Brno will appreciate honorary citizens. Among the nominees are a musician and a bishop Company News Brněnská Drbna
Musician, bishop, historian, lawyer or philosopher. Brno will distribute honorary citizenships. This year, another five will be added to the city’s forty-six honorary citizens. The city awards people who have contributed to the Moravian metropolis with their ideas, work, creativity, talent or moral attitudes. The candidates were rejected by the Brno councilors.
Mayor of Brno Markéta Vaňková (ODS) nominated this year for the award of two candidates, a lawyer and the current chairman of the Constitutional Court, Pavel Rychetský, and historian Milena Flodrová. She is the author of many articles and books on the history, monuments and personalities of Brno. At the same time, she took care of mapping the history of street names and public places. “Its register has become one of the cornerstones of the Internet Encyclopedia of the History of Brno, which is also the largest project of its kind,” said Vankova.
Gustav Brom, a world-famous musician, was nominated by the Councilor for Culture Marek Fišer (Pirates). Brom was a respected conductor and until he was eighteen, his arrest and imprisonment for distributing anti-Nazi leaflets, also an active saxophone and clarinet player. “The Gustav Brom Orchestra began to form around his personality. His reputation was huge, in the 60’s he successfully represented the Czechia at foreign festivals, “ said Fisher.
Other nominees are Vojtěch Cikrle, who is the longest-serving bishop of Brno in the history of the diocese, and the philosopher Roger Vernon Scruton. He could operate in the then Czechoslovakia under the communist regime, the so-called underground university, he was also one of the founders of The Jan Hus Educational Foundation in Oxford, testifying to ten years of secret cooperation between the British, Czechs and Slovaks in 2012 before the then General Director of the Moravian Museum.
Honorary citizenship, which is the highest personal award from the city, is distributed by deputies once in their term. As a rule, in the third year of his term of office at the December meeting. The submitted proposals for the granting of honorary citizenship are assessed by a working group established by the Brno City Council. Then the proposal is discussed by the city council itself and subsequently decided by the council.