Hermann Allmers Prize

The Hermann Allmers Prize is named after the poet Hermann Allmers and is awarded for local research .

About history

In 1957, the local history association “ Men from Morgenstern ” received a special gift to celebrate its 75th anniversary: the city of Bremerhaven , the districts of Wesermünde and Hadeln , and the city of Cuxhaven donated the “Hermann Allmers Prize” on August 25th für Heimatforschung ”and endowed it with 2000 DM. Since 2011 the Rüstringer Heimatbund e. V. joined the group of founders. The prize money is currently 3000 €. According to the founders' wishes, the prize should be “an award for scientific achievements, at the same time recognition of unselfish work. It should encourage tasks that have been tackled, cheer on the next generation and attract new employees ”. Every other year on February 11th - Hermann Allmers' birthday - the prize should be given to outstanding local researchers. In keeping with this foundation, a long line of deserving people from among the members of the Heimatbund, for archaeological , natural history, genealogical and local history researchers, for supporters of Low German and local politicians who are associated with their homeland, has been honored with the Hermann Allmers Prize.

The winners

For archaeological research

1961: Karl Waller (1892–1963), teacher, one of the first prizewinners who carried out excavations in the Duhnen , Sahlenburg and Altenwalde area in addition to his professional activity , he came out with numerous publications on the prehistory and early history of this area

For the long-term excavation campaign, which explored the living conditions of the Old Saxons on the Wurt Feddersen Wierde and drew a completely new picture of the social and economic conditions of these Teutons in the northern German coastal regions:
- 1973: Werner Haarnagel (1907–1984), archaeologist and geographer
- 1997: Peter Schmid (* 1926), prehistoric, from the Lower Saxony Institute for Historical Coastal Research in Wilhelmshaven

For history in the region

For research efforts on the medieval Wurtfriesen
and various other historical works:
- 1963: Erich von Lehe (1894–1983), archivist and historian
- 1965: Benno Eide Siebs (1891–1977), lawyer, civil servant and local writer

For works on city history:
- 1981: Burchard Scheper (1928–2014), for work on the history of Bremerhaven
- 1987: Hermann Bormann, for work on the history of Cuxhaven
- 1993: Lina Delfs, for work on the navigable Geeste
- 1993: Elfriede Bachmann (* 1936), historian, award ceremony for scientific work in Bremervörde

For cultural and political services in the Elbe-Weser area:
- 1979: Ernst Klemeyer (1904–1992), lawyer and politician, senior district director
- 1985: Gert Schlechtriem (1929–1998), folklorist and museum director
- 1995: Jürgen Pries, senior district director
- 2003: Hans-Eckhard Dannenberg (* 1959), historian, managing director at the Landschaftsverband Stade
- 2009: Hans-Hinrich Kahrs (* 1956), author, long-term commitment to Low German

For services in the Rüstringer Heimatbund for his voluntary work in homeland research and homeland care:
- 2017: Heddo Peters, chairman and archivist of the Rüstringer Heimatbund

For earned Morgensterner for their voluntary work for the Heimatbund:
- 1975: Johann Jacob Cordes (1880–1976), teacher, he brought the club through the difficult post-war years
- 1989: Heinrich Egon Hansen , helped the club to flourish again after 24 years of service
- 1999: Rinje Bernd Behrens (* 1934), editor of the Niederdeutscher Heimatblatt and secretary of the association

For the work on the project to research the history of the dykes and the construction of the dykes on the Elbe, Weser and Oste:
- 2019: Michael Ehrhardt (* 1966), historian
- 2019: Norbert Fischer (* 1957), social and cultural historian

For urban historical research in Bremerhaven

2007: Manfred Ernst (* 1943), lawyer from Bremerhaven, regional historian and author of specialist and non-fiction books, awarding of prizes for research on urban history, particularly on those persecuted during the National Socialist era
2013 Hartmut Bickelmann (* 1948), historian and retired city archivist, he researched the recent history of the city of Bremerhaven and was editor of the yearbooks of the "Men from the Morning Star" from 1997 to 2012

For maintaining the works of Hermann Allmers

1971: Kurd Schulz (1900–1974), librarian, writer and Nazi activist, he published letters and works by and about Hermann Allmers in 1939 and again in 1963 and 1968

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Nicola Borger-Keweloh: 60 years of the Hermann Allmers Prize for local research. Heddo Peters named 30th prize winner . In: Men from Morgenstern, Heimatbund an Elbe and Weser estuary e. V. (Ed.): Niederdeutsches Heimatblatt . No. 809 . Nordsee-Zeitung GmbH, Bremerhaven May 2017, p. 3–4 ( digitized version [PDF; 7.1 MB ; accessed on July 16, 2019]).
↑ ^a ^b Hans-Walter Keweloh: Award ceremony in the Wind Force 10 Museum in Cuxhaven. Hermann Allmers Prize 2019 for eight-volume dike history of the Elbe-Weser triangle . In: Men from Morgenstern, Heimatbund an Elbe and Weser estuary e. V. (Ed.): Niederdeutsches Heimatblatt . No. 831 . Nordsee-Zeitung GmbH, Bremerhaven March 2019, p. 2–3 ( digitized version [PDF; 3.3 MB ; accessed on June 15, 2019]).

[H-A-P_2017-1] Nicola Borger-Keweloh: 60 years of the Hermann Allmers Prize for local research. Heddo Peters named 30th prize winner . In: Men from Morgenstern, Heimatbund an Elbe and Weser estuary e. V. (Ed.): Niederdeutsches Heimatblatt . No. 809 . Nordsee-Zeitung GmbH, Bremerhaven May 2017, p. 3–4 ( digitized version [PDF; 7.1 MB ; accessed on July 16, 2019]).

[H-A-P_2019-2] Hans-Walter Keweloh: Award ceremony in the Wind Force 10 Museum in Cuxhaven. Hermann Allmers Prize 2019 for eight-volume dike history of the Elbe-Weser triangle . In: Men from Morgenstern, Heimatbund an Elbe and Weser estuary e. V. (Ed.): Niederdeutsches Heimatblatt . No. 831 . Nordsee-Zeitung GmbH, Bremerhaven March 2019, p. 2–3 ( digitized version [PDF; 3.3 MB ; accessed on June 15, 2019]).