Medal for faithful work in the service of the people
The medal for faithful work in the service of the people is an award given by the Hamburg Senate .
It was donated in bronze in 1926 to honor people who have volunteered for at least 25 years without being profitable and unpaid. It was donated in silver in 1953 to honor people for particularly outstanding achievements for the common good.
Women are also recognized after a few years, as they often have less time to spend on their commitment due to family responsibilities. The people to be honored are primarily proposed by senate offices, specialist authorities and district offices.
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The front of the medal bears the great national coat of arms of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg with the inscription "Free and Hanseatic City • Hamburg •" in capital letters. On the back - also in capital letters - the sentence “The common good is the highest law” can be read in the middle, which is surrounded by a laurel wreath.
The medal is presented in a wine-red lined case with the great state coat of arms in gold on the lid. This includes a certificate with the large national coat of arms embossed in red and the capitalized text: “The Senate of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg awards (the name of the honored person follows) in grateful recognition of His (in the case of female honored persons,“ your ”) services to the common good the medal for faithful work in the service of the people. Hamburg, the (the date of delivery follows). The President of the Senate (this is followed by the signature of the First Mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg) ”.
Prize winners (examples)
- Harald Poelchau
- Clara Klabunde (silver)
- Hans-Georg Ilker (silver)
- Carl Stamm (1928)
- Johannes Reinhard (silver, 1955)
- Anna Simon (1957)
- Heinrich Sahrhage (1958)
- Hans W. Hertz (1965)
- Herbert Walter Samuel (1971)
- Alfred Johann Levy (1972)
- Albert Blankenfeld (bronze, 1975)
- Hildegard Ollenhauer (1980)
- Annie Kienast (ca.1982)
- Alf Schreyer (bronze, 1985)
- Ludwig Loeffler (silver, 1986)
- Peter Sebastian (bronze, 1995)
- Horst Ziebell (silver, 1998)
- Nikolaus W. Schües (2001)
- Reinhard Aschenbrenner (silver, 2001)
- Uwe Schmidt (bronze, 2001)
- Parent Akay (2002)
- Helga Stödter (2002)
- Herbert Kühl (2005)
- Dietmar Schünicke (silver, 2005)
- Heiko Mählmann (2006)
- Jochen Winand (bronze, 2009)
- Andreas Mattner (Silver, 2010)
- Rolf Lute (silver, 2013)
- Dirk Reimers (Silver, 2014)
- Dorothea Buck (Silver, 2017)
- Sütterlinstube Hamburg (bronze, 2017)
- Peter Koj (Silver, 2018)
Web links
- Awards 1927/28 (Hamburg address book 1929, supplement without page number), digitized
- Awards 2018. Accessed February 13, 2020 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.kulturpreise.de
- ↑ Honors, awards and cultural prizes from the Senate ( Memento from May 20, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Awarding 2020. Accessed on February 13, 2020 .