Ernst Schröder Medal
The Ernst Schröder Medal is an award from the Rhineland Garden, Landscaping and Sports Field Construction Associations. V. and Westfalen-Lippe e. V. The medal commemorates the Krefeld politician Ernst Schröder (1893–1976), who was President of the Central Horticultural Association ZGV from 1948 to 1968 . The Ernst Schröder Medal should not be confused with the Ernst Schröder Mint, which has been awarded by the ZGV to people who have made a contribution to horticulture since 1968.
With the award of the Ernst Schröder Medal
"The reputation of gardening, landscaping and sports field construction within the profession and in public should be promoted in a special way and a reminder of the Krefeld landscape gardener Ernst Schröder, who has campaigned for the profession in various ways in associations and professional associations. "
The award is given to personalities who have “made special contributions to gardening, landscaping and sports field construction in the broadest sense”.
The Ernst Schröder Medal consists of a silver alloy. It was designed in 1974/1975 by the sculptor and medalist Heribert Calleen and revised in 1992.
List of award winners
The following personalities have been awarded the Ernst Schröder Medal so far:
- 1975 Diether Deneke †, Königswinter
- 1977 Julius Kühl †, Cologne
- 1978 Günter Rode, Weiterstadt
- 1979 Per-Halby Tempel †, Wuppertal-Elberfeld
- 1980 Helmut Klausch †, Essen,
- 1983 Herbert Rothstein, Neuss
- 1987 Bernd Werner, Bonn-Beuel
- 1988 Alfred Niesel, Osnabrück
- 1992 Anton Kränzle, Meerbusch
- 1993 Roland Ulmer , Stuttgart
- 1994 Franz Müller, Osnabrück
- 1995 Klaus Matthiesen † MdL, Düsseldorf
- 1999 Johannes Rau †, Federal President and Prime Minister a. D. of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf