Cultural honorary award of the state capital Munich

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The City of Munich's Cultural Prize of Honor is a cultural prize awarded annually by the City of Munich since 1958 . The award is endowed with 10,000 euros.

Cultural Prize of Honor 2019 to Gerhard Polt presented by Mayor Dieter Reiter

Award criteria

The prize is intended to honor personalities "of international charisma" whose "artistic, cultural or scientific achievements" particularly distinguish them and who "have a close connection to Munich as a place of origin or work" (according to self-portrayal). The award is based on the proposal of a jury made up of the previous year's winners, the mayor, the head of the cultural department , five members of the city council and five independent members.

Award winners

literature

  • Gerd Holzheimer, Ernst Rebel, Reinhard Schulz, Cultural Department of the City of Munich (ed.): Have the honor! - Half a century of culture in Munich. (For the 50th anniversary of the Cultural Prize, with short biographies of the 50 winners). MünchenVerlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-937090-25-2

Web links

Commons : Cultural Prize of Honor of the City of Munich  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files