List of the winners of the National Prize of the GDR III. Science and Technology Class (1970–1979)

This list represents the winners of the GDR National Prize in the III. Class for science and technology between the years 1970 and 1979. For the other levels, see the list of winners of the National Prize of the GDR .

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1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

year	Award winners		Reason for award	annotation
1970 ↑	Collective for the complex rationalization of production in VEB Maschinen- und Apparatebau Grimma		for his part in the complex rationalization of the series production of components for chemical plants
	Rolf Adler	Combine director
	Gert Wohllebe	Director of Technology
	Heinz Möbius	Head of the Office of the Combine Director
	Gerhard Schumann	Head of the Investment and Plant Maintenance Department
	Walter Knoof	Fitter
	Wilfried Lehmann	Group leader for control and regulation technology
	Wolfgang Freyer	Head of the equipment department
1970 ↑	“Collective ion beam atomization (sputtering)”, Technical University of Karl-Marx-Stadt		for his part in plasma and ion beam atomization, combined with exemplary commitment in teaching and socialist leadership
	Otto Fiedler	University lecturer
	Jürgen Herberger	Knowledge Senior assistant
	Günter Reiße	Knowledge Senior assistant
1970 ↑	Development collective high-voltage test transformer of the VEB Transformatoren- und Röntgenwerk Dresden		for his part in the development of a new high voltage test transformer
	Horst Marcinkowski	Technical manager of the transformer company
	Otto Gieseler	Head of the transformer design department
	Manfred Kramm	Development designer
	Peter Johne	Development designer
	Gottfried Rockstroh	Group leader
	Willi Pursche	Manufacturing engineer
	Ralf Baatsch	Brigadier
1970 ↑	Initiator collective for the complex socialist rationalization of the Spreetal opencast mine		for his part in the creation of the scientific and technical basis and the implementation of the complex socialist rationalization of open-cast lignite mines
	Hans Waldmann	Director of the extraction area in the VEB Gaskombinat
	Klaus Newi	Head of the Spreetal opencast mine
	Horst Schachtschneider	Head of department at VEB Lauchhammerwerk
	Heinz chose	Master in the Spreetal opencast mine
	Social scientist Günter Röder	Plant director of VEB Förderanlagenbau Köthen
1970 ↑	Collective from the LPG of the Grossengottern cooperative community , Erfurt district		for his share in the exemplary achievements to the socialist intensification and increase of the production through the development of the voluntary cooperative cooperation between the LPG type III and LPG type I as well as the planned and gradual transition to industrial production
	Karl Fassmann	Chairman of the cooperation council of the Grossengottern cooperation group and chairman of LPG type III “Karl Marx” Altengottern
	Gustav Collee	Head of the joint plant production department of the Großengottern cooperation group
	Wilhelm Pietsch	Secretary of the Grossengottern cooperation group
	Lisbeth Heysing	Milker in the LPG "Karl Marx" Altengottern
	Waltraud Andres	Chief Accountant of the LPG “7. October “Seebach and member of the cooperation council of the Grossengottern cooperation group
	Eduard Polack	Production manager of the joint plant production department of the Grossengottern joint venture
1970 ↑	Development collective "Mefoga"		for his share in the achievements in the field of the application of new operating principles for the highly productive manufacture of metal molds
	Werner Hackert	Head of department for basic research and processing technology in the large research center of the machine tool construction in Karl-Marx-Stadt
	Horst Clauss	, Wiss. Employee in the large research center of the machine tool construction in Karl-Marx-Stadt
	Armin Sprunk	First laboratory assistant in the large research center of the machine tool building in Karl-Marx-Stadt
	Heinz Fritze	Knowledge Employee in the large research center of the machine tool construction in Karl-Marx-Stadt
	Gerhard Heinicke	Research Director at DAW zu Berlin, Central Institute for Physical Chemistry
	Norbert Bock	Knowledge Employee at the DAW zu Berlin, Central Institute for Physical Chemistry
	Hans Eckstein	Technical Director at VEB Mansfeldkombinat "Wilhelm Pieck Eisleben"
1970 ↑	Collective "Encyclopedias, reference works and language textbooks" from the publishers VEB Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig and VEB Verlag Enzyklopädie Leipzig		for exemplary creative publishing activity in the development of lexicons, reference works and language textbooks
	Heinz Koehler	Head of the publishers VEB Bibliographisches Institut and VEB Verlag Enzyklopädie
	Horst Beyer	Chief editor of the publishers VEB Bibliographisches Institut and VEB Verlag Enzyklopädie
	Heinz Goeschel	Head of the Lexica editorial team
	Regina Mannel	Head of the editing department for foreign language dictionaries
	Herbert Goerner	Head of the Duden editorial team
1970 ↑	Development collective "Sliding formwork for hyperbolic cooling towers" of the VE Spezialbaukombinat Magdeburg		for his part in the development and application of sliding formwork for hyperbolic cooling towers
	Günter Schmidt	Knowledge Employee at the Institute for Urban Development and Architecture at the German Academy of Building
	Gottfried Forner	Head of research and development in the VE Spezialbaukombinat Magdeburg, concrete and cooling tower operation in Leipzig
	Johannes Franke	Technical manager in the VE Spezialbaukombinat Magdeburg, concrete and cooling tower construction in Leipzig
	Wolfram Landtag	Head of the science and technology department in VE Spezialbaukombinat. Magdeburg, concrete and cooling tower construction company in Leipzig
	Rudolf Herbrik	Master in cooling tower construction at VE Spezialbaukombinat Magdeburg, concrete and cooling tower construction company in Leipzig
	Joachim Braun	Research associate at the Institute for Education and Training in Construction in Leipzig
1970 ↑	Collective for the automation of the telescopic shock absorber production in the VEB Renak plant in Reichenbach, Hartha division		for his share in the development and implementation of production technology and production organization in automated telescopic shock absorber production
	Herbert Heinrich	Order manager
	Dieter Voigt	Plant manager
	Werner Strauch	Secretary of the Works Party Organization
	Klaus Gohla	Production area manager
	Karlheinz Ehrentraut	Repairman
	Ruth Sachse	Machine worker
1970 ↑	Hans-Heinz Emons	Rector of the Technical University of Chemistry "Carl Schorlemmer" Leuna-Merseburg , full professor for technical-inorganic chemistry	for his services in the field of salt rock processing
1970 ↑	Hannelore Fischer	Head of department at the Central Institute for Socialist Economic Management at the Central Committee of the SED	for their creative achievements in the development and application of operational research in the economy of the GDR
1970 ↑	Albrecht Pietsch	Director of the Mathematics Section at Friedrich Schiller University Jena , Full Professor of Mathematics	for his internationally recognized research results in the field of functional analysis
1970 ↑	Werner Vogel	Full Professor of Glass Chemistry at the Chemistry Section of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena	for his services in the field of glass research
1971 ↑	Development collective “New asynchronous low-voltage machines” of the VEB Kombinat Elektromaschinen Dresden		For his part in developing a new range of low-voltage asynchronous motors using new, inexpensive, local materials for the magnetic circuit
	Gerhard Niehoff	1. Deputy Director General
	Günter Warnecke	Technical Director, Wernigerode division
	Rudolf Holle	Technical Director, Thurm division
	Rudolf Möckel	Head of the Product Development Department
	Friedrich Grunewald	Head of Construction
1971 ↑	Initiator collective “Automation Project” Briquette Factory “Sun” of the VEB Brown Coal Combine Senftenberg		For his part in creating a typical example of the complex socialist rationalization in existing briquette factories in the lignite industry
	Paul Sobzak	Head of department
	Hans-Joachim Döhler	Order manager
	Erich Herfurth	machinist
	Friedrich Knauth	Deputy of the order manager
	Klaus Wenner	Head of Department
	Egon Dunger	Scientific contract manager of the automation project and chief technologist for refinement of the VEB Rationalisierung lignite Senftenberg
1971 ↑	Collective “Development of auxiliary materials for production technology” of the Technical University of Karl-Marx-Stadt		For his part in the production-effective use of scientific knowledge for high performance increases in metalworking
	Horst Weber	Full professor for production technology (separation technology) and prorector for prognosis and scientific development
	Günter Pursche	Full professor for surface technology and head of department in the chemistry and materials technology section
	Hans Lutze	Scientific senior assistant
	Siegfried Steinhäuser	Scientific assistant
	Dietrich Schellberg	Experimental field engineer
1971 ↑	Collective "probability theory"		For his exemplary scientific achievements in building new theories to develop new methods in probability theory
	Klaus Matthes	Deputy Head of the Mathematics Institute Complex of the DAW in Berlin
	Johannes Kerstan	Full professor of mathematics (probability theory and mathematical statistics) at the Mathematics Section of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena
	Kurt Nawrotzki	University lecturer in the field of probability theory and mathematical statistics at the Mathematics section of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena
	Joseph Mecke	University lecturer for probability theory at the mathematics section of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena
	Dieter König	Full professor for the field of mathematical methods of surgical research at the Mathematics Section of the Freiberg Mining Academy
1971 ↑	Collective "Socialist Rationalization" of the VEB Natursteinwerk Koschenberg		For exemplary scientific and technical achievements and excellent economic results in socialist rationalization
	Thomas Nicolai	Chief engineer for research at the Institute for Aggregates and Natural Stones Großräschen
	Horst Marwan	Group leader for process engineering research at the Institute for Aggregates and Natural Stones Großräschen
	Helmuth Miersch	Director of the Institute for Aggregates and Natural Stones Großräschen
	Günter Heinze	Director of the VEB Natursteinwerk Koschenberg
	Diethard Bomsdorf	Technologist at the VEB natural stone plant Koschenberg
	Liesbeth Just	Brigadier in the VEB natural stone works Koschenberg
	Gerhard Schmaler	Head of a workshop collective working in shifts at the VEB Natursteinwerk Koschenberg
1971 ↑	Collective of VEB Kombinat progress agricultural machinery Neustadt / Sa		For his contribution to the development of the E 280 forage harvester and the E 301 swather
	Werner Strobel	Chief designer of straw forage harvesting machines
	Klaus Oliva	Head of development for straw forage harvesting machines
	Horst Regge	Head of the main factory testing department
	Günter Zeh	Head of the manufacturing equipment sector
	Wolfgang Haefke	Head of the prototype department
	Friedhelm Märten	Knowledge Employee
	Siegfried Walter	locksmith
1971 ↑	Collective "belt dispenser" of VEB Förderanlagen- und Kranbau Köthen		For his share in the scientific and technical achievements in the research, development and construction of novel belt spreaders, which have achieved exemplary results in the overburden movement in their practical use at home and abroad
	Rolf Küster	Director of Technology
	Günter Dahlit	Head of the equipment design department
	Helmut Goehring	Main designer
	Hans-Joachim Schmidt	Head of the project planning and steel construction department
	Hermann Gertitschke	Project engineer
	Karl-Heinz Lehnhardt	Head of the design office at the Leipzig branch
1971 ↑	Collective of the Lewitz cooperation , Neustadt-Glewe , Schwerin district		For his share in the exemplary achievements in the application of modern methods of grassland management and the development of cooperative relationships in young cattle production
	Siegfried Bahls	Tractor operator of VEG Lewitz Neustadt-Glewe
	Albert Paulokat	Head of the Plant Production Department at VEG Lewitz Neustadt-Glewe
	Reinhard Rudolph	Chairman of the LPG "August Apfelbaum" Brenz
	Ulrich Scharfenorth	Director of VEG Lewitz Neustadt-Glewe
	Alice Schmidt	Tractor driver of the LPG “Always ready” Blievenstorf
	Alice Wilhoff	Crane and combine operator for the LPG "Rotes Banner" Groß-Laasch
1971 ↑	Collective of the cooperation Schlettau , district Annaberg , district Karl-Marx-Stadt		For exemplary performance in bringing cooperation partners with low production up to the level of advanced LPG
	Paul Bock	Chairman of the LPG "Lenin" Schlettau
	Johannes Kautzsch	Chairman of the LPG "Karl Marx" Neudorf
	Gerhard Hörig	Chairman of the LPG "Ernst Thälmann" Sehma
	Fritz Weber	Production worker in the technology of the LPG "Lenin" Schlettau
	Lina Vödisch	Manager of the potato sorting station of the LPG "Lenin" Schlettau
	Siegfried Sacher	Tractor operator of the LPG "Lenin" Schlettau
1971 ↑	Heinz David	Full professor for pathological anatomy in the field of medicine and head of the electron microscopy department in the pathological institute of the Humboldt University in Berlin	For his development of the fundamentals of modern biological ultrastructural research for knowledge of the course of disease processes, especially the liver
1971 ↑	Heinrich Gemkow	Full professor for the history of the German labor movement and Marx-Engels research and deputy director of the Institute for Marxism-Leninism at the Central Committee of the SED	For his great services in the field of Marx-Engels research, in particular for the development of the life's work of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
1971 ↑	Lieselott Herforth	Full professor for experimental physics (radioactivity and dosimetry) and head of the experimental physics department in the physics section of the Technical University of Dresden , member of the State Council	For their achievements in the development of the fundamentals of dosimetry and radiation measurement technology and their application in isotope technology in various areas of the national economy
1971 ↑	Bruno Kaiser	Head of the library department of the Institute for Marxism-Leninism at the Central Committee of the SED	For his academic achievements in the field of Marx-Engels research and Marxist-Leninist library studies
1971 ↑	Max Schubert	Full professor for experimental physics (quantum electronics) and head of department at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena	For his fundamental work in the field of spectroscopy and quantum optics, which significantly enrich economically important areas
1972 ↑	Collective "Conception, development and transfer of electronic computing technology to automated production control" of the VEB Kombinat Robotron		For his part in the short-term development and transfer of the R 4000 family of process computers and the associated machine-oriented system documents as an important means of rationalizing technological processes
	Peter Burkhardt	Head of Department
	Horst Glebler	Head of Department
	Siegfried Junge	Head of department
	Herbert Kuehne	master
	Herbert Willem	Head of Department
1972 ↑	Collective " crawler crane RDK 250-1 "		For his part in the development and efficient production of the RDK 250-1 crawler crane
	Vitaly Ivanovich Berezovsky	(Citizen of the USSR), Deputy Head of the Administration for Compilation and Processing of Information in the Ministry of Industrial Buildings of the USSR, Moscow
	Herbert Geidel	Plant director of VEB Zemag Zeitz
	Hans-Jochen Güttner	Plant director of VEB Förderanlagen- und Kranbau Köthen
	Günter Kutzschbauch	Test fitter in the VEB Zemag Zeitz
	Joachim Schulze	Head of department at VEB Zemag Zeitz
	Manfred Zorn	Entry in VEB Zemag Zeitz
1972 ↑	Collective "Automatic production line for the manufacture of sheet metal packaging of VEB Blema Aue"		For his part in the development and production of rationalization solutions for the manufacture of sheet metal packaging
	Wolfgang Betthausen	Head of the construction department
	Karlheinz Beyrich	Main designer
	Manfred Drechsler	Locksmith Brigadier
	Fritz Schöffler	area manager
	Karl Schreier	Chief fitter
	Reiner Strobel	Machinist
1972 ↑	Collective “Rationalization in complex housing construction through the use of gas silicate concrete”, Schwerin district		For his part in the development and application of cost-, energy- and material-saving exterior wall elements made of gas silicate concrete in industrial residential construction with well-developed urban-architectural design
	Klaus Borke	Deputy of the District Building Director
	Klaus Friday	Combine director of VEB Housing Combine
	Gerhard Haase	Operations director of VEB civil engineering
	Heinz Lösler	Chief architect of the VEB Housing Combine
	Horst Siegmann	Master Brigadier in the VEB Housing Combine
	Ewald Wendt	Assembly brigadier in the VEB Housing Combine
1972 ↑	Collective "grouting process for the reconstruction of existing water supply networks"		For his part in the short-term development and practical implementation of a highly effective process for restoring and extending the full functionality of existing water supply networks
	Kurt Engemann	Director of the WTZ water supply and wastewater treatment Leipzig
	Wolfgang Rallay	Director of the Institute for Civil Engineering Leipzig of the Building Academy of the GDR
	Roland Rau	Pipelayer in the VEB water supply and wastewater treatment Leipzig
	Alois Rischka	Knowledge Employee at the Institute for Civil Engineering Leipzig of the Building Academy of the GDR
	Artur Stüber	Head of department at the Institute for Civil Engineering Leipzig of the Building Academy of the GDR
1972 ↑	Collective " Malimotechnologie " of the VEB Plauener Gardine		For his part in the development of decoration fabrics based on Malimo thread composite technology and their successful introduction into production
	Walter Bauer	Obermeister and Brigade Leader in the Malimo Center
	Joachim glasses	Development engineer for stitchbonding technology
	Jürgen Klaus	personal employee of the operations director
	Werner Reichel	Stitchers
	Eberhard Schicker	Head of Research Department
	Brigitte Wild	, Seamstress
1972 ↑	Research and transition collective “ Wolpryla ” of the VEB chemical fiber factory “Friedrich Engels” Premnitz		For his part in the development and production introduction of a new process and range of high quality polyacrylonitrile fibers
	Ingeborg Ebert	technologist
	Hans-Joachim Kröning	Production area manager
	Eberhard Peter	Head of Department
	Winfried way	Head of Department
1972 ↑	Research collective of the Chemistry and Physics Section of the Karl Marx University Leipzig		For his part in the basic scientific research in solid state physics
	Ehrenfried Butter	Full professor for structural chemistry in the chemistry section
	Brigitte Jacobs	Knowledge Senior assistant at the chemistry section
	Klaus Jacobs	Knowledge Assistant in the chemistry section
	Konrad Unger	University lecturer in the physics section
	Alfred toe	University lecturer in the physics section
1972 ↑	Collective of the cooperative association Fleischschwein Teterow, district of Neubrandenburg		For his share in the exemplary achievements of the cooperation association in the transition to industrial forms of animal production
	Hilde Geyer	Shift manager in the LPG Groß Roge
	Gerhard Jelken	Zoo technician and breeder in the LPG Gnoien
	Frieda Komischke	Pig carer in the LPG Rey-Kleverhof
	Engineer economist Walter Schulz	Director of VEB Slaughterhouse Teterow
	Use Weiher	Pig carer in the LPG Neuheide
	Bruno Wruck	Chairman of the LPG Hohen-Mistorf and LPG Ponsdorf
1972 ↑	Rosemarie Albrecht	Full professor for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology and Director of the Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic of the Medical Department of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena	For her services in the development of ear, nose and throat medicine, especially for her work on the treatment of tumors in this area
1972 ↑	Lothar Kolditz	Full Professor of Inorganic Chemistry and Director of the Chemistry Section at the Humboldt University in Berlin	For his exemplary scientific achievements in the field of fluorine chemistry
1972 ↑	Lothar Rathmann	Full professor for the history of the Arab countries at the Africa-Middle East Studies section of the Karl Marx University in Leipzig	For his exemplary achievements in the development of Marxist-Leninist historical studies, especially in the field of the history of the Arab peoples and theoretical basic problems of the national liberation movement
1972 ↑	Rita Schober	Full Professor of Romance Studies at the Philology / German Studies Section at the Humboldt University in Berlin	For her achievements in the field of Romance literary studies, especially her research into the development of critical and socialist realism
1972 ↑	August Sundermann	Full professor for internal medicine and director of the medical clinic of the Medical Academy Erfurt	For his services as a doctor and scientist in the development of the field of internal medicine, especially hematology
1972 ↑	Collective from the field of rowing		For excellent scientific achievements in rowing, which led to the fact that rowing in the GDR has been the world's best for several years	As part of the honor of the Olympic collective of the Olympic Summer and Winter Games 1972 on October 27, 1972 by the State Council of the GDR
	Richard Buchmann	Dr. paed
	Joachim Fehling	Graduated sports teacher
	Klaus Filter	engineer
	Gisela Heiße	Graduated sports teacher
	Helmut Pohlentz	Dr. med
	Hans Reinicke	engineer
	Karin stop	Dr. med
1972 ↑	Collective sports scientist and training methodologist		For excellent scientific achievements in the field of training methodical, social and scientific work in competitive sports
	Kurt Debus	Graduate engineer
	Dieter Deiß	Dr. paed.
	Heinrich Gundlach	Dr. paed.
	Alfons Lehnert	Prof. Dr. paed.
	Jochen Lenz	Dr. paed.
	Helga Pfeifer	Prof. Dr. paed.
	Peter Schacke	Dr. Ing.
	Rudolf Schramme	Prof. Dr. paed.
	Manfred Schulz	Graduated sports teacher
	Heinz Schwidtmann	Prof. Dr. paed. habil
	Gottfried Stark	Dr. paed.
1972 ↑	Collective senior sports physician		For excellent scientific achievements in the field of sports medicine and his contribution to the development of top athletic performance
	Manfred Höppner	Dr. med.
	Lothar Kipke	Dr. med.
	Stanley Ernest Strauzenberg	Prof. Dr. sc. med
	Kurt Tittel	Prof. Dr. med habil.
	Günter Welsch	OMR Dr. med
	Heinz Wuschech	Dr. med
1973 ↑	Collective of the socialist working group "Präkoni"		For his part in the development and production transition of a top-quality device in geodetic surveying technology and in the introduction of a highly rational surveying method that can be used for the first time with this device
	Graduate physicist Volker Guyenot	Head of department in the technology section, Plant 2 of VEB Carl Zeiss Jena
	Gerhard Hüther	Head of department of the measurement laboratory in the research center, VEB Carl Zeiss Jena
	Erich Jung	Precision mechanic in the functional model construction section of the research center, VEB Carl Zeiss Jena
	Karl-Heinz Nicklisch	Production technologist in the technology section, Plant 2 of VEB Carl Zeiss Jena
	Horst Peschel	Full professor for spheroidal and physical geodesy at the TU Dresden and president of the Chamber of Technology
	Gotthard Seltmann	Knowledge Employee at the Geodetic Institute of the TU Dresden
1973 ↑	Development collective "Transformers with aluminum tape wrapping" at VEB Transformatorenwerk Reichenbach		For his part in the short-term introduction of transformers with aluminum strip winding and their short-term transfer to production
	Klaus Arzig	Winders in Plant III
	Graduate engineer Reimund Martens	Director of Technology
	Werner Möckel	Head of Technology Department in Plant III
	Gunter Scharf	Head of Department New Technology
	Werner Trillitzsch	Group leader equipment in Plant III
	Karl-Heinz Voigt	Brigadier in the Jigmaker Department in Plant III
1973 ↑	Collective from the lignite combines Bitterfeld and Regis		rowspan = "6" | For his part in the development and implementation of rational technological processes to stabilize relocatable tracks in the lignite opencast mines of the GDR
	Kurt Bernhardt	Member of the working group for complex track mechanization in the Goitsche opencast mine
	Günter Jänicke	Brigadier in the Goitsche mine
	Arthur network	Day construction supervisor in open pit Goitsche
	Hans-Joachim Schneider	Shift supervisor in the Schleenhain mine
	Heinz Treptow	Machinist of track construction technology in the Schleenhain overburden plant
1973 ↑	Collective of the VEB conveyor equipment Aschersleben		For his part in the development and rationalization of the production line for the electric belt drums
	Rudolf Bauwe
	Rudi Bruch	Chief designer, technical director
	Karl-Heinz Reer	Brigadier
	Josef Renner	Technical order manager
	Günther Weiss	Plant director
	Willi Wenzel	Brigadier
1973 ↑	Collective "Automated Large Tools" in VEB Formenbau Schwarzenberg		For his part in the development and economical production of automated tools for the forming of large sheet metal parts
	Wolfgang Espig	Brigadier
	Manfred Graessler	Chief fitter
	Walter Schubert	master
	Walter Voigtmann	Group leader
	Wolfgang Weber	Chief designer
	Helmut Weigel	Boring mill turner
1973 ↑	Collective "flow line for centrifugal drum TS 66"		For his part in the automation of the production of centrifugal drums using productive forming processes
	Heinz Berger	Director for technology and production at VEB Rationalisierung EBM Karl-Marx-Stadt
	Karl-Heinz Franke	Director for Science and Technology at WB EBM Karl-Marx-Stadt
	Ernst Stiehler	1. Plant operator in the VEB MONSATOR large household appliances combine washing device factory in Schwarzenberg
	Hans-Jürgen Thiele	, Machine fitter in the development center Döbeln of VEB Rationalisierung EBM Karl-Marx-Stadt
	Karlheinz Wenke	Director of the Gotha development center of VEB Rationalisierung EBM Karl-Marx-Stadt
	Hans Willing	Test mechanic in the Gotha development center of VEB Rationalisierung EBM Karl-Marx-Stadt
1973 ↑	Rationalization collective in the Gardelegen plant of the VEB Asbestzementwerke "Otto Grotewohl" Magdeburg		For his part in increasing the production and quality of asbestos-cement products through socialist rationalization and enforcement of scientific work organization
	Gertraude Geyer	Plant operator
	Otto Jacobs	Operations manager
	Gerhard Peine	Head of Production and Maintenance
	Karin Peske	Plant operator
	Gerhard Schulze	Workshop foreman
	Wolfgang Quail	Transport foreman
1973 ↑	Research and development collective " Kridee "		For his share in the process and product development from elementary thread nonwoven "Kridee" to productive use
	Eberhard Bauer	Plant operator in the VEB Textile Packaging Materials Weida, Olbersdorf plant
	Heinz Friedland	Technical manager at VEB Textile Packaging Materials Weida, Olbersdorf plant
	Walter Kittelmann	Head of research and development in the WTZ of WB Technische Textilien Dresden
	Gunter Lasch	Group leader in the WTZ of the Technical Textiles Dresden
	Siegfried Lohse	Head of department at VEB Textile Packaging Materials Weida, Olbersdorf plant
	Karl-August Reif	Head of the WTZ at WB Technische Textilien Dresden
	Günter Wolf	Technical employee in the WTZ of WB Technische Textilien Dresden
1973 ↑	Research and development collective of VEB Vereinigte Grobgarnwerke Kirschau and the Research Institute for Textile Technology Karl-Marx-Stadt		For his part in the development and introduction of a highly productive, threadless process for the production of textile fabrics with a plush character
	Eberhard Deutschmann	Deputy head of the research and development department at VEB Vereinigte Grobgarnwerke Kirschau
	Karl-Heinz Dietrich	Master of the Research Institute for Textile Technology Karl-Marx-Stadt
	Walter Horn	Head of the research, development and rationalization department at VEB Vereinigte Grobgarnwerke Kirschau
	Siegfried Ploch	Knowledge Employee of the Research Institute for Textile Technology Karl-Marx-Stadt
	Walter Ranze	Plant director of VEB Vereinigte Grobgarnwerke Kirschau
	Dieter Scharch	Knowledge Employee of the Research Institute for Textile Technology Karl-Marx-Stadt
1973 ↑	Lothar Budach	Full Professor of Theoretical Mathematics (Algebra) at the Mathematics Section of the Humboldt University of Berlin	For his internationally recognized achievements in the fields of algebraic geometry and automata theory
1973 ↑	Manfred Buhr	Full member of the AdW of the GDR and director of the Central Institute for Philosophy of the AdW of the GDR	For his achievements in the field of Marxist-Leninist philosophy, particularly the history of philosophy and the criticism of contemporary bourgeois and revisionist ideology
1973 ↑	Walter Dietze	Full professor for German literature at the Cultural Studies and German Studies Section of the Karl Marx University Leipzig and full member of the AdW of the GDR	For his achievements in the field of Marxist-Leninist literary studies
1973 ↑	Klaus Lunze	Full professor for information technology at the information technology section of the Technical University of Dresden	For his services in creating a nationally and internationally recognized textbook for training in the field of the fundamentals of electrical engineering and for his successful work in education and research
1973 ↑	Werner Mittenzwei	Full member of the AdW of the GDR and research group leader in Area I of the Central Institute for the History of Literature of the AdW of the GDR	For his part in the development of Marxist-Leninist literary studies in the GDR, especially in the field of Brecht research
1973 ↑	Werner Neumann	Director of the Bach Archive	For his scientific achievements in the field of Bach research
1973 ↑	Burkart Philipp	Director of the Institute for Polymer Chemistry of the AdW of the GDR and full member of the AdW of the GDR	For his achievements in the development of polymer chemistry, especially cellulose chemistry
1973 ↑	Gottfried Stiehler	Full professor for the history of philosophy at the philosophy section of the Humboldt University in Berlin	For his achievements in the field of Marxist-Leninist philosophy
1973 ↑	Armin Uhlmann	Full professor for theoretical physics at the Physics Section of the Karl Marx University Leipzig and full member of the AdW of the GDR	For his work on axiomatics and the algebraic treatment of quantum theoretical problems
1974 ↑	Research collective of the VEB Chemische Werke Buna		For his part in the scientific and technical preparation and introduction of a highly productive technology to rationalize PVC production
	Horst Fischer	Head of department at VEB Chemical Works Buna
	Lutz Noßke	Deputy Head of Topics at VEB Chemische Werke Buna
	Dietmar Rossner	Group leader in VEB Orbitaplast, Eilenburg division
	Olaf Sunday	Group leader in the VEB Chemical Works Buna
	Wolfgang Steinau	Head of research at VEB Chemische Werke Buna
	Sigurd Wobst	Knowledge Employee at VEB Orbitaplast, Eilenburg branch
1974 ↑	Collective “Automatic Correction of Optical Systems” in the research center of VEB Carl Zeiss Jena		For his part in the development and application of the “Automatic Correction of Optical Systems” program as a prerequisite for a significant increase in quality and work productivity in the development of high-performance lenses
	Gerhard Enke	programmer
	Dieter Klein	Problem analyst
	Klaus Lösche	Problem analyst
	Dieter Mikolaietz	Subject leader
	Georg Pradel	Head of department
	Hans-Werner Stanko	Problem analyst
1974 ↑	Development collective "NC 400" in VEB Starkstromanlagenbau Karl-Marx-Stadt		For his part in the conception, development and production of a system of numerical assembly controls
	Hans-Dieter Böhme	Head of Department
	Klaus Dippmar	Head of department
	Wolfgang Fickel	Group leader
	Bernd Görner	Head of department
	Klaus Schmidt	Group leader
	Horst Schubert	Brigadier
	Karl Straub	technical director
1974 ↑	Inter-company development collective of VEB Kombinat Elektroprojekt und Anlagenbau and VEB Elektrodyn Berlin		For his part in the development of a frame assembly system for electrical systems
	Jürgen Heinrich	Development engineer at VEB Elektrodyn Berlin
	Hans Herzberg	Head of department at VEB Elektrodyn Berlin
	Werner Kruse	Head of the VEB Kombinat Elektroprojekt und Anlagenbau Berlin
	Karl-Heinz Mehner	Group leader in the VEB Kombinat Elektroprojekt und Anlagenbau Berlin
	Werner Metze	Master in the VEB Kombinat electrical project and plant construction Berlin
	Erwin Reinecke	Construction engineer at VEB Kombinat Elektroprojekt und Anlagenbau Berlin
1974 ↑	Collective "industrial air contactors" in the VEB Kombinat Schaltelektronik Oppach		For his part in the development and production of a new range of high-performance industrial air guns
	Ulrich Jentsch	Director of Science and Technology
	Alfred Klemm	Head of Development II
	Hans Lebelt	Master in prefabrication for industrial air gunner
	Wolfgang Mauermann	Chief technologist
	Heinz Till	Head of Research and Development Switchgear
	Eberhard Weinhold	technical director
1974 ↑	Development collective "Carbonitriding at low temperatures" at VEB Barkas-Werke Karl-Marx-Stadt		For his part in the short-term development of a highly effective process, construction and testing of the system for carbonitriding of parts subject to wear and tear at low temperatures
	Wilhelm Barth	technical employee at VEB Automobilbau Karl-Marx-Stadt
	Werner Graf	Chief metallurgist at VEB Barkas-Werke Karl-Marx-Stadt
	Werner Schröter	Scientific assistant at the Technical University of Karl-Marx-Stadt
1974 ↑	Collective "Development, production and introduction of profiled reinforcing steel ST-T-IV"		For his part in the rapid development of a production-ready technology for the manufacture of reinforcing steel using thermal strengthening and simultaneous testing in construction
	Karl-Heinz Chemnitz	Chief engineer for reinforcement prefabrication in the VEB concrete lightweight construction combine Dresden
	Alfred Hoffmann	Head of department in the VEB steel and rolling mill Brandenburg Plant II
	Gerhard Kirchner	Pipe fitter in the VEB steel and rolling mill Brandenburg Plant II
	Gunter Lankau	Scientific employee in the VEB steel and rolling mill "Wilhelm Florin" Hennigsdorf
	Karl Schröder	Scientific employee at the Central Institute for the Unit System Construction of the GDR Building Academy
	Kurt Welfle	Group leader in the VEB steel and rolling mill "Wilhelm Florin" Hennigsdorf
1974 ↑	Collective "Concentration of the production of precious metal products and development of new materials and devices" of the processing company Halsbrücke in the VEB mining and smelting combine "Albert Funk" Freiberg		For his part in the development of the scientific and technical lead, the centralization and rationalization of the production of precious metal products with high material economy for the electrical engineering and the device industry
	Rudolf Ehrt	Operations manager
	Erich Eichhorn	Production engineer for cutting technology
	Günter Häussler	Division manager and deputy director of the Research Institute for Non-Ferrous Metals Freiberg in the VEB Mansfeld Kombinat "Wilhelm Pieck" Eisleben
	Wolfgang Richter	Technical Manager
	Heinz Schlegel	Head of precious metals department in the science and technology department
	Werner Schmidt	Master in precious metal device construction
1974 ↑	Collective "Development of stitchbonded nonwoven technology in the field of WB cotton"		For his contribution to the scientific and technical development of stitchbonded nonwoven technology and its rapid application in the cotton industry
	Georg Gleffe	Head of department in the VEB Oberlausitzer Textilbetriebe
	Rudolf Herbst	Production area manager in VEB Oberlausitzer Textilbetriebe
	Manfred Hunger	Knowledge Employee in the WTZ Cotton Industry Karl-Marx-Stadt
	Roland Pfeffer	Head of department in the WTZ Cotton Industry Karl-Marx-Stadt
	Gerhard Poscher	Fitter in the VEB Linen Union Cotton Works Mittweida
	Werner Swaton	Knowledge Employee in the WTZ Cotton Industry Karl-Marx-Stadt
	Wilhelm Thieme	Knowledge Employee in the WTZ Cotton Industry Karl-Marx-Stadt
	Heinz Zschunke	Head of Research at the Research Institute for Textile Research
1974 ↑	Inter-company collective "Development of means of rationalization for the bakery industry"		For his part in the development and implementation of a process and equipment for the automated production of assiette cakes
	Helmut Fischer	Operations director of the VEB engineering office and mechanization in Gotha
	Ernst Kilian	Director for order preparation and implementation VEB engineering office and mechanization Gotha
	Kurt Loebel	Master in the VE Backwarenkombinat Dresden
	Jürgen Naether	Knowledge Employee at the Institute for Grain Processing Bergholz-Rehbrücke
	Reinhardt Snow White	Director at the Institute for Grain Processing Bergholz-Rehbrücke
	Werner Schnelle	Research group leader at the Institute for Grain Processing Bergholz-Rehbrücke
1974 ↑	Research collective “Microcryoelectronics” of the Physics Section of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena		For his part in researching superconducting layer processes, their microstructuring and their application in measurement technology
	Günter Albrecht	Head of Department, Full Professor
	Franz Klapper	Senior assistant
	Hans-Joachim Koehler	Senior assistant
	Josef Müller	University lecturer
	Wolfgang Richter	Knowledge assistant
1974 ↑	Collective "Process rationalization in the energy industry through IT application"		For his part in the use of EDP to rationalize processes in the energy industry on the basis of a BESM-6 plant system
	Hans-Joachim Gasse	Head of department at the Institute for Energy Leipzig
	Gerhard Kadner	Head of department at the Institute for Energy Supply Dresden
	Helfried Kadner	Deputy Head of Research Department at the Freiberg Fuel Institute
	Peter Reck	Head of department at VEB Energiebau Radebeul
	Wolfgang Trillsch	Research assistant at Intertechna GmbH Berlin
	Günther Weise	Director of the data center at the Institute for Energy Leipzig
1974 ↑	Collective of historians of education in the GDR		For his part in researching the history of education, in particular the history of education and the history of schools in the GDR
	Karl-Heinz Günther	Vice-President of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of the GDR, full professor and full member of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of the GDR
	Franz Hofmann	Full professor at the Education Science Section of the Martin Luther University Halle and full member of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of the GDR
	Gerd Hohendorf	Full professor and dean of the Faculty of Pedagogical Sciences at the Dresden University of Education
	Helmut König	Full professor, head of department in the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of the GDR and full member of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of the GDR
	Heinz Schuffenhauer	Rector of the Magdeburg University of Education and Full Professor
	Gottfried Uhlig	Full professor and head of the history of education research area at the Pedagogy / Psychology Section of the Karl Marx University in Leipzig
1974 ↑	Joachim Auth	Full professor at the Physics Section of the Humboldt University in Berlin	For his scientific work in the field of semiconductor physics and his contribution to the development of electronic components and the technologies for their production
1974 ↑	Wilhelm Jugel	Full professor in the process engineering section of the Technical University of Chemistry "Carl Schorlemmer" Leuna-Merseburg	For his achievements in creating scientific and technical solutions for keeping the air clean, especially in the fields of gas cleaning and dust separation from gases
1974 ↑	Hans Keune	Full Professor, Director of the Chemistry / Biology Section of the University of Education “Dr. Theodor Neubauer “Erfurt / Mühlhausen and full member of the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences of the GDR	For his achievements in the field of chemistry teaching methodology
1974 ↑	Helmut Kyank	Full professor, director of the women's clinic and polyclinic for gynecology and obstetrics at the University of Rostock	For his achievements in teaching and research on the physiology and pathophysiology of pregnancy
1974 ↑	Hans-Günther Rassmann	Head of the field of special physical materials in the Central Institute for Solid State Physics and Materials Research of the AdW of the GDR	For his achievements in the field of research and development of special metallic materials and his contribution to the implementation of the results in production and their use in the national economy
1974 ↑	Kurt Repke	Head of the Biomembranes Division at the Central Institute for Molecular Biology and full member of the AdW of the GDR	For his work on the development of new cardiac glycosides in connection with essential contributions to ion transport through biomembranes
1974 ↑	Walter Schmidt	Head of the Chair for the History of the German Labor Movement at the Institute for Social Sciences at the Central Committee of the SED	For his achievements in researching the history of the workers' movement in the 19th century, especially the revolution of 1848/49 and the struggle of Marx and Engels for the development of a revolutionary party of the proletariat
1975 ↑	Rationalization collective “Wofatox” in the VEB Chemiekombinat Bitterfeld		Development of a highly effective insecticide and a rational process for its production, which leads to a significant increase in labor productivity with reduced use of materials
	Klaus-Jürgen Becker	Operations manager in the production department P 8 / WK
	Gottfried Koelz	Research Director
	Helmut Pinkes	Head of the project planning department
	Peter Reichelt	Operations manager in the production department P 6 / R
	Roland Schelle	Laboratory manager
	Lothar Zölch	area manager
1975 ↑	Collective " Layered catalyst for SO 2 oxidation"		For his part in the development of a new process for the coating of vanadium compounds on catalyst support components
	Rudolf Haase	Operations manager of the vanadium contact in VEB Chemiekombinat Bitterfeld
	Uta Illgen	Deputy Head of Department in the Central Institute for Physical Chemistry of the AdW of the GDR
	Christoph Cain	Chemist in contact with vanadium at VEB Chemiekombinat Bitterfeld
	Horst Mueller	Scientific working group leader in the Central Institute for Physical Chemistry of the AdW of the GDR
	Gerhard Öhlmann	Full member of the AdW of the GDR and deputy director of the Central Institute for Physical Chemistry of the AdW of the GDR
	Jürgen Scheve	Scientific department head in the Central Institute for Physical Chemistry of the AdW of the GDR
1975 ↑	Development collective "THYRESCH" of the VEB Kombinat Elektroprojekt und Anlagenbau Berlin		For his part in the development and introduction of a new material-saving series of converters for high-performance electric drives and power supply systems
	Wolfgang Dossow	Head of Department
	Klaus Geffe	scientific Assistant
	Helmut Kabisch	Head of Department
	Siegfried Lasch	Group leader
	Bernd effort	Test field fitter
	Gerhard Pohle	Group leader
1975 ↑	Collective "Development and application of high-speed grinding"		For his part in the creation of the technological basis as well as the equipment for a highly productive, work step-saving grinding process for the rationalization of metalworking
	Werner Bahmann	Director for Science and Technology at VEB Berliner Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik
	Claus Hinke	Scientific assistant at the Production Process and Equipment Section at the Technical University of Karl-Marx-Stadt
	Rolf Hoffmann	Director for Science and Technology at VEB Schleifmaschinenwerk Karl-Marx-Stadt
	Günter Kluge	Group leader in the research center of the machine tool construction in Karl-Marx-Stadt
	Rudolf Piegert	Full professor at the Production Process and Equipment section at the Technical University of Karl-Marx-Stadt
	Hans Rein	Head of department in the research center of the machine tool building in Karl-Marx-Stadt
1975 ↑	Collective "System-compatible series of double-column high-performance automatic cutting machines" at VEB Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik Zeulenroda		For his part in developing a range of high-performance automated machines to streamline sheet metal processing
	Peter Bail	Machinist
	Alfred Brieger	Operative Technologist
	Manfred Harlaß	Group leader
	Gerhard Ludwig	master
	Klaus Richter	Lathe operator
	Alfred Seifert	Construction manager
1975 ↑	Collective "Steaming of strip steel with aluminum (EBA 400)" in the VEB strip steel combine "Hermann Matern" Eisenhüttenstadt		For his outstanding contribution to the development and economic use of a process for steaming strip steel with aluminum
	Günter Jäsch	Graduate physicist at the Manfred von Ardenne Research Institute in Dresden
	Jürgen Mangelsdorf	Head of department in the VEB strip steel combine "Hermann Matern" Eisenhüttenstadt
	Gerhard Schäfer	Brigadier in the VEB cold rolling mill Bad Salzungen
	Manfred Schlesier	Plant manager of the VEB cold rolling mill Bad Salzungen
1975 ↑	Collective "Development of a process for the production of poromeric shoe upper materials based on polyurethane" (Ekraled PUR)		For his part in the creation of a scientific and technical basis and an effective technology for the production and processing of a new high-quality material, especially for the shoe industry
	Horst Gebauer	Head of department at the Research Institute for Shoe Technology Weissenfels
	Helmut Gütter	Machine operator in the VEB Vogtland artificial leather factory Tannenbergsthal
	Gerhard Hebestreit	Head of department at the Research Institute for Leather and Artificial Leather Technology Freiberg
	Gerd Hoyer	Master in the VEB Vogtland artificial leather factory Tannenbergsthal
	Ludwig Klemm	Head of department at the Research Institute for Textile Technology Karl-Marx-Stadt
	Wolfgang Micklich	Project planning engineer in the VEB central project planning office for the leather, shoe and tobacco industry in Borsdorf
	Günter Reich	Director of the Research Institute for Leather and Imitation Leather Technology Freiberg
	Klaus Zosel	Scientific employee at the Research Institute for Textile Technology Karl-Marx-Stadt
1975 ↑	Inter-company collective of scientists and breeders		For his share in the scientific results on the outbringing of high-performance hybrid pigs and their broad-based transfer to animal production
	Walter Frederich	Head of Pig Breeding Department at WB Tierzucht Paretz
	Johann Franz	Director of VEG (Z) Tierzucht Nordhausen
	Peter Gehl	Pig breeding master in VEG (Z) Tierzucht Vogelsang
	Marianne Kompa	Head of the testing station department at the pig breeding research center in Ruhlsdorf
	Hildegard Messner	Senior laboratory assistant in the Malchin insemination station
	Ernst Ritter	Head of department for pig breeding in the research center for animal production Dummerstorf-Rostock
1975 ↑	Collective "Research and Dissemination of Russian and Soviet Literature"		For his literary achievements in the field of indexing Russian and Soviet literature
	Willi Beitz	Full Professor and Director of the Cultural Studies / German Studies Section at the Karl Marx University in Leipzig
	Helmut Graßhoff	Scientific employee at the Central Institute for the History of Literature of the AdW of the GDR
	Harri Jünger	Full professor and director of the Slavic Studies section at the Humboldt University in Berlin
	Karlheinz Kasper	Section director at the “Clara Zetkin” University of Education in Leipzig
	Michael Wegner	Full Professor and Director of the Literature and Art Studies Section at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena
	Gerhard goat spirit	Director of the Central Institute for the History of Literature of the AdW of the GDR
1975 ↑	Peter H. Feist	Full professor at the Aesthetics and Art Studies section of the Humboldt University in Berlin and full member of the Academy of Arts of the GDR	For his contribution to the history of contemporary socialist art and 19th century European art history
1975 ↑	Eberhard Hofmann	Full professor and director of the Physiological-Chemical Institute in the field of medicine at the Karl Marx University in Leipzig	For his theoretical work on the structure and function of regulatory enzymes and on the production of enzymes and new diagnostics for pharmaceutical purposes
1975 ↑	Wolfgang Ruge	Head of department in the Central Institute for History of the AdW of the GDR	For his achievements in researching the historical image of the Weimar period
1975 ↑	Max Steinmetz	Full professor at the History Section of the Karl Marx University in Leipzig	For his outstanding achievements in the field of the history of the German Peasant War
1975 ↑	Heinz Stiller	Full member of the AdW of the GDR and head of the research area Geo- and Cosmos Sciences of the AdW of the GDR	For excellent work on fundamental problems in the physics of the Earth's interior, the moon and the planets as well as for his experimental and theoretical contributions to the behavior of matter under extreme pressures
1976 ↑	Rationalization collective "Optical brighteners" in the VEB Chemiekombinat Bitterfeld		For his part in the development and production launch of intermediate products in color manufacture and optical brighteners
	Siegfried Wedge	research assistant in the dye research department
	Eberhard Marx	Laboratory manager in the intermediate products department - whiteners
	Bernd Noll	Group leader in the dye research department
	Peter Seeger	Deputy Head of Intermediate Products Department - Whiteners
	Herbert Weinelt	Head of Intermediate Products - Whiteners
1976 ↑	Collective "rationalization of piston pin production"		For his part in the complex rationalization of the production of highly specialized parts
	Friedrich Cruschwitz	Scientific employee at the Institute for Forming Technology in Zwickau
	Harry Matthes	Head of a working group at the director of the Central Labor Research Institute in Dresden
	Lutz Mischok	Locksmith in the VEB vehicle accessories plant in Meißen
	Wolfgang Pistl	Head of the ABI inspection at VEB Barkas-Werke Karl-Marx-Stadt
	Ursula wheels	Group leader in the VEB vehicle accessories plant in Meißen
	Werner Schramm	Head of department at VEB Barkas-Werke Karl-Marx-Stadt
	Willi Wolf	Operations director at the VEB vehicle accessories plant in Meißen
1976 ↑	Collective "argon laser"		For his part in the creation of the scientific basis, the development and production launch of an ion laser device with a wide range of applications
	Gerhard Goebel	Group leader in the research center of VEB Carl Zeiss Jena
	Wilhelm Ebert	Head of branch VI Jena of the Central Institute for Electron Physics of the AdW of the GDR
	Gerhard Koch	Head of department in the research center of VEB Carl Zeiss Jena
	Hans-Peter Koellner	Group leader in the research center of VEB Carl Zeiss Jena
	Manfred Maneck	Group leader in the research center of VEB Carl Zeiss Jena
	Helmut Pfaffendorf	Head laboratory mechanic in the VI Jena branch of the Central Institute for Electron Physics of the AdW of the GDR
1976 ↑	Collective in VEB Isokond Berlin		For his part in the development and transition to production of a new type of medium voltage capacitors
	Helmut Jäckelmann	Press-fit
	Joachim Jahnke	Development engineer
	Wolfgang Kaeser	Development engineer
	Hartmut Oßwald	Director of Technology
	Rolf Schwerma	Development engineer
	Heinz Wende	Assembler
1976 ↑	Collective "Plant construction for opencast mining equipment" in the VEB central workshop Regis		For his part in the solution of scientific and technical tasks for rationalization and for performance-enhancing reconstruction measures on large open-cast mining equipment
	Dieter Gaudigs	Plant designer
	Theodor Hilbig	Structural engineer
	Manfred Schütze	Structural engineer
	Dietrich Peschtrich	Plant designer
	Karl-Ernst Reinknecht	Expert for open pit equipment
1976 ↑	Development collective "Lathes of size 2" from the VEB machine tool factory "Hermann Matern", Magdeburg and VEB Großdrehmaschinenbau "8. May “, Karl-Marx-Stadt		For his share in the scientific and creative achievement in the development of highly effective machine tools
	Stefan Müller	Technologist in the VEB machine tool factory "Hermann Matern", Magdeburg
	Wolfgang Seifert	Group leader in the VEB large lathe construction "8. May “, Karl-Marx-Stadt
	Harry Steinbach	Machine fitter in VEB large lathe construction "8. May “, Karl-Marx-Stadt
	Willi Theuerkauf	Designer in the VEB machine tool factory "Hermann Matern", Magdeburg
	Rudolf Walther	Head of the New Development Department in VEB Large Lathe Construction “8. May “, Karl-Marx-Stadt
1976 ↑	Collective in the VEB tool factory Königsee		For his share in the scientific, technical and economic achievements to rationalize twist drill production
	Wolfgang Franke	Head of Technological Planning
	Gerhard Heinze	Chief technologist
	Heinz Kayser	Master in twist drill production
	Harry Scholl	Head of Design for Rationalization and Automation
	Bruno Weißleder	Plant operator
	Martin Zentgraf	Project manager of the project
1976 ↑	Collective "Elmo Production Lines"		For his part in the development and rapid transition of equipment to intensify production in the electrical industry
	Rolf Günther	Sales engineer in the VEB machine tool factory "Hermann Matern", Magdeburg
	Hans-Joachim Herrmann	Machine fitter in the VEB machine tool factory "Hermann Matern", Magdeburg
	Wolfgang Niemann	Machine fitter in the VEB machine tool factory "Hermann Matern", Magdeburg
	Lothar Schiffel	Operations director in the VEB machine tool factory "Hermann Matern", Magdeburg
	Dieter Pertermann	Electrician in the VEB grinding machine plant in Karl-Marx-Stadt
1976 ↑	Development collective in the VEB steel and rolling mill "Wilhelm Florin", Hennigsdorf		For his part in the production of high-performance cold heading steel and its introduction into the metalworking industry
	Gerhard Fischer	Deputy Production Director
	Horst Karschunke	scientific staff
	Karl-Ludwig Kiesel	area manager
	Holger Petersen	l. smelter
	Werner Richter	Head of department in the VEB screw combination in Karl-Marx-Stadt
	Heinz Strunk	1. Melter
1976 ↑	Collective "Rh-Immunoprophylaxis" of the district institute for blood donation and transfusion in Halle		For his part in the scientific preparation and the comprehensive introduction of Rhesus immune prophylaxis in the health system of the GDR
	Wolfgang Schubert	medical director
	Victoria Tesar	Deputy Medical Director and Head of Department
1976 ↑	Collective of economists		For his theoretical work on deepening the scientific basis of socialist intensification, on increasing the effectiveness of social production and his contribution to the implementation of research results in economic practice
	Gerd Friedrich	Deputy Director for Research at the Central Institute for Socialist Economic Management at the Central Committee of the SED
	Willi Kunz	Deputy Director for Education and Training at the Central Institute for Socialist Economic Management at the Central Committee of the SED
	Harry Milke	ord. Prof. and head of the science department for teaching and research in political economy and economics at the party college "Karl Marx" at the Central Committee of the SED
	Gerhard Schulz	Head of Chair at the Institute for Social Sciences at the Central Committee of the SED
	Horst Steeger	Head of the Economic Research Institute of the State Planning Commission
	Karl-Heinz Stiemerling	Deputy Director for Research at the Institute for Social Sciences at the Central Committee of the SED
1976 ↑	Gottfried Bammes	Full professor for artist anatomy at the Dresden University of Fine Arts	For his significant scientific and educational achievements in the field of artist anatomy
1976 ↑	Heinrich Bremer	Full Professor and Vice Rector for Science and Technology at the Technical University "Carl Schorlemmer", Leuna-Merseburg	For his contribution to the development of new chemical catalysts and their industrial application
1976 ↑	John Lekschas	Full professor at the Law Section of the Humboldt University in Berlin	For his theoretical work in the field of law
1976 ↑	Wolfgang Plenert	Director of the Children's Clinic at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena	For his scientific achievements in paediatrics, especially his research results in the fight against leukosis
1976 ↑	Wilhelm Schmidt	Director of the Institute for Marxist-Leninist Language Theory at the University of Education “Karl Liebknecht”, Potsdam	For his theoretical work in the field of linguistics, especially German studies
1976 ↑	Gerhard wish	Full professor at the Information Technology Section at the Technical University of Dresden	For his services in the further development of electrical systems theory and in the training of highly qualified young scientists
1976 ↑	collective		For excellent scientific achievements, especially in the field of training methods	on September 9, 1976 as part of the reception of the Olympians
	Jürgen Grobler
	Gisela Heiße
	Jochen Lenz	Professor for theory and methodology of training in water driving at the German University for Physical Culture (DHfK) in Leipzig .
	Friedrich Mahlo
	Heinz Meissner
	Eberhard Mothes
	Dieter Niklas
	Karl-Heinz Stichert
	Diethart Wünsch
1976 ↑	Collective of technicians		For excellent scientific achievements	on September 9, 1976 as part of the reception of the Olympians
	Kurt Debus
	Klaus Filter
	Jürgen Gross
	Horst Münch
	Horst Reinicke
	Witolf Stange
1977 ↑	Eberhard Fiedler Wolfgang Hering Gert Hopf Harald Jahn Christoph Mühlhaus Jochen Pätzold	Collective “New Unsaturated Polyester Resins” at VEB Chemische Werke Buna	For his part in the development and introduction of processes for the needs-based supply of the industry with coating resins using existing basic funds
1977 ↑	Robert Bätz Franz Baumann Rose Green Erika Onderka Fritz Pfeiffer Manfred Weber	Collective hydro-splitting of middle distillates in the VEB Leuna-Werke "Walter Ulbricht"	For his part in the development and introduction of processes for the higher material economic use of crude oil for the production of carburetor fuels in existing facilities and plants
1977 ↑	Rudolf Horntrich Joachim Krause Karl-Heinz Lück Heinz Wischer Heinz Wolf Armin Worgitzki	Collective "Uniform control system TRANSRESCH-Si" in the VEB Kombinat Elektroprojekt und Anlagenbau Berlin	For his part in the development and production introduction of a system for controlling highly stressed electrical drives in rolling mills and other industrial plants
1977 ↑	Jürgen Breternitz Hans-Joachim Illig Hans-Joachim Kühne Hans-Jürgen Linz Carl-Ernst Micheisen Winfried Sour Dough Gotthold Walter	Collective "Fully electrically heated glass melting tanks" at the VEB Institute for Technical Glass Ilmenau, Jena	For his part in the development and introduction of fully electrically heated glass melting units for melting industrial and technical glass
1977 ↑	Nikolaus Koschwitz Harald Krause Winfried Liebig Karl-Heinz Maletzki Edith Petrick Siegfried Schelinski	Collective "Implementation Batch Technology" in the VEB Scientific-Technical Operation Wirtschaftsglas Bad Muskau	For his part in the development and introduction of new melting technologies to increase the effectiveness of container glass production
1977 ↑	Helmut Frost Ullrich Heisig Kurt Jessat Dieter Müllen Siegfried Panzer Erwin Rippl Manfred Triebei Peter Wipsner	Collective "Introduction of electron beam welding into production"	For his part in the short-term development of a welding system and the introduction of electron penalties for components that are subject to high dynamic and thermal stress
1977 ↑	Horst Arlt Ulrich Käppler Friedemann Judge Dieter Rost Horst Schuhmacher Klaus Tischer	Collective "high-pressure press K 453" in the VEB combine progress agricultural machinery Neustadt	For his part in increasing the effectiveness of straw harvesting with significantly increased labor productivity and significantly reduced process costs
1977 ↑	Manfred Berthold Hermann Fröchtenigt Max Muschick Manfred Stiebitz Peter Thieme Günter Wagner	Collective "Development of the light multi-storey construction" in the VEB Housing Combine Cottbus, Hoyerswerder	For his part in the development of lightweight construction for public buildings as part of the housing program
1977 ↑	Peter Böhme Günter Dahl Siegmar Damner Klaus German Herbert Konrad Walter Lichtenberg Kurt Rolapp Konrad Scholz	Collective "UP film coating"	For his part in the development of the process for the production of a film from unsaturated polyester resin for the coating of furniture parts
1977 ↑	Peter Hörn Manfred Kosemund Horst Strobel	Collective "Automation Technology" of the University of Transport "Friedrich List" Dresden	For his part in the further automation of rail and road traffic to increase traffic safety
1977 ↑	Walter John Gerd Lehmann Gernot Paasch Peter Keanert Henning Wonn Paul Ziesche	Collective "Electronic structure of solid bodies"	For his contribution to the development of the theory of electronic structure in metals and alloys
1977 ↑	Friedemann Arnold Wolfgang Herrmann Dietmar Kunze Wolfdietrich Meyer Heinz Simon Klaus Voss	Collective "Automatic microscope image evaluation" of the Medical Academy " Carl Gustav Carus " Dresden	For his part in the development of the basics for the application of automatic microscope image evaluation in medical diagnostics and biomedical research
1977 ↑	Harry Goldschmidt	Musicologist, Berlin	For the results of his many years of research on the work of Ludwig van Beethoven
1977 ↑	Erich Hahn	Candidate of the Central Committee of the SED, Director of the Institute for Marxist-Leninist Philosophy of the Academy for Social Sciences at the Central Committee of the SED	For the results of his research in the field of historical materialism and for dealing with bourgeois ideology
1977 ↑	Manfred Kossok	Full professor at the History Section of the Karl Marx University in Leipzig	For his work in the field of general history of modern times, in particular the history and theory of the anti-imperialist liberation movement of the peoples of Latin America
1977 ↑	Arno Hermann Müller	Full professor at the Geosciences Section of the Freiberg Mining Academy	For his scientific achievements in research in the field of paleontology and his contribution to the training of highly qualified young scientists
1977 ↑	Heinrich Scheel	Vice President of the AdW of the GDR	For his outstanding contribution to the history of the German people on a Marxist-Leninist basis
1978 ↑	Hartmut Linde Peter Schwartz Erwin Schwarz Kurt Winkler Andreas Zahn	Collective from the Central Institute for Physical Chemistry of the AdW of the GDR	For his part in the scientific work on the elucidation of physical-chemical processes in non-equilibrium systems
1978 ↑	Helmut Bendel Hans-Joachim Kraufi Detlef Narr Rudolf Schmidt Wolfgang Zurich	Collective "Development of new rail locomotives"	For his part in the development and production transfer of high-performance locomotives for express and freight trains
1978 ↑	Eberhard Eckert Günther Haupt Rudi Hoffmann Erwin Moye Manfred Muske Gerhard Szameit	Collective from the VEB Steremat “ Hermann Schlimme ” Berlin	For his part in the development and production transition of a numerically controlled material processing machine
1978 ↑	Axel Bernhagen Claus Herold Dieter Legier Klaus Oertel Christina Schwarz	Collective "plant decontamination" in the VEB nuclear power plant "Bruno Leuschner" Greifswald	For his part in the development of a new technology for the efficient maintenance and repair of nuclear facilities
1978 ↑	Siegfried Bowens Heinz Haubenreißer Hans Riesner Otto Schmidt Roland Wagner	Collective "Development and implementation of the economical assembly method in industrial furnace and steam generator construction"	For his part in the development of heat-resistant and heat-insulating lightweight construction elements and their introduction into steam generator and industrial furnace construction
1978 ↑	Karl-Heinz Beyer Johannes Friedrick Werner Jordan Hans Kohl Rainer Lindner Horst Wenk	Collective from VEB Mikrosa Leipzig	For his part in the development, construction and introduction of an automatic production line for the complete grinding of tapered rollers
1978 ↑	Fritz Ditscher Gerhard Fiedler Gerhard Nebel Martin Riedel Lothar Schirmer Roland Strehlau	Collective from the VEB machine factory " John Schehr " Meuselwitz , Altenburg district	For his part in the development and transition of a new series of roll processing machines
1978 ↑	Erich Buttler Alexander Grabner Peter Liewers Heidfried Otto Peter Schumann	Collective "Rauschdiagnostik" in the Central Institute for Nuclear Research, Rossendorf of the AdW of the GDR	For his part in the development of noise analysis into a versatile method of process and plant diagnostics of complex technical systems
1978 ↑	Ursula Bootz Werner Flöhr Waldfried Keßler Borst Kulicke Dietmar Richter Eugen Templin	Collective from the Institute for Forest Sciences Eberswalde	For his part in the development and introduction of new control methods against bark-breeding forest pests
1978 ↑	Werner Ebeling	Full professor at the Physics section of the Wilhelm Pieck University Rostock	For his theoretical research in the field of electrolytes, plasma and the thermodynamics of irreversible processes
1978 ↑	Heinz Kautzleben	Director of the Central Institute for Earth Physics of the AdW of the GDR	For his scientific results in the field of the structure of the earth's body
1978 ↑	Günther Landgraf	Full professor at the Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering section at the Technical University of Dresden	For his research in the areas of planar structures and plasticity theory
1979 ↑	Alfred Karnapp Manfred Steinbach Rolf Weidhaas Karl-Heinz Weßlau Günther Zornick	Collective from VEB Carl Zeiss Jena	For his part in the development of a unique two-coordinate measuring device of the highest performance for optical precision device construction
1979 ↑	Horst Altwig Dieter Bartelt Edgar Boll Johannes Godas Michael Zeuke Harry Zinke	Collective from the VEB semiconductor plant Frankfurt (Oder)	For his part in the development of analog integrated circuits and its introduction into series production
1979 ↑	Joachim Kempe Hans-Joachim Müller Klaus Nikoleizig Lothar Nöske Bernd Schade Bernd Weiser	Collective from VEB Kraftwerk Thierbach	For its share in increasing the output of power plants while reducing the specific fuel heat consumption
1979 ↑	Wolfgang Berndt Rudi Heibig Heinz Papistok Rudolf Schäfer Eberhard Scholz Eberhard Stark	Collective from the VEB Zahnschneidemaschinenfabrik MODUL Karl-Marx-Stadt	For his part in the development and production launch of a series of high-performance spur gear hobbing machines
1979 ↑	Dieter Friebel Norbert Lenk Günther Pfeiffer Klaus Schumann	Collective " Hematological Automat PHA-4" in the VEB Kombinat Medical and Laboratory Technology Leipzig, Research Center Dresden	For his part in the development of a high-performance automatic analyzer for haematological examinations
1979 ↑	Hans Koerdt Rudolf Pochert Willy Roggenbuck Hugo Simler Peter Wiese Manfred Wülknitz	Collective "Development of plasma fine-jet melting cutting"	For his part in the development of a new, effective thermal separation process, including the introduction of a series of systems to rationalize material cutting in mechanical engineering
1979 ↑	Wilfried Hempel Werner Möbius Fritz Pützschier Renate Rothe Horst Sacher Ursula Zsehau	Collective "Development of a new technology for the modernization of open-end spinning machines"	For his part in the rationalization of open-end cotton mills
1979 ↑	Horst Bachmann Gunter Hellmann Karl-Hans Kaatz Hein Liesau Heinz Rieke Hermann Wolter	Collective from the waterworks Colbitz of the VEB water supply and wastewater treatment Magdeburg	For its part in increasing the drinking water capacity through complex socialist intensification and its wide application in water management
1979 ↑	Heinz Bielka Gudrun Lutsch Franz Noll Joachim Stahl Gert Wangermann Heinz Welfle Peter Westermann	Collective from the Central Institute for Molecular Biology of the AdW of the GDR	For his part in clarifying the structure of the protein-synthesizing system (ribosome) of the animal cell
1979 ↑	Gerhard Göllnitz Ursula Kleinpeter Hans-Dieter Rösler	Collective from the University Psychiatric Clinic of the Medicine Department of the Wilhelm Pieck University Rostock	For his part in the further development of the therapy of brain-damaged children up to social integration
1979 ↑	Reinhard Barke Helmold Blohl Christian Clauß Werner Flemming Dieter Milan Manfred Seyfert	Collective "development of a mammography facility"	For his part in the development of a mammography facility for the early detection of breast cancer
1979 ↑	Dieter Graichen Karl Hartmann Herbert Kusicka Herbert Lange Harry Nick Siegfried Tannhäuser	Collective of economists	For his work in the field of business administration
1979 ↑	Horst Heininger Dieter Klein Lutz Maier Herbert Meißner Werner Paff Heinz Petrak	Scientific collective of economists	For his research into contemporary imperialism
1979 ↑	Werner Berthold Gerhard Lozek Helmut Meier Walter Schmidt	Collective of historians	For his work “Unresolved Past. Critique of bourgeois historiography in the FRG "
1979 ↑	Erhard Albrecht	Full professor, holder of the chair for philosophy, logic, semiotics, methodology at the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald	For his outstanding academic achievements in the field of the philosophical foundations of Marxist-Leninist linguistics in the GDR
1979 ↑	Werner Forster	Full Professor, Director of the Pharmacological Institute, Medicine Department at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg	For his outstanding contributions to the pathogenesis of chronic cardiovascular diseases and the role of prostaglandins
1979 ↑	Heinz Heitzer	Deputy head of the social sciences research department of the GDR AdW	For his work on the history of the German Democratic Republic
1979 ↑	Friedrich-Wilhelm Jäger	Head of department at the Central Institute for Solar-Terrestrial Physics of the AdW of the GDR	For his theoretical, methodological and experimental work on the investigation of the solar active regions and their magnetic fields
1979 ↑	Ewald Schuldt	Director of the Museum of Prehistory and Early History in Schwerin	For his outstanding scientific achievements in the archaeological development of the material culture of Slavic tribes as well as in the elaboration of a Marxist-Leninist historical picture of early Slavic history
1979 ↑	Günter Stahn	Chief architect at VEB Bau- und Montagekombinat Berlin	For his services in the architectural design, project planning, technological preparation and construction of the Pionierpalast Berlin

Remarks

Frequently used abbreviations

• AdW : from 1972 to 1990 Academy of Sciences of the GDR
• DAW : until 1972 German Academy of Sciences in Berlin
• Central Committee of the SED : Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany

1. ↑ For documentary reasons, the original historical descriptions used by the SED newspaper Neues Deutschland are presented here. However, these can be flawed, tendentious, outdated or politically extreme. If in doubt, corrections and alternative descriptions should be made in the "Comments" column.

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• New Germany of the respective years. The awards were given as part of reporting on the national holiday (October 7th) on October 8th. Issues from:
  • 7 Oct 1970, page 5
  • October 5, 1971, pages 4 and 5
  • October 7, 1972, pages 5 and 6
  • Oct 6, 1973, page 3
  • October 5, 1974, pages 5 and 6
  • Oct. 2, 1975, pp. 3-4
  • Oct. 7, 1976, p. 4
  • 8/9 October 1977, page 4
  • Oct. 9, 1978, page 4
  • Oct. 2, 1979, page 4

Prize amounts

year	Prize amount in marks
1970	325,000
1971	350,000
1972	350,000
1973	450,000
1974	500,000
1975	350,000
1976	425,000
1977	425,000
1978	300,000
1979	500,000
total	3,975,000

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} National Prize of the GDR. III. Science and technology class. In: New Germany. ZEFYS, Archive of the Berlin State Library, October 7, 1970, p. 5 , accessed on April 23, 2014 .  
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} National Prize of the GDR. III. Science and technology class. In: New Germany. ZEFYS, Archive of the Berlin State Library, October 7, 1970, p. 6 , accessed on April 23, 2014 .  
3. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n} National Prize of the GDR. III. Science and technology class. In: New Germany. ZEFYS, Archive of the Berlin State Library, October 5, 1971, p. 5 , accessed on April 23, 2014 .  
4. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n} High government awards. National Prize of the GDR. III. Science and technology class. In: New Germany. ZEFYS, Archives of the Berlin State Library, October 7, 1972, p. 6 , accessed on April 24, 2014 .  
5. ^ New Germany of October 28, 1972 p. 3
6. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} High government awards. National Prize of the GDR. III. Science and technology class. In: New Germany. ZEFYS, Archives of the Berlin State Library, October 6, 1973, p. 3 , accessed on April 24, 2014 .  
7. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h} High state awards presented. National Prize of the GDR. III. Science and technology class. In: New Germany. ZEFYS, Archive of the Berlin State Library, October 6, 1973, p. 4 , accessed on April 24, 2014 .  
8. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t} High government awards. National Prize of the GDR. III. Science and technology class. In: New Germany. ZEFYS, Archive of the Berlin State Library, October 5, 1974, p. 6 , accessed on April 25, 2014 .  
9. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i} High government awards presented. National Prize of the GDR. III. Science and technology class. In: New Germany. ZEFYS, Archive of the Berlin State Library, October 2, 1975, p. 3 , accessed on April 25, 2014 .  
10. ↑ ^{a b c d e} High government awards. National Prize of the GDR. III. Science and technology class. In: New Germany. ZEFYS, Archive of the Berlin State Library, October 2, 1975, p. 4 , accessed on April 25, 2014 .  
11. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q} High awards for the national holiday of the GDR. National Prize of the GDR. III. Science and technology class. In: New Germany. ZEFYS, Archive of the Berlin State Library, October 7, 1976, p. 4 , accessed on April 22, 2014 .  
12. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r} High awards for the national holiday of the GDR. National Prize of the GDR. III. Science and technology class. In: New Germany. ZEFYS, Archives of the Berlin State Library, October 8, 1977, p. 4 , accessed on April 21, 2014 .  
13. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l} Highest awards for the national holiday of the GDR. National Prize of the GDR. III. Science and technology class. In: New Germany. ZEFYS, Archive of the Berlin State Library, October 9, 1978, p. 4 , accessed on April 21, 2014 .  
14. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t} National Prize Winner 1979. In the field of science and technology. III. Class. In: New Germany. ZEFYS, Archive of the Berlin State Library, October 2, 1979, p. 4 , accessed on April 21, 2014 .