Erwin von Steinbach Prize

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The Erwin von Steinbach Prize , donated in 1935 by the FVS Foundation (since 1994 Alfred Toepfer FVS Foundation ), was intended for the “Alemannic folkism” in Alsace, Switzerland and the German Empire. The award was made by the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg . It is named after the medieval sculptor Erwin von Steinbach .

The winners were:

1936: Emil Strauss , writer
1937: Othmar Schoeck , composer, conductor (Switzerland)
1938: Andreas Heusler , Old Germanist (Switzerland)
1939: Paul Schmitthenner , architect
1940: Paul Leschhorn , painter; Oskar Wöhrle , writer
1941: Paul Coelestin Ettighoffer , writer; Josef Simon , composer, choir director
1942: Alfred Huggenberger , writer (Switzerland)
1943: Karl Hoenn , high school professor , ancient historian

Members of the Board of Trustees of the Erwin von Steinbach Prize were Kurt Bauch (V), Franz Beyerle (V), Gerhard Boerlin, Karl Götz, Robert Gradmann , Theodor Haering , Wilhelm Kapp , Friedrich Maurer , Friedrich Metz (V), Joseph Müller-Blattau (V), Georg Schmückle , Gerhard Schumann and Otto Wacker .

literature

Jan Zimmermann : The FVS Foundation's Culture Awards 1935–1945. Presentation and documentation. Published by the Alfred Toepfer Foundation FVS Christians, Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-7672-1374-5 .