Professor Niklas Medal
The Professor Niklas Medal is the highest award that the German Ministry of Food and Agriculture has to award. The medal bears the name of the first Minister of Agriculture of the Federal Republic of Germany, Wilhelm Niklas .
The Professor Niklas Medal, which is awarded in gold or silver, is intended to honor people who have made particular contributions to food and agriculture.
As the first Minister of Agriculture in the young Federal Republic of Germany, he considered food security and the increase in food production to be central issues in German agriculture. The first talks about a new European agricultural community, which were greeted with great skepticism, also took place during Niklas' term of office.
Recent awards ceremonies
- October 2019: Peter Maske, former President of the German Beekeeping Association
- September 2017: Petra Wernicke , former Minister for Agriculture and Environment Saxony-Anhalt
- October 2013: Helmut Born , General Secretary of the German Farmers' Association
- September 2013: Helmut Claas , Claas Landtechnik
- October 2012: Michael Windfuhr, Deputy Director of the German Institute for Human Rights
- September 2012: Gerd Sonnleitner , former President of the German Farmers' Association
- June 2012: Rolf Meyer, former Secretary General of the German Raiffeisen Association
- January 2011: Hans-Jörg Koch , lecturer in wine law and at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz
- April 2010: Jochen Borchert , former Federal Minister for Food and Agriculture
- February 2010: Renate Schoene, author of the bibliography on the history and culture of wine
- May 2009: Fritz Köhne, President of the Federal Association of the German Meat Industry
- May 2009: Geert Janssen, CEO of a group of companies in the meat industry
- November 2008: Hermann Ilaender , Honorary Chairman of the German Forestry Council