Franconian cube
The Franconian cube is considered to be the highest Franconian award for people of the typical Franconian class.
Founded in 1985 by the regional presidents of Middle , Upper and Lower Franconia , it has been awarded annually on November 11th - the name day of the Franconian saint Martin - over a goose meal by the regional presidents. The winners are called "dice".
The coveted porcelain cube shows the three coats of arms of the administrative districts and is awarded to people in whom the defining characteristics of the Franconian character are particularly clearly expressed: the agile, the funny and the contradictory, whereby wit also stands for inventiveness and ingenuity. The die also bears the inscription "Turn around, turn around, persist in life, this is how the Franconian rolled can be seen."
The award and winners are named after the essay Der Franke ist ein Dürfelter written by Hans Max von Aufseß in 1983 .
Award winners
| 1985 Upper Franconia in Kleinlosnitz | |
|---|---|
| Franz Back (†) | Lohr am Main |
| Rudolf Eberhard (†) | Gauting |
| Georg Reichert (†) | Dialect poet from Cadolzburg |
| Bernhard Weisensee (†) | Hoechberg |
| 1986 Middle Franconia in Bad Windsheim | |
| Ignaz Bunzelt (†) | Nordheim am Main |
| Georg Dörr (†) | Wolframs-Eschenbach |
| Hans Stösslein (†) | Kulmbach |
| Heinrich Ströhla (†) | Schwarzenbach am Wald |
| 1987 Lower Franconia in Volkach | |
| Engelbert Bach (†) | Kitzingen |
| Otto button (†) | Writer and dialect poet from Helmbrechts |
| Heinrich Ludwig (†) | Dinkelsbühl |
| 1988 Upper Franconia in Kulmbach | |
| Irmes Eberth | Poet from Aschaffenburg |
| Oskar Herbig (†) | longtime mayor of Mellrichstadt |
| Anneliese Huebner | Roedental |
| Erika Jahreis | Dialect poet from Fürth |
| Hans Mehl (†) | Homeland and dialect poet from Nuremberg |
| 1989 Middle Franconia in Bad Windsheim | |
| Kurt Held (†) | Trebgast |
| Balthasar Höhn (†) | Wurzburg |
| Nadu Schmidt | Nuremberg |
| 1990 Lower Franconia in Würzburg | |
| Wolfgang Buhl (†) | Nuremberg |
| Hans Herzog (†) | Wurzburg |
| Karl Theiler (†) | Ebermannstadt |
| 1991 Upper Franconia on the Giechburg | |
| Emil Däschner (†) | Ebelsbach |
| Herbert Lehnert (†) | Journalist in Nuremberg |
| Erich Rappl (†) | Bayreuth |
| 1992 Middle Franconia in Bad Windsheim | |
| Elisabetha Franz | Lohr am Main |
| Heinrich Giegold (†) | court |
| Klaus Schamberger | Journalist and glossist in Nuremberg |
| 1993 Lower Franconia in Iphofen | |
| Karlheinz Buhleier (†) | Alzenau |
| Annemarie Leutzsch | Hummeltal |
| Edmund Zöller | Ansbach |
| 1994 Upper Franconia in Neudrossenfeld | |
| Heinrich Hochrein (†) | Münnerstadt |
| Wolfgang Riedelbauch | Musician and theater manager in Lauf an der Pegnitz |
| Wolfgang Wagner (†) | Bayreuth |
| 1995 Middle Franconia in Bad Windsheim | |
| Herbert Haas (†) | Randersacker |
| Egon Helmhagen | Wendelstein |
| Hartmut Preß (†) | Pastor and author from Hallstadt |
| 1996 Lower Franconia in Ebelsbach | |
| Friedrich Bauereisen (†) | Politician and long-time mayor of Ehingen (Middle Franconia) |
| Gert Boehm | Book author and freelance journalist from Rehau |
| Fritz Steigerwald (†) | Bad Neustadt an der Saale |
| 1997 Upper Franconia on the Giechburg | |
| Otto Ammon (†) | Forchheim |
| Klaus Karl-Kraus | Author and cabaret artist in Röttenbach |
| Erna Paul (†) | Wiesenbronn |
| Hans Max von Aufseß (†; posthumous) | Franconian author and publicist from Aufseß |
| 1998 Middle Franconia in Bad Windsheim | |
| Ernst A. Bettag (†) | Entrepreneur from Fürth |
| Ilse Schörner (†) | Bindlach |
| Roland Thein (†) | Gerbrunn |
| 1999 Lower Franconia in Volkach | |
| Roland Breitenbach (†) | Pastor from Schweinfurt |
| Hans König (†) | Franconian dialect poet from Erlangen |
| Gerhard C. Krischker | Franconian dialect poet from Bamberg |
| Waldemar Sperling | Frankenwinheim |
| 2000 Upper Franconia in Lichtenfels | |
| Erwin Lipsky | Musician, cabaret artist and dialect poet from Regnitzlosau |
| Roland Metz | Mayor of Arnstein |
| Friedrich Schaumann (†) | Artist and local poet from Rothenburg ob der Tauber |
| 2001 Middle Franconia in Bad Windsheim | |
| Reinhard Hüßner | Local curator and dance master from Wiesenbronn |
| Franziska Schumm (†) | Franconian dialect poet from Hirschaid |
| Robert Loyalty | Musician and home nurse from Trautskirchen |
| 2002 Lower Franconia in Sommerach | |
| Bernd Mayer (†) | Journalist from Bayreuth |
| Andreas Oestemer | President of the Lower Franconian Winegrowing Association and former mayor of Leinach |
| Ulrich Rach | Journalist, writer, poet and songwriter from Ansbach |
| 2003 Upper Franconia in Gottsmannsgrün | |
| Helmut Bauer | Auxiliary Bishop of Würzburg |
| Willy Bittner | Chairman of the Allersberg Carnival Committee |
| Edgar Sitzmann | District Assembly President a. D. from Bamberg |
| 2004 Middle Franconia at Colmberg Castle | |
| Winfried Hain | One of the Narr brothers from Karlstadt |
| Volker Heissmann | Actor and comedian from Fürth |
| Martin Rassau | Actor and comedian from Fürth |
| Herbert Scherer (†) | Pegnitz |
| 2005 Lower Franconia in Kreuzberg | |
| Erwin Kolb | Folk music farmer from Gundelshalm |
| Josef Motschmann (†) | Local poet and theologian from Bad Staffelstein |
| Cilli Pigor | Dialect poet from Unsleben |
| 2006 Upper Franconia in Kulmbach | |
| Franz Barthel | Journalist from Würzburg |
| Werner Behringer | Gastronom from Nuremberg |
| Wolfgang Buck | Songwriter and cabaret artist from Erlau (Upper Franconia) |
| 2007 Middle Franconia in Bad Windsheim | |
| Philipp Simon Goletz ("Frankensima") | Musician, comedian and cabaret artist from Untersteinach |
| Fritz Stiegler | Dialect author from Cadolzburg |
| Wilhelm Wolpert | Dialect author from Haßfurt |
| 2008 Lower Franconia at Zeilitzheim Castle | |
| Helmut Haberkamm | Dialect author from Spardorf |
| Volker Muller | Baker, musician and singer from Hergolshausen |
| Walter thousand pounds | Dialect author from Pegnitz |
| 2009 Upper Franconia in Kleinlosnitz | |
| Klaus Häffner | Head of Studio Franken from Nuremberg |
| Sonja Keil | Dialect author from Helmbrechts |
| Peter Kuhn | Actor, set designer and director from Oberwerrn |
| 2010 Middle Franconia in Bad Windsheim | |
| Heinrich Bauer | Innkeeper from Veitshöchheim |
| Günter Stössel | Writer, dialect poet and cabaret artist from Nuremberg |
| Günter Dippold | Historian and folklorist from Lichtenfels |
| 2011 Lower Franconia in Neuses am Sand | |
| Christian Schmidt | Regional bishop from Ansbach |
| Jan Burdinski | Director from Aufseß |
| Walter Vierrether | Tourism Office Manager |
| 2012 Upper Franconia in Kulmbach | |
| Bernd Handel | Cabaret artist from Nuremberg |
| Hannelore Hock | Cabaret artist from Waldaschaff |
| Hans-Joachim Hansen | Brewmaster from Hof |
| 2013 Middle Franconia in Bad Windsheim | |
| Wolfgang Reichmann | Sports reporter and cabaret artist from Bamberg |
| Fredi Breunig | Cabaret artist and glossist made of salt |
| Fitzgerald Kusz | Poet and playwright from Nuremberg |
| 2014 Lower Franconia in Stadtlauringen | |
| Jürgen Eick | Dramaturge, director and author from Ansbach |
| Bernhard Schlereth | Carnivalist from Veitshöchheim |
| Helmut Vorndran | Crime writer and cabaret artist from Rattelsdorf near Bamberg |
| 2015 Upper Franconia in Thurnau | |
| Günther Beckstein | Prime Minister a. D. from Nuremberg |
| Johann Boehm | Landtag President a. D. from Unsleben |
| Michael Busch | District Administrator from Ebersdorf near Coburg |
| 2016 Middle Franconia in Bad Windsheim | |
| Peter Kirchner (†) | Mayor from Kirchlauter |
| Eberhard Wagner | Dialect researcher from Bayreuth |
| Steffi Zachmeier | Folk musician from Nuremberg |
| 2017 Lower Franconia in Bolzhausen | |
| Nora Gomringer | Poet from Bamberg |
| Gerlinde Heßler and Werner Hofmann | Cabaret duo from Karlstadt |
| Andrea Kluxen | District nurse from Nuremberg |
| 2018 Upper Franconia in Thurnau | |
| Günther Denzler | long-time district administrator and district council president from Litzendorf |
| Hans Maurer | Minister a. D. from Ansbach |
| Eberhard Schellenberger | Head of the Mainfranken studio of Bayerischer Rundfunk from Würzburg |
| 2019 Middle Franconia in Bad Windsheim | |
| Franz Besold | Carnival cabaret artist and master confectioner from Weismain |
| Hans-Peter Mattausch | Board member of the Kinderzeche in Dinkelsbühl from Dinkelsbühl |
| Karl-Heinz Wolbert | Choir director from Willanzheim |
Web links
- Official website of the award (also receipt for all award winners with details of the life and work of the award winners in the respective laudatory speech)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Anita Schöppner: Great wine connoisseur: Bernhard Weisensee died . In: Main-Post. July 10, 2016.