Honorary citizens of the city of Wolfsburg

Honorary citizens of the city of Wolfsburg

• Dr.-Ing. Udo-Willi Kögler
  

  Helge Landmann

  As a senior executive at Volkswagen AG and a long-standing member of the Wolfsburg City Council and the Vorsfelde Local Council, he was particularly committed to the sustainable networking of Volkswagen and the city.

  His involvement in the founding process of the University of Applied Sciences in Wolfsburg was decisive. He played a key role in the development of the "Lower Saxony Vehicle Technology Research Center" at Braunschweig Technical University and the "Open Hybrid LabFactory". His tireless work has made a significant contribution to consolidating Wolfsburg as a location for vehicle research.

  Since the establishment of the Civic Foundation Wolfsburg in 2006, Dr.-Ing. Udo-Willi Kögler has successfully built it up, decisively shaped its development and, in an unmistakable way, given it a visible profile for the city society.

  
  

• Dr. Hans-Joachim Throl
  

  Helge Landmann

  With an almost unrivaled 40 years of uninterrupted service on the Wolfsburg City Council, he single-mindedly helped shape and successfully shaped the city's development. His actions, also as mayor for many years, were characterized by great closeness to the citizens and deep personal ties to his hometown.

  As a proven art connoisseur and art lover, Dr. Hans-Joachim Throl has been chairman of the local art advisory board for many years. His special concern was always to promote art projects, to support young artists and to set special accents for art in the cityscape.

• Prof. Rolf Schnellecke

  During his 17-year term as Lord Mayor (1995-2001) and subsequent Lord Mayor (2001-2011), Prof. Rolf Schnellecke was the first person born in Wolfsburg and the first Lord Mayor to be elected by the citizens, and his strategic and visionary thinking had a lasting impact on Wolfsburg's urban history.

  He is associated with the joint efforts of the city and Volkswagen to create and maintain jobs and to upgrade Wolfsburg into an attractive and livable city with a high quality of experience. The foundation of Wolfsburg AG in 1999 formed the basis for this. Prof. Schnellecke established the civic foundation in 2006 and initiated the founding of the "International Circle of Friends e.V. (IFK)" in the same year.

• Ingrid Eckel

  From 1991 to 1996, Ingrid Eckel was Wolfsburg's first female mayor, up to and including 2001. She served on the Wolfsburg City Council for almost 23 years. Ingrid Eckel was particularly committed to school education, equal educational opportunities and the establishment of comprehensive schools.

  In 2009, the Federal President awarded her the Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany.

• Rocco Artale
  

  Rocco Artale is one of the important personalities who have helped shape the history of Wolfsburg at various points. He personifies the integration achievements that the young city of Wolfsburg made at an early stage and with today's exemplary character beyond the state borders.

  Rocco Artale's biography makes it clear how closely successful integration is linked to political and social commitment at various levels.

• Walter Hiller
  

  A piece of Wolfsburg's history is associated with the person of Walter Hiller.

  Through his exemplary and trustworthy actions for the benefit of the employees of Volkswagen AG and the citizens, he rendered outstanding services to the city as Chairman of the General and Group Works Council of Volkswagen AG.

• Overview of all honorary citizens of the city of Wolfsburg

  Rolf Wolters

  • Awarded on 10.03.2019
    (deceased on 07.09.2020)

  Dr.-Ing. Udo-Willi Kögler

  • Award on 22.04.2018

  Dr. Hans-Joachim Throl

  • Award on 22.04.2018

  Prof. Rolf Schnellecke

  • Award on 30.11.2014

  Ingrid Eckel

  • Award on 04.10.2014

  Rocco Artale

  • Award on 25.09.2012

  Manfred Kolbe

  • Awarded on 11.11.2007
    (deceased on 14.11.2024)

  Heinrich Heidersberger

  • Awarded on 12.10.2003
    (deceased on 14.07.2006)

  Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Piëch

  • Awarded on 15.11.2002
    (Deceased on 25.08.2019)

  Katharina Schmidt

  • Awarded on 04.05.2001
    (deceased on 25.05.2004)

  Helmut Simson

  • Awarded on 08.09.1999
    (deceased 13.03.2013)

  Dr. Volkmar Köhler

  • Awarded on 08.09.1999
    (deceased 06.06.2012)

  Werner Schlimme

  • Awarded on 19.12.1996
    (deceased on 12.08.2010)

  Walter Hiller

  • Awarded on 19.12.1996

  Prof. Dr. Carl Horst Hahn

  • Awarded on 30.06.1990
    (deceased on 14.01.2023)

  Dr. Wilhelm Wolf

  • Awarded on 30.06.1985
    (deceased on 22.02.1992)

  Prelate Antonius Holling

  • Awarded on 01.07.1984
    (deceased on 07.09.1996)

  Count Günther von der Schulenburg

  • Awarded on 15.04.1981
    (deceased on 12.03.1985)

  Hugo Bork

  • Awarded on 20.11.1977
    (deceased on 16.10.1998)

  Max Valentine

  • Awarded on 30.09.1971
    (deceased on 13.01.1979)
    

  Fritz Weiberg

  • Awarded on 29.11.1965
    (deceased on 15.09.1977)

  Otto Wolgast

  • Awarded on 16.05.1965
    (deceased 08.08.1994)

  Prof. Dr. Heinrich Nordhoff

  • Awarded on 05.08.1955
    (deceased on 12.04.1968)