Heinrich von Stephan plaque

Illustrations of the two plaques in the supplement to the official gazette number 1334/1952

The Heinrich von Stephan plaque (originally: Heinrich von Stephan plaque of the German Federal Post Office ) was donated by the Federal Post Minister Hans Schuberth on October 26, 1952, together with the Philipp Reis plaque of the German Federal Post Office .

occasion

In order to publicly express the thanks and appreciation of the Deutsche Bundespost to personalities who have made outstanding contributions in the field of postal services, the Federal Post Minister Hans Schuberth donated the Heinrich von Stephan plaque.

The award date is chosen because on October 26, 1861, Philipp Reis gave the first public experimental lecture on the telephone he invented at the Physikalischer Verein zu Frankfurt am Main , and because in 1877, also on October 26, Heinrich von Stephan gave the telephone to the state news medium has determined.

After the dissolution of the Federal Post Office in 1998, the Federal Minister of Economics presented the award to distinguished personalities from science, business and in the field of postal services.

Badge and certificate

The badge is 52 × 52 millimeters in size and shows the picture of Heinrich von Stephan in profile on the front and the text "Heinrich von Stephan 1831-1897" on the edge, on the back there is the quote "Target recognized, force tense" , which also comes from Stephan. It is framed by the text “For outstanding merits” all around . The design for the plaque comes from Gottfried Kappen from Kirchhellen .

The winners received an award certificate signed by the Federal Post Minister and were announced in the Official Gazette of the Federal Post Office. The badge becomes the property of the award winner.

Award winners

1. 1952: State Secretary a. D. Karl Sautter
2. 1953: Ministerialdirektor a. D. Hans Rackow
3. 1954: Privy Postal Council President a. D. Walter Schenk
4. 1955: Ministerialdirektor a. D. Friedrich Hubrig
5. 1956: Department President a. D. Hans Schwaighofer

   1957: not awarded

6. 1958: Ministerialdirigent a. D. Heinrich Thomas
7. 1959: President a. D. Adolf Stenz

   1960: not awarded

8. 1961: General Manager Marcel Faucon (France)
9. 1962: General Director Emil Raus (Luxembourg)

   1963: not awarded

10. 1964: General Director Edmond Struyf (Belgium) and to Ministerialrat a. D. Robert Poeverlein
11. 1965: Ministerialdirektor a. D. Ferdinand Zaubitzer
12. 1966: General Director Edouard Weber (International Office of the Universal Postal Union)

    1967:?

13. 1968: Karl Herz
14. 1969: Vicente Tuascon (Bern)
15. 1970: Katsumi Soyama (Japanese Vice Minister for Postal and Telecommunications)
16. 1971: Oiva Johannes Saloila (Finland)
17. 1972: Hendrik Reinoud
18. 1973: General Director Rudolf Pabeschitz (Austria)
19. 1974: Markus Redli (Switzerland)
20. 1975: René Joder (France)

The following important information is missing from this article or section:

From 1976 the list is unfortunately still very sketchy

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• 1980/1981: Philippus Leenman , General Director of the Dutch Post and Telecommunications Administration
• 1995: Christian Schwarz-Schilling
• 2001: Eberhard Witte
• 2003: Klaus Zumwinkel

See also

• Heinrich von Stephan Foundation

literature

• Manual dictionary of the postal system ; Published by the Federal Ministry for Post and Telecommunications:
  • 2nd completely revised edition, Frankfurt am Main, 1953; Pp. 70 and 352
  • 3rd edition, '1. Volume A - F ', Berlin, July 1971; P. 559 ("Honors and Awards" - V. Awards of the Deutsche Bundespost)
• Journal for the Post and Telecommunications (ZPF) with the support of the Federal Minister for the Post and Telecommunications and published by Josef Keller Verlag
• Hans Hübner: Excellent! Recognition for special services and loyalty to Reichspost, Bundespost and German Post ; in: The archive issue 2/2013; Pp. 70-76

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Official Journal of the Federal Minister for Post and Telecommunications, year 1952, Edition A, Frankfurt (Main), October 26, 1952, No. 98, p. 491
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m} ZPF issue no. 1/1965; P. 2
3. ↑ ZPF issue no. 23/1953; P. 877
4. ↑ ZPF issue no. 2/1956; P. 47
5. ↑ ZPF issue no. 1/1962; P. 1
6. ↑ ZPF issue no. 1/1965; P. 1
7. ↑ ZPF issue no. 2/1966; P. 41
8. ↑ ZPF issue no. 2/1967; P. 41
9. ↑ ZPF issue no. 3/1970; P. 81
10. ↑ ZPF issue no. 5/1971; P. 147
11. ↑ ZPF issue no. 4/1972; P. 105
12. ↑ ZPF issue no. 3/1973; P. 81
13. ↑ ZPF issue no. 2/1974; P. 41
14. ↑ ZPF issue no. 2/1975; P. 12
15. ^ Sarah Brian Scherer: Markus Redli. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
16. ↑ ZPF issue no. 1/1976; P. 10
17. ↑ Drs. Philippus Leenman, General Director of the Dutch Post and Telecommunications Administration, was awarded the Heinrich von Stephan plaque by Federal Post Minister Gscheidle ( Memento of the original from September 1, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in Computerwoche on January 9, 1981  
18. ↑ Federal Economics Minister Müller is distinguished pioneers of competition in postal and telecommunications from the press release of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Labor of 7 November 2001
19. ↑ Eberhard Witte
20. ↑ High distinction for Post Director Zumwinkel - Minister of Economics Clement awards Heinrich von Stephan plaque , Bonn, November 13, 2003
21. ↑ High distinction for Post Manager Zumwinkel - Minister of Economics Clement awards Heinrich von Stephan plaque from November 13, 2003 on Presseportal.de
22. ↑ Two honors for IZA President Klaus Zumwinkel