Humboldt Society
The Humboldt Society for Science, Art and Education is a scientific society that is committed to the universal point of view and the creative research spirit of the brothers Wilhelm and Alexander von Humboldt .
history
The Humboldt Society was founded by 24 people on May 12, 1962 with its headquarters in Mannheim . The initiator and co-founder was the lawyer Herbert Kessler . It promotes science as a whole, i.e. natural and human sciences, as well as art, and through its activities it contributes significantly to promoting education on the basis of humanism . The Association of Old Corps Students and the Weinheim Association of Old Corps Students are corporate members of the Humboldt Society.
aims
The goals of the society are realized through scientific conferences and lectures as well as publications and scientific excursions. The Humboldt Society also supports research projects in independent collaboration and deals with pressing issues of our time in position papers. Through her work she contributes to the discourse on current cultural-political issues.
activities
Scientific conferences take place twice a year, at which lectures, discussions, poet or author readings and musical performances provide essential content. Members are also offered scientific excursions and visits to special cultural, geographic and historical sights. The Humboldt Library brings together publications on the life and work of the von Humboldt brothers. It is available to all members, but also to the public.
management
The Presidium consists of 5 to 7 members. In addition to the President, Vice-Presidents and the Treasurer, the "Academic Council" is represented by its head. This is an important body in society. Its task is to advise the Presidium in the fulfillment of its tasks. In particular, it makes proposals for the content of the Humboldt Society's meetings, which take place twice a year. He also prepares position papers for the Humboldt Society on socially relevant problems. The treatises of the Humboldt Society are entrusted to his professional care. The Academic Council submits proposals to the Presidium for closer contact with other institutions and grammar schools that bear the name of the Humboldt brothers. The activities of the Academic Council are directed by its coordinator. Currently (February 2020) this is Ulrich Schmidt-Denter . Outstanding personalities are appointed as members of the Academic Council.
Awards
The society honors members and personalities of public life with several awards for their outstanding life's work in science, art and education. Levels of honors are:
Humboldt badge as a thank you (1969–1999)
- 12 honored
Humboldt plaque as a gift of honor (1968–2000)
- 1968: Wilhelm von Scholz (poet, playwright)
- 1969: Ernst Bacmeister (writer)
- 1970: Otto Heuschele (writer)
- 1972: Karlfried Graf Dürckheim (psychologist)
- 1973: Friedrich Franz von Unruh (writer)
- 1973: Manfred Hausmann (writer)
- 1974: Hermann Pongs (literary scholar)
- 1978: Gertrud Fussenegger (writer)
- 1978: Emil Egli (geographer)
- 1980: Fritz Usinger (writer)
- 1981: Hans Sachsse (chemist, technologist, philosopher of natural sciences)
- 1983: Heinrich Schipperges (physician, medical historian)
- 1990: Clemens Menze (Humboldt researcher)
- 1993: Kurt Hübner (philosopher)
- 1998: Hanno Beck (Humboldt researcher)
- 2000: Franz Richter (writer and scientist)
Silver medal (since 1972)
- 1972: Hans Tietgens (social pedagogue, VHS movement, educational researcher)
- 1980: Ernst Kirschbaum (organization of student seminars, senior public prosecutor)
- 1984: Hanno Beck (Humboldt researcher)
- 1995: Peter Schoenwaldt (Legation Councilor 1st class)
Gold Medal (since 1964)
- 1964: Carl Haensel
- 1965: Ernst Derra
- 1966: Edgar Schaper
- 1967: Paul Luchtenberg
- 1969: Karl Kerényi
- 1971: Carl Orff
- 1972: Konrad Lorenz
- 1972: Theodor Schieder
- 1975: Wernher von Braun
- 1976: Adolf Portmann
- 1977: Hans Jürgen Kallmann
- 1979: Walter Heitler
- 1981: Ernst Jünger
- 1983: Dolf Sternberger
- 1985: Heinrich Harrer
- 1987: Karl Carstens
- 1994: Annemarie Schimmel
- 2002: Roman Herzog
- 2007: Hanno Beck
- 2008: Wildor Hollmann
- 2014: Friedrich Schorlemmer
- 2017: Klaus-Dieter Lehmann
Honorary membership
- 1979: Walter Thoms
- 1982: Erwin Stein
- 1992: Erwin Bader
- 1995: Gudrun Höhl
Honorary Presidency
- 1988: Erwin Stein
- 2007: Gudrun Höhl
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ On the foundation cf. Minutes of the founding meeting on May 12, 1962 in Mannheim M1.8 , in: Festschrift for the 50th anniversary of the Humboldt Society 1962-2012 ( Memento of the original from February 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Edited by the Humboldt Society for Science, Art and Education, Roßdorf 2012, pp. 6–9.
- ↑ Handbuch des Kösener Corpsstudenten, new edition, Vol. II (2005), pp. 2 / 151–2 / 157.
- ↑ cf. Articles of Association ( Memento of the original from February 10, 2015 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. , § 2 Tasks of the company
- ↑ The Presidium of the Society ( Memento of the original from February 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Honors of the Society ( Memento of the original from March 8, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Culture news. Friedrich Schorlemmer receives Humboldt Medal. www.deutschlandradiokultur.de, September 25, 2014, accessed on October 6, 2014 .
