Gustav Engel Prize
The Gustav Engel Prize is awarded to researchers who have made important scientific contributions to the history of the city of Bielefeld and the Ravensberger Land . The prize is awarded in particular to young researchers, and it is also intended to strengthen the relationship between the region and Bielefeld University.
The prize is endowed with 2,000 euros and has been awarded annually since 1990 by the Historical Association for the County of Ravensberg . The award is named after Gustav Engel (1893–1989), who was chairman of the association from 1944 to 1968.
The Gustav Engel Prize is one of the most important awards in the field of Westphalian-Lippe regional history. Other awards include the Otto Weerth Prize , the History Prize of the Mindener History Association , the Ignaz Theodor Liborius Meyer Prize , the Karl Zuhorn Prize and the Jodocus Hermann Nünning Prize .
Award winners
- 1990 Axel Flügel (dissertation on the proto-industrial linen trade in Bielefeld from 1680 to 1850)
- 1990 Werner Freitag (work on the worlds of life in Spenge 1800 to 1950)
- 1991 Stefan Brakensiek (dissertation on the privatization of brands in Northwest Germany from 1750 to 1850)
- 1992 Kerstin Stockhecke (Master's thesis on the pastor's wife and writer Marie Schmalenbach 1835–1924)
- 1993 Bernd J. Wagner (Master's thesis on the Bielefeld hospital in the 19th century)
- 1994 Rolf Westheider (work on Versmold on the way into the 20th century)
- 1995 Andreas Hölscher (state examination thesis on inflation and social protest in East Westphalia 1914 to 1923)
- 1996 Nicolas Rügge (state examination thesis on the council rule and administration of the city of Herford)
- 1997 Bernd Holtwick (Master's thesis on craftsmen in Ostwestfalen-Lippe 1929 to 1939)
- 1998 Jens Bruning (dissertation on the change in schools in Minden and Ravensberg from 1648 to 1816)
- 1999 Till Kössler (work on foreign workers in Gütersloh from 1933 to 1945)
- 2000 Gerd Meier (dissertation on daily newspapers in East Westphalia 1920 to 1970)
- 2001 Katja Roeckner (Master's thesis on the Bielefeld metal, textile and linen industry 1924 to 1929)
- 2002 Roland Gießelmann (Master's thesis on trombone choirs in eastern Westphalia from 1840 to 1924)
- 2003 Bärbel Sunderbrink (Master's thesis on relocations of cemeteries in the 19th century in the example of Minden-Ravensberg)
- 2004 Birgit Schepers (Master's thesis on women in the war economy in Bielefeld during World War II)
- 2005 Barbara Randzio (Master's thesis on the psychiatric reform using the example of the von Bodelschwinghschen Anstalten Bethel 1967 to 1996)
- 2006 Veronika Huesmann (dissertation on religion and society in Protestant milieus in East Westphalia from 1845 to 1918)
- 2007 Lutz Volmer (dissertation on house construction in Ravensberg 1700 to 1870)
- 2008 Andreas Kamm (Research on Sparrenburg)
- 2009 Katrin Stoll (dissertation on criminal proceedings against members of the security police for the Bialystok district)
- 2010 Christian Möller (Master's thesis on waste policy and disposal technology in the "ecological age")
- 2011 Kai-Uwe von Hollen (Master's thesis on Jews in Bielefeld-Schildesche)
- 2012 Sebastian Knake (Master's thesis on the Bielefeld two-wheeler cluster)
- 2013 Pia Schmutzler (Master's thesis on the planned Bielefeld-Nagelsholz regional airport)
- 2014 Jan Hendrik Höltje (Master's thesis on road safety in Bielefeld)
- 2015 Bernhard Suermann ("Transformation processes in the manorial rule of the Pusinnastift in Herford and the question of state rule")
- 2016 Agnes Maria Piekacz (master thesis on recycling in the post-war period)
- 2017 Tobias Welbers ("Coexistence of humanistic reform and evangelical reformation using the example of Bielefeld 1533-1609")
- 2018 Patrik Stuke ("Peace work in the Ravensberger Land. The Stiftberg Peace Group as the local support group of the new peace movement")
- 2019 Sarah Elisabeth Klode (“'We cannot tolerate the Nazis being put in front of us again.' Bielefeld works councils and the British military government in the conflict over the denazification of incriminated entrepreneurs”)