Theodor Körner Prize (GDR)

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Theodor Körner Prize
(predominantly military award from the GDR)
Medal on ribbon (obverse)
Founder: Council of Ministers of the GDR
Foundation year: 1970
Carrying method: right side of the chest
Theodor Körner, portrayed by his aunt Dora Stock , 1813/1814.

The 1970 in the GDR donated Theodor Körner Prize was named after the poet Carl Theodor Körner named. It was awarded for outstanding achievements in the creation or interpretation of works of art that contribute to strengthening the defensive power of the GDR, and for special merits in the promotion and development of artistic creation and cultural activity in the National People's Army , in the border troops of the GDR and the other armed organs of the GDR.

Award winners

1971: Harry Thürk , Hans Eickworth , Heinz Senkbeil
1973: Günther Brendel
1974: Erwin Geschonneck , Bernhard Heisig , Heinz Kruschel
1975: Armin Mueller-Stahl
1976: Manfred Schmiedel (major retired VP and choirmaster)
1980: Harry Thürk , Horst Bastian
1981: Hans-Peter Minetti
1982: Wolfgang Altenburger , Herbert Schauer , Wolfgang Heinz and the collective of the crime series Polizeiruf 110 ( Lothar Dutombé , Hans Joachim Hildebrandt and Helmut Krätzig )
1984: Günter Karau (writer), Karl Wurzberger ( former major of the NVA and writer), Kurt-Hermann Kühn (painter and graphic artist), Axel Wunsch (painter and graphic artist), Annemarie Wesenberg (painter and graphic artist), Friedrich Hitz (Painter and graphic artist), Walter Kreisel (sculptor), Heinz Arenz (composer), Guido Masanetz (composer), Helmut Nier (composer)
1985: Hans Bentzien
1986: Günther Rechn , Hans-Joachim Hoffmann , Gisela Steineckert , Helga Göring , Fred Delmare , Wolfgang Greese
1988: Uwe Berger , Otto Bonhoff , Ursula Bonhoff , Karl Fischer , Jan Flieger

literature

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rüdiger Wenzke: Ulbricht's soldiers: The National People's Army 1956 to 1971 . Ch. Links Verlag, 2013, ISBN 3-86284-206-1 , p. 636 .
  2. ^ Neues Deutschland from February 6, 1986.