List of honorary citizens of Zwickau

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Honorary citizens of Zwickau are determined by the Zwickau city ​​council.

The statute on honors and awards of the city of Zwickau stipulates in its paragraph 2:
“The city council can refer to people who have influenced the development of the city of Zwickau in an outstanding manner and over a long period of time and who have thus achieved special merits, as well as people who through their commitment and outstanding work for the city of Zwickau and its citizens have achieved a long-term noticeable improvement in living conditions and / or have contributed to increasing the reputation of the city of Zwickau at home and / or abroad, conferring honorary citizenship. "

According to paragraph 7 of the statutes, honorary citizenship expires upon death or through revocation for an important reason.

The current honorary citizens of the city of Zwickau

# Surname Year and place of birth Date of award Profession / reason for award image
39 Jürgen Croy 1946 in Zwickau 1976, August 26th Soccer goalkeeper (record goalkeeper of the GDR national team), sports teacher, managing director of Kultur Tourismus und Messebetriebe Zwickau GmbH, for his sporting achievements: 94 times GDR national soccer goalkeeper, Olympic gold in 1976 and bronze in 1972, GDR soccer player of the year 1972, 1976 and 1978, 1975 with the league team BSG Sachsenring Zwickau football cup winner and entry into the European Cup semi-finals Juergen Croy 1978.gif
50 Rainer Eichhorn 1950 in Zwickau 2003, January 11th Lord Mayor (1990–2001), architect and politician , services to Zwickau's development
45 Carl Hahn junior 1926 in Chemnitz 1998, January 9th Manager in the automotive industry , former Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG , honorary professor at the West Saxon University of Applied Sciences in Zwickau , for an essential part in the development of the most modern automobile production in the Chemnitz / Zwickau region Carl H Hahn by Stuart Mentiply.jpg
49 Erwin Killat 1933 2002, January 11th Civil rights activist in the GDR , representatives of the New Forum at the round table, great merits for the peace movement, today spokesman for the Alliance for Democracy and Tolerance, seat in the city parliament
52 Bernd-Lutz Lange 1944 in Ebersbach , today Löbau 2019, January 10th Book author and cabaret artist , one of the six from Leipzig on October 9, 1989

The former honorary citizens of the city of Zwickau

Note: Standard sorting by last name; all columns can be sorted in ascending and descending order; Numbering # according to the year of allocation; sorted alphabetically for the same year.

# Surname Life dates Year of award Profession / functional reason for the award image
29 Alfred Baumann 1900-1973 1950 Miners
36 Otto Bernstein 1882-1965 1963 locksmith
15th Otto von Bismarck 1815-1898 1895 Chancellor Bismarck study room1886.jpg
2 Robert Blum 1807-1848 1848 Politician Robert Blum.jpg
22nd Heinrich Braun 1862-1934 1926 surgeon
9 August Breithaupt 1791-1873 1872 mineralogist Breithauptfreiberg.jpg
17th Ernst Bülau 1843-1921 1902 Lawyer
11 Otto Ferdinand Caspari 1813-1886 1880 mayor
34 Felix Doehler 1875-1960 1955 locksmith
4th Gotthilf Ferdinand Döhner 1790-1866 1860 Church and school council
12 Karl Friedrich Ebert the Elder Ä. 1813-1883 1882 economist
32 Franz Franik 1907-1975 1952 Miner Bundesarchiv Bild 183-W0108-0301, Bergman ("Kumpel") Franz Franik.jpg
44 Rolf Frankel 1908-2001 1998 orthodontist
3 Richard von Friesen 1808-1884 1858 District Director and Minister of State Richard von Friesen.jpg
6th Karl Friedrich Emil Gutwasser 1809-1877 1865 Construction and fire insurance inspector
14th Bernhard von Hausen 1835-1893 1890 District Chief
30th Paul Heilmann 1888-1954 1950 pathologist
51 Siegfried Heinze 1941-11. August 2012 2009 Managing director with great merit in the reconstruction of Osterstein Castle and Kornhaus
19th Friedrich August Hentschel 1835-1920 1903 banker
24 Adolf Hitler 1889-1945 1933 Chancellor
27 August Horch 1868-1951 1939 Engineer, automobile manufacturer and founder of the Horch and Audi plants in Zwickau Horch.gif
20th Karl Wedge 1861-1920 1919 Mayor of Zwickau from 1898 to 1919, member of the state parliament 1899–1918
40 Harald Kreibich 1912-1996 1983 Specialist
23 Martin Kreisig 1856-1940 1932 Senior teacher and director of the Robert Schumann Museum
33 Maria Krowicki 1909-1995 1952 Teacher
38 Karl Laux 1896-1988 1972 Musicologist
1 Friedrich Christian von Liebenau 1764-1832 1832 Colonel and Commander
46 Tatjana Lietz 1916-2001 1998 Painter , language and art teacher C-Seal Tatjana-Lietz-01 1988 digitally-corrected JPG
21st Paul Ferdinand Lorenz 1850-1935 1921 Art and trade gardener
5 Karl Georg Julius von Mangoldt 1795-1870 1860 President of the Court of Appeal
48 Günter Mieth 1929-2018 2000, January 7th former Superintendent (1970–1994) of the Ev.-Luth. The church district of Zwickau, which made great contributions to the political and social upheavals in Zwickau in 1989/90, opened the first "round table" in the city on December 19, 1989
25th Martin Mutschmann 1879-1947 1933 Reich Governor
7th Martin Gotthard Oberländer 1801-1868 1868 Vice Mayor and Minister of the Interior Martin Oberländer.jpg
41 Walter Oelschlegel 1909-2001 1984 Weber
28 Max Pechstein 1881-1955 1947 Painter and graphic artist , famous son of the city WP Max Pechstein 2.jpg
47 Ferdinand Piëch 1937-2019 1999 Former Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG (1993–2002), Chairman of the Supervisory Board from 2002 , for his outstanding contribution to maintaining Zwickau as an automotive location Ferdinand Piech by Stuart Mentiply.jpg
43 Werner-Hans Schlegel 1915-2003 1996 Painter and graphic artist
37 Gustav Seifried 1904-1985 1969 Lord Mayor
42 Hans Storck 1912-2000 1987 Kapellmeister and general music director
13 Lothar argument 1823-1898 1885 Lord Mayor Streit, Lothar (1823-1898) .jpg
26th Fritz Tittmann 1898-1945 1936 Reich Main Office Leader
10 Bernhard von Uhde 1817-1883 1874 District directorate
16 Josef Edmund Urban 1828-1900 1896 mayor
35 Georg Wagner 1875-1962 1961 Carpenter
8th Georg Rudolph von Welck 1796-1875 1869 Governor
18th Franz Hermann Wolf 1845-1906 1902 builder
31 Kurt Wolf 1908-1990 1950 Bricklayer
# No of the award Surname Life dates Year of award Profession / functional reason for the award image

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.zwickau.de/de/aktuelles/pressemitteilungen/2019/01/016.php , accessed on January 16, 2019
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Information from the Zwickau City Archives, responsible Diplom-Archivist (FH) Petra Baumann based on archival holdings from the period 1830–1945 (Sources: Council resolutions , Council minutes etc.), status / entry: 28./29. August 2012.
  3. ↑ a b c Because the posthumous revocation of honorary citizenship is not possible, no subsequent revocation took place after 1945 through a city council resolution.
  4. ^ Obituary - Former Flöha pastor has died. In: Freiepresse.de. Freie Presse , April 5, 2018, accessed April 6, 2018.
  5. ↑ (nkd): Rathaus Nachrichten. In: zwickau.de. City of Zwickau, January 1, 2000, archived from the original on October 7, 2017 ; accessed on April 6, 2018 (for the New Year's reception in Zwickau): "Günter Mieth became an honorary citizen of the city" .

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