Entente Florale Europe
The Entente Florale Europe (French for floral agreement ) is a Europe-wide competition that aims to encourage citizens in cities , municipalities and villages to improve the quality of living and living . From the original plant and flower competition, a competition has now developed which, in the catalog of criteria, places far more demands on the applicants than a purely visual beautification of the site. Founded in 1977 as a British-French initiative, twelve European countries are now taking part.
Participating states
The twelve participating European countries:
- Belgium
- Germany
- United Kingdom
- France
- Ireland
- Italy
- Croatia
- Netherlands
- Austria
- Slovenia
- Czech Republic
- Hungary
The participants are mostly the winners of national competitions. In Germany these are Our city is flourishing and our village has a future . In Great Britain, pre-selection is carried out by Britain in Bloom , in Ireland by Tidy Towns , in France by the Conseil national des villes et villages fleuris (CNVVF) and in Austria by the Flower Office Austria .
The German federal competition is sponsored by the Central Horticultural Association (until 2014), the German Association of Cities , the German Association of Cities and Towns , and the German Tourism Association .
German award winners since 1996
The national competition Entente Florale “Blooming together” was the nationwide preliminary decision for the participation of the German representative in the “City” category in the European competition up to and including 2014. A nominated “gold commune” is nominated at the award ceremony of the national competition and presents itself at the European level in the following year.
year | City category | Category village | ||
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price | Award winners | price | Award winners | |
2018 | gold | Papenburg | gold | Vrees |
2017 | - | gold | Duchroth | |
2016 | silver | Wangerland | - | |
2015 | gold | Rheinfelden | silver | Wieden |
2014 | gold | Kitzingen | gold | Sommerach |
2013 | gold | Dresden | silver | Kirchbach |
2012 | - | silver | Dotlingen | |
2011 | gold | Bad Langensalza | silver | Wiesenburg / Mark |
2010 | gold | Westerstede | silver | Banzkow |
2009 | gold | Weimar | silver | Rieth |
2008 | gold | Dusseldorf | silver | Rehringhausen |
2007 | gold | Muenster | gold | Gersbach |
2006 | gold | Kiel | silver | Brokeloh |
2005 | gold | Potsdam | gold | Bertsdorf-Hörnitz |
2004 | gold | Bad Kissingen | gold | Nussdorf am Inn |
2003 | gold | Bad Säckingen | silver | Neuenweg |
2002 | silver | Celle | gold | Pass |
2001 | silver | Luckau | gold | Obercunnersdorf |
2000 | gold | Heilbronn | silver | Immenstaad |
1999 | gold | Fulda | silver | Schweickershausen |
1998 | silver | Rheda-Wiedenbrück | gold | Bruchhausen |
1997 | gold | augsburg | gold | Horsdorf |
1996 | silver | Duderstadt | silver | Rambach |
The German participants in 1994 ( Strümpfelbach , Bürchau ) and 1995 ( Grevenbroich , Veldenz ) did not win medals, but certificates of honor.
Austrian laureate of the Entente Florale since 1979
year | Category village | City category | ||||
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price | Award winners | country | price | Award winners | country | |
2019 | Pusterwald | St. | Leobersdorf | Lower Austria | ||
2018 | silver | Served on the Hochkönig | S. | |||
2017 | gold | St. Anton am Arlberg | T | gold | black | T |
2016 | gold | Bad Ischl | Upper Austria | |||
2015 | - | gold | Mödling | Lower Austria | ||
2014 | gold | House | St. | - | ||
2013 | gold | Söll | T | silver | Kufstein | T |
2012 | gold | Gamlitz | St. | silver | Fürstenfeld | St. |
2011 | gold | Rennweg on Katschberg | K | silver | Neusiedl am See | B. |
2010 | silver | Reichenau on the Rax | Lower Austria | silver | Kirchschlag in the Bucklige Welt | Lower Austria |
2009 | gold | Mooskirchen | St. | silver | Deutschlandsberg | St. |
2008 | silver | Hanfthal | Lower Austria | gold | Tulln | Lower Austria |
2007 | gold | Donnersbach | St. | no award | ||
2006 | gold | Virgen | T | gold | Lienz | T |
2005 | gold | Hornsburg | Lower Austria | gold | Baden near Vienna | Lower Austria |
2004 | gold | Lech am Arlberg | V | gold | Danube city | W. |
2003 | gold | Bad Waltersdorf | St. | gold | Kindberg | St. |
2002 | bronze | Thaw | B. | gold | Pinkafeld | B. |
2001 | silver | Theißenegg | K | gold | Tulln | Lower Austria |
2000 | silver | Sankt Peter im Sulmtal | St. | gold | Frohnleiten | St. |
1999 | gold | Bad Schönau | Lower Austria | silver | St. Veit in Defereggen | T |
1998 | gold | Westendorf | T | silver | Kitzbühel | T |
1997 | silver | Ligist | St. | silver | Kindberg | St. |
1996 | gold | Hard | V | silver | Bregenz | V |
1995 | gold | Gamlitz | St. | silver | Köflach | St. |
1994 | - | Reichenau on the Rax | Lower Austria | |||
1993 | - | Alpbach | T | |||
1992 | - | Saint Jacob in the forest | St. | |||
1991 | - | Steinfurt | B. | |||
1990 | - | Sankt Kathrein am Offenegg | St. | |||
1989 | - | Höflein | Lower Austria | |||
1988 | - | Vandans | V | |||
1987 | - | Pottenbrunn | Lower Austria | |||
1986 | - | Pöllauberg | St. | |||
1985 | - | Terfens | T | |||
1984 | - | Mönichwald | St. | |||
1981 | - | Wenigzell | St. | |||
1979 | - | Reith im Alpbachtal | T |
See also
- Another Europe-wide competition is the European Village Renewal Award .
Web links
- Entente Florale Europa: Official Website (accessed October 4, 2013)
- Entente Florale Germany: Official Website (accessed October 4, 2013)
- Flower Council Austria: Official website (accessed October 4, 2013)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Member Countries. In: Entente Florale Europe. Association Européenne pour le Fleurissement et le Paysage, accessed on September 25, 2015 (English).
- ↑ http://www.entente-florale.de/download/Pressemeldung_Wettbewerb2015.pdf
- ↑ http://www.entente-florale.eu/history-efe/2018-participants-and-results/
- ↑ http://www.blumenbuero.or.at/netautor/napro4/appl/na_professional/parse.php?id=2500%2C8049%2C%2C
- ↑ http://www.blumenbuero.or.at/netautor/napro4/appl/na_professional/parse.php?id=2500%2C7901%2C%2C