2013 Flood Medal from the State of Lower Saxony
The 2013 flood medal of the state of Lower Saxony was donated in 2013 by the state government of Lower Saxony as a state award for the state of Lower Saxony in recognition of the aid provided by numerous emergency services and volunteers during the 2013 flood disaster. Dedicated flood helpers who provided aid in Lower Saxony at the beginning of June 2013 were honored.
occasion
From May 25, 2013, there was heavy rainfall in Lower Saxony with up to 90 liters per square meter, which lasted for several days and caused a regional flood . The river catchment areas of Aller , Leine , Oker and Weser in southern Lower Saxony were initially affected . There, the rising water levels of the rivers led to flood events with many local operations. At the beginning of June 2013 the disaster was detected along the Elbe , on June 4, 2013 in the Lüchow-Dannenberg district and on June 5, 2013 in the Lüneburg district . During the flood, around 20,000 full-time and voluntary workers and volunteers were active in the districts of Lüneburg and Lüchow-Dannenberg as well as in other areas of Lower Saxony.
Delivery
On October 14, 2013 in Hitzacker, around 700 helpers were awarded the medal by Lower Saxony's Prime Minister Stephan Weil and Lower Saxony's Interior Minister Boris Pistorius . Present were representatives of the Lower Saxony police , the federal police , the Federal Armed Forces , the district fire brigade readiness, the technical relief organization , the German Red Cross , the Johanniter-Unfall-Hilfe , the Malteser aid service and the Workers Samaritan Association . On November 19, 2013, helpers were also honored for their work in the Hildesheim district in the fire service center in Groß Düngen . On December 20, 2013, the fire brigade headquarters in Schiffdorf honored the fire brigade forces from the northern and southern district of Cuxhaven who provided help on the Elbe in the Gorleben area . Further deliveries to flood helpers took place at events until the end of 2013.
Web links
- Press release on the decision of the state government to donate the 2013 Flood Medal of the State of Lower Saxony from 23 July 2013
- Report on the handing over of the medals ( memento of October 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) at NDR
Individual evidence
- ↑ News about the flood in Lüchow-Dannenberg ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Retrieved June 4, 2013 at 11:35 pm
- ↑ Press release of October 14, 2013 with a picture of the medal
