Kahn has passed away. ORF Salzburg, August 11, 2013, accessed on August 11, 2013 . 
4. ↑ orf.at: Helga Rabl-Stadler becomes an honorary citizen . Article dated July 26, 2018, accessed July 26, 2018.