Karmarsch memorial coin

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The Karmarsch memorial coin was donated in 1925 by the Hanover University Association (today Leibniz Universitätsgesellschaft Hannover eV). It is named after Karl Karmarsch , the long-time director of the Higher Trade School or Polytechnic School in Hanover, today's Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University of Hanover . It is awarded to personalities who have made merits in promoting technology and business in scientific research or in promoting economic development.

The medal is awarded every two years with the science award.

The medal was created by the medalist Carl Ebbinghaus . After it was lost as a result of the war, it was remodeled in 1952 by medalist Paul Egon Schiffers . It has a diameter of approx. 8 cm and bears the picture of Karl Karmarsch on the front and the words on the back: For outstanding services to technology and economy - Freundeskreis der Universität Hannover e. V.

In 2007 the Hanoverian artist Siegfried Neuenhausen revised the Karmarsch memorial coin.

Award winners

literature

  • Rainer Ertel : Karmarsch commemorative coin. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 337.
  • Rainer Ertel (text), Antje Doll, Gunter Mühge (red.): The bearers of the Karmarsch commemorative coin 1925 to 2011. A foray into German scientific and economic history . Published by the Freundeskreis der Leibniz-Universität Hannover eV, Hannover: Hahnsche Buchhandlung, 2011, ISBN 978-3-7752-6163-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Rainer Ertel: Karmarsch memorial coin. In: Stadtlexikon Hannover , p. 337
  2. Rainer Ertel: The bearers of the Karmarsch memorial coin ... , 2011, p. 5
  3. Leibniz University Society honors Dietmar Harting. In: haz.de. December 12, 2019, accessed December 14, 2019 .