List of honorary citizens of Wolfsburg

The city of Wolfsburg has granted honorary citizenship to 20 people since it was founded .

In the course of the incorporation of the towns of Fallersleben and Vorsfelde on July 1, 1972, the honorary citizenships conferred there were taken over by Otto Wolgast , Fritz Weiberg and Max Valentin .

The honorary citizens of the city of Wolfsburg

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

1. Heinrich Nordhoff (born January 6, 1899 in Hildesheim, † April 12, 1968 in Wolfsburg)

   1948 to 1960 General Director of Volkswagenwerk GmbH, 1960 to 1968 Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagenwerk AG

    

   Awarded on August 5, 1955

    

2. Otto Wolgast (born May 16, 1900 in Althüttendorf near Eberswalde; † August 8, 1994)

   1930 to 1945 mayor, 1949 to 1966 city director of the city of Fallersleben

    

   Awarded on May 16, 1965 in Fallersleben

    

3. Fritz Weiberg (born December 11, 1900 in Braunschweig, † September 15, 1977 in Wolfsburg)

   1946 to 1952 and 1954 to 1968 district administrator of the Helmstedt district, also from 1947 to 1955 member of the Lower Saxony state parliament

    

   Awarded on November 29, 1965 in Vorsfelde

    

4. Max Valentin (born September 30, 1902 in Vorsfelde; † January 13, 1979)

   1933 to 1945 and 1952 to 1972 (with interruptions) mayor of the city of Vorsfelde

    

   Awarded on September 30, 1971 in Vorsfelde

    

5. Hugo Bork (born November 20, 1907 in Graudenz / West Prussia; † October 16, 1998)

   1951 to 1971 works council chairman of the Volkswagen factory, 1956 to 1959 city council, 1959 to 1961 senator, 1961 to 1974 (with interruption 1972) mayor

    

   Awarded on November 20, 1977

    

6. Günther Graf von der Schulenburg-Wolfsburg (born April 15, 1891 in Hanover; † March 12, 1985)

   Large landowners

    

   Awarded on April 15, 1981

    

7. Antonius Holling (born September 2, 1908 in Osnabrück, † September 7, 1996 in Wolfsburg)

   1940 to 1986 Catholic priest in the city of the KdF-Wagen or Wolfsburg

    

   Awarded on July 1, 1984

    

8. Wilhelm Wolf (March 2, 1911 - February 22, 1992)

   Doctor, 1973 to 1977 chairman and 1978 to 1989 president of VfL Wolfsburg

    

   Awarded on June 30, 1985

    

9. Carl H. Hahn (born July 1, 1926 in Chemnitz)

   1982 to 1993 Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG

    

   Awarded on June 30, 1990

    

10. Walter Hiller (born October 9, 1932 in Dettingen an der Erms)

    1986 to 1990 Chairman of the General and Group Works Council of Volkswagen AG, 1986 to 1990 City Council, 1990 to 1996 Minister of Social Affairs of Lower Saxony

     

    Awarded on December 19, 1996

     

11. Werner Schlimme (born August 8, 1924 in Freden; † August 12, 2010 in Wolfsburg)

    1968 to 1976 city council, 1976 to 1981 city councilor, 1981 to 1986 first mayor, 1986 to 1996 lord mayor

     

    Awarded on December 19, 1996

     

12. Volkmar Köhler (born May 20, 1930 in Hanover; † June 6, 2012 in Wolfsburg)

    1964 to 1972 city councilor, 1969 to 1972 mayor, 1972 lord mayor, 1972 to 1976 city councilor, and 1972 to 1994 member of the German Bundestag

     

    Awarded on September 8, 1999

     

13. Helmut Simson (born August 29, 1916 in Berlin; † March 13, 2013 in Wolfsburg)

    1959 to 1964 City Council, 1964 to 1972 Senator, 1972 to 1974 City Councilor, 1974 to 1976 Lord Mayor, also 1967 to 1974 member of the Lower Saxony State Parliament

     

    Awarded on September 8, 1999

     

14. Katharina Schmidt (born August 5, 1929 in Silesia; † May 25, 2004)

    committed to the German Red Cross and the Vorsfelde social station, established the "Wolfsburg lunch for those in need"

     

    Awarded on May 4, 2001

     

15. Ferdinand Piëch (born April 17, 1937 in Vienna; † August 25, 2019 in Rosenheim)

    1993 to 2002 Chairman of the Board of Management, 2002 to 2015 Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG

     

    Awarded on November 15, 2002

     

16. Heinrich Heidersberger (born June 10, 1906 in Ingolstadt, † July 14, 2006 in Wolfsburg)

    Artist and photographer

     

    Awarded on October 12, 2003

     

17. Manfred Kolbe (born October 29, 1934 in Breslau)

    1968 to 1972 city council, 1972 to 1996 city councilor, 1996 to 2006 (first) mayor

     

    Awarded on November 11, 2007

     

18. Rocco Artale (born August 12, 1940 near Pescara / Abruzzo)

    came to Wolfsburg in 1962 as an Italian "guest worker", from 1996 to 2011 councilor

     

    Awarded on September 25, 2012

     

19. Ingrid Eckel (born April 9, 1944 in Schönwinkel near Jarotschin / Wartheland)

    1996 to 2001 mayor, 1998 to 2008 member of the Lower Saxony state parliament

     

    Awarded on October 5, 2014

     

20. Rolf Schnellecke (born September 12, 1944 in the city of the KdF car)

    1995 to 2001 City Director, 2001 to 2011 Lord Mayor, entrepreneur

     

    Awarded on November 29, 2014

     

21. Udo-Willi Kögler (born December 4, 1942 in Wolfenbüttel)

    Founding chairman of the Wolfsburg community foundation, automobile manager

     

    Award ceremony on April 22, 2018

     

22. Hans-Joachim Throl (born October 12, 1952)

    1976 to 2016 councilor, 1981 to 1986 second mayor, lawyer

     

    Award ceremony on April 22, 2018

     

23. Rolf Wolters (* 1940 in Bremen)

    Organizer of the Wolfsburg Schützen- und Volksfest for over 44 years , from 1986 to 2001 and 2006 to 2016 councilor, master baker

     

    Award ceremony on March 10, 2019

     

Web links

• Honorary citizen of the city of Wolfsburg on the city's website