Bavarian Culture Prize
The Bavarian Culture Prize of Bayernwerk AG is awarded by the Bavarian State Ministry for Science and the Arts and Bayernwerk AG (until July 2013 E.ON Bayern AG) . OBAG's traditional East Bavarian Culture Prize, which has existed since 1959, was expanded in 2005 to include the administrative districts of the Bayernwerk network area and renamed accordingly. The award is endowed with a total of 96,000 euros and is presented annually for significant artistic work in the Bavarian regions and outstanding achievements at Bavarian universities.
An independent jury awards one artist each from the administrative districts of Upper Franconia , Lower Franconia , Upper Palatinate , Lower Bavaria and Upper Bavaria . The best graduates and doctoral candidates from technical colleges and universities are also honored. In addition to the four state art colleges, these are the universities of Augsburg , Bamberg , Bayreuth , Erlangen-Nuremberg , LMU Munich , TU Munich , Passau , Regensburg , Würzburg and Eichstätt-Ingolstadt . In addition, the best graduates from the following universities of applied sciences receive the Bavarian Culture Prize: Amberg-Weiden , Ansbach , Aschaffenburg , Augsburg , Coburg , Deggendorf , Hof , Ingolstadt , Kempten , Landshut , Munich , Neu-Ulm , Nuremberg , Regensburg , Rosenheim , Weihenstephan-Triesdorf and Würzburg -Schweinfurt .
The Bavarian State Ministry for Science and Art awards a special prize .
Award winners (selection)
Bavarian Culture Prize (since 2005)
- 2005 Hans-Jürgen Buchner , Dorothee Hartinger , Paul Maar , Hans Maier
- 2006 Capella Antiqua Bambergensis , Alexander Filipović , Peter Sadlo , Bernhard Setzwein
- 2007 Altneihauser Feierwehrkapell'n , Henri Bonamy , Diana Damrau , Nora-Eugenie Gomringer , Norbert Neugirg , Theater Mummpitz
- 2008 Nevfel Cumart , Werner Knaupp , Veit Relin
- 2009 Brückner & Brückner Architects , Evelyn Huber , Jonathan Nott
- 2010 Heinz Badewitz , Herbert Knaup , Michl Müller
- 2011 Pauline Füg , Wolfgang Haffner , Volker Klüpfel , Michael Kobr , Waltraud Meier
- 2012 Konstantin Ferstl , Michael Hauck , Herlinde Koelbl , Katharina Wagner , Theater Pfütze , Bernd Glemser , Rudolf Herz
- 2013 Sigi Schwab , Albrecht Mayer , Rudi Tröger , Thomas E. Bauer
- 2014 Kofelgschroa , Regensburger Domspatzen , Hans Peter Reuter
- 2015 Eugen Gomringer , Brigitte Hobmeier , Christiane Karg , Ingo Maurer , Thomas von Steinaecker
- 2016 Sigi Zimmigart , Josephine Köhler , Werner Fritsch , Olaf Metzel , András Hamary
- 2017 Veronika Eberle , Georg Ringsgwandl , Toni Scheubeck , Michael von Au , Michael Wollny
- 2018 Peter Haimerl , Klaus Hampl , Christian Schnurer , Günther Sigl , Nina Sonnenberg
- 2019 Nami Kamata and Miyaji Mann , Sebastian Kuhn , Juliane Köhler , Dellnhauser Musikanten , Django Asül
Special award from the Bavarian State Ministry for Science and Art (since 2006)
- 2006 Ana Chumachenco , Benjamin Heisenberg
- 2007 Franz Xaver Gernstl
- 2008 Klaus Doldinger
- 2009 sheet metal damage , Viva Voce
- 2010 Cornelia Froboess
- 2011 Dieter Dorn
- 2012 Gerhard Polt
- 2013 Frank-Markus Barwasser
- 2014 Franz Xaver Bogner
- 2015 Bruno Jonas
- 2016 Alexander Liebreich
- 2017 Konstantin Grcic
- 2018 Martina Schwarzmann
- 2019 Ottfried Fischer
Culture Prize East Bavaria (1959-2004)
- 1960 Heribert Sturm , Richard Triebe , Eberhard Kraus , Heinz Schauwecker
- 1961 Hermann Mayrhofer , HE Erwin Walther
- 1962 Josef Karl Nerud
- 1963 Georg Britting , Wilhelm Niedermayer
- 1964 Heinz Benker
- 1965 Marlene Reidel (1965), Oskar Sigmund , Willi Ulfig
- 1968 Hermann Erbe-Vogel
- 1969 Josef Oberberger , Karl Reidel
- 1971 Josef Fruth , Heinz Theuerjahr
- 1973 Fritz Goller , Ernst Kutzer
- 1974 Rupert Preissl
- 1976 Franz Biebl
- 1979 Günter Dollhopf
- 1985 Werner J. Patzelt
- 1987 Erwin Eisch
- 1989 Heribert Losert
- 1991 Rudi Weichmann
- 1992 Manfred Eder
- 1993 Peter Dorn
- 1994 Werner Hechberger
- 1995 Helmut Langhammer
- 1996 Günther Moosbauer
- 2001 Karl Anton Hudetz
- 2003 Hanns Egon Wörlen
- 2004 Hans Kotter