European social award
The European Social Prize or European Social Prize in Eschweiler has been awarded annually since 1997 on October 3rd by the European Association GPB based in Eschweiler , North Rhine-Westphalia ; The abbreviation is ESP. The award winners are people who “do not have a mandate or function in political parties or social institutions, unselfishly and on a private initiative for humanity” (quote from § 2 of the statutes).
The GesellschaftPolitische Bildungsungsgemeinschaft (GPB) is a non-profit, independent, non-partisan institution for political education and was founded on September 16, 1991 in Eschweiler.
Until 2005 the prize was partially awarded in neighboring Stolberg .
Award winners
- 1997 - Petra and Heinz Brocks from Eschweiler
- 1998 - Ingrid Sommerfeld from Lychen
- 1999 - Janina Ochojska from Warsaw
- 2000 - Karl-Heinz Schmadalla from Aachen
- 2001 - Emil Rixen from St. Vith
- 2002 - Thomas Beckmann from Düsseldorf
- 2003 - Dr. Reinhard Erös from Regensburg
- 2004 - Dr. Bernd Bierbaum from Geilenkirchen
- 2005 - Staff Sergeant Heinz-Jürgen Kuran from Wesel, Dingden
- 2006 - Dr. Rupert Neudeck
- 2007 - Dr. Márta Bocsi from Eger (Hungary)
- 2008 - Prof. Smail Cekic from Sarajevo
- 2009 - Heiner Buttenberg
- 2010 - Tilman Zülch
- 2011 - Prof. Dr. Jozef Mikloško
- 2012 - Otto Stöcker from Alsdorf (Help the Chernobyl Children eV)
- 2013 - Sabine Drewanz from Aachen
- 2014 - Police Chief Commissioner Hermann Carl from Simmerath
- 2015 - Heinz Jussen ( Flame for Peace ) from Hergenrath
- 2016 - Brigitte Averdung-Häffner from Eschweiler
- 2017 - Deniz Yücel from Flörsheim am Main
- 2019 - Peter Borsdorff from Düren
Web links and individual references
- ↑ Acceptance speech by Otto Stöcker. (pdf; 495 kB) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 10, 2015 ; Retrieved December 20, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Aachener Zeitung: Sabine Drewanz receives "European Social Award for Eschweiler"
- ↑ Andreas Röchter: European Social Prize: Ambassador of the police brings nature closer. Aachener Zeitung, October 3, 2014, accessed on August 11, 2015 .
- ↑ https://www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/rheinland/Europaeischer-Sozialpreis-Peter-Borsdorff-Eschweiler-100.html
