International bridge price

The Society for the Award of the International Bridge Prize of the European City of Görlitz / Zgorzelec awards the International Bridge Prize, endowed with 2,500 euros, annually . Thus honors since 1993 personalities , dedicated to her life's work merits in the international understanding in Europe have purchased.

Award winners

1993 Marion Countess Dönhoff , publicist, editor of Die Zeit
1995 Adam Michnik , editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza
1998 Jiří Gruša , President of PEN International, Czech Ambassador a. D. and writer
1999 Freya Countess von Moltke , founder of the Foundation for European Understanding
2000 Arno Lustiger , publicist
2001 Miloslav Vlk , Cardinal, Archbishop of Prague
2002 Władysław Bartoszewski , former Polish Foreign Minister D.

2003 Kurt Biedenkopf , former Prime Minister D.

2004 Valdas Adamkus , President of Lithuania

2005 Giora Feidman , musician who has been committed to reconciliation between cultures for years.

2006 Günter Grass , writer (Grass did not accept the award, but the jury in charge stuck to its decision.)

2007 Arvo Pärt , composer

2008 Fritz Stern , American historian of German origin

2009 Norman Davies , British historian

2010 Tadeusz Mazowiecki , former Polish Prime Minister D.

2011 Gesine Schwan , former President of the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)

2012 Vitali Klitschko , professional boxer and Ukrainian politician

2013 Steffen Möller , actor and cabaret artist

2014 Jean-Claude Juncker , Luxembourg and EU politician

2015 Olga Tokarczuk , Polish writer

2016 Timothy Garton Ash , British historian and writer

2017 Alfons Nossol , bishop emeritus of Opole

2018 Daniel Libeskind , American architect and urban planner of Polish-Jewish origin

2019 Bente Kahan , actress and musician

2020 Tzipi Livni , Israeli politician, former Foreign Minister

Related prices

Bridge Prize of the City of Regensburg

Web links

International Bridge Award website

Individual evidence

↑ Görlitzer Anzeiger, August 2013
↑ International Bridge Prize goes to: 2014 - Dr. Jean-Claude Juncker. In: Website of the Association for the Promotion of the International Bridge Prize of the European City of Görlitz / Zgorzelec eV July 22, 2014, accessed on March 2, 2015 .
↑ Bente Kahan receives bridge award

[1] Görlitzer Anzeiger, August 2013

[2] International Bridge Prize goes to: 2014 - Dr. Jean-Claude Juncker. In: Website of the Association for the Promotion of the International Bridge Prize of the European City of Görlitz / Zgorzelec eV July 22, 2014, accessed on March 2, 2015 .

[3] Bente Kahan receives bridge award