The glass of reason

The Kassel Citizens' Prize The Glass of Reason is a political award for humanities scholars, politicians and artists who have made a special contribution to enlightenment, reason and tolerance. It was initiated on the occasion of the German reunification in 1991 by the physician Hansjörg Melchior and Bernd Behrens and donated by the citizens of Kassel . The sponsoring association of the award is the "Society of Friends and Patrons of the Kassel Citizens' Prize 'The Glass of Reason'".

The award is endowed with 10,000 euros (as of 2019). The sculpture for the prize was designed by the Kassel artist Karl Oskar Blase (* 1925, † 2016).

Award winners

The managing director of Doctors Without Borders Germany, Volker Westerbarkey, 2017 award winner

1991 Hans-Dietrich Genscher
1992 Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker
1993 Yehudi Menuhin
1994 Johan Jørgen Holst (posthumously) and Terje Rød-Larsen
1995 Gyula Horn
1996 Hans Koschnick
1997 Pavel Kohout
1998 Christiaan Barnard
1999 Leah Rabin
2000 Christo and Jeanne-Claude
2001 Beate Langmaack , Heike Richter-Karst and Kai Wessel
2002 Hilmar Hoffmann
2003 Hans-Georg Raschbichler and Dieter Spethmann
2004 Klaus von Dohnanyi
2005 Harald Szeemann (posthumously)
2006 Ayaan Hirsi Ali
2007 Union of Committees of Soldiers' Mothers of Russia with their General Secretary Valentina Melnikova
2008 Władysław Bartoszewski
2009 Joachim Gauck
2010 Ai Weiwei
2011 Royston Maldoom
2012 Vandana Shiva
2013 Jürgen Habermas
2014 Ferenc Kőszeg
2015 Avi Primor
2016 Edward Snowden (Prize on display in the city museum until handover)
2017 Doctors Without Borders
2018 Saúl Lliuya
2019 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

supporting documents

↑ Awarding of the coat of arms of the city of Kassel to Prof. Dr. Hansjörg Melchior speech by the Lord Mayor of Kassel on October 1, 2009; Retrieved June 2, 2015.
↑ kbe: Kassel Citizen Award goes to Edward Snowden. heise online, June 17, 2016, accessed on June 17, 2016 .

^ City of Kassel: City Portal - Edward Snowden's "Glass of Reason" is on display in the City Museum. Retrieved May 31, 2017 .

^ City of Kassel: City portal - Kassel Citizen Prize The Glass of Reason. Retrieved May 30, 2017 .

↑ Peruvian farmer receives Kassel Citizen Prize. Süddeutsche Zeitung , May 29, 2018, accessed on August 25, 2020 .

Web link

Internet presence "The Glass of Reason"

[Wappenring-1] Awarding of the coat of arms of the city of Kassel to Prof. Dr. Hansjörg Melchior speech by the Lord Mayor of Kassel on October 1, 2009; Retrieved June 2, 2015.

[2] : Kassel Citizen Award goes to Edward Snowden. heise online, June 17, 2016, accessed on June 17, 2016 .

[3] City of Kassel: City Portal - Edward Snowden's "Glass of Reason" is on display in the City Museum. Retrieved May 31, 2017 .

[4] City of Kassel: City portal - Kassel Citizen Prize The Glass of Reason. Retrieved May 30, 2017 .

[5] Peruvian farmer receives Kassel Citizen Prize. Süddeutsche Zeitung , May 29, 2018, accessed on August 25, 2020 .