Jabach medal

Posthumous award of the Jabach Medal to Josef Haubrich, received by his granddaughter in 2016

With the Jabach Medal , the city of Cologne honors personalities who have rendered exceptional services to the Cologne museums.

The Foundation of the coin was made in 1966 by the Council of the City of Cologne in memory of the collector and patron of Cologne Eberhard Jabach from the Cologne family dynasty Jabach . It is not endowed and is awarded at irregular intervals.

The mayor and the culture committee of the city of Cologne are entitled to make nominations for the award of the medal . The decision is made by a commission consisting of the mayor, the chairman of the cultural committee, the honorary mayors, the head of culture and the director of the museum involved.

The medal is made of silver, 80 mm in diameter, with the portrait of Eberhard Jabach on the front and the Cologne coat of arms with the inscription MAECENATIBUS GRATA CIVITAS COLONIENSIS on the back . It was designed by Hans Karl Burgeff in 1966 .

Award winners

• 1967:
  • Hermann Josef Abs , Frankfurt, for his services to the Wallraf-Richartz Board of Trustees
  • Walter Franz, Cologne, as "silent helper in many emergencies that arise when the heat of the trade in art objects often requires quick access."
  • Günter Henle, Duisburg, for donating several paintings to the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum
  • Elisabeth Reintjes van Munster (and her late husband Eugen Reintjes), Emmerich , for the donation of all of their art possessions
  • Lotte Scheibler, Cologne, for numerous foundations at Cologne museums
  • Werner Schulz, Cologne, to whom the Cologne Gemäldegalerie owes a number of works
  • Franz Benno Wolff-Limper, Cologne, for the donation of the slide glass found on his property in 1960 to the Roman-Germanic Museum
• 1970: Peter Ludwig
• 1974:
  • Gertrud Funke-Kaiser for the donation of the “Gertrud and Dr. Karl Funke-Kaiser ”to the Kunstgewerbemuseum Cologne
  • Hans W. Siegel for donating a collection of Khmer art to the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
• 1976: Carola Peill for donating the main part of the collection to the Museum Ludwig and the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum
• 1977:
  • Elisabeth Treskow for donating her jewelry collection to the Cologne Museum of Decorative Arts
  • Walter Neuerburg for donating Pablo Picasso's graphics to the WRM
• 1978:
  • Rosa Elena Luján de Traven Torsvan , who made letters and works by the Cologne painter and Traven Torsvan friend Franz Wilhelm Seiwert available to the city and the Museum Ludwig
  • Jürgen von Lochow for the donation of Chinese furniture and sacred bronzes to the Museum of East Asian Art
• 1980:
  • Kurt Hansen as sponsor and most recently honorary chairman of the board of trustees and the sponsoring society of the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum and the Museum Ludwig
  • Karl Löffler for his collection of Roman cabaret in the Roman-Germanic Museum
• 1985:
  • Walter Oppenhoff for services to the Cologne museums
  • Leo Fritz Gruber at the Museum of Applied Arts is the hat collection of Gruber, 14,000 photographs were the Historical Archive of Cologne left
• 1989:
  • Ellen Doetsch- Amberger, the Cologne Egyptologist, donated her collection from Ancient Egypt to the Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum
  • Heinz vom Scheidt made pictures and sculptures by Ernst Barlach available on loan
  • Barbara Schu The Schu Collection with over 5000 miniature objects, mainly dolls, was bequeathed to the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum in 1988.
• 2000:
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Christians for his services to the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum , u. a. in the chairmanship of the board of trustees
  • Irene Greven for her services to the Schnütgen Museum
  • Irene Ludwig for her services in particular to the Museum Ludwig
  • Paolo Viti from Palazzo Grassi , Venice, for taking the Roman-Germanic Museum into account in his exhibition tours
• 2012:
  • Gérard Corboud for his commitment to the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud
  • Ludwig Theodor von Rautenstrauch for his commitment to the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum
• 2016: Josef Haubrich ( posthumously ) on the 70th anniversary of the foundation of his art collection

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} New version of the statutes for the award of the Jabach Medal. The Council of the City of Cologne, Ratsinformationssystem, January 19, 2012, accessed on December 30, 2012 .  
2. ^ Jabach Medal of the City of Cologne. Rheinisches Bildarchiv - Kulturelles Erbe Köln, accessed on January 6, 2013 .  
3. ^ ^{A b c} Stefan Palm: City of Cologne awards Jabach medal to Corboud and von Rautenstrauch. The two personalities have rendered outstanding services to the Cologne museums. City of Cologne - Office for Press and Public Relations, December 10, 2012, accessed on December 11, 2012 .  
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} HF: No inheritance of the princes . Citizens awarded the Jabach Medal as patrons of the museums. In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger . M. DuMont Schauberg, Cologne April 21, 1967.
5. ↑ Lotte Scheibler. Kölner Frauengeschichtsverein eV, November 4, 2012, accessed on March 21, 2013 .  
6. ↑ Gisela Reineking von Bock , Carl-Wolfgang Schümann : CERAMICS From Historicism to the Present . Collection of Gertrud and Dr. Karl Funke-Kaiser. Ed .: Kunstgewerbemuseum der Stadt Köln. Cologne 1975.
7. ↑ Note at Deutschland-reise.de ( Memento of the original from June 2, 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. 
8. ^ Director General of the Museums of the City of Cologne Gerhard Bott (Ed.): Foundation Günther and Carola Peill Cologne 1976 . Exhibition of the Günther and Carola Peill Foundation and Collection May 12, 1976 to July 25, 1976. Cologne 1976, p. 9 .
9. ^ Rüdiger Joppien: Elisabeth Treskow (1898–1992), goldsmith. In: Portal Rhenish History. Landschaftsverband Rheinland, September 30, 2010, accessed on January 6, 2013 .  
10. ↑ see catalog
11. ↑ Article in Spiegel from January 23, 1978
12. ^ East Asian Museum
13. ^ Note on Hansen's death in the KStA from January 28, 2003
14. ^ Note in the KStA from September 15, 2014
15. ↑ collection at aegyptologie.com
16. ↑ Note on loans from the Hist. archive
17. ↑ Collection Schu at stadt-koeln.de
18. ↑ ^{a b c d} Martin Oehlen: songs of praise to the helpers in need . For the first time in eleven years, honor for the art patrons. In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger . No. 276 . M. DuMont Schauberg, Cologne November 28, 2000.
19. ↑ "Mister Deutsche Bank" is dead. In: Manager Magazin . May 25, 2004, accessed March 22, 2013 .  
20. ↑ Note at kunstmarkt.com