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This is a list of Honorary Citizens of the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg
Hamburg

Hamburg is the second-largest city in Germany , and is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits. The city is home to approximately 1.8 million people, while the Hamburg metropolitan area has more than 4.3 million inhabitants....
, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
. The honorary citizen award
Citizenship

Citizenship refers to a person's membership in a political community such as a country or city. It has different legal definitions in different countries....
 (Ehrenbürgerrecht) is the highest decoration of Hamburg.

Since 1813, given by the Senate of Hamburg
Government of Hamburg

The government of Hamburg is divided into Executive , Legislature and judiciary branches. Due to the characteristic that Hamburg is a city-state and a municipality in Germany, the governance deals several details of state politics and community politics....
, the honor was only for non Hamburg citizens until 1948 um sie zu einem der unseren zu machen (to make them as one of us). Since 1848 the state parliament (Hamburger Bürgerschaft) is asked to confirm the honor.






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This is a list of Honorary Citizens of the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg
Hamburg

Hamburg is the second-largest city in Germany , and is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits. The city is home to approximately 1.8 million people, while the Hamburg metropolitan area has more than 4.3 million inhabitants....
, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
. The honorary citizen award
Citizenship

Citizenship refers to a person's membership in a political community such as a country or city. It has different legal definitions in different countries....
 (Ehrenbürgerrecht) is the highest decoration of Hamburg.

Since 1813, given by the Senate of Hamburg
Government of Hamburg

The government of Hamburg is divided into Executive , Legislature and judiciary branches. Due to the characteristic that Hamburg is a city-state and a municipality in Germany, the governance deals several details of state politics and community politics....
, the honor was only for non Hamburg citizens until 1948 um sie zu einem der unseren zu machen (to make them as one of us). Since 1848 the state parliament (Hamburger Bürgerschaft) is asked to confirm the honor. It can also be revoked.

Honorary Citizens of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg


  • 1813 Friedrich Carl Baron von Tettenborn
    Friedrich Karl von Tettenborn

    Baron Friedrich Karl of Tettenborn was a famous cavalry general in the Austrian and Russian armies during the Napoleonic Wars....
     (1778–1845)
  • 1816 Gebhard Leberecht Fürst Blücher von Wahlstatt
    Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

    Gebhard Leberecht von Bl?cher, F?rst von Wahlstatt , Graf , later elevated to F?rst von Wahlstatt, was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall who led his army against Napoleon I at the Battle of Leipzig in 1813 and at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 with Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington....
     (1742–1819)
  • 1826 August Otto Graf Grote (1747–1830)
  • 1834 J. U. Dr. James Colquhoun (1780–1855)
  • 1838 Georg Michael Gramlich (1795–1880)
  • 1843 Johann Smidt
    Johann Smidt

    Johann Smidt was an important Bremen politician, theologian, and founder of Bremerhaven.Smidt studied theology in University of Jena, and was one of the founders of the Gesellschaft der freien M?nner ....
     (1773–1857)
  • 1843 Eduard Heinrich von Flottwell (1786–1865)
  • 1843 Conrad Daniel Graf von Blücher-Altona (1764–1845)
  • 1843 Heinrich Christoph Gottfried von Struve (1772–1851)
  • 1871 Otto Fürst von Bismarck-Schönhausen
    Otto von Bismarck

    Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Sch?nhausen, Duke of Lauenburg, Prince of Bismarck, , was a Kingdom of Prussia and Germany statesman and aristocrat of the 19th century....
     (1815–1898)
  • 1871 Helmuth Karl Bernhard, Graf von Moltke (1800–1891)
  • 1886 Gustav Christian Schwabe
    Gustav Christian Schwabe

    Gustav Christian Schwabe was a Germany-born merchant and financier who funded companies such as Bibby Line, Harland and Wolff and the White Star Line....
     (1813–1897)
  • 1889 Dr. phil. h.c. Johannes Brahms
    Johannes Brahms

    Johannes Brahms , composer and pianist, was one of the leading musicians of the Romantic music. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene....
     (1833–1897)
  • 1901 Alfred Graf von Waldersee
    Alfred Graf von Waldersee

    Alfred Graf von Waldersee was a Germany Generalfeldmarschall who served as Chief of the Imperial German General Staff from 1888 to 1891....
     (1832–1904)
  • 1917 Paul von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg
    Paul von Hindenburg

    Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg , known universally as Paul von Hindenburg was a German Generalfeldmarschall and statesman....
     (1847–1934)
  • 1948 Dr. h.c. Henry Everling (1873–1960)
  • 1950 Adolph Schönfelder (1875–1966)
  • 1960 Max Brauer
    Max Brauer

    Max Julius Friedrich Brauer was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany and List of mayors of Hamburg of Hamburg.In 1923 Brauer was mayor of the independent city of Altona, Hamburg....
     (1887–1973)
  • 1971 Herbert Weichmann
    Herbert Weichmann

    Herbert Weichmann was a German lawyer and politician and List of mayors of Hamburg of Hamburg . In his position as mayor of Hamburg, he served as President of the German Bundesrat of the Bundesrat of Germany ....
     (1896–1983)
  • 1978 Herbert Dau (1911–2000)
  • 1983 Helmut Schmidt
    Helmut Schmidt

    Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt is a Germany Social Democratic Party of Germany politician who served as Chancellor of Germany of West Germany from 1974 to 1982....
  • 1985 Professor Ida Ehre
    Ida Ehre

    Ida Ehre was an Austrian-German actress and theatre director and manager....
     (1900–1989)
  • 1986 Dr. h.c. Herbert Wehner
    Herbert Wehner

    Herbert Richard Wehner was a Germany politician.Herbert Wehner was born in Dresden. His father was active in his labor union and a member of the Social Democratic Party ....
     (1906–1990)
  • 1986 Dr. Gerd Bucerius
    Gerd Bucerius

    Gerd Bucerius was a Germany politician and journalist, one of the founding members of Die Zeit. He is the namesake of the Bucerius Law School in Hamburg and of the Bucerius Kunst Forum, an art gallery....
     (1906–1996)
  • 1991 Dr. h.c. Kurt A. Körber
    Kurt A. Körber

    Kurt A. K?rber was a German businessman, who founded the K?rber Foundation in Hamburg and was initiator of the Bergedorf Round Table.He was born in Berlin and died in Hamburg....
     (1909–1992)
  • 1991 Dr. h.c. Prof. Alfred C. Toepfer (1894–1993)
  • 1993 Dr. h.c. Rudolf Augstein
    Rudolf Augstein

    Rudolf Karl Augstein was one of the most influential Germany journalists, founder and part-owner of Der Spiegel magazine.Born in Hanover, Germany, he was a radio operator and artillery observer in the German Wehrmacht during World War II....
     (1923–2002)
  • 1999 Prof. Dr. Marion Gräfin Dönhoff (1909–2002)
  • 2001 Siegfried Lenz
    Siegfried Lenz

    Siegfried Lenz is a Germany writer who has written twelve novels and produced several collections of short story, essays, and Play for radio and the theatre....
  • 2003 Uwe Seeler
    Uwe Seeler

    Uwe Seeler is a former Germany football official and retired football player. He played for Hamburger SV and also made 72 appearances for the Germany national football team....
  • 2005 Hannelore and Helmut Greve
  • 2007 John Neumeier
    John Neumeier

    John Neumeier is a well-known United States ballet dancer, choreographer, and director. He has been the director and chief choreographer of the Hamburg Ballet since 1973....
  • 2009 Loki Schmidt
    Loki Schmidt

    Hannelore "Loki" Schmidt, n?e Glaser is the wife of Helmut Schmidt, the Chancellor of Germany from 1974 to 1982.In 1976, she founded the Stiftung zum Schutze gef?hrdeter Pflanzen, which later became the Stiftung Naturschutz Hamburg und Stiftung zum Schutze gef?hrdeter Pflanzen....


Revoked

  • 1933 Adolf Hitler
    Adolf Hitler

    Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born Germany politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , popularly known as the Nazi Party....
     (1889–1945) revoked 1945
  • 1937 Hermann Göring
    Hermann Göring

    Hermann Wilhelm G?ring was a Germany politician, military leader and a leading member of the Nazi Party. Among many offices, he was Hitler's designated successor and commander of the Luftwaffe ....
     (1893–1946) revoked 1945