Saxon State Prize for Local Research

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The Saxon State Prize for local history research has been awarded annually to volunteer local history researchers by the Saxon State Ministry of Culture since 2008 . Since 2019, the organization of the competition has been carried out within the framework of a cooperation agreement with the ministry by the Saxon Heritage Protection Association .

criteria

Work proposed for the award can be written by one or more authors and be printed or submitted in multimedia form. They should deal with local history topics. These include:

Selection of the award winners

The award winners are selected by a jury made up of representatives from the following institutions:

Prices

The first prize is endowed with 3000 euros, the second prize with 2000 euros (up to 2011 1500 euros) and the third prize with 1500 euros (up to 2011 1000 euros). In 2008 and 2009, a youth development award (1000 euros) was awarded. The winners of the student prizes will each receive 500 euros. A sponsorship award, first awarded in 2013, was associated with prize money of 1,500 euros. In addition, honorary certificates are awarded "for outstanding achievements and merits in the field of Saxon local research" or "particularly interesting approaches to local research issues".

Award winners

2008

2009

  • 1st prize: Heinz Müller, Dresden , "Castle hike through Saxony."
  • 2nd prize: Norbert Littig, Großröhrsdorf , “Built in 1928 CS. Memory of the Jewish Schönwald family from Großröhrsdorf. "
  • 3rd prize: Pete Boenke, Freital , " JS Petzholdt - a Freital company, a German industrial history."
  • Youth promotion award: Cindy Geißler, Simselwitz , "School theater in the GDR in the field of tension between political regulation and artistic freedom."
  • Student prices:
    • Toni Mesic, Weißeritzgymnasium Freital , " Hainsberg in World War II."
    • Class 4a of the Schiller Elementary School Rodewisch (class teacher: Antje Strobel), "Ten famous Saxons."
    • Magda Nietz, Goethe-Gymnasium Chemnitz , "The Krenkel Foundation - The uniqueness of its creation and its current value for Chemnitz"
  • Honorary certificates:
    • Ralph Gundram, Waldheim , "Chub and the Hussites"
    • Claus-Dieter Härtel, Harthau (Chemnitz) , "Rescue and restoration of the memorial stone HJ Bernhard from 1807 from the river Würschnitz"
    • Hans von Polenz, Bautzen , "The locomotive machine house in Löbau and the southern Lusatian railway company"
    • Ursula Kolb, Hainichen , "The restless spirit - Friedrich Gottlob Keller (1816–1895)"
    • Werner Schubert, Weißwasser , "The Jewish minority in Weißwasser"

2010

2011

  • 1st prize: Claus Leichsenring , Leukersdorf , " Christmas pyramids of the Ore Mountains ."
  • 2nd prize: Jens Hummel, Glauchau , "Difficult years - Glauchau 1928–1948."
  • 3rd prize: collective of authors of the Association of Saxon Ornithologists e. V. "Life pictures of Saxon ornithologists."
  • Student prices:
  • Honorary certificates:
    • Steffen Glaser, Sörnewitz , "The bed load fossils in the gravel deposits near Luppa"
    • Jürgen Herzog, Torgau , "The house 'Am Beckerwall'"
    • Gottfried Kohlhase, Torgau , "The Bennewitz pond landscape in the course of the seasons"
    • Thomas Wacker, Rosemarie Haberland, Siegmund Böhme, Belgershain , "Königstein Family Book 1625 to 1747"

2012

2013

2014

  • 1st prize: Michael Düsing , Freiberg, “'My path, Lord Mayor, is already determined'. Persecution of Jews in Freiberg 1933–1945. "
  • 2nd prize: Isolde Sternitzky , Plauen , "Tracht and clothing in the Vogtland - from chests and old writings mainly from the 19th century."
  • 3rd prize: Ursula Michalke, Nuremberg , “Miniatures from the Ore Mountains. Emil Helbig's flat carving and its tradition. "
  • Student prices:
    • Elisabeth Boudriot, Meißen , “Investigation of the participation of Saxon doctors in the 'euthanasia' program in the period 1939–1941”.
    • Robin Misterek, Pirna, "Comparative analysis of the kestrel population in Dresden, Pirna and Saxon Switzerland from the point of view of behavior, brood and population development."
    • Pupil of the high school "Pabst von Ohain", Freiberg, "Children's organ guide - by children for children from 6 years".
    • Teachers of the Karl-Theodor-Golle-Schule - special school for the mentally handicapped, Syrau , "My home - The Vogtland".
    • Sarah Schrempel, Mona Schenk, Anne-Kristin Stoye and Magdalena Roder from St. Augustin High School, Grimma , “Aftertaste of bacon and Pörkölt. The Pan-European Picnic - The Breakthrough into Freedom (August 19, 1989) ”.
  • Honorary certificates:
    • Sigrid Bóth, Langebrück , “Langebrück in the course of time. Residents, History and Stories "
    • Matthias Haase, Wolkenstein , "Reconstruction of a picture of the plague from 1586 from the fortified church in Großrückerswalde"
    • Enrico Pigorsch, Dresden, "Contributions to the history of the Saxon record industry"
    • Karsten Richter, Chemnitz, “425 years of Langenberg? About the beginnings of a miners' settlement in the Ore Mountains "
    • Klaus Stein, Dresden, "Ferries of the Upper Elbe in Saxony and Bohemia"
    • Association for local and local history Adorf / Erzgebirge e. V., “Field names. From Adorf / Erzgebirge and its surroundings "

2015

  • 1st prize: Bernd Sparmann, Schneeberg, and Fritz Jürgen Obst , Radebeul, " Bergmannsleuchter - Saxon pewter in a special form."
  • 2nd prize: Norbert Peschke , Zwickau, “130 years of mining lamps and accumulator production in Zwickau. History of the company Friemann & Wolf and their successors "
  • 3rd prize: Mario Lettau, Wilsdruff, “History of the City of Wilsdruff. Volume II. From the middle of the 19th century to the beginning of the 1950s "
  • Youth advancement award: Martin Kühn, Oschatz, "The Privileged Scheibenschützengesellschaft zu Oschatz" and "Der Sächsische Schützenbund."
  • Student prices:
    • Margret Schulz, Schneeberg, "'Forgetting about annihilation is part of annihilation itself." The murders of the sick under National Socialism using the example of the Saxon killing center Pirna-Sonnenstein ”.
    • Carlo Hohnstedter, Borna, "Understanding history with the smartphone instead of cramming - The concept of geocaching in historical education"
    • Students of the Bruno-Bürgel-Oberschule Weißwasser, "From luck with bad luck - excavation of a medieval pitch production site"
    • Pupils of the J. Motteler High School Crimmitschau, "Contemporary witnesses report on their work and life in the GDR" and "Educational trail - on the trail of the textile industry"
    • Students of the History II group at the Diesterweg-Gymnasium Plauen, "Plauen 1989 - Pioneers of the Wende"
  • Honorary certificates:
    • Konrad Geithner, Lichtenstein, "Water and Energy - The Rödlitztal and its Mills"
    • Uwe Bauer, Leipzig, “Goods in the mountain town of Eibenstock. A contribution to the town history of Eibenstock "
    • Wolfgang Viebahn , Friedrich Machold a. a., Reichenbach, “From the mill to the factory. The use of water power in the Göltzsch river basin and in the region around Reichenbach "
    • Manfred Schollmeyer , Oschatz, “The anatomy of the elder and its medical application, written down by the Saxon doctor Dr. Martin Blochwitz (1602–1629) "
    • Aini Teufel, Dresden, “A countess on pilgrimage. Erdmuth Dorothea von Zinzendorf in her travel diaries "

2016

  • 1st prize: Uwe Schneider , Zwönitz, "Chronicle of the City of Zwönitz 960–1945"
  • 2nd prize: Wilfried August, Bad Lausick, and Jens Müller, Brandis, "The bird world of the Mulde valley region around Grimma and Wurzen"
  • 3rd prize: Claus Uhlrich, Leipzig, “The dead admonish. War memorials in and around Leipzig "
  • Youth sponsorship award: History working group of the “Treibhaus Döbeln e. V. ", Döbeln," Döbeln under National Socialism "(application for smartphones and tablets)
  • Student prices:
    • Pupils of grade 4 of the Talsperrenschule, Thossfell, "The history of the Altensalz church "
    • Jannek Liebscher, Bautzen, "History of the Bautzen Jurisdiction"
    • Pupils of grade 12 of the Käthe Kollwitz-Gymnasium, Zwickau, "TABTOUR - Stations of the Peaceful Revolution 1989 in Zwickau"
  • Honorary certificates:
    • Matthias Haase and Horst Gerlach, Wolkenstein, video "Presentation of the main construction phases of the Bartholomäuskirche in Wolkenstein"
    • Jürgen Reuter, Chemnitz, "Wooden construction kits from Blumenau since 1860"
    • Bernd Kühnel, Dresden, “Dresden-Gorbitz. Life in the landscape "

2017

  • 1st prize: Jürgen Herzog, Torgau , "Pre-Reformation Church and Reformation in Torgau"
  • 2nd prize: Christof Schuster, Matthias Karthe and Thomas Petzold, Königsbrück, “Cover name KOLYBEL. Soviet nuclear missiles in Upper Lusatia "
  • 3rd prize: Thomas Sobczyk, Hoyerswerda, and Andreas Bültemeier, Strahwalde, "Monuments in the Upper Lusatian Forests"
  • Student prices:
    • School group at Martinshof Rothenburg, "Traces of bygone times - Tormersdorf an der Neisse"
    • Anja Höfer, St. Augustin Grimma High School, "Between Freedom and Coercion: Traditional-Religious Values ​​at the Grimma State School"
    • Pupils of the Geithain grammar school, "Lebensbornheim Sonnenwiese in Kohren-Salis"
    • Pupils of class W1 of the Kurfürst-Johann-Georg-Schule Johanngeorgenstadt, "The development of the school for the mentally handicapped in Johanngeorgenstadt"
  • Honorary certificates:
    • Joachim Gawor, Königswartha, “From the Witka to the White Elster. Five hundred kilometers search for boundary stones along the Saxon-Prussian border from 1815. "
    • Reinhard Müller and the Bürgererverein Waldstraßenviertel eV, Leipzig, "Private times in transition"
    • u. a.

2018

  • 1st prize: Joachim Schindler , Dresden, "Chronicle of the history of hiking and mountaineering in Saxon Switzerland 1933 to 1945"
  • 2nd prize: Joachim Krause , Schönberg, “In the faith in God and Hitler. The 'German Christians' from the Wieratal and their triumphal march into the Reich from 1928 to 1945 "
  • 3rd prize: Günter Sonne, Markkleeberg, “Leipzig City of Music. On the history of Leipzig vocal quartets "
  • Youth promotion prizes:
    • Leon Babucke, Radebeul, DVD "Large-scale nature conservation project Lausitzer Seenland "
    • Martha Hansetz, Ella Hauke, Finn Margraf, Leonora Schuster (under the direction of Ina Züchner), Hoyerswerda, DVD "Disco, Dada, DDR"
  • Student prices:
    • Students of the BSZ ETW Annaberg-Buchholz (with their teacher Tom Matthes), DVD "Neudeutsch"
    • John Tränkner, Frankenberg, "The influence of the Reformation on the Benedictine monastery Chemnitz and its use in the subsequent period"
    • Pupils from the primary school in Mylau (with their teacher Sandy Trinkies), "Children present their homeland"
    • Special price: Children of the day care center "Spatzennest" Stangengrün (with their supervisors Dorit Rudolph and Cornelia Niederwerfel), "A hiking map from children for children and their parents"
  • Honorary certificates:
    • Ehrhard Dietmar Lenz, Spitzkunnersdorf, “Ortschronik von Putzkau . A local history inventory "
    • Ralph-Klaus Winkler, Königsbrück , "The Königsbrück prisoner-of-war cemetery" and "The Königsbrück prisoner-of-war camp 1914–1919"
    • Dieter Pfähler, Christian Pfähler and Claus Hegewald, Dresden, "On the history of post offices in Dresden at Postplatz (1830 to 2014)"
    • Wolfgang Siegfried Gerhardt, Willi Max Kempe and Michael Johannes Walter, Schellerhau , “Chronicle Schellerhau. A former forest workers' village in the Eastern Ore Mountains "

2019

  • 1st prize: Helmut Brückner, Annaberg-Buchholz, for his work: Village community. Attempt to reconstruct a total population from the middle of the 16th century to the beginning of industrialization in the middle of the 19th century using the example of the 'strange' village of Geyersdorf
  • 2nd prize: Mathias Schildbach, Kreischa, for his work: Mid Air Collision. Two bomber crashes in the south of Dresden, an unpunished war crime and Saxony's most spectacular rescue operation
  • 3rd prize: Elvira Rathner and Hartmut Hantscho, loop, for their work: Gładźarnica: The Schleifer costume (Slěpjańska burska drasta) - Part 1: Dźěćetko
  • Student prices:
  • Student award: Philipp Rädisch, Freital, for his work: The industrialization of the Plauen reason - from the valley of romanticism to the center of concentrated industry
  • Student award: Students of the St. Augustin high school in Grimma for their work (podcast): Between tradition and awakening. Belief in everyday life in the GDR
  • Student award: Students in the 5th to 9th grade of the TRIAS secondary school in Elsterberg for their work: Come on, take a look, think - crises, upheavals and new beginnings at the school in Elsterberg
  • Special price for pupils: Second and third grade pupils from the first primary school in Großenhain for their work: My Year Tree "and" Home detectives in search of clues in the district of Meißen
  • Honor certificates
  • Gottfried Kohlhase, Torgau, for his work: The electoral fishing waters of the Großer Teich Torgau. Its history, use and nature
  • Bernd Gross, Dresden, for his work: The message of the hunger stones. A cultural and historical journey through time in the Elbe river network
  • Michael Hochmuth, Radebeul, for his work: Chronicle of the Dresden Opera: First performances, music theater (Volume 5)
  • A team led by cameraman Michael Teuchert, Chemnitz, for the film Christian Friedrich Uhlig (1774-1848)
  • Peter Burkhardt, Lengenfeld OT Irfersgrün, for his work: Wolframite mining in Pechtelsgrün (1935-1968)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ René Misterek: Saxon State Prize for Local Research 2019 . In: Messages of the State Association of Saxon Homeland Protection eV No. 2/3 , 2019, p. 130-132 .
  2. ↑ Certificate of honor won at the State Prize for Local Research 2017 , accessed on October 26, 2018.
  3. ↑ State Prize for Local Research: Winners have been determined , press release from October 25, 2018.
  4. ↑ Gładźarnica: The Grinder Costume - Part 1: Dźěćetko. Kólesko, accessed November 11, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Saxon State Ministry of Culture, press spokesman: State Secretary for Culture Wolff presents prize money of 8,250 euros , November 7, 2019.