Schiller Prize of the city of Marbach am Neckar
The Schiller Prize of the city of Marbach am Neckar was donated by the city of Marbach in 1959 on the occasion of Friedrich Schiller's 200th birthday. The award goes to “excellent work in the field of regional studies of Württemberg ”. The "great son of the city" is to be honored through the special appreciation of scientific works. (Quotes after self-portrayal)
On the occasion of the Schiller Year 2009, the municipal council expanded the criteria for the award. The prize now goes to personalities who are committed to Friedrich Schiller's tradition of thought in their life or work.
The commitment to an ethically responsible concept of freedom in the sense of the poet, be it in politics, art, the humanities and social sciences or the natural sciences, is particularly worthy of prizes. This can be expressed in the oral or written discussion of relevant issues, in professional work or in personal behavior.
The award is presented every two years on November 10th, Schiller's birthday. It is endowed with 10,000 euros (until 2007 with 5,000 euros).
Prize winners and their excellent works
- 2019: Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard , for her work on the genetic control of the development of living things
- 2017: Horst Bredekamp , for his pioneering studies on pictorial thinking in philosophy and theoretical writings on the foundation of visual science
- 2015: Andrea Breth , for her productions of Maria Stuart and Don Karlos
- 2013: Rachel Salamander , for moral courage and the communication of literature and culture of Judaism
- 2011: Simone Veil , because her work is closely related to Schiller's European ideas
- 2009: Jens Reich in particular for his contribution to the fall of the Berlin Wall
- 2007: Dieter Mertens for his life's work
- 2005: Peter-André Alt for Schiller. Life - Work - Time ISBN 3-406-53128-8
- 2003: Horst Carl for his habilitation thesis Der Schwäbische Bund - 1488–1534
- 2001: Bernhard Zeller for Marbacher Memorabilien and Marbacher Memorabilien II ISBN 3929146355 and ISBN 3933679508
- 1999: Lutz Reichardt for the Baden-Württemberg place name books
- 1997: Ulrike Gauss and Christian von Holst for Johann Heinrich Dannecker
- 1995: Norbert Oellers for his explanatory volumes for the 2nd volume of the poems by Friedrich Schiller
- 1993: Renate Neumüllers-Klauser for The Inscriptions of the Enz District and The Inscriptions of the Calw District
- 1991: Volkmar Wirth for Die Lichen Baden-Württemberg
- 1989: Gerhard Schäfer (Director of the State Church Archives Stuttgart) for documentation on the church struggle - The Evangelical Church in Württemberg and National Socialism
- 1987: Paul Feuchte for the constitutional history of Baden-Württemberg
- 1985: Dorothea Kuhn for Goethe and Cotta - correspondence 1797–1832
- 1983: Rainer Christlein for Die Alamannen - Archeology of a Living People
- 1981: Wolfgang Binder for outcrops - studies on German literature
- 1979: Robert Uhland for Duke Carl Eugen von Württemberg and life pictures from Swabia and Franconia
- 1977: Paul Sauer for Württemberg in the time of National Socialism
- 1975: Max Schefold for Old Views from Württemberg
- 1973: Adolf Beck for The Big Stuttgart Hölderlin Edition Volume 6
- 1971: Hans Jänichen for contributions to the economic history of the Swabian village
- 1969: Paul Gehring for Friedrich List - youth and maturity years 1789–1825
- 1967: Hansmartin Decker-Hauff for the history of the city of Stuttgart from the early days to the Reformation
- 1965: Georg Wagner and Adolf Koch (curator in Friedrichshafen) for spatial images on the history of the earth and landscape in southwest Germany
- 1963: Ruthardt Oehme for the history of cartography in the German Southwest
- 1961: Werner Fleischhauer for Baroque in the Duchy of Württemberg
- 1959: Walter Grube for the Stuttgart State Parliament 1457–1957