Keerlke Prize
The Keerlke Prize is the most important East Frisian prize for services to the Low German language. It is awarded by the Oostfreeske Taal Association. Keerlke is a clay figure by Christian Eisbein , based on the novel of the same name by Wilhelmine Siefkes . The prize is given to people or institutions who have made a special effort to preserve and promote the East Frisian regional language.
Award winners
- 1993 Gitta Franken , educator and songwriter from Südbrookmerland , for her work with Low German in kindergarten
- 1994 the community of Ihlow and its staff for their great support in the publication of Otto Buurman's High German-Low German dictionary
- 1995 Theda Ahlrichs for her work with Low German in the parish and in church services
- 1996 Jan Cornelius , Jemgum songwriter, for his services to the new Low German children's song
- 1997 Theo Schuster from Leer for his regional language publishing activities
- 1998 Ubbo Gerdes , Wallinghausen author and popular theater player
- 1999 Garrelt van Borssum for his commitment to Low German in school lessons in East Frisia
- 2000 Gernot de Vries for his services to the new High German-Low German dictionary
- 2001 Helmut Duis for his Low German sales training in vocational school
- 2002 Jakob Janshen for his work in the field of Low German theater in East Friesland
- 2003 the Ländliche Akademie Krummhörn for the promotion of Low German in rural areas
- 2004 Hans-Hermann Briese , Carl-Heinz Dirks and Johannes Diekhoff (editors of Diesel magazine )
- 2005 Gerd Brandt from Neustadtgödens for his commitment to regional language at Radio Ostfriesland
- 2006 Marianne Brückmann for her long-term commitment to preserving the Low German language, both spoken and written
- 2007 Helmut Hinrichs for his services to the preservation of the Harlinger Platt
- 2008 Cornelia Nath for her longstanding work as a lobbyist for the Low German language
- 2009 Margret Aden and Grete Saathoff for their many years of work to preserve the Low German language in primary school
- 2010 Adolf Sanders for his continuous efforts in various areas to preserve the Low German language
- 2011 Imke Schulte for her commitment to Low German since her early youth
- 2012 Herma Knabe for her commitment to promoting Low German teaching in schools
- 2013 Hanne Klöver for her Low German contributions on radio and television
- 2014 Helmut Collmann for his national commitment to the Low German language
- 2015 Hillrich Reents for his diverse work in the field of the Low German language
- 2016 Antje Gronewold for her extraordinary commitment to preserving the Low German language over many years
- 2017 Herma Cornelia Peters and Albert Janssen for their great commitment in the field of Low German theater
- 2018 Angelika Seidel for her long and tireless commitment to preserving the Low German language in schools
- 2019 Andreas Gerdes for his diverse and tireless efforts to preserve the Low German language
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Ostfriesen-Zeitung : Keerlke Prize 2012 awarded to a teacher in Emden , November 12, 2012
- ^ Ostfriesen-Zeitung : "Hanne Klöver gives the region a voice" , November 11, 2013
- ↑ Ostfriesische Nachrichten : Keerlke Prize goes to Landscape President , November 15, 2014