List of Honorary Citizens of Vienna
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The freeman of the city award (Ehrenbürgerrecht) is the highest decoration of the city of Vienna
. It can also be revoked. Since 1839, initiated by mayor Ignaz Czapka
, recipients have been listed in the honorary citizenship book, although a few are missing. The recipients also receive an official diploma
The following list is ordered according to the year of bestowal:
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. It can also be revoked. Since 1839, initiated by mayor Ignaz Czapka
Ignaz Czapka
- References :...
, recipients have been listed in the honorary citizenship book, although a few are missing. The recipients also receive an official diploma
The following list is ordered according to the year of bestowal:
- Francis Rawdon (14 February 1797)
- Friedrich Ernst Graf Marschall (14 February 1797)
- Gottfried Freiherr van SwietenGottfried van SwietenGottfried, Freiherr van Swieten was a diplomat, librarian, and government official who served the Austrian Empire during the 18th century...
(14 February 1797) - Ferdinand (Württemberg) (17 May 1797)
- Jakob Freiherr von Wöber (17 May 1797)
- Franz Josef Graf Saurau (17 May 1797)
- Joseph Graf Pergen (30 May 1797)
- Prokop Graf Lazansky von Bukowa (30 May 1797)
- Joseph Karl Graf Dietrichstein (30 May 1797)
- Johann Ferdinand Graf Kuefstein (30 May 1797)
- Johann Baptist Ritter von Lampi (18 June 1799)
- Anton Friedrich Graf Mittrowsky von Mitrowitz und Nemyschl (17 October 1801)
- Joseph Freiherr von Kielmannsegg (17 October 1801)
- Peter Anton Freiherr von Braun (28 December 1802)
- Joseph Ritter Girtler von Kleeborn (16 December 1803)
- Johann Ferdinand Hetzendorf von Hohenberg (15 February 1804)
- Joseph HaydnJoseph HaydnFranz Joseph Haydn , known as Joseph Haydn , was an Austrian composer, one of the most prolific and prominent composers of the Classical period. He is often called the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet" because of his important contributions to these forms...
(1 April 1804) - Vincenz Peter Anton Guldener von Lobes (4 January 1805)
- Louis Joseph Montoyer (25 September 1805)
- Rudolf Graf Wrbna von Freudenthal (16 January 1806)
- Joseph von SonnenfelsJoseph von SonnenfelsJoseph von Sonnenfels was an Austrian and German jurist and novelist. He was among the leaders of the Illuminati movement in Austria, and a close friend and patron of Mozart. He is also the dedicatee of Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 15, Op...
(11 November 1806) - Leopold Ignaz Freiherr von Haan (15 November 1809)
- Ferdinand Graf von Bissingen und Nippenburg (2 January 1810)
- August Freiherr von Reichmann von Hochkirchen (2 January 1810)
- Ferdinand Freiherr Fechtig von Fechtenberg (4 May 1810)
- Philipp Graf Edling (6 October 1810)
- Heinrich Joseph Watteroth (1810)
- Joseph Preindl (12 August 1813)
- Klemens Wenzel Lothar von Metternich (24 October 1813)
- Karl Fürst zu Schwarzenberg (24 October 1813)
- Ludwig van BeethovenLudwig van BeethovenLudwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...
(1815) - Bernhard Joseph Ritter Anders von Porodim (16 May 1816)
- Johann Sartory (22 May 1818)
- Joseph Seipelt (23 April 1829)
- Johann Christian Schiffner (22 September 1834)
- Ignaz Franz CastelliIgnaz Franz CastelliIgnaz Franz Castelli was an Austrian dramatist born in Vienna. He studied law at the university, and then entered the government service....
(5 February 1835) - Leopold Ritter von Prosky (10 March 1836)
- Franz Anton Graf Kolowarat-Liebsteinsky (2 April 1839)
- Johann Talatzko Freiherr von Gestieticz (12 February 1840)
- Johann Joseph Knolz (10 December 1840)
- Joseph Freiherr von SpaunJoseph von SpaunJoseph Ritter von Spaun after 1859 Joseph Freiherr von Spaun was an Austrian nobleman, an Imperial and Royal Councillor, lottery director, and honorary citizen of Vienna and Cieszyn. He is best known for his friendship with the composer Franz Schubert...
(18 May 1841) - Maximilian Freiherr von WimpffenMaximilian von WimpffenMaximilian, Freiherr von Wimpffen was a military commander who served in the Austrian army during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars...
(8 July 1841) - Joseph Graf Sedlnitzky von Choltic (24 March 1842)
- Anton Gilbert Edler von Seydel (6 July 1842)
- Paul SprengerPaul SprengerPaul C. Sprenger is an American attorney. One of the founding partners of Sprenger + Lang, PLLC, he is now of counsel to that firm.Sprenger remains lead counsel on a television writers' age discrimination lawsuit which began in 2000. The case involved claims of widespread age discrimination in the...
(24 October 1842) - Josef Baumgartner (24 October 1842)
- Franz Graf Hartig (15 November 1842)
- Salomon Mayer Freiherr von Rothschild (9 February 1843)
- Bartholomäus Graf Stürmer (14 April 1843)
- Karl Graf Inzaghi (20 April 1843)
- Franz Freiherr von Pillersdorf (20 April 1843)
- Franz Seraphim Graf Kuefstein (4 July 1843)
- Georg Graf Erdödy von Monyorókerék (7 November 1843)
- Ferdinand Leopold Graf Pálffy-Daun ab Erdöd (14 May 1844)
- Franz Buffa Freiherr von Lilienberg und Castellalt (4 August 1845)
- Johann Freiherr Krticzka von Jaden (30 August 1845)
- Johann Josef Prechtl (9 November 1846)
- Ludwig von Schwanthaler (3 February 1847)
- Adam Freiherr von Burg (20 May 1847)
- Anselm Salomon Freiherr von Rothschild (2 August 1847)
- Johann Adolf Fürst zu Schwarzenberg (26 February 1848)
- Johann Josef Wenzel Radetzky Graf von Radetz (7 August 1848)
- Josef Graf Jellacic von BuzimJosip JelacicCount Josip Jelačić of Bužim was the Ban of Croatia between 23 March 1848 and 19 May 1859...
(4 September 1849) - Julius Freiherr von Haynau (4 September 1849)
- Franz Josef Fürst von Dietrichstein zu Nikolsburg (25 January 1850)
- Felix Furst zu Schwarzenberg (7 January 1851)
- Maximilian Graf O'Donnell von TyrconellMaximilian Karl Lamoral O'DonnellMaximilian Karl Lamoral Graf O’Donnell von Tyrconnell was an Austrian officer and civil servant who became famous when he saved the life of Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria...
(19 February 1853) - Heinrich von HeßHeinrich von HeßHeinrich Hermann Josef Freiherr von Heß , Austrian soldier, entered the army in 1805 and was soon employed as a staff officer on survey work....
(18 December 1855) - Karl Ferdinand Graf Buol-Schauenstein (29 April 1856)
- Karl Freiherr von Krauß (8 April 1859)
- Johann Freiherr von Kempen von Fichtenstamm (4 November 1859)
- Ludwig Benedek von Felsö-Eör (4 November 1859)
- Franz Freiherr von Sommaruga (18 July 1860)
- Anton Ritter von Schmerling (8 March 1861)
- Karl Wilhelm Fürst von Auersperg (18 February 1862)
- Franz Freiherr von Hein (18 February 1862)
- Franz GrillparzerFranz GrillparzerFranz Seraphicus Grillparzer was an Austrian writer who is chiefly known for his dramas. He also wrote the oration for Ludwig van Beethoven's funeral.-Biography:...
(29 December 1863) - Anastasius Grün (8 April 1864)
- Ludwig Freiherr von Gablenz (22 November 1864)
- Josef Fürst Colloredo-Mansfeld (25 January 1867)
- Friedrich Ferdinand Graf Beust (21 December 1867)
- Matthias Constantin Graf Wickenburg (18 January 1870)
- Karl Giskra (15 September 1870
- Eduard SuessEduard SuessEduard Suess was a geologist who was an expert on the geography of the Alps. He is responsible for hypothesising two major former geographical features, the supercontinent Gondwana and the Tethys Ocean.Born in London to a Jewish Saxon merchant, when he was three his family relocated toPrague,...
(17 October 1873) - Ernst Karl Heinrich Graf Hoyos-Sprinzenstein (17 October 1873)
- Karl Freiherr von Rokitansky (8 January 1874)
- Josef HyrtlJosef HyrtlJosef Hyrtl was an Austrian anatomist.Hyrtl was born at Kismarton, in Hungary. He began his medical studies in Vienna in 1831, having received his preliminary education in his native town. His parents were poor, and he had to find some means to help defray the expenses of his medical education...
(17 March 1874) - Franz Ritter von Khunn (4 February 1875)
- Josef Ritter von Führich (12 February 1875)
- Georg Sigl (11 February 1876)
- Josef Klucky (29 August 1876)
- Cajetan Freiherr von Felder (5 July 1878)
- Heinrich Freiherr von FerstelHeinrich von Ferstelthumb|right|The [[Votivkirche]], Vienna, designed by FerstelHeinrich von Ferstel thumb|right|The [[Votivkirche]], Vienna, designed by FerstelHeinrich von Ferstel thumb|right|The [[Votivkirche]], Vienna, designed by FerstelHeinrich von Ferstel (July 7, 1828, Vienna - 14 July 1883, Grinzing, near...
(21 April 1879) - Ignaz KurandaIgnaz KurandaIgnaz Kuranda was an Austrian deputy and political writer.- Establishes "Die Grenzboten" :His grandfather and father were dealers in second-hand books...
(22 March 1881) - Adolf Ignaz Ritter von Mautner-Markhof (24 June 1881)
- Eduard von BauernfeldEduard von BauernfeldEduard von Bauernfeld , Austrian dramatist, was born at Vienna.Having studied jurisprudence at the university of Vienna, he entered the government service in a legal capacity, and after holding various minor offices was transferred in 1843 to a responsible post on the Lottery Commission...
(22 May 1882) - Friedrich Freiherr von SchmidtFriedrich von SchmidtFriedrich von Schmidt was an architect who worked in late 19th century Vienna....
(6 September 1883) - Hans Graf Wilczek (11 September 1883)
- Theophil Freiherr von HansenTheophil Freiherr von HansenBaron Theophil Edvard von Hansen was a Danish architect who later became an Austrian citizen...
(21 December 1883) - Rudolf Eitelberger von EdelbergRudolf EitelbergerRudolf Eitelberger, full name Rudolf Eitelberger von Edelberg was an art historian and the first Ordinarius for art history at the University of Vienna...
(3 March 1885) - Anton Freiherr Hye von Glunek (25 May 1886)
- Alfred Ritter von Arneth (10 June 1887)
- Leopold Ritter von Hasner von Artner (25 June 1889)
- Ludwig Lobmeyr (25 July 1889)
- Eduard Ritter von UhlEduard Uhl- References :...
(14 November 1889) - Nikolaus Dumba (25 July 1890)
- Karl LuegerKarl LuegerKarl Lueger was an Austrian politician and mayor of Vienna. The populist and anti-Semitic politics of his Christian Social Party are sometimes viewed as a model for Hitler's Nazism.- Career :...
(3 July 1900) - Heinrich Ritter von WittekHeinrich Ritter von WittekHeinrich Ritter von Wittek was an Austrian and statesman.- References :* - See also :* Portrait...
(5 May 1905) - Aloys von und zu Liechtenstein (23 November 1906)
- Richard Graf von Bienerth-Schmeling (28 March 1916)
- Richard Weiskirchner (2 May 1916)
- Ottokar Graf Czernin von Chudenitz (2 May 1918)
- Jakob ReumannJakob ReumannJakob Reumann was an Austrian Social Democratic politician and the first social democratic mayor of Vienna from 1919 to 1923.-Biography:...
(21 December 1923) - Franz Klein (11 April 1924)
- Richard StraussRichard StraussRichard Georg Strauss was a leading German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras. He is known for his operas, which include Der Rosenkavalier and Salome; his Lieder, especially his Four Last Songs; and his tone poems and orchestral works, such as Death and Transfiguration, Till...
(16 May 1924) - Karl SeitzKarl SeitzKarl Seitz was an Austrian politician and the first President of Austria.Karl Seitz was born in Vienna, then capital of the Austro-Hungarian empire, as the son of a struggling small-time coal trader. Following the premature death of his father in 1875, the family was thrown into abject poverty,...
(6 September 1929) - Leopold Kunschak (8 November 1946)
- Theodor Körner (23 April 1948)
- Karl RennerKarl RennerKarl Renner was an Austrian politician. He was born in Untertannowitz in the Austro-Hungarian Empire and died in Vienna...
(28 October 1948) - Adolf SchärfAdolf SchärfAdolf Schärf was, from 1957 to his death, the sixth President of Austria. Born into a poor working class family, he put himself through law school working part time and with a scholarship granted for academic excellence...
(15 April 1955) - Johann BöhmJohann BöhmJohann Böhm was a Bohemian German chemist who focused on photochemistry and radiography. The aluminum-containing mineral boehmite was named after him....
(21 November 1958) - Oskar KokoschkaOskar KokoschkaOskar Kokoschka was an Austrian artist, poet and playwright best known for his intense expressionistic portraits and landscapes.-Biography:...
(10 February 1961) - Julius RaabJulius RaabJulius Raab was a Conservative Austrian politician. He was Federal Chancellor of Austria from 1953 to 1961. Raab steered Allied-occupied Austria to independence. In 1955 he negotiated and signed the Austrian State Treaty...
(10 March 1961) - Franz JonasFranz JonasFranz Josef Jonas was an Austrian political figure. He served as the seventh President of Austria, between 1965 and 1974....
(21 April 1961) - Franz KönigFranz KönigFranz König was an Austrian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Vienna from 1956 to 1985, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1958...
(25 October 1968) - Bruno Marek (22 January 1970)
- Robert StolzRobert StolzRobert Elisabeth Stolz was an Austrian songwriter and conductor as well as a composer of operettas and film music.- Biography :...
(9 July 1970) - Bruno KreiskyBruno KreiskyBruno Kreisky was an Austrian politician who served as Foreign Minister from 1959 to 1966 and as Chancellor from 1970 to 1983. Aged 72 at the end of his chancellorship, he was the oldest acting Chancellor after World War II....
(11 December 1975) - Felix Slavik (28 February 1977)
- Anton Benya (29 June 1977)
- Herbert von KarajanHerbert von KarajanHerbert von Karajan was an Austrian orchestra and opera conductor. To the wider world he was perhaps most famously associated with the Berlin Philharmonic, of which he was principal conductor for 35 years...
(24 April 1978) - Karl BöhmKarl BöhmKarl August Leopold Böhm was an Austrian conductor. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest symphonic and operatic conductors of the 20th century.- Education :...
(12 September 1978) - Hertha Firnberg (24 September 1979)
- Ernst KrenekErnst KrenekErnst Krenek was an Austrian of Czech origin and, from 1945, American composer. He explored atonality and other modern styles and wrote a number of books, including Music Here and Now , a study of Johannes Ockeghem , and Horizons Circled: Reflections on my Music...
(26 September 1980) - Alfred Maleta (27 February 1981)
- Bruno PittermannBruno PittermannDr. Bruno Pittermann was an Austrian social democrat politician. He served as both the chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Austria from 1957 to 1967, and the Vice Chancellor of Austria from 1957 to 1966. From 1964 to 1976, he was president of the Socialist International....
(27 February 1981) - Rosa Jochmann (2 July 1981)
- Konrad LorenzKonrad LorenzKonrad Zacharias Lorenz was an Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist. He shared the 1973 Nobel Prize with Nikolaas Tinbergen and Karl von Frisch...
(18 February 1983) - Rudolf Sallinger (24 February 1984)
- Elias CanettiElias CanettiElias Canetti was a Bulgarian-born modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist, and non-fiction writer. He wrote in German and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1981, "for writings marked by a broad outlook, a wealth of ideas and artistic power".-Life:...
(26 April 1985) - Fritz HochwälderFritz HochwälderFritz Hochwälder also known as Fritz Hochwaelder, was an Austrian playwright. Known for his spare prose and strong moralist themes, Hochwälder won several literary awards, including the Austrian State Prize for Literature in 1966...
(28 February 1986) - Rudolf KirchschlägerRudolf KirchschlägerRudolf Kirchschläger was an Austrian diplomat, politician, judge and, from 1974 to 1986, the eighth President of Austria.-Education and early life:...
(24 October 1986) - Leonard BernsteinLeonard BernsteinLeonard Bernstein August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, author, music lecturer and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the United States of America to receive worldwide acclaim...
(10 December 1987) - Gottfried von EinemGottfried von EinemGottfried von Einem was an Austrian composer. He is known chiefly for his operas influenced by the music of Stravinsky and Prokofiev, as well as by jazz. He also composed pieces for piano, violin and organ.-Biography:...
(29 January 1988) - Benedikt Zorn (22 February 1989)
- Rudolf Pöder (6 December 1990)
- Gertrude Fröhlich-SandnerGertrude Fröhlich-SandnerGertrude Fröhlich-Sandner was an Austrian politician for the SPÖ .In 1993 she became an honorary citizen of Vienna.- External links :...
(1993) - Karl Dittrich (1993)
- Viktor Emil FranklViktor FranklViktor Emil Frankl M.D., Ph.D. was an Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist as well as a Holocaust survivor. Frankl was the founder of logotherapy, which is a form of Existential Analysis, the "Third Viennese School of Psychotherapy"...
(28 June 1995) - Leopold GratzLeopold Gratz----Leopold Gratz was an Austrian politician.Born in Vienna, Gratz was a law graduate and a member of the Austrian Social Democratic Party . From 1963 to 1966 he was a member of the Bundesrat, from 1970 to 1971 Federal Minister of Education and the Arts...
(1995) - Helmut ZilkHelmut ZilkHelmut Zilk was an Austrian journalist and politician in the Austrian Social Democratic Party.- Biography :...
(1995) - Hans Mayr (1995)
- Simon WiesenthalSimon WiesenthalSimon Wiesenthal KBE was an Austrian Holocaust survivor who became famous after World War II for his work as a Nazi hunter....
(1995) - Maria Schaumayer (9 August 1996)
- Karl Fellinger (30 May 1997)
- Max WeilerMax WeilerMax Weiler was a Swiss footballer who played as a defender. He played for FC Winterthur and Grasshopper Club Zürich, and also represented Switzerland at international level...
(17 December 1999) - Billy WilderBilly WilderBilly Wilder was an Austro-Hungarian born American filmmaker, screenwriter, producer, artist, and journalist, whose career spanned more than 50 years and 60 films. He is regarded as one of the most brilliant and versatile filmmakers of Hollywood's golden age...
(29 September 2000) - Theodor "Teddy" KollekTeddy KollekTheodor "Teddy" Kollek was mayor of Jerusalem from 1965 to 1993, and founder of the Jerusalem Foundation. Kollek was re-elected five times, in 1969, 1973, 1978, 1983 and 1989...
(23 May 2001) - Carl SzokollCarl SzokollCarl Szokoll was an Austrian resistance fighter involved in the July 20 Plot, major in the Wehrmacht, and, after the war, author and film producer.-Early life:...
(2003)