Erich Glowatzky

Erich Glowatzky (born June 30, 1909 in Fraureuth ; † February 27, 1999 in Baden-Baden ; buried in Fraureuth) was a German-Australian entrepreneur and patron .

Life

Glowatzky was born in 1909 in Fraureuth in what was then the Principality of Reuss Older Line , which came to Thuringia in 1920 and is now part of Saxony . In 1932 he was hired as a ship engineer on a German freighter, decided to immigrate to Australia in Sydney in 1935 and later started a successful career as a mechanical engineering entrepreneur there. In 1936 he met his future wife Edith there, a Jew who had fled Berlin in 1933. His contact with his homeland, since 1990 with Saxony, never broke off. The commitment to children, young people and senior citizens in his old homeland was particularly close to his heart. After the death of his wife he returned to Germany.

For his services to the German immigrants in Australia, including Joachim Fuchsberger , and the promotion of German industry in Australia, he was honored by the Federal President of the Federal Republic of Germany in the 1970s. Erich Glowatzky received the Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1995 and the Order of Merit of the Free State of Saxony for his life's work and his commitment to his home Erzgebirge and others .

Erich Glowatzky Prize

On January 22, 1998, he established a foundation whose main purpose is to award the Erich Glowatzky Prize every year . The "Erich Glowatzky Foundation" continues the work of the founder. The foundation's capital enables the creative ideas of Saxon schoolchildren and students to be honored.

The award winners are said to have made themselves role models for the young generation through their outstanding performance and thus to have earned the reputation of the Free State of Saxony .

The awardees must not be older than 30 years and have to be resident in Saxony .

The Erich Glowatzky Prize is awarded for achievements in the fields of technology, science, business, culture or social issues. A particularly outstanding act in the sense of social or charitable commitment can also be awarded a prize. Only individuals are eligible for award winners.

The prize is awarded in three stages and is endowed with 3000 euros, 2000 euros and 1000 euros. The winners also receive the Erich Glowatzky badge of honor in gold, silver or bronze.

The chairman of the board is Ralf Kulik, head of department at Sparkasse Zwickau . The board of trustees is headed by Ralf Berger, President, State Office for Schools and Education.

Award winners

• 1998: Michael Gläser, Tesmar Strienitz, Christin Käßler, Kathleen Kufuss
• 1999: Ronny Timmreck, David Erler, René Gottschalk
• 2000: Thoralf Gebel, Marcus Friedrich, Susann Hoferichter
• 2001: Virginie Müller, Jan Rößler, Thomas Schaarschmidt
• 2002: Thomas Volkmer, Ralph Kahle, Thomas Müller
• 2003: Esther Heiße, Mike Lehmann, Frank Tschepke
• 2004: Jan Rossa, Sven Jakubetz, Georg Schimmel
• 2005: Roman Böttger, Markus Bergmann, Franziska Leibe
• 2007: Thomas Kretschmann, Marcel Gruber, Felix Kaschura
• 2008: Sebastian Radke, Stefanie Kruber, Katrin Henzel
• 2009: Stefan Albrecht, Marit Behner, Thai Le Tran
• 2010: Cornelia Döllefeld, Andre Gerdts, Elisabeth Glaschker
• 2011: Mirko Göhler, Friedrich Kaden, Anne Sygulla
• 2012: Jonathan Wachler, Burkhard Naumann, Maik Langner
• 2013: Christian Eckhardt, Jakob Rudolph, Katharina Mesech
• 2014: Dirk Döhler, Dirk Hofmann, Dominik Schur
• 2015: Christin Ulrich, Daria Luchnikova, Sarah Heinrich
• 2016: Carmen Stamm, Michaela Stastkova and Leni Sperlich, Stephanie Golde
• 2017: Mike Seifert, Saskia Rüdiger, Marina Ewert
• 2018: Sascha Mühleisen, Katharina Jahnke, Kevin Sachse
• 2019: Marie Unger, Samira Liebau, Alicia Schädlich

Web links

• Erich Glowatzky Foundation
• Honorary citizen Erich Glowatzky at www.fraureuth.de , accessed on November 23, 2011