Citizen Medal of the City of Braunschweig

The Citizen Medal of the City of Braunschweig for special services to the promotion of the common good has been awarded since 1988 to individuals and associations of people who have rendered outstanding services to the interests of the City of Braunschweig . Proposals can annually by the Mayor and Council of the fractions of the Council of the City of Braunschweig are submitted. The awarding of the citizen medal takes place in the Dornse of the old town hall.

Since its foundation, the citizen's medal was awarded to 41 individuals in the first 13 years up to the turn of the century, and thereafter to 19 individuals or associations of individuals. In four cases, the winners so far include people connected as married couples and in four cases, associations of persons.

The citizen's medal has been awarded to the following people and associations:

1988:

• Ingeborg Buchler (* 1915; †)
• Phil Garner, Bath (†)
• Emmi Grevecke (* 1912; †)
• Richard Moderhack (1907-2010)

1989:

• Hermann Blenk (1901–1995) - aeronautical research
• Richard Borek (1911-1993)
• Nellie H. Friedrichs (1908–1994), New York City - German-Jewish Reconciliation
• Heinz Müller (* 1920; †) - trade union and social work
• Brunhilde Vanauer (* 1924; †) - foster children

1990:

• Helmut Behn (* 1920; †) - arbitrator , lay judge , youth work
• Albert Böker (* 1897; †) - teacher and student education, school garden
• Irmgard Brandes (* 1911; †) - senior work
• Kurt Seeleke (1912–2000) - monument protection , reconstruction
• Wilhelm Staake (* 1919; †) - youth work, sports promotion

1991:

• Walter Graupe (* 1910; †) - trade union education and senior work
• Wolf Horenburg (* 1934) - sports sponsorship
• Käte Ralfs (1898–1995) - Promotion of the fine arts

1992:

• Martin Aßmann (* 1931) - sponsorship group to support the repatriates
• Irmgard Dannenbaum (* 1911; †) - hospital library
• Karl Heinrich Olsen (1908–1996) - Braunschweig Scientific Society

1993:

• Franziska Alwes (* 1910; †) - Workers' Welfare
• Kurt Höweler (* 1932) - Chairman of the Braunschweig Art Association
• Alex Potok, Kiryat Tivon (1925–2017) - City Friendship Braunschweig - Kiryat Tivon
• Robert Wandert (* 1909; †) - councilor, citizen member, establishment of the sports club Freie Turnerschaft Braunschweig

1994:

• Married couple Werner Bollmann (* 1929; †) and Ingeburg Bollmann (* 1929) - 25 years of senior work
• Thomas Dexel (1916–2010) - Head of the shape collection of the city of Braunschweig from 1955
• Rolf Hagen (1922–2009) - Contribution to the art scene
• Gunther Schänzer (1938–2020) - Services to the aerospace industry

1995:

• Gabriele Müller (born Westphal; * 1940) - Services to the days of new chamber music
• Hans-Joachim Kreth (* 1917) - work in animal and environmental protection

1996:

• Adele Kiegeland, Leiferde (* 1913) - Voluntary senior citizen work
• Margit Kröber-Cherkeh, Salzgitter (* 1942) - Merit for choral music to St. Aegidien
• Dieter Welzel , Veltheim (1929–2019) - Services to the Braunschweig University of Fine Arts

1997:

• Dietrich Mack (1913–2001) - Contribution to the scientific genealogy and the inscriptions of the city of Braunschweig
• Ursula Wiegmann (* 1938; †) - working for rheumatism sufferers
• Johannes Wiese (* 1921; †) - Services for the promotion of libraries, the association tv minerva and the support association OK TV Braunschweig

1998:

• There was no award this year

1999:

• Otto Brandes (1931; †)
• Bernd Rebe (1939–2013), Cremlingen - President of the Technical University of Braunschweig from 1983 to 1999
• Therese Sauter (* 1932)

2000:

• Helmut Kruse (1936–2009) - Cantor at Braunschweig Cathedral and founder of the Cathedral Singing School from 1976 to 1999
• Mirzeta Prusac (* 1949; †)

2001: (associations of persons)

• Living and Consulting Foundation, IGLU meeting place
• Municipal Clinic - patient libraries
• Sponsorship Association to Support Spätaussiedler e. V.
• Showman Association Braunschweig e. V.

2002:

• Roswitha Barden (* 1940)
• Heinz Friedrich (* 1930; †)
• Friedmund Melchert (* 1926) and Annemarie Melchert (* 1934)

2003:

• Married couple Gisela Wilkening (* 1947) and Günter Wilkening (* 1944) - engagement in international youth exchange

2004: The award made in 2004 actually only took place in 2005.

• Norbert M. Massfeller, apprenticeship (* 1946) - Former Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen Financial Services

2005:

• There was no award this year

2006: The award for 2006 actually only took place in 2007.

• Horst Henning Albrecht (* 1940) - Volunteer ornithologist , bird registration in the Riddagshausen nature reserve for the Helgoland ornithological station
• Walter Meyer (* 1936) - Commitment to local politics , commitment to the relocation of equestrian statues in front of Braunschweig Castle
• Ilsabé Schwarz (* 1948) - Self-help group New Poverty / Confidence of the Kreuzgemeinde Alt-Lehndorf
• Marion Tacke, Peine (* 1957) - education , family and youth counseling

2007-2009:

• There were no awards during these years

2010:

• Spouses Hans-Joachim Bönsch, Wolfsburg (1928–2012) and Elisabeth Bönsch, Wolfsburg (* 1941) - art donors
• Uwe Fritsch (* 1956) - Chairman of the Works Council of Volkswagen Braunschweig

2011-2014:

• There were no awards during these years

2015:

• Roswitha Goydke - u. a. for "Braunschweig School Visits" and "Child Poverty Prevention Network"
• Udo Klitzke - u. a. for "Regional Development Agency for Southeast Lower Saxony" and "Region Braunschweig"
• Married couple Sabine Kluth and Jens Schütte - u. a. for participation in the General German Bicycle Club (ADFC) and expansion of the bicycle traffic (network) in Braunschweig
• Adalbert Wandt - u. a. for founding the "Wirtschaftsjunioren" and the "Association 1998 for Accident Prevention and Support for Young People"

2020:

• Wolfgang Niemsch
• Regina Olshausen
• Sebastian Wertmüller
• Cura eV

See also

• List of honorary citizens of Braunschweig

Individual evidence

1. ^ City of Braunschweig, Department of Central Services (Ed.): List of the awards of the Citizen Medal of the City of Braunschweig . Braunschweig.
2. ^ Ralph-Herbert Meyer: Citizens' Medals for Uwe Fritsch and the Bönsch couple. In: newsclick.de. Braunschweiger Zeitungsverlag, December 21, 2010, accessed on February 11, 2011 . 
3. ↑ Press release of the City of Braunschweig from October 28, 2015
4. ^ Annual report 2015 of the German Child Protection Association OV Braunschweig eV
5. ↑ Medals awarded to citizens of Braunschweig
6. ^ Adalbert Wandt awarded a citizen medal . May 27, 2019. Archived from the original on September 17, 2017. Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 17, 2017. 
7. ↑ https://www.braunschweig.de/politik_verwaltung/ob/2020-02-12_Buergermedaille.pdf
8. ↑ Cornelia Steiner: Citizens' Medals awarded for special merits. In: Braunschweiger Zeitung of February 13, 2020 (Paywall).

Web links

• Information about the citizen medal on braunschweig.de
• City chronicle Braunschweig on braunschweig.de
• Honors on voluntigenserver.de