European Ortisei Prize
The European St. Ulrichs Prize is a cultural prize awarded by the European Ortisei Foundation. The foundation was established in 1993 by the city and district of Dillingen an der Donau . It honors personalities who have rendered services to the unity of Europe in the Christian spirit.
Foundation, endowment
The European St. Ulrichs Foundation was founded in 1993, the 1000th year of the canonization of Bishop Ulrich von Augsburg , on the initiative of the then District Administrator Anton Dietrich as a foundation of the district and the large district town of Dillingen . The purpose of the foundation is to promote the unity of Europe in the Christian-Occidental tradition and in the spirit of Ortisei. The chairman of the foundation is the incumbent district administrator of the Dillingen district, the chairman of the board of trustees is the incumbent Augsburg diocesan bishop . The purpose of the foundation is achieved, among other things, by awarding the European St. Ulrichs Prize to people, initiatives and institutions that are particularly active in the fields of politics, church, science, culture, economy and social commitment. The prize is endowed with 10,000 euros (2018).
Award winners
- 1993: Alfons Nossol , Bishop of Opole
- 1995: Alois Mock , Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister a. D. the Republic of Austria
- 1997: Helmut Kohl , Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 1999: Roman Herzog , former Federal President D. of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 2001: Marion Gräfin Dönhoff , journalist and co-editor of ZEIT
- 2003: Community of Sant'Egidio , represented by the founder Andrea Riccardi
- 2007: Cardinal Miloslav Vlk , Archbishop of Prague
- 2009: Anne-Sophie Mutter , German violinist
- 2012: Lech Wałęsa , Polish politician and Nobel Peace Prize laureate
- 2014: International network “ Together for Europe ”, consisting of 300 Christian movements and communities
- 2016: Wolfgang Schäuble , Federal Minister of Finance of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 2018: Doctors Without Borders , represented by Chairman Dr. Volker Westerbarkey, award ceremony on May 12, 2018, laudation Elke Büdenbender , patron of Unicef Germany
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ "I find Cardinal Vlk quite indecent". Augsburger Allgemeine, September 16, 2007, accessed June 3, 2014 .
- ↑ Lech Walesa receives the European St. Ulrichs Prize. (No longer available online.) City newspaper online, April 27, 2012, archived from the original on June 6, 2014 ; Retrieved June 3, 2014 . 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.
- ↑ a b List of the award winners
- ↑ Augsburger Allgemeine: "That is the highlight for Dillingen". (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 19, 2016 ; Retrieved July 19, 2016 . 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.
