List of personalities of the city of Neuwied

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Coat of arms of the city of Neuwied

This list contains the honorary citizens of Neuwied , the personalities who were born there and those who had their sphere of activity in Neuwied without having been born there. The last two sections are sorted chronologically according to the year of birth. The list does not claim to be complete.

Honorary citizen of Neuwied

Richard Winkler
  • 1895: Otto von Bismarck (born April 1, 1815 in Schönhausen , † July 30, 1898 in Friedrichsruh near Hamburg ) was Prime Minister of Prussia from 1862 to 1890 and, at the same time, Chancellor of the North German Confederation from 1867 to 1871 and first Reich Chancellor of the German Empire , the establishment of which he played a key role.
  • 1928: Julius Remy (* December 6, 1848, † August 29, 1932), manufacturer of potato flakes in Neuwied and Küstrin , local politician, founder of the Neuwied indoor swimming pool . He comes from the entrepreneurial family Remy ( Rasselstein ). "Julius-Remy-Straße" is named after him in Neuwied.
  • 1943: Hermann Wilhelm Göring (born January 12, 1893 in Rosenheim , † October 15, 1946 in Nuremberg ), was a leading National Socialist politician and Commander in Chief of the German Air Force . The first Neuwied road bridge over the Rhine was named after him after its completion in 1935 as the Hermann Göring Bridge . With Control Council Directive No. 38 of October 12, 1946, the Allied Control Council declared the general denial of honorary citizenship for convicted war criminals (Art. VIII, Item II, Letter i). Notwithstanding the control council directive, honorary citizenship would have expired at the latest on death, which occurred on October 15, 1946.
  • 1968: Richard Winkler (* October 24, 1898 in Heilbronn , † January 6, 1972 in Rengsdorf ), long-time senior boss and personally liable partner of the Winkler + Dünnebier company , Grand Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1959), " Honorary Senator " of the Technical Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences (1969).
  • 1971: Gustav Adolf Barth * 1900 † 1977 in Neuwied , entrepreneur (Lohmann now Lohmann & Rauscher , Verbandsstoffe, Lohmann Klebetechnik ), business development, evangelical church commitment, especially as a presbyter, honorary citizen of the city of Neuwied due to its legal successor to the incorporated Feldkirche .
  • 1976: Paul Reuther († 1983 in Neuwied), entrepreneur (Reuther Verpackung).
  • 1976: Hans Schlechter, (* 1906, † 1989 in Neuwied), entrepreneur (Rechlaternen).
  • 1976: Elfriede Seppi (born February 6, 1910 in Düsseldorf , † June 14, 1976 in Neuwied), member of the Bundestag, SPD .
  • 1987: Dieter Berninger (* May 15, 1910, † May 15, 1995), founder of an art foundation
  • 1987: Friedrich Schäfer (* 1907 in Neuwied, † May 1, 1992 in Neuwied), worked for many years as a local politician for the SPD .
  • 1998: Robert Collet (* May 18, 1925 in Trier , † February 4, 2006 in Neuwied), collaboration in the German-Israeli Circle of Friends, many years as a local politician for the SPD .
  • 1998: Rudolf Lahr (born April 27, 1929, † September 15, 2007 in Neuwied-Heimbach), building up the Rommersdorf Abbey Foundation .
  • 2005: Peter Michael Barth (born May 7, 1936 in Augsburg), entrepreneur (Lohmann now Lohmann & Rauscher , bandages, also LTS and Lohmann Group, adhesive tape systems), long-time deputy president of the Koblenz Chamber of Commerce, promoter of the dual Studies, business development, founder and sponsor of the Schlosstheater Foundation, church engagement, especially as a presbyter.
  • 2010: Dieter Rollepatz, co-founder of the Neuwied zoo development association and long-time councilor in the city administration

Personalities born in Neuwied

Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied
Anna Thekla von Weling
Princess Elisabeth zu Wied
Friedrich Wolf
Fredi Winter
Dietmar Muscheid
Sabine Peters
Ulf M. Schneider
Boris Hillen
Martin Werhand
Christian Ulmen
Simon Kirch
Mike Rockenfeller
Hasan Ali Kaldırım
Anna-Lena Friedsam

The extinct Rockenfeld part of the Feldkirchen district is considered the place of origin of the Rockefeller family .

Until 1800

1801 to 1850

1851 to 1900

1901 to 1950

Since 1951

Personalities who have worked in the city

Alfred Winkler