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The
honorary citizenship (Ehrenbürgerrecht ) is the highest decoration of the city of
Munich .
[1] Since 1881, 49 people have been awarded honorary citizenship. The honorary citizenships of
Paul von Hindenburg ,
Franz Ritter von Epp ,
Franz Xaver Schwarz ,
Adolf Hitler and
Hermann Göring were revoked in 1946.
The honorary citizenship is awarded in recognition of outstanding contributions to the city of Munich. It is not restricted to people living in Munich. A posthumous grant is not allowed. It is a symbolic honour; the recipient does not receive any rights, privileges or duties.
[1]
The following list is ordered according to the year of bestowal:
[1]
Georg Friedrich Freiherr von Zentner (27 August 1752 in
Straßenheim – 21 October 1835 in
Munich )
granted 1820
Joseph Ritter von Fraunhofer (6 March 1787 in
Straubing – 7 June 1826 in Munich)
granted 1824
Ludwig Fürst von Oettingen-Wallerstein (31 January 1791 in
Wallerstein – 22 June 1870 in
Luzern )
granted 1837
Leo von Klenze (29 February 1784 in
Buchladen near
Schladen – 27 January 1864 in Munich)
granted 1862
Justus von Liebig (12 May 1803 in
Darmstadt – 18 April 1873 in Munich)
granted 1870
Ludwig von der Tann-Rathsamhausen (18 June 1815 in Darmstadt – 26 April 1881 in
Meran )
granted 1871
Max von Pettenkofer (3 December 1818 in
Lichtenheim near
Neuburg/Donau – 10 February 1901 in Munich)
granted 1872
Johann Nepomuk von Nussbaum (2 September 1829 Munich – 31 October 1890 in Munich)
granted 1880
Adolf Friedrich von Schack (2 August 1815 in
Brüsewitz – 14 April 1894 in
Rome )
granted 1881
Franz Lachner (2 April 1803 in
Rain (Lech) – 20 January 1890 in Munich)
granted 1883
Franz Xaver von Gietl (27 August 1803 in
Höchstädt/Donau – 19 March 1888)
granted 1883
Carl Wilhelm von Gümbel (11 February 1823 in
Dannenfels , Pfalz – 18 June 1898 in Munich)
granted 1889
Hermann Lingg (22 January 1820
Lindau /Bodensee – 18 June 1905 in Munich)
granted 1890
Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke (26 October 1800 in
Parchim – 24 April 1891 in
Berlin )
granted 1890
Sigmund von Pfeufer (24 February 1824 in Bamberg – 23 September 1894 in Munich)
granted 1894
Otto von Bismarck (1 April 1815 in
Schönhausen – 30 July 1898 in
Friedrichsruh )
granted 1895
Hugo von Ziemssen (13 December 1829 in
Greifswald – 21 February 1902 in Munich)
granted 1899
Emil Freiherr von Riedel (6 April 1832 in
Kurzenaltheim – 13 August 1906 in Munich)
granted 1902
Maximilian von Feilitzsch (12 August 1834 in
Trogen – 19 June 1913 in Munich)
granted 1903
Franz Defregger (30 April 1835 in Ederhof near
Stronach – 2 January 1921 in Munich)
granted 1905
Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin (8 July 1838 in
Konstanz – 8 March 1917 in Berlin)
granted 1909
Carl Theodor in Bayern (9 August 1839 in
Possenhofen – 30 November 1909 in
Kreuth )
granted 1909
Paul von Heyse (15 March 1830 in Berlin – 2 April 1914 in Munich)
granted 1910
Ferdinand Freiherr von Miller (8 June 1842 in Munich – 18 December 1929 in Munich)
granted 1912
Karl Theodor von Heigel (23 August 1842 in Munich – 23 March 1915 in Munich)
granted 1912
Gabriel von Seidl (9 December 1848 in Munich – 27 April 1913 in
Bad Tölz )
granted 1913
Wilhelm von Borscht (3 April 1857 in
Speyer – 30 July 1943 in Munich)
granted 1919
Georg von Hauberrisser (19 March 1841 in
Graz – 17 May 1922 in Munich)
granted 1921
Richard Strauss (11 June 1864 in Munich – 8 September 1949 in
Garmisch-Partenkirchen )
granted 1924
Friedrich von Müller (17 September 1858 in
Augsburg – 18 November 1941 in Munich)
granted 1927
granted 1929, revoked 1946
Oskar von Miller
Oskar von Miller (7 May 1855 in Munich – 9 April 1934 in Munich)
granted 1930
Eduard Schmid (15 October 1861 in
Ostrach – 8 June 1933 in Munich)
granted 1931
granted 1933, revoked 1946
Ernst Röhm (28 November 1887 in Munich – 1 July 1934 in Munich)
granted 1933, revoked 1946
[2]
granted 1935, revoked 1946
Führer des Deutschen Reichs
granted 1939, revoked 1946
Hermann Göring (12 January 1893 in Rosenheim – 15 October 1946 in Nürnberg)
granted 1943, revoked 1946
Michael von Faulhaber (5 March 1869 in
Heidenfeld – 12 June 1952 in Munich),
granted 1949
Thomas Wimmer (7 January 1887 in
Siglfing – 18 January 1964 in Munich)
granted 1957
Wilhelm Hoegner (23 September 1887 in Munich – 5 March 1980 in Munich)
granted 1957
Hans Ehard (10 November 1887 in Bamberg – 18 October 1980)
granted 1957
Hans Knappertsbusch (12 March 1888
Elberfeld – 25 October 1965 in Munich)
granted 1963
Alfons Goppel (1 October 1905 in
Reinhausen – 24 December 1991 in
Johannesberg )
granted 1965
Hans-Jochen Vogel (3 February 1926 in
Göttingen – 26 July 2020 in Munich)
granted 1972
Carl Orff (10 July 1895 in Munich – 29 March 1982 in Munich)
granted 1975
Werner Egk (17 May 1901 in Auchsesheim today:
Donauwörth – 10 July 1983 in
Inning /Ammersee)
granted 1981
Franz Josef Strauß (6 September 1915 in Munich – 3 October 1988 in Regensburg)
granted 1981
Adolf Butenandt (24 March 1903 in Lehe – 18 January 1995 in Munich)
granted 1985
Sergiu Celibidache (11 July 1912 in
Roman – 14 August 1996 in
Paris )
granted 1992
Georg Kronawitter (21 April 1928 in
Oberthann – 28 April 2016 in Munich)
granted 1993
Hildegard Hamm-Brücher (11 May 1921 in
Essen – 7 December 2016 in Munich)
granted 1995
Charlotte Knobloch (born 29 October 1932 in Munich)
granted 2005
Otto Meitinger (born 8 May 1927 in Munich)
granted on the 7 November 2005
Hans-Peter Dürr (7 October 1929 in
Stuttgart – 18 May 2014 in Munich)
granted on the 25 January 2008
Gertraud Burkert (born 21 March 1940 in Munich)
[3]
granted on the 21 February 2014
Michael Krüger (born 9 December 1943 in
Wittgendorf )
[3]
granted on the 21 February 2014
Bruno Reichart (born 18 January 1943 in
Vienna )
[3]
granted on the 21 February 2014
Christian Ude (born 26 October 1947 in Munich)
[4]
granted on the 15 September 2014
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