List of honorary citizens of Wiesbaden
The city of Wiesbaden has granted honorary citizenship to 27 people since 1892 .
Note: The listing is done chronologically according to the date of award.
The honorary citizens of the city of Wiesbaden
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Philipp Bertram (born November 12, 1812 in Winkel, † April 6, 1899 in Wiesbaden)
- Vice-President of the Court of Appeal a. D.
- Awarded in 1892
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Christian Gaab (born October 26, 1828 - † December 17, 1901 in Wiesbaden)
- Carpenter
- Awarded in 1896
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Fritz Kalle (born January 12, 1837 in Paris, † July 31, 1915 in Wiesbaden)
- Awarded in 1903
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Arnold Pagenstecher (born December 25, 1837 in Dillenburg, † June 11, 1913 in Wiesbaden)
- Privy councilor and medical council
- Awarded in 1907
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Carl Bernhard von Ibell (* July 8, 1847 in Bad Ems; † November 22, 1924 in Wiesbaden)
- Lord Mayor ret. D.
- Awarded in 1912
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Karl Glässing (born November 6, 1866 in Darmstadt; † January 22, 1952 in Wiesbaden)
- Privy Councilor, Finance Councilor and Lord Mayor a. D.
- Awarded in 1922
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Ludolf von Krehl (born December 26, 1861 in Leipzig, † May 26, 1937 in Heidelberg)
- Privy councilor, professor of internal medicine
- Awarded in 1932
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Wilhelm von Opel (born May 15, 1871 in Rüsselsheim, † May 2, 1948 in Wiesbaden)
- Privy councilor
- Awarded in 1933
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Heinrich Glücklich (born January 11, 1877 in Homburg vdH; † September 16, 1971 in Wiesbaden)
- Businessman and politician
- Awarded in 1950
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Carl Schuricht (born July 3, 1880 in Danzig, † January 7, 1967 in Vevey)
- General Music Director
- Awarded in 1953
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Wilhelm Ferdinand Kalle (born February 19, 1870 in Biebrich am Rhein, † September 7, 1954 in Tutzing)
- Industrialist and politician
- Awarded in 1953
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Georg Krücke (born July 8, 1880 in Limburg, † August 24, 1961 in Wiesbaden)
- Lord Mayor ret. D.
- Awarded in 1955
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Philipp Holl (born August 15, 1879 in Hömberg, † December 6, 1967 in Wiesbaden)
- Mayor a. D. and city elder
- Awarded in 1956
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Adam Herbert (born July 14, 1887 in Groß-Gerau, † September 2, 1976 in Wiesbaden)
- pharmacist
- Awarded in 1962
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Georg-August Zinn (born May 27, 1901 in Frankfurt am Main, † March 27, 1976 in Wiesbaden)
- Prime Minister a. D.
- Awarded in 1966
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Georg Buch (born September 24, 1903 in Wiesbaden; † August 5, 1995 in Wiesbaden)
- State Parliament President and Lord Mayor a. D.
- Awarded in 1968
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Wilhelm Kempf (born August 10, 1906 in Wiesbaden; † October 9, 1982 in Wiesbaden)
- bishop
- Awarded in 1975
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Martin Niemöller (born January 14, 1892 in Lippstadt; † March 6, 1984 in Wiesbaden)
- Church President i. R.
- Awarded in 1975
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Carol Nachman (born August 14, 1897 in Botosani, Romania; † June 10, 1993 in Wiesbaden)
- director
- Awarded in 1977
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Wilhelm Dyckerhoff (born February 6, 1908 in Amöneburg, † October 26, 1987 in Biebrich)
- Awarded in 1978
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Wilhelm Nils Fresenius (born July 17, 1913 in Berlin; † July 31, 2004 in Wiesbaden)
- Graduate chemist
- Awarded 1985
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Klaus Miehlke (born August 17, 1916 - † November 6, 2009 in Wiesbaden)
- Chief Physician and Medical Director
- Awarded on May 18, 1995
- Miehlke worked for many years at the city's rheumatism clinics. With his honorary citizenship, his commitment to research in the field of rheumatology, which goes far beyond his medical achievements, was recognized.
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Rudi Schmitt (born January 8, 1928 in Frankfurt am Main)
- Lord Mayor ret. D.
- Awarded on May 18, 1995
- Schmitt served as Lord Mayor of Wiesbaden from 1968 to 1980. Before that, he had been a member of the city's magistrate for eight years. In the course of his tireless local political work, he made outstanding services in the fields of school, culture and sport.
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Christa Moering (born December 10, 1916 - † June 9, 2013 in Wiesbaden)
- Painter and gallery owner
- Awarded on March 21, 1996
- The award honored Moering's outstanding achievements over the course of her 50 years of artistic activity in Wiesbaden as a painter, gallery owner, exhibiting artist, teacher of painting students and promoter of talents.
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Hans-Joachim Jentsch (born September 20, 1937 in Fürstenwalde / Spree)
- Judge of the Federal Constitutional Court a. D.
- Awarded on September 21, 2006
- Through his commitment as Thuringian Minister of Justice, Jentsch contributed to leveling confidence in the democratic constitutional state.
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Jörg Jordan (born September 30, 1939 in Zwickau)
- Minister of State a. D.
- Awarded on September 21, 2006
- As Wiesbaden's head of urban development, Jordan saved the eastern inner city area, the Bergkirchenviertel and the Schiffchen from destruction with the renovation. Later he set the tone for state politics as State Secretary and State Minister. As managing director of OFB, he organized the renovation of the rose and the reconstruction of the state parliament.
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Gottfried Kiesow (born August 7, 1931 in Alt Gennin; † November 7, 2011 in Wiesbaden)
- State curator a. D.
- Awarded on September 21, 2006
- Kiesow was the state curator for 30 years. He was co-founder and chairman of the German Foundation for Monument Protection and author of several books on historicism in Wiesbaden. He made a lasting contribution to the plan to include Wiesbaden on the list of world cultural heritage.
