Fritz Michel

[3][4] In 1941, at the suggestion of his friend Paul Clemen, then director of the Art History Institute there and also the first provincial curator of the Prussian Rhine Province, he received an honorary degree from the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.

On his 75th birthday on 17 September 1952, Lord Mayor Josef Schnorbach [de] awarded him honorary citizenship of the city of Koblenz for his services to art and local history.

In addition, a monument was erected in his honour in front of the Protestant Monastery of St. Martin in Koblenz in 1989,[3] which was created by the sculptor Eberhard Linke.

Due to his attitude and deeds at the time of National Socialism, the Koblenz city council revoked the honorary citizenship for Michel on 15 May 2020.

"[2] Especially the two volumes on the art monuments of the city of Koblenz are valuable today in that they document the condition before the destruction in World War II (and during the subsequent reconstruction, to which many damaged but actually rebuildable buildings finally fell victim).

His entire estate in the Landeshauptarchiv Koblenz [de] comprises about ten shelf metres with 303 files and several hundred photos.