List of honorary citizens of St. Wendel

This list of honorary citizens of St. Wendel shows the honorary citizens of St. Wendel . Honorary citizenship is awarded as the highest honor for services to the welfare and development of the city. Since 1869 the following people have received this honor.

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Chronological listing by date of award

1. Eberhard Herwarth von Bittenfeld (* September 4, 1796 - † September 2, 1884)

   Commanding general of the VIII Army Corps

   Awarded on June 18, 1869

   General von Bittenfeld was made an honorary citizen for the establishment of a district command in St. Wendel.

2. Clemens Freiherr von Schorlemer-Lieser (born September 29, 1856 - † July 8, 1922)

   Royal Minister of State and Minister of Agriculture, Domains and Forests

   Awarded on August 11, 1910 at Lichtenberg Castle

   He was awarded the honorary citizenship in gratitude for his high interests and the great and unforgettable services to the development of the city. He had campaigned for the expansion of the Progymnasium to a full institution, for the conversion of the agricultural school, for the construction of a new railway workshop on Berzberg and for the construction of the railway line from St. Wendel to Tholey.

3. Max Müller (born October 15, 1862 - † August 21, 1937)

   Mayor a. D. in Wadern

   Awarded on June 25, 1932 at the beginning of the 600th anniversary of St. Wendel on June 25, 1932 "for his services to the history of the city" (resolution of the city council of June 17, 1932)

4. Father Alois Selzer (born February 13, 1893 - † June 24, 1968)

   Prof. for pedagogy and sociology at the theological college of the order in Mödling

   Priest of the Society of the Divine Word

   Selzer was a professor of education and sociology and head of the St. Gabriel publishing house in Mödling near Vienna

   Awarded " for the great interest and the unforgettable services to the city and its patron St. Wendalin proven by his hagiographic doctoral thesis (Münster 1935)."

5. Hans Klaus Schmitt (December 2, 1900 - March 11, 1982)

   City Inspector a. D., Head of the St. Wendel Cultural and Transport Office

   Awarded on December 2, 1975 on the occasion of the 75th birthday (decision of the City Council of May 6, 1975).

6. Leo Kornbrust (born August 31, 1929)

   Artist, professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich

   The award was made in accordance with the city council resolution of March 26, 2019 at the suggestion of the city administration in the person of Mayor Peter Klär with the reasoning: “Leo Kornbrust has done a particularly good job of the city. Born in St. Wendel, he set special design features with his artistic activity. His constant work for peace through the power of art has carried the city's name far beyond the country's borders. "

literature

• Karlheinz Spielmann: Honorary Citizens and Honors in the Federal Republic , Vol. 2, 1967.
• Gerhard Weber: The honorary citizens of St. Wendel. In: St. Wendel. 650 years of the city. St. Wendeler Buchdruckerei und Verlag, St. Wendel 1982, p. 43.
• Raimund Fuchs: The honorary citizens of our city Wendel. St. Wendel 1984.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Max Müller: The history of the city of St. Wendel from its beginnings to the world wars. St. Wendel 1927, p. 354.
2. ↑ "Because of his outstanding services to the king and fatherland and thus also to our city" [...] The construction was bold and lacked any personal relationship between the celebrated and our city, "says Max Müller: The history of the city of St. Wendel von their beginnings until the world wars. St. Wendel 1927, p. 354 f.
3. ↑ Max Müller: The history of the city of St. Wendel from its beginnings to the world wars. St. Wendel 1927, p. 355.
4. ↑ Art. Müller Max at www.saarland-biografien.de .
5. ^ Rudolf Kretschmer: History of the City of St. Wendel 1914−1986. Vol. 3. Saarbrücken 1986, p. 360 and 368 f. with ill. 1207.
6. ^ Weber : honorary citizen (see literature).
7. ↑ Art. Schmitt Hans-Klaus [!] At www.saarland-biografien.de .
8. ↑ Online at Saarnews .