Melanchthon Prize of the city of Bretten
The Melanchthon Prize of the city of Bretten is an international science prize donated in 1988 by the birthplace of the reformer Philipp Melanchthon in his honor. According to the statutes, the award is given every three years for a “work that makes an excellent contribution to deepening knowledge of Melanchthon's life and work or the spiritual-historical prerequisites, the environment and the consequences of his work.” It is endowed with 7,500 euros .
Every year since 2004, the "Melanchthon Student Prize", endowed with 750 euros, has been awarded to secondary school students in Brettens.
Award winners
- 1988 Siegfried Wiedenhofer
- 1991 Günther Wartenberg
- 1994 Cornelis Augustijn
- 1997 Heinz Scheible
- 2000 Timothy Wengert
- 2003 Beat Rudolf Jenny
- 2006 Volkhard Wels
- 2009 Nicole Kuropka , theologian
- 2012 Thorsten Fuchs , classical philologist
- 2015 Christine Absmeier , historian
- 2018 Helmut Claus , former director of the Gotha Research Library
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ European Melanchthon Academy Bretten: Melanchthon Student Prize ; accessed on February 22, 2015.
- ↑ Dr. Helmut Claus, 2018 Melanchthon Prize Winner of the City of Bretten. (No longer available online.) In: melanchthon.com. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017 ; Retrieved November 4, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
