List of honorary citizens of Würzburg

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Coat of arms of the city of Würzburg

The city of Würzburg has granted honorary citizenship to 41 people since 1819 .

In the course of the incorporation of the city of Heidingsfeld on January 1, 1930, the honorary citizenship conferred there was taken over by Franz Otto .

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

The honorary citizens of the city of Würzburg

  1. Georg Josef von Seuffert (1793–1864)
    District Court Director
    Awarded in 1819
  2. Johann Adam von Seuffert (born March 15, 1794 in Würzburg, † May 8, 1857 in Munich)
    Professor at the university
    Awarded in 1819
  3. Wilhelm Joseph Behr (born August 26, 1775 in Sulzheim; † August 1, 1851 in Bamberg)
    Professor of Law
    Awarded in 1819
  4. Rudolf Graf von Rechteren-Limpurg (born September 22, 1751, † June 20, 1842 in Sommerhausen)
    Major general
    Awarded in 1819
  5. Arnold Friedrich von Mieg (1778–1842)
    Ministerial Councilor
    Awarded in 1824
  6. Johann Lukas Schönlein (born November 30, 1793; † January 23, 1864 in Bamberg)
    doctor
    Awarded in 1830
  7. Georg Thomas Haaf (born October 6, 1777 in Simringen, † March 22, 1843 in Würzburg)
    spiritual councilor and pastor
    Awarded in 1837
  8. Eleonore Landgravine of Hessen-Rotenburg (* July 13, 1799 - November 10, 1851)
    Benefactress
    Awarded in 1837
  9. Franz Horn (born November 16, 1781 in Wolfsmünster, † 1856 in Würzburg)
    Rector of the district trade school
    Awarded in 1838
  10. Josef Fröhlich (born May 20, 1780 in Würzburg; † January 5, 1862 there)
    Founder of the music school
    Awarded in 1851
  11. Johannes Bolongaro Crevenna (born April 3, 1807 in Amsterdam, † October 16, 1871 in Würzburg)
    Merchant and manufacturer
    Awarded in 1851
  12. Ludwig Wickenmayer (born April 1, 1805 in Würzburg; † February 2, 1879 there)
    Parish priest of St. Gertrud
    Awarded in 1856
  13. Johann Martin von Wagner (born June 24, 1777 in Würzburg, † August 8, 1858 in Rome)
    Director of the Academy of Fine Arts
    Awarded in 1857
  14. Jakob Huth (* in Würzburg)
    Wine merchant
    Awarded in 1857
  15. Friedrich Wilhelm von Scanzoni (born December 21, 1821 in Prague, † June 12, 1891 in Zinneberg Castle)
    professor
    Awarded in 1858
  16. Ludwig von Weis (born January 19, 1813 in Zweibrücken, † May 15, 1880 in Munich)
    First Mayor
    Awarded in 1866
    Tomb of Friedrich August Freiherr von Zu-Rhein
  17. Friedrich August Freiherr von Zu-Rhein (born August 7, 1802 in Würzburg; † September 12, 1870 ibid)
    Council of State, President of the Government of Lower Franconia
    Awarded in 1866
  18. Georg von Zürn (born August 17, 1834 in Würzburg; † May 10, 1884 ibid)
    First Mayor
    Awarded in 1870
  19. Jakob von Hartmann (born February 4, 1795 in Edenkoben; † February 23, 1873 in Würzburg)
    General Commander
    Awarded in 1871
  20. Joseph von Schork (born December 7, 1829 in Kleinheubach; † January 25, 1905 in Bamberg)
    Archbishop of Bamberg
    Awarded in 1891
  21. Albert von Koelliker (born July 6, 1817 in Zurich; † November 2, 1905 in Würzburg)
    University professor
    Awarded in 1892
  22. Friedrich von Luxburg (born August 21, 1829 in Laubegast; † November 23, 1905 in Würzburg)
    President of the Government of Lower Franconia
    Awarded in 1899
  23. Franz Otto (born January 20, 1821 in Höchstadt, † September 11, 1911 in Heidingsfeld)
    Former Mayor of Heidingsfeld
    Awarded in 1901 in Heidingsfeld
  24. Franz Joseph Stein (born April 4, 1832 in Amorbach, † May 4, 1909 in Munich)
    Archbishop of Munich
    Awarded in 1902
  25. Friedrich Prym (born September 28, 1841 in Düren, † December 15, 1915 in Bonn)
    University professor
    Awarded in 1911
  26. Philipp Ritter von Michel (born April 1, 1845 in Sachsenheim, † June 13, 1922 in Würzburg)
    Lord Mayor
    Awarded in 1913
  27. Friedrich Ritter von Brettreich (born December 25, 1858 in Bamberg, † March 21, 1938 in Egypt)
    Minister of State
    Awarded in 1916
    Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen
  28. Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (born March 27, 1845 in Lennep; † February 10, 1923 in Munich)
    University professor, Nobel Prize winner 1901
    Awarded in 1921
  29. Adolf Hitler
    Chancellor and dictator
    Awarded June 27, 1933 (pronounced May 2, 1933 ) - withdrawn on August 13, 1945
  30. Paul von Hindenburg
    Field Marshal General and President
    Awarded May 2, 1933
  31. Franz Ritter von Epp (born October 16, 1868 - † January 31, 1947)
    General and Reich Governor in Bavaria
    Awarded October 16, 1938 (by resolution of July 19) - withdrawn on August 13, 1945
  32. Ludwig Siebert (born October 17, 1874 in Ludwigshafen, † November 1, 1942 in Stock am Chiemsee)
    Lawyer, politician, Mayor of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Lord Mayor of Lindau in Lake Constance and Bavarian Prime Minister
    Awarded October 17, 1938 (by resolution of July 19) - revoked on August 13, 1945
  33. Hans Löffler (born June 22, 1872 in Karlstadt; † September 7, 1955 in Würzburg)
    Lord Mayor
    Awarded in 1947
  34. Frank Stadelmayer (born January 12, 1891 in Scheinfeld, † May 19, 1971 in Munich)
    Lord Mayor
    Awarded in 1961
  35. Gerda Laufer (born January 3, 1910 in Würzburg; † November 24, 1999 there)
    Politician (SPD), member of the city council, district council and state parliament
    Awarded in 1995
  36. Jean-Marie Girault (born February 9, 1926 in Pont l´Évêque, † May 1, 2016 in Caen)
    Lord Mayor of Caen (France)
    Awarded in 2000
  37. Hans-Bernhard Bolza-Schünemann (born May 20, 1926 in Bremen; † July 23, 2010)
    Entrepreneur, President of the Chamber of Commerce
    Awarded in 2000
  38. Robert Krick (born June 7, 1922 in Würzburg; † June 24, 2017) publisher and donor couple
    Awarded in 2002
  39. Margret Krick (born December 1, 1926 in Cologne; † April 5, 2016) donor couple
    Awarded in 2002
  40. Hermann Kupsch (born September 24, 1918; † November 16, 2013), a businessman, expandedhis parents' company into a flagship company in Main Franconia after the Second World War
    Awarded in 2008
  41. Peter C. Ruppert Collector couple of concrete art . They have given parts of their collection on loan to the Würzburg Museum in the Kulturspeicher. Donate the "Peter C. Ruppert Prize", which is awarded every three years by the city of Würzburg, in the amount of 15,000 euros
    Awarded in 2008
  42. Rosemarie Ruppert Collector couple of concrete art . They have given parts of their collection on loan to the Würzburg Museum in the Kulturspeicher. Donate the "Peter C. Ruppert Prize", which is awarded every three years by the city of Würzburg, in the amount of 15,000 euros
    Awarded in 2008
  43. Barbara Stamm (born October 29, 1944), politician
    Award ceremony 2019

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Weidisch: Würzburg in the "Third Reich". In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , p. 214 f.
  2. ^ Sybille Grübel: Timeline of the history of the city from 1814-2006. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. Volume 2, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , pp. 1225-1247; here: p. 1239.
  3. ↑ Hans Oppelt (Ed.): Würzburger Chronik von the memorable year 1945. Schöningh, Würzburg 1947 (reprint: ISBN 978-3-8771-7801-0 , p. 244.)
  4. ^ Sybille Grübel: Timeline of the history of the city from 1814-2006. 2007, p. 1239.
  5. ↑ Peter Weidisch: Würzburg in the "Third Reich". In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , pp. 211 f.
  6. ↑ Hans Oppelt (Ed.): Würzburger Chronik vom memorable year 1945. 1947, p. 244.
  7. ↑ Peter Weidisch: Würzburg in the "Third Reich". In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , p. 212 and p. 1273, note 58.
  8. ↑ Hans Oppelt (Ed.): Würzburger Chronik vom memorable year 1945. 1947, p. 244.
  9. ^ Würzburg: Barbara Stamm receives honorary citizenship. May 29, 2019, accessed on May 30, 2019 (German).