* December 20, 1899 (Bonn)
† December 29, 1981 (ibid.)

She was a nationally successful photographer. At the beginning of the 1930s, she worked in Berlin alongside the pioneers of modern photojournalism as a press photographer for the "Dephot" agency, one of the most important and innovative photo agencies of the 20th century. Her photographs were published nationwide by the Ullstein publishing house,
including in the most important German illustrated magazine at the time, Berliner Illustrierte Zeitung.

She returned to her home town in 1945. Here she opened her own photo studio and accompanied the reconstruction of artistic and cultural life in the Rhineland with her camera. Her estate is one of the particularly valuable holdings of the Bonn City Archives.

• Proposal: Administration
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of October 27, 2016

* February 16, 1912
† February 24, 1984

Maria Balzer, née Bücher, as President of the Old Beuel Ladies' Committee of 1824 e. V. and Obermöhn from 1957 to 1973, had a strong influence on Weiberfastnacht in Beuel and made a significant contribution to the nationwide popularity of the Beuel tradition. Together with the former city director of the then independent city of Beuel, she was the creator of the Rathaussturm, which first took place in 1957, and the carnival figure of the Wäscherprinzessin, who was first proclaimed in 1958.

• Proposal: Parliamentary groups of CDU, Greens, SPD, FDP and BBB
• Naming area: Beuel
• Council resolution of December 12, 2023

* January 20, 1914
† June 11, 2011

She sheltered the Jewish family Salomon and Henriette Jakoby and their daughter Hildegard Schott in her house at Argelanderstraße 44 from May 1943 until the liberation of Bonn by the US Army on March 9, 1945. Before that, the family was hidden by Sibylla Cronenberg in Remagen-Rolandseck.

Katharina Bayerwaltes was instrumental in establishing the town twinning with Oxford.

In 2006, she was honored by the Yad Vashem memorial as "Righteous Among the Nations".

• Proposal: Bündnis 90/DIE GRÜNEN, SPD, DIE LINKE and Volt parliamentary groups
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of February 10, 2022

* February 23, 1902
† January 1, 1997

She was a CDU politician. She was a member of the German Bundestag from 1949 to 1972 and deputy chairwoman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group from 1964 to 1968.

On October 16, 1968, she was appointed Federal Minister for Family and Youth in the Federal Government led by Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger. After the 1969 federal elections, she left the federal government on October 21, 1969. During her short time in office, she was particularly committed to more part-time work and the promotion of all-day schools.

• Proposal: Bündnis 90/DIE GRÜNEN, SPD, DIE LINKE and Volt parliamentary groups
• Designation area: Entire city area
• Council resolution of February 10, 2022

* 1870
† 1951

The Jewish family Salomon and Henriette Jakoby and their daughter Hildegard Schott were able to escape from the Cologne-Müngersdorf collection camp with the help of Heinz and Josephine Odenthal and hid with them in Bonn. After it became too dangerous there, Sibylla Cronenberg, Josephine Odenthal's mother, housed the family in the Rheinhotel "Zum Anker" in Remagen-Rolandseck, which she ran. The family was then hidden by Katharina Bayerwaltes in Bonn.

She was honored as "Righteous Among the Nations" by the Yad Vashem memorial in 2006.

• Proposal: Bündnis 90/DIE GRÜNEN, SPD, DIE LINKE and Volt parliamentary groups
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of February 10, 2022

* April 11, 1864 in Bonn
† May 17, 1943 in Rüdersdorf near Berlin

She was a feminist writer who campaigned for the rights of women, homosexuals and workers.

• Proposal: Bündnis 90/DIE GRÜNEN district faction Hardtberg
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of May 7, 2020

* February 25, 1962 in Kazakhstan

† July 9, 2011 in Bonn

She was a German painter. Her works were exhibited in numerous museums and galleries in Germany and neighboring countries. Her artistic work focused on colorful portraits, theater drawings and artistic explorations of the Bonn-born composer Ludwig van Beethoven.

Elsa Enns-Schilling was on the board of the Women's Museum in Bonn for several years from April 2006.

• Proposal: Citizens' proposal
• Area of designation: entire city area
• Council resolution of November 9, 2023

* May 11, 1888 (Bonn)
† March 17, 1978 (Berlin)

She was a writer of biographical texts and memoirs that focused on her life with her husband, the expressionist painter August Macke (1887 to 1914). Macke painted more than 200 portraits of his wife. After Macke's early death, she married the journalist and historian Lothar Erdmann (1888 to 1939), with whom she moved to Berlin. After returning to Bonn in 1948, she lived in August Macke's studio at Bornheimer Straße 96 until 1975, where she looked after Macke's work.

• Proposal: Citizens' proposal
• Naming area: entire city area
• Council resolution of March 17, 2022

* May 11, 1921
† December 7, 2016

FDP politician, 1976-1982 Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office.

• Proposal: FDP parliamentary group
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of February 2, 2017

* March 13, 1939 in Dresden
† October 23, 2009 in Bonn

She was a German writer. In 1977, she was one of the co-founders of the Bonn Women's Shelter. From 1980, she worked as a writer and journalist and also performed as a cabaret artist. Karin Hempel-Soos ran the Bonn House of Language and Literature from its foundation in 1994 until her death.

• Proposal: Bündnis 90/DIE GRÜNEN district faction Hardtberg
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of May 7, 2020

* May 25, 1922
† April 23, 2021

In 2001, she was one of the founders of the association "Ausbildung statt Abschiebung e. V. (AsA), which supports young refugees in all situations. Long before that, she had already campaigned for refugees and migrant workers and helped them in many ways.

On 27.07.2011, she was awarded the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany by the Federal President at the suggestion of the Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia for her decades of commitment in the social sector.

• Proposal: Citizen's application
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of December 8, 2022

* 1749
† 1817

After the death of her husband, runs a flourishing inn, the Zehrgarten, on Bonn's market square, a popular meeting place for intellectuals and artists, including the young Beethoven.

• Proposal: Equal Opportunities Office
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of May 24, 2005

* October 19, 1815
† January 28, 1872

Became matron of St. John's Hospital in Bonn in 1849, deposed in 1871 due to her opposition to the resolutions of the Vatican Council.

• Proposal: Working group for the advancement of women at the University of Bonn
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of March 2, 1989

* 1838
† 1925

Known as "Mother Sander", in whose house the congregation met before the church in Beuel was built. Rich diaconal commitment. Founder of the oldest parish circle in Beuel, a women's circle.

• Suggestion: From the citizens
• Area of designation: Municipality of Beuel
• Council resolution of August 30, 2007

* March 1, 1819 Aachen
† December 14, 1876

She founded the Cooperative of the Poor Sisters of St. Francis in 1845 and sent fellow sisters from Aachen to the convent in Maargasse in Bonn as early as 1851. On January 1, 1889, the sisters took over the Marienhaus in Noeggerathstraße. The convent in Maargasse was destroyed during the war. Franziska Schervier was beatified by Pope Paul VI on April 28, 1974.

• Proposal: CDU parliamentary group
• Naming area: Entire city area
• Council resolution of May 24, 2005

* April 7, 1922
† January 26, 2003

Orientalist born in Erfurt. She received the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade in 1995. She last lived in retirement in Bonn.

• Proposal: CDU parliamentary group
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of May 24, 2005

* 1860
† 1947

Chairwoman of the "Bonn Women's Association"

• Proposal: Working group for the advancement of women at the University of Bonn
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of March 2, 1989

* September 12, 1914
† June 4, 2002

In her will, Elisabeth Schwingen appoints Caritas as the heir to her considerable fortune with the proviso that it be incorporated into her own foundation. She had inherited these assets from her family, who ran an orchard in Bad Godesberg-Muffendorf and later sold agricultural land.

After her death, the "Caritas Foundation Elisabeth Schwingen - Help for Children in Need" was established.

• Proposal: Caritas Foundation in the Archdiocese of Cologne
• Naming area: Bad Godesberg district, Muffendorf district
• Council resolution of May 3, 2016

* 1890
† 1941

Important actress at the Bonn Theater.

• Suggestion: City Archive
• Naming area: Entire city area
• Council resolution of May 24, 2005

* 1860
† 1935 Chicago

1931 Nobel Peace Prize

• Proposal: Equal Opportunities Office
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of March 24, 2005

* June 4, 1876 Bochum, born Benning
† June 9, 1953 in Cologne

She was a politician and women's rights activist. She was a member of the Weimar National Assembly in 1919/20 and the Reichstag from 1920 to 1933. At the beginning of the National Socialist "seizure of power", she went underground. She was imprisoned for several months in connection with Hitler's assassination attempt on July 20, 1944 as part of Aktion Gitter.

• Proposal: Bündnis 90/DIE GRÜNEN district faction Hardtberg
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution from December 12, 2019

* 1960
† August 9, 1996

In her books, poems and essays, the Afro-German speech therapist portrayed and publicized the oppression of ethnic minorities, especially dark-skinned minorities. She was active in the black community and in the women's movement and took her own life in Hamburg at the age of 36.

• Suggestion: From the city council
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of June 18, 1998

* 1896
† 1957

Czech-born American doctor, first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Medicine.

• Suggestion: From the citizens
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of May 24, 2005

* December 2, 1909
† March 11, 2002

She was a journalist, author and editor of the weekly newspaper "Die Zeit". During the National Socialist era, she was active in German resistance circles. After the war, she became one of the most important German journalists. Despite personal losses, she campaigned for a reconciliatory stance in Eastern politics.

• Proposal: FDP parliamentary group
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of December 9, 2021

* September 16, 1902 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
† February 16, 1943 Berlin-Plötzensee

She was an American-German literary scholar, translator and resistance fighter against National Socialism. She is the only American civilian to have been executed for resisting the Nazi regime.

• Proposal: Bündnis 90/DIE GRÜNEN district faction Hardtberg
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution from December 12, 2019

* May 15, 1879 Landsberg an der Warthe, née Gohlke
† January 28, 1956 in Düsseldorf

She was a German social reformer and women's rights activist. The Workers' Welfare Association was founded under her leadership on December 13, 1919. After the introduction of passive suffrage, she was the first woman to give a speech in the Weimar National Assembly on February 19, 1919.

• Proposal: Bündnis 90/DIE GRÜNEN district faction Hardtberg
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution from December 12, 2019

* 1848
† 1930

A leader of the German women's movement; she rendered outstanding services to the reorganization of the girls' school system.

• Suggestion: From the citizens
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of June 18, 1998

* 1869 Elberfeld
† 1945 Jerusalem

Forerunner, representative and overcomer of literary expressionism; she wrote poetry, dramas, short stories and essays.

• Suggestion: From the citizenry
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of June 18, 1998

* 1888 Perleberg
† 1976 Santa Barbara

American singer (soprano) of German origin; she made her debut in Hamburg in 1910 and became a celebrated prima donna at the Vienna Court and State Opera. She was an important Wagner and Strauss interpreter.

• Suggestion: From the citizens
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of June 18, 1998

* 1871
† 1919 (shot)

Socialist politician; she founded the Spartacus League with Karl Liebknecht in 1917 and took part in the Berlin Communist uprising in 1919.

• Suggestion: From the citizenry
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of June 18, 1998

* February 19, 1877 in Berlin
† May 19, 1962 in Murnau am Staffelsee

She was an Expressionist painter who also drew and worked in the field of printmaking. She was a member of the Neue Künstlervereinigung München (N.K.V.M) and later closely associated with the "Blaue Reiter", a group of artists. As Wassily Kandinsky's partner of many years, she later saved a significant number of his works during the war and post-war period and made them accessible to the public, together with pictures by the artist friends of the "Blauer Reiter" and her own pictures.

• Proposal: Administration
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of October 27, 2016

* 1819 in Meissen
† 1895 in Leipzig

Writer and journalist; she came to prominence early on with journalistic contributions on workers' and women's issues and propagated the democratic and social demands of the 1848 revolution in poems and contemporary novels.

• Suggestion: From the citizens
• Naming area: Entire city area
• Council resolution of June 18, 1998

* July 3, 1890 in Rixdorf near Berlin
† April 13, 1977 in Fleisbach near Herborn

She was a German trade unionist. After the failed assassination attempt on Hitler on July 20, 1944, she also helped the Christian trade union leader and resistance fighter Jakob Kaiser, who was wanted by the Gestapo.

• Proposal: Bündnis 90/DIE GRÜNEN district faction Hardtberg
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution from December 12, 2019

* April 2, 887 in Altona
† June 4, 1957 in West Berlin

She was a German politician and provisional Mayor of Bonn from 1947 to 1948. She became involved in social policy and equality for women very early on. She played a key role in the founding of the Workers' Welfare Association (AWO).

• Proposal: Bündnis 90/DIE GRÜNEN district faction Hardtberg
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution from December 12, 2019

* 1857
† 1933

Politician and teacher; from 1920 to 1933, she was a member of the Reichstag (1932, President in her old age).

• Suggestion: From the citizenry
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of June 18, 1998

* 1877
† 1933

He was born in Bonn in 1877 and was one of the most famous criminal defense lawyers of the Weimar era. His father owned a clothing store on Marktplatz and the family lived in a villa on Meckenheimer Straße. After studying law in Munich, Berlin, Leipzig and Bonn, he passed his first state examination in Bonn in 1899. During his legal clerkship, Alsberg was an assistant at Bonn University. In 1906, he opened a law firm in Berlin, where he soon made a name for himself as an excellent criminal defense lawyer. After the Nazis seized power, he was forced to leave Germany. On September 11, 1933, he took his own life in exile in Switzerland.

• Suggestion: From the citizens
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of October 4, 2012

* July 27, 1935
† April 23, 2020

CDU politician, 1972 - 1981 and 1983 - 2002 Member of the German Bundestag, 1982 - 1998 Federal Minister of Labor and Social Affairs.

• Suggestion: From the citizenry
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of June 28, 2021

Brothers Sulpiz (1783-1854) and Melchior (1786-1851), art scholars and collectors, campaigned for the completion of Cologne Cathedral; both are buried in the Old Cemetery in Bonn.

• Suggestion: From the citizens
• Area of designation: Bonn city district
• Council resolution of October 30, 1985

* March 13, 1922
† September 19, 2016

Political scientist and historian. He came to the University of Bonn in 1959, where he took up a professorship for the science of politics and contemporary history and established the Department of Political Science. He was also a member of the Commission for the History of Parliamentarianism and Political Parties in Bonn, at times as chairman.

• Suggestion: From the citizenry
• Area of designation: Bonn city district
• Council resolution of March 28, 2019

* 1824 in Bonn
† 1907

He rendered great services in the 19th century by establishing forestry research and forest administration in India, and was raised to the peerage for his services by the then British Queen Victoria.

• Suggestion: From the citizens
• Area of designation: Entire urban area
• Council resolution of August 30, 2007

* October 19, 1917
† May 17, 2002

From 1956, he was the last city director of the then independent city of Beuel. Together with Maria Balzer, President of the Alte Beueler Damenkomitee von 1824 e. V and Obermöhn from 1957 to 1973, he was the creator of the Rathaussturm, which first took place in 1957, and the carnival figure of the Wäscherprinzessin, who was first proclaimed in 1958.

• Proposal: Parliamentary groups of CDU, Greens, SPD, FDP and BBB
• Area of designation: Beuel district
• Council resolution of December 12, 2023

* 1491
† 1551

1542/1543 Bucer lives in Bonn for a year to prepare the Reformation of the Archbishopric of Cologne on behalf of the Archbishop of Cologne, Hermann V von Wied. In 1543, he and Philipp Melanchton wrote two Reformation pamphlets (Einfaltiges Bedencken) for the Archbishop of Cologne in the moated castle at Buschhoven.

• Suggestion: From the citizens
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of August 30, 2007

* March 17, 1759 in Bonn
† April 14, 1828

He grew up with his grandparents and was trained as a goldsmith by the goldsmith Jakob Math, who had immigrated from Vienna and is the only known court goldsmith in the 1765-1794 calendars.

He married Katharina Eylender in Bonn in 1786, with whom he had nine children. A cruet set, which is still in the possession of the Bonn Minster parish today and is the oldest surviving work by him, also dates from this time. Soon after his marriage, his talent and artistry earned him commissions from the Electorate of Cologne, which were generally awarded to the renowned centers of goldsmithing at the time. His works of art were internationally coveted and on a par with those of the goldsmiths of Augsburg, Dresden and Berlin.
Due to the capture of Bonn by the French, Emmel left Bonn in 1794 and went to Vienna, where he also spent the rest of his life.

• Proposal: CDU district faction
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of May 24, 2005

* 1882
† 1964

Mayor of Bonn (1922 - 1931)
He was particularly distinguished by his courageous behavior and his commitment to the citizens of Bonn after the First World War.

He was unyielding towards the French occupying forces and demonstratively refused to obey their orders. On April 27, 1923, a French military court sentenced him to three years in prison and a fine of five million marks. The sentence outraged the population, which is why many Bonn residents celebrated him as a "martyr" when he was transferred to the prison in Jakobstraße.

After serving part of his sentence, the French authorities deported Falk to unoccupied territory. It was not until 1924 that he was able to resume his official duties as Mayor of Bonn. In October 1931, Falk gave way to pressure from the Nazis, but also to criticism from within his own ranks.

• Suggestion: From the citizens
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of October 4, 2013

* April 2, 1798
† 1874

German lyricist and poet, studied in Bonn from 1819 to 1821, created the "Song of the Germans" in 1841, which was confirmed as the national anthem by Federal President Heuss in 1952.

• Proposal: Stv. Salitter and Joisten, CDU district parliamentary group
• Area of designation: Entire urban area
• Council resolution of October 29, 1998

* 1906
† 1986

Third President of the German Bundestag, resistance fighter (Kreisau Circle), senior church councillor, founder of the Protestant relief organization after the Second World War.

• Suggestion: From the citizenry
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of August 30, 2007

* October 7, 1930
† October 29, 1997

1956-1972 member of the Bad Godesberg and Bonn councils, 1958-1965 member of the North Rhine-Westphalian state parliament, 1965-1981 member of the Bundestag for the Bonn constituency.

• Proposal: BV Godesberg
• Area of designation: Bad Godesberg district
• Council resolution of March 23, 2000

* October 16, 1912
† January 21, 1977

From 1947 member of the Building Committee, 1952-1977 member of Bonn City Council, 1963-1977 Mayor of Bonn.

• Proposal: SPD parliamentary group
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of March 23, 2000

* March 25, 1829
† April 26, 1892

Constantin Hölscher was chairman of the Godesberger Verschönerungsverein (now the Verein für Heimatpflege und Heimatgeschichte, VHH) from 1869 to 1883. After 1883, he took on the role of treasurer and deputy chairman. In 1870 he became a member of the municipal council. He was a surveyor by profession, but changed this and ran the "Zum Adler" inn in Koblenzer Straße from 1860.

• Proposal: BBB parliamentary group
• Naming area: Bad Godesberg
• Council resolution from September 26, 2019

* 1880
† 1962

Professor of Dentistry from 1918-1933 and 1946-1950.

• Proposal: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelm-University
• Naming area: Entire city area
• Council resolution of March 2, 1989

Bonn detective inspector who lived in Bad Godesberg and set up the Godesberg CID in 1923. During the Third Reich, he risked his life to save the lives of those persecuted by the Nazi regime.

• Suggestion: From the citizens
• Naming area: Bad Godesberg-Schweinheim
• Council resolution of May 24, 2005

* December 1, 1923
† July 27, 2010

Ernst J. Kiphard was a German sports educator. He is considered the founder and nestor of German psychomotor education.

In 1992, the "Förderzentrum E.J. Kiphard - Rheinische Modelleinrichtung für Psychomotorik" was opened in Bonn. His grave is located in the Carstanjen Mausoleum.

• Proposal: Citizens' petition
• Naming area: Entire city area
• Council resolution of August 22, 2023

* February 6, 1863
† July 14, 1932

Councillor, director of the city archives and the city library as well as the Villa Obernier Museum, now the Municipal Art Museum, chairman of the Old Bonn Association.

• Suggestion: From the citizenry
• Area of designation: Bonn city district
• Council resolution of February 29, 1996

* November 06, 1811
† January 27, 1889

Professor of philosophy and Paulskirche parliamentarian.

He was ordained a priest in 1835 and appointed professor of philosophy in Bonn in 1845. He was a member of the Paulskirche parliament of 1848 and thus stands as a Bonn representative for the history of German democracy. In the academic year 1859/60, Knoodt was Rector of the University of Bonn. Knoodt's philosophical works were always concerned with the harmony of faith and science; Knoodt's theological writings also testify to a balanced attitude free of unobjective polemics. After 1870, he also declared himself an Old Catholic for reasons of conscience and was vicar general of the Old Catholic diocese until his death in 1878.

• Suggestion: From the citizenry
• Area of designation: Entire city district
• Council resolution of October 4, 2012

* December 1, 1895
† August 15, 1989

Politician (Center, CDU), 1949-1969 Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister 1961-66, member of the Scientific Catholic Student Association UNITAS Stolzenfels.

• Proposal: Scientific Catholic Student Association UNITAS Stolzenfels
• Area of designation: Entire city district
• Council resolution of February 29, 1996

* 1907
† 2000

First Plenipotentiary of the Protestant Church in Germany at the seat of the Federal Government and the first Protestant military bishop.

• Proposal: From the citizenry
• Area of designation: Entire city district
• Council resolution of August 30, 2007

* June 4, 1923
† May 30, 1990

1964-1973 Member of the council. Expert citizen on the Social Affairs Committee until the 1989 local elections, 1969-1976 member of the German Bundestag.

• Proposal: SPD parliamentary group
• Area of designation: Entire borough
• Council resolution of March 23, 2000

* 1910
† 2002

Godesberg pastor and active in the Confessing Church, born in Koblenz as the son of a pastor, studied theology in Göttingen, Vienna and Bonn and found his way into the circle of the Confessing Church as a student of Karl Barth.
In 1938 and 1939, as an assistant preacher in the Confessing Church in Trier, he stood up for Jews as "Christ's brothers and therefore also our brothers" shortly after the November progrom. After 1945, he became a pastor in Bergneustadt, in Düsseldorf and finally in Bonn-Bad Godesberg, where he died on February 25, 2002.

• Suggestion: Suggestion from the citizens
• Area of designation: Entire borough
• Council resolution of August 30, 2007

* 1741
† 1801

Musician and composer, Electoral Court Kapellmeister (1774-1794).

• Proposal: Mayor of the town of Motta di Livenza
• Area of designation: Bonn city district
• Council resolution of February 29, 1996

* May 22, 1885
† January 26, 1960

Lawyer who was a member of Count Moltke's Kreisau Circle resistance movement, 1949-1953 Federal Minister for Expellees.

• Proposal: CDU parliamentary group
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of March 2, 1989

* 1909
† 1993

Resistance fighter, historian, founder of the 1st Bonn AstA.

• Proposal: PDS Bonn/Rhine district association
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of July 12, 1995

* 15.01.1863
† 05.08.1946

Wilhelm Marx (* January 15, 1863 in Cologne, † August 5, 1946 in Bonn) was one of the defining political figures of the Weimar Republic. He was Reich Chancellor in 1923/24 and 1926-1928; his total term of office of three years and one month was the longest of any incumbent Reich Chancellor in the Weimar Republic. In 1925, Wilhelm Marx was also the candidate of the "People's Bloc" (SPD, DDP, Center) for the office of Reich President; he was defeated by Paul von Hindenburg.

• Proposal: Bzv Mrs. Langer, Volt
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of June 20, 2024

* 17.03.1950
† 25.02.2022

Hans-Georg Masuhr was a member of the Beuel district council for decades and was the chairman of the SPD parliamentary group for many years. He was also a volunteer with the Workers' Welfare Association (AWO) for decades.

In recognition of his services to the common good, he was awarded the Medal of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany by the Federal President.

• Proposal: Citizens' proposal
• Area of designation: Municipality of Beuel
• Council resolution of August 22, 2023

* July 18, 1927
† December 19, 2015

The conductor Kurt Masur was Chairman of the Board of the Beethovenhaus Association from 2004 to 2013. He performed several times at the Beethoven Festival and organized a benefit concert to purchase the manuscript of the Diabelli Variations. He held his public Beethoven masterclasses for young conductors in the city of Bonn with the Beethoven Orchester and campaigned for the construction of a new Beethoven Festival Hall.

• Proposal: BBB parliamentary group
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of May 3, 2016

* 1497
† 1560

Reformer who preached in Bonn Minster.

• Suggestion: Suggestion from the citizens
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of August 30, 2007

* April 30, 1913
† July 8, 1960

Physicist and philosopher, head of the Institute of Phonetics at the University of Bonn, considered the creator of electronic music.

• Suggestion: Family
• Naming area: Bonn city district
• Council resolution of February 29, 1996

* 1787
† 1868

Important theologian in the 19th century, followed a call as professor and university preacher to Bonn in 1822, where he made a name for himself as a mediator theologian. In Bonn, he also held the office of "vicarius" of the Protestant parish. From 1835 to 1847, Nitzsch advocated a presbyterial-synodal church order, first as a deputy and later as vice-president of the Rhenish provincial synod. In 1846 he was the main speaker at the Prussian General Synod.

• Proposal: From the citizenry
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of August 30, 2007

* 1902
† 1968

Professor of Old Testament from 1945-1967.
Bonn Old Testament scholar of the 50s and 60s.

• Proposal: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelm-Universität/ From the citizenry
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of March 2, 1989 / August 30, 2007

* April 24, 1896 in Bonn/24. April 1896 in Bonn
† October 1974/1941

Karl and Robert, farmers, founders of the youth association "Nerother Wandervogel e.V.": one focus of the association's work is understanding between peoples, Robert Oelbermann died in Sachsenhausen concentration camp.

• Proposal: SPD parliamentary group, Deputy Von Grünberg
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of October 24, 1996

* 1835
† 1904

He was born in Bonn-Kessenich in 1835 and was a recognized composer and renowned (church) musician in his day.

• Suggestion: From the citizens
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of October 4, 2012

* May 5, 1888
† May 3, 1971

Deposed by the National Socialists as Mayor of Hagen in 1933, belonged to the circle around Goerdeler, imprisoned in 1944, Mayor of Fulda (1946-1956), lived in Bonn from 1933-38.

• Proposal: AV Tuisconia
• Naming area: Entire city area
• Council resolution of February 29, 1996

* March 24, 1832
† August 23, 1901

Arthur vom Rath was chairman of the Godesberg Beautification Association from 1883 to 1894 and again from 1896 to 1899. He was a member of the Godesberg municipal council from 1877 until his death. He worked in the sugar industry.

• Proposal: BBB parliamentary group
• Area of designation: Bad Godesberg
• Council resolution from September 26, 2019

* January 16, 1931
† January 27, 2006

Minister of Science, Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia for 20 years, eighth Federal President 1999-2004, honorary citizen of the city of Bonn.

• Proposal: Integration Council
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of June 14, 2006

* March 1, 1821
† January 4, 1896

First Old Catholic bishop in Bonn.

He was ordained a priest in 1848, obtained his doctorate and was professor of church history at the University of Breslau from 1850. After 1870, he declared his opposition to the dogma of the universal jurisdiction and infallibility of the Pope and was elected, consecrated and recognized as the first bishop of the Old Catholic diocese in 1873. Despite some hostility due to his conflict of conscience with the dogma of infallibility, he always avoided any polemics in his pastoral letters and speeches and was one of the first ecumenists. He actively participated in the so-called Bonn Union Conferences, which took place in 1874 and 1875 at Bonn University on the initiative of the then synodal representation under the leadership of the then world-famous church historian Ignaz von Döllinger with top-class Protestant, Orthodox, Anglican and Old Catholic participation. His memory and his theological foresight are still highly honored in our diocese and appreciated in the ecumenical community.

• Suggestion: From the citizens
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of October 4, 2012

* 1822
† 1889

Important theologian in the 19th century. Professor in Bonn from 1852 to 1864, then in Göttingen.

• Suggestion: From the citizens
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of August 30, 2007

* May 13, 1914
† March 14, 1983

City councillor for the FDP from 1957 to 1975. Chairman of the FDP parliamentary group. Mayor.

• Suggestion: From the citizens
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of June 14, 2006

* July 8, 1919
† August 24, 2016

FDP politician, 1961-1966 Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation, 1969-1974 Federal Foreign Minister and Vice-Chancellor. 1974-1979 fourth Federal President.

• Proposal: FDP parliamentary group
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of February 2, 2017

* September 11, 1910
† December 31, 1989

He was a member of the Bundestag from 1949-1976, Minister of the Interior from 1953-1961, Foreign Minister from 1961-1966 and Minister of Defense from 1966-1969.

• Proposal: Bad Godesberg district council at the request of the CDU parliamentary group
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of February 14, 1991

* 1879
† 1957

Professor of Roman law from 1922-1931.

• Proposal: Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelm-University
• Area of naming: Entire city area
• Council resolution of March 2, 1989

* April 1, 1892
† November 26, 1975

Carpenter, trade unionist, 1949-57 Federal Minister of Labor, 1949-65 Member of the Bundestag, 1958-65 Member of the European Parliament.

• Proposal: State Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs
• Area of designation: Entire city area, preferably government district
• Council resolution of February 29, 1996

* April 25, 1893
† January 27, 1989

Pastor and dean at Bonn Minster, played a key role in the reconstruction of Bonn Minster in the post-war period.

• Proposal: Bonn district council at the request of the CDU parliamentary group
• Area of designation: Bonn district
• Council resolution of July 15, 1992

* August 1, 1881
† February 15, 1940

Mathematician, professor at Bonn University (1928-1935), campaigned for the Jewish community until his emigration in 1938.

• Suggestion: Mathematical Institute of the University of Bonn
• Naming area: Bonn city district
• Council resolution of February 29, 1996

* 1882
† 1966

Local historian from Mehlem, member of the St. Sebastianus Brotherhood of Young Journeymen, St. Sebastianus Brotherhood of Men, St. Hubertus Brotherhood, St. Severin Church Council, co-founder of the Mehlem Volunteer Fire Brigade.

• Proposal: Deputy Hauschild, Bzv. Rometsch, CDU parliamentary group at the suggestion of the Mehlem local committee
• Area of designation: Bad Godesberg district, Mehlem district
• Council resolution of October 29, 1998

* 1847
† 1931

From 1870 - 1889 Professor at the University of Bonn, 1910 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, identification of vegetable oils by analytical methods.

• Suggestion: From the citizens
• Naming area: Plittersdorf and Hochkreuz districts (science locations)
• Council resolution of August 30, 2007

* 1829
† 1909

President of the Verein von Altertumsfreunden im Rheinland (1875-1883), founder of the Provinzialmuseum, today's Landesmuseum, and its first director, he came from an old Bonn family.

• Proposal: Verein von Altertumsfreunden im Rheinlande e.V.
• Naming area: Bonn city district
• Council resolution of February 29, 1996

* April 15, 1920
† January 31, 2015

CDU politician, governing mayor of Berlin (1981-1984), President of the Protestant Church Congress and member of the Bundestag. From 1984-1994 he was the sixth Federal President.

He is particularly remembered for his speech to the Bundestag on May 8, 1985. He rendered outstanding services to reconciliation, understanding and the establishment of German unity in a united Europe.

• Proposal: SPD parliamentary group
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of March 26, 2015

* 1775
† 1848

1775-1846, landscape planner, electoral court gardener.

• Proposal: Citizens' petition
• Area of designation: Bonn city district
• Council resolution of February 29, 1996

* August 15, 1955 in Bonn
† February 7, 2016 in Warentorf near Hamburg

German publicist, television presenter and film producer. He was one of Germany's best-known and most popular intellectuals.

• Proposal: Citizens' petition
• Naming area: Entire city area
• Council resolution of June 7, 2018

* January 4, 1809
† January 8, 1852

Inventor of the six-dot Braille alphabet.

• Proposal: Blindenverein Bonn e.V.
• Naming area: Entire city area
• Council resolution of February 29, 1996

* April 9, 1893
† February 8, 1967

British publisher, campaigned for the starving population and understanding with Germany after the Second World War, 1960 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade.

• Suggestion: From the citizens
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of February 29, 1996

* July 18, 1918
† December 5, 2013

Mandela belonged to the Xhosa people, some of whose traditions he was brought up in. He was baptized a Methodist and attended Methodist school and college. While still a student (including political science and law), he joined the African National Congress (ANC), the leading movement against apartheid policies in South Africa, whose activities between 1960 and 1990 were classified as illegal. After his first arrest in 1952, he was sentenced to life imprisonment with other activists in 1964. He was released from prison in 1990 and the ban on the ANC, of which he became president in 1991, was lifted. Under President Frederik de Clerk, with whom Mandela was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993, the apartheid system was abolished, a new constitution was drawn up and free elections were made possible. In 1994, the ANC won South Africa's first democratic elections with an absolute majority; Nelson Mandela became president. Even during his lifetime, he received many awards, honors and recognition as one of the leading representatives in the fight for freedom and justice and against racism and oppression.

• Proposal: CDU parliamentary group
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of March 27, 2014

* 1873
† August 8, 1914

He was king of the Duala people in Cameroon during the German colonial era and led the resistance against the unlawful expulsion of the Duala from their ancestral settlement areas by petitioning the German Reichstag and engaging a Berlin lawyer.

Without a fair trial, he was sentenced to death for "high treason" and executed by hanging together with his secretary Ngoso Din on August 8, 1914. The execution made him a martyr in Cameroon.

• Proposal: Citizens' petition
• Naming area: entire city area
• Council resolution of March 17, 2022

* February 26, 1945
† February 7, 2015

Journalist, writer and film director. From 1980 to 1982, he was a member of the Board of Directors of the German Development Service (DED) and a founding member of several development and cultural organizations. He has published numerous books and films on fair trade and other development policy issues.

• Proposal: Citizens' application
• Area of application: Entire city area
• Council resolution of December 8, 2022

* November 6, 1919
† February 22, 1943

Christoph Probst was a member of the resistance group against National Socialism, the "White Rose". He had drafted a leaflet in which he expressed his criticism of the National Socialist regime. After this was found during the arrest of Hans Scholl, also a member of the "White Rose", Christoph Probst was arrested in Innsbruck on February 20, 1943 and sentenced to death by the People's Court under Roland Freisler on February 22, 1943. A few hours after his conviction, he was executed together with Hans and Sophie Scholl in Munich's Stadelheim prison. He left behind his wife and three children.

• Proposal: The Social Liberals parliamentary group
• Designation area: Entire city area
• Council resolution of June 22, 2020

* 1918
† 1981

Egyptian president, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

• Proposal: Bzv. Spoelgen and FDP parliamentary group
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of October 30, 1985

* July 10, 1902
† March 26, 1969

Pacifist, author, actor and resistance fighter of the "Red Orchestra". He studied for a time in Bonn and worked as an author and actor at the Schauspielbühne Bad Godesberg and the Stadttheater Bonn, among others.

• Proposal: SPD parliamentary group
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution from May 14, 2019

* September 15, 1873
† September 16, 1939

He was a Social Democratic German politician. He was a member of the Reichstag of the German Empire (1912-1918) and the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic (1919-1933). He became SPD chairman in 1919. He went down in history as the Reichstag deputy who argued against the National Socialists' Enabling Act on March 23, 1933 in the last free Reichstag speech at the Reichstag session in Berlin's Kroll Opera House and justified the SPD's rejection.

• Proposal: BBB parliamentary group
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of May 3, 2016

Capital of the Central Region and the Cape Coast Municipal District of Ghana.

• Proposal: Parliamentary groups CDU, DIE GRÜNEN, FDP
• Area of designation: Entire urban area
• Council resolution of September 22, 2016

One of the most important cities in Uzbekistan and capital of the
province of the same name.

• Proposal: Parliamentary groups CDU, DIE GRÜNEN, FDP
• Naming area: Entire city area
• Council resolution of September 22, 2016

Capital of the Chinese province of Sichuan.

• Proposal: Parliamentary groups CDU, DIE GRÜNEN, FDP
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of September 22, 2016

Bolivia's seat of government.

• Proposal: Parliamentary groups CDU, DIE GRÜNEN, FDP
• Designation area: Entire city area
• Council resolution of September 22, 2016

Capital of Belarus.

• Proposal: Parliamentary groups CDU, DIE GRÜNEN, FDP
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of September 22, 2016

Capital of Mongolia.

• Proposal: Parliamentary groups CDU, DIE GRÜNEN, FDP
• Area of designation: Entire city area
• Council resolution of September 22, 2016