Brothers Grimm Medal
The Brothers Grimm Medal of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen has been awarded at irregular intervals since 1963 for long-term research in the philological and historical field to people who are not full-time scientists. It was donated on the 100th anniversary of Jacob Grimm's death and named after him and his brother Wilhelm Grimm .
Award winners
Each with a laudation.
- 1963 Paul Alpers , Celle, for his scientific work on research into Lower Saxony folk songs, folk tales and field names, Lower Saxony dialect and cultural history. Wilhelm Barner , Alfeld, for his scientific work in the field of prehistory and early history, folklore and folklore legal history. Wilhelm Hartmann , Hildesheim, for his scientific work on researching the history of Lower Saxony and the development of important non-governmental archives.
- 1965 Hans Wohltmann , Stade, for his scientific work in the field of North Lower Saxony regional history, the city history of Stade, legends and the Worpswede artistic history as well as for his services to the preservation of monuments in the Weser-Elbe area.
- 1968 Benno Eide Siebs , Bremerhaven, for his scientific work in the field of history, linguistics and folklore of the Frisian North Zealand, Hans Drescher , Hamburg-Harburg for his metal-technical work on the trading history of the Roman Iron Age and for checking the absolute chronology of this period.
- 1971 Dieter Zoller , Bad Zwischenahn, for his special services in the field of prehistoric and early historical research, in particular for his work in the field of settlement studies of the northwestern German lowlands, castle and path research.
- 1985 Ludwig Denecke , Hannoversch-Münden, for his services to research into the life and work of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. Hajo Hayen , Varel, for his work in the field of peatland research, prehistoric traffic and settlement studies in north-west Germany.
- 1997 Hermann Haiduck , Wilhelmshaven, for his work on the history of rural church building in medieval northern Germany.
- 1999 Gerhard Laub , Goslar, for his work on the history of the Harz.
- 2006 Wolfdieter Haas , Seevethal-Ramelsloh, for his publications in the field of historical research on the Middle Ages.
- 2016 Michael Kunze (librettist) , Hamburg; for his weighty and methodologically exemplary research on legal history as well as his historical work, which also appeals to a broader public.