City elder of Berlin

City Elder of Berlin is an honorary designation that was awarded by the then Berlin magistrate until 1950 . The Berlin Senate has taken on this task since 1951 .

The honorary designation goes back to the Stein and Hardenberg town reform of 1808. It should therefore be awarded to personalities who have reached the age of 65 and who have earned services in positions that they held for at least 20 years in municipal elective or honorary positions in Berlin.

The title was first awarded in 1820. The memorial book of the elders of the city of Berlin is kept in the Landesarchiv Berlin . Anna Nemitz was the first woman to be honored in 1953.

The conditions under which this honorary title is awarded were re-regulated on April 28, 1953 by a directive of the House of Representatives . Since then, German residents of Berlin who have reached the age of 60 have been able to receive this title if they have worked as a Berlin election officer or in an honorary position in the Berlin administration for at least 20 years. In addition, there should not be more than 40 living Berlin city elders.

No titles were awarded between 1931 and 1947. The first award of the honorary title after the Second World War took place in 1948 to the district mayor of Spandau, Gottlob Münsinger . From 1949 to 1990 the title was only awarded in West Berlin ; the East Berlin magistrate did not appoint city elders.

The appointment as city elder is associated with certain privileges. They are invited to celebrations by the Senate as guests of honor and receive free annual tickets for the Berlin transport company and the Berlin Official Gazette . By March 2014, 250 people had received the title of city elders.

List of city elders of Berlin

1820: Johann Ernst Meinhoff (1757–1820), Carl Christoph Natorp (1785 [?] - 1830)
1824: Johann Bergius (1779–1829)
1826: Johann Anton Küster (1748–1829)
1831: Christoph Friedrich Beck (1763–1844)
1832: Johann Stephan Gottfried Büsching (1761–1833), Christian Gottlieb Cantian (1794–1866), Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Knoblauch (1793–1859)
1834: Carl Samuel Metzing (1777-1856)
1835: Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1776–1835)
1840: Heinrich Falckenberg (1771–1845)
1842: Daniel Haase (1782–1843)
1843: Samuel Weise (1780–1858), Johann Heinrich Conrad (1786–1855)
1844: Daniel Jung (1789–1877), Ludwig Wilhelm Rehfeldt (1780–1859)
1846 (approx.): Johann Gottlieb Klein (1777–1856)
1847: Johann Lencke (1776–1862)
1848: Karl Friedrich Hollmann (1776-1858)
1849: Julius Theodor Gamet (1804–1882), Carl Wilhelm Krauske (1787–1865), Heinrich Wilhelm Krausnick (1797–1882)
1850: Heinrich Andreas de Cuvry (1785–1869), Ludwig Gärtner (1782–1864), Friedrich Wilhelm Langerhans (1780–1851)
1851: Carl Wilhelm Keibel (1792–1860)
1854: Paul Adolph Jordan (1797–1863)
1857: Friedrich Pieper (1791-1859)
1862: Adolph Heinrich Appelius (1796–1873)
1863: David Emilius Heinrich Koblank (1791–1864), Carl Friedrich Moewes (1794–1868)
1864: Carl Heinrich Sommer (1801–1873)
1866: Heinrich Berner (1793–1871), Moritz Meyer (1811–1869)
1867: Christoph Friedrich Franke (1810–1869)
1871: Peter Friedrich Carl Baerwald (1791–1871), Adolf Hermann Wilhelm Hagen (1820–1894)
1872: Theodor Risch (1809–1874)
1873: Moritz Fürbringer (1802–1874), August Wilhelm Franz Gesenius (1822–1903)
1874: August Friedberg (1811-1891)
1875: Friedrich Hofmann (1820–1895), Georg Krug (1812–1893), Wilhelm Noht (1813–1891), Julius Schneider (1810–1876)
1890 (approx.): Carl Theodor Rospatt (1831–1901)
1892: Theodor Sarre (1816–1893), Otto Schreiner (1816–1898)
1893: Gustav Eberty (1840-1894)
1894: Hermann Noeldchen (1822–1894)
1896: Hermann Blankenstein (1829–1910)
1897: James Hobrecht (1825–1902)
1899: Johannes Kaempf (1842–1918)
1901: Wilhelm Otto Bail (1836–1909), Eduard Fürstenau (1826–1913), Heinrich Kochhann (1830–1903)
1903: Friedrich Meubrink (1844–1908), Gerhard Struwe (1835–1904), Johann Heinrich Ferdinand Voigt (1836–1905)
1905: Albrecht Maaß (1842–1912)
1907: Max Weise (1839-1910)
1908: Ernst Friedel (1837–1918), Carl Hugo Hübner (1827–1910)
1910: Paul von Friedberg (1843–1910), Max Weigert (1842–1920)
1911: Leo Mugdan (1857–1926)
1912: Julius Namslau (1842–1912)
1913: Carl Friedrich August Gehricke (1843–1919)
1918: Gustav Mielenz (1847–1927), Wilhelm Wagner (1838–1923)
1919: Paul Buchow (1855–1928), Leopold Kalisch (1842–1925), Ernst Kuhlmann (1862–1931), Albert Mosse (1846–1925), Eugen Panofsky (1855–1922), Ferdinand Rast (1849–1925), Georg Reimann (1853–1926), Ernst Runge (1852–1921 [?]), August Selberg (1844–1935)
1920: Otto Wiemer (1868–1931)
1924: Burchard Alberti (1864–1924), Max Betcke (1868–1944), Alexander Dominicus (1873–1945), Paul Egeling (1856–1937), Otto Fischbeck (1865–1939), Hermann Fischer (1851–1928), Friedrich Gerlach (1856–1938), Friedrich Göhring (1857–1935), Adolf Gottstein (1857–1941), Paul de Gruyter (1866–1939), Carl Hirsekorn (1851–1940), M. Katz (? –1924 [? ]), C. Kloß (? –1924 [?]), Wilhelm Georg Koeltze (1852–1939), Friedrich Krause (1856–1925), Felix Kühne (1847–1929), Julius Maas (1844–1930), Anton Machowicz (1864–1931), Hermann Neufert (1858–1935), Rudolf Penzig (1855–1931), Johannes Rabnow (1855–1933), Rudolf Reusch (1851–1931), Louis Ring (1853–1926), Hans Samter (1862 –1929), Arthur Scholtz (1871–1935), A. Schüler (? -?), Heinrich Seeling (1852–1932), Leopold Spiegel (1865–1927), Karl Stendel (1851–1938), Carl Streichhan (? - ?), Karl Sturm (1855–1928), Hermann Weigand (1854–1926), Richard Wilschke (1853–1943), Paul Wolf (1857–1926), Hugo Ziegra (1852–1926), Oskar Ziethen (1858–1932)
1925: August Hintze (1857–1929), Karl Köster (1859–1943)
1926: Alexander Fröhlich (1859–1932), Leopold Rosenow (1848–1930), Georg Sauße (1870–1942)
1927: Fritz Weg (1862–1953)
1930: Albert Panschow (1861–1953)
1948: Gottlob Münsinger (1873–1949)
1949: Emil Wutzky (1871–1963)
1950: Adolf Wuschick (1870–1955), Louis Zobel (1870–1964)
1952: Richard Schubert (1877–1955)
1953: Wilhelm Ahrens (1878–1956), Anna Nemitz (1873–1962), Richard Schönborn (1878–1957)
1955: Richard Draemert (1880–1957), Fritz Hausberg (1880–1959), Hermann Radtke (1875–1969)
1956: Otto Burgemeister (1883–1957), Ernst Habermann (1866–1958)
1957: Albert Horlitz (1882–1972)
1958: Willy Großmann (1888–1963), Gustav Klingelhöfer (1888–1961), Fritz Kranz (1888–1971), Georg Lange (1883–1964), Adolf Mast (1873–1967), Franz Otto Müller (1883–1961)
1959: Erich Raddatz (1886–1964)
1960: Johannes Fest (1889–1960), Anton Weber (1890–1969)
1961: Adolf Dünnebacke (1891–1978), Siegmund Weltlinger (1886–1974)
1963: Eduard Bernoth (1892–1972), Ida Wolff (1893–1966)
1964: Siegfried Aufhäuser (1884–1969), Fritz Dylong (1894–1965), Fritz Grantze (1893–1966), Paul Fleischmann (1889–1965)
1965: Ella Kay (1895–1988), Richard Münch (1889–1968)
1966: Paul Fechner (1894–1973), Rudolf Michael (1896–1972), Walter Ludorf (1885–1969)
1967: Heinrich Kühn (1894–1981), Jeanette Wolff (1888–1976), Alfred Rojek (1897–1975), Richard Schröter (1892–1977)
1969: Otto Friedrich Bach (1899–1981)
1970: Werner Bloch (1890–1973)
1971: Kurt Exner (1901–1996), Friedrich Krüger (1896–1984), Fritz Meyke (1903–1982), Franz Saskowski (1897–1982), Herbert Theis (1906–1972)
1972: Hertha Beese (1902–1987), Alfred Menger (1901–1979), Meta Omankowsky (1902–1984)
1973: Wilhelm Dumstrey (1899–1990), Egon Endres (1902–1983), Edith Krappe (1909–2006), Willi Krause (1903–1987), Emil Meyer (1897–1985), Franz Possehl (1905–1974), Gerhard Schlegel (1903–1983), Clara von Simson (1897–1983), Grete Sonnemann (1903–1990)
1975: Alexander Dehms (1904–1979), Georg Liljeberg (1905–1993)
1976: Franz Karl Meyer (1906–1983), Eleonore Schneider (1907–1982), Lothar Schulz (1904–1976), Werner Zehden (1911–1991)
1977: Ella Barowsky (1912–2007), Friedrich Piefke (1907–1988)
1978: Walter List (1898–1987), Willy Ramm (1898–1985)
1980: William Borm (1895–1987), Erwin Etzkorn (1912–2007), Heinrich Keul (1918–1998), Herbert Kleusberg (1914–1997), Alexander Voelker (1913–2001)
1981: Erwin Beck (1911–1988), Günter Dach (1915–2010), Heinz Kaschke (1916–2002), Willi Oesterlein (1909–1992)
1982: Hans-Jürgen Behrendt (1917–2009), Walter Nicklitz (1911–1989)
1983: Werner Stein (1913–1993), Friedrich Wegehaupt (1904–2000)
1984: Alexander Hasenclever (1918–1990)
1985: Paul Dyllick (1908–1991), Werner Goldberg (1919–2004), Agnes Katharina Maxsein (1904–1991), Karl Neugebauer (1913–2001), Rudi Pietschker (1917–1999)
1986: Franz Ehrke (* 1921), Johannes Müller (1905–1992), Walter Sickert (1919–2013)
1990: Günther Abendroth (1920–1993), Ursula Besser (1917–2015), Hans-Joachim Boehm (1920–2019), Günter Elsner (1916–1992), Heinz Striek (1918–2011)
1993: Gottfried Forck (1923–1996), Hans-Günter Hoppe (1922–2000), Kurt Neubauer (1922–2012), Werner Salomon (1926–2014), Edmund Wronski (1922–2020)
1994: Volker Hucklenbroich (1925–2004), Gerhard Schulze (1919–2006), Heinz Stücklen (1921–2007)
1995: Wilhelm Kabus (1918–1996)
1996: Hanna-Renate Laurien (1928–2010), Tino Schwierzina (1927–2003)
1998: Werner Dolata (1927–2015), Klaus Dieter Friedrich (1930–2003), Martin Kruse (* 1929), Gerhard Naulin (1922–2018), Kurt Sanderling (1912–2011), Günter Straßmeir (1929–2009)
2000: Klaus Franke (1923–2017), Siegmund Jaroch (1926–2016), Heinz-Georg Klös (1926–2014), Günter Schade (* 1933), Klaus Schütz (1926–2012)
2003: Hermann Oxfort (1928–2003)
2004: Hans-Dieter Blaese (* 1930), Werner Braune (* 1936), Alfred Gleitze (1934–2004), Günther Gottmann (1931–2018), Sigurd Hauff (* 1935), Barbara John (* 1938), Lore Maria Peschel-Gutzeit (* 1932), Wolfgang Ullmann (1929-2004)
2008: Dieter Biewald (* 1932), Klaus Bodin (1919–2012), Alexander Brenner (1925–2015), Marianne Brinckmeier (* 1940), Klaus Finkelnburg (* 1935), Bruno Flierl (* 1927), Inge Frohnert (1924 –2013), Rüdiger Hitzigrath (1929–2017), Anneliese Kaminski (* 1936), Rupert Scholz (* 1937), Edith Udhardt (* 1929)
2012: Christine Bergmann (* 1939), Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (* 1946), Franziska Eichstädt-Bohlig (* 1941), Rüdiger Jakesch (* 1940), Werner Heubaum (1931–2018), Wolfgang Lüder (1937–2013)
2014: Konrad Birkholz (1948–2015), Marianne Birthler (* 1948), Eberhard Diepgen (* 1941), Ingeborg Junge-Reyer (* 1946), Walter Momper (* 1945), Karin Schubert (* 1944), Peter-Rudolf Zotl (* 1944)
2016: Karin Hausen (* 1938), Burkhard Kleinert (* 1948), Harry Liehr (* 1927), Hans Nisblé (* 1945), Christina Pfaff (* 1950), Heinz-Viktor Simon (1943–2019), Sybille Volkholz ( * 1944)

Web links

City Elder . Senate Chancellery Berlin on Berlin.de.
City Elders - Complete list of the elders of the city of Berlin since the introduction of the city ordinance on November 19, 1808 . Senate Chancellery Berlin on Berlin.de.
Guidelines for awarding the honorary title "City Elder of Berlin" . Senate Chancellery Berlin on Berlin.de.

Individual evidence

↑ Guidelines for the award of the honorary title "City Elder of Berlin"
^ City Elders - Complete list of the elders of the city of Berlin since the introduction of the city regulations on November 19, 1808 . Berlin Senate Chancellery at Berlin.de, accessed on March 16, 2014.

[1] Guidelines for the award of the honorary title "City Elder of Berlin"

[2] City Elders - Complete list of the elders of the city of Berlin since the introduction of the city regulations on November 19, 1808 . Berlin Senate Chancellery at Berlin.de, accessed on March 16, 2014.