Hedwig Burgheim Medal
The university town of Giessen awards the Hedwig Burgheim Medal in recognition and appreciation of outstanding services to understanding and understanding between people and in the obligatory remembrance of the beneficial work of the Jewish educator Hedwig Burgheim, which continues to this day .
The first award took place in 1981. The award has been given every two years by the magistrate since 1999 and given by the mayor . The day of the award should be August 28, Burgheim's birthday, if possible.
List of award winners
- 1981: Adam Scheurer , educator
- 1982: Abraham Bar Menachem (Alfred Gutsmuth), lawyer and politician
- 1983: Charlotte Petersen , journalist
- 1984: Martin Stöhr , theologian
- 1985: Barbara Just-Dahlmann , lawyer
- 1986: Else Alma Olga Auguste Wilhelmine Wagner , secretary
- 1987: Erich Dauzenroth , educational scientist
- 1988: Eckhard von Nordheim , theologian
- 1989: Albert Osswald , politician
- 1990: Dieter Trautwein , theologian
- 1991: Monika Richarz , historian
- 1992: Henry G. Brandt , rabbi
- 1993: Helmut Berding , historian
- 1994: Helmut Grün , theologian
- 1995: Thea Altaras , architect
- 1996: No award due to changes in the award guidelines
- 1997: Günther Bernd Ginzel , publicist
- 1999: Ignatz Bubis , politician and chairman of the Central Council of Jews in Germany (died shortly before the award ceremony)
- 2002: Dietrich Ringleb , physician
- 2004: Erwin Knauß , historian
- 2006: Micha Brumlik , educational scientist
- 2008: Josef Stern, librarian
- 2010: Dieter Steil
- 2012: Anna Mettbach
- 2014: Manfred Mutz , Lord Mayor, posthumously
- 2016: Thomas Breuer, Holocaust survivor and educator
- 2018: Hanno Müller, local historian
literature
- Heinrich Brinkmann (Ed.): "And yet ...": Hedwig Burgheim Medal 1981–1993. Focus-Verlag, Giessen 1993, ISBN 3-88349-407-0
Individual evidence
- ^ Foundation of the Hedwig Burgheim Medal by the University of Giessen and guidelines on its award from December 20, 1980
- ↑ Sintezza Anna Mettbach receives the Hedwig Burgheim Medal. Press release from the university town of Giessen. In: giessen.de. University town of Giessen, April 3, 2012, accessed on May 11, 2012 .