von der Heydt Culture Prize

The von der Heydt Culture Prize (until 2007 Eduard von der Heydt Culture Prize ) is the city of Wuppertal's most important culture prize . It was initiated in 1950 under the name “Kulturpreis der Stadt Wuppertal”, and in 1957 it was renamed “Eduard von der Heydt-Kulturpreis der Stadt Wuppertal”. It is endowed with 12,500 euros (initially 3000 D-Mark ), and there is also a sponsorship award of 5000 euros. The culture award is given to artists in recognition of their life's work, especially if they are connected to Wuppertal and the Bergisches Land . It was initially awarded annually and since 1989 every two years. From 1950 to 2010, 100 personalities and ensembles were awarded the culture prize.

Controversy about the eponymous person, Eduard von der Heydt

In 2006, the Else-Lasker-Schüler-Gesellschaft initiated a discussion about the namesake Eduard von der Heydt , who was accused of having close personal and business relationships with the National Socialist system. Von der Heydt was an active supporter of the regime and took advantage of the situation of the Jews at the time to bring their art treasures into his possession, well below the price.

In the United States of America a federal law is still in force today, which describes the native of Wuppertal as an "enemy of the USA". The Else-Lasker-Schüler-Gesellschaft suggested that the city's culture award should be named after a victim, the poet Else Lasker-Schüler , a native of Wuppertal, instead of a supporter of the perpetrators . This project failed.

Lord Mayor Peter Jung and the then head of the Department of Culture, Marlis Drevermann , commissioned a study from the historian Michael Knieriem employed by the city . After intensive research, he came to the conclusion that von der Heydt had been a follower, but had also helped fellow Jewish citizens. Peter Jung suspended the award ceremony for 2007 for the time being. An ethics committee, to which the former mayors Ursula Kraus and Hans Kremendahl belonged, should deal with the future name of the award. She suggested that the prize should be called the “Von-der-Heydt” prize in the future. The Else-Lasker-Schüler-Gesellschaft accepted the compromise as the “lowest common denominator”.

The winners

year	Award day	Culture award
1950	2nd December 1950	Culture Prize: Gerhard Nebel (1903–1974), writer and essayist
1951	December 19, 1951	Culture Prize: Otto Coester (1902–1990), graphic artist Culture Prize: Georg Meistermann (1911–1990), painter
1952	August 26, 1952	Culture Prize: Fritz Christian Gerhard (1911–1993), composer Culture Prize: Erich Sehlbach (1898–1985), composer
1953	December 13, 1953	Culture Prize: Ernst Bertram (1884–1957), poet and writer
1954	July 24, 1954	Culture Prize: Fritz Bernuth (1904–1979), sculptor
1955	July 12, 1955	Culture Prize: Hans Weisbach (1885–1961), General Music Director
1956	February 1, 1958	Culture award: Flora Klee-Palyi (1893–1961), graphic artist and translator
1957	February 1, 1958	Culture Prize: Max Burchartz (1887–1961), painter and graphic artist
1958	January 24, 1959	Culture Prize: Heinrich Böll (1917–1985), writer
1959	January 16, 1960	Sponsorship award: Wolfgang vom Schemm (1920–2003), painter and graphic artist Sponsorship award: Ingo Schmitt (* 1933), composer
1960	May 13, 1961	Culture award: Walter Schwagenscheidt (1886–1968), architect
1961	May 12, 1962	Culture award: Armin T. Wegner (1886–1978), writer and poet
1962	May 12, 1962	Culture award: Wilhelm Hüsgen (1877–1962), sculptor
1963	March 21, 1964	Culture award: Willi Dirx (1917–2002), wood cutter and illustrator
1964	March 21, 1964	Sponsorship award: Gertrud Höhler (* 1941), poet Sponsorship award: Wilfried Reckewitz (1925–1991), painter
1965	November 13, 1965	Culture Prize: Hanna Jordan (1921–2014), stage and costume designer
1966	January 14, 1967	Culture Prize: Paul Wellershaus (1887–1976), painter
1967	January 14, 1967	Culture Prize: Paul Pörtner (1925–1984), writer
1968	18th January 1969	Culture award: Gottfried Böhm (* 1920), architect
1969	18th January 1969	Culture Prize: Rudolf Schoofs (1932–2009), painter
1970	17th April 1971	Culture Prize: Robert Wolfgang Schnell (1916–1986), writer
1971	17th April 1971	Sponsorship award: Gerd Hanebeck (1939–2017), painter Sponsorship award: Peter Brötzmann (* 1941), jazz musician
1973	May 26, 1973	Culture Prize: Kurt Horres (* 1932), opera director
1974	February 22, 1975	Culture Prize: Helmut Hirsch (1907–2009), historian and publicist
1975	February 6, 1976	Culture Prize: Karl Otto Mühl (1923–2020), playwright
1976	February 6, 1976	Culture award: Helmut Kahlhöfer (1914–1988), church musician Sponsorship award: Wolfgang Schmitz (1934–2017), painter and draftsman
1977	February 11, 1978	Culture award: Günther Blau (1922–2007), painter Sponsorship award: Rolf Löckmann (* 1942), photographer
1978	December 16, 1978	Culture Prize: Alfred Leithäuser (1898–1979), painter Culture Prize: Pina Bausch (1940–2009), choreographer Sponsorship award: Udo Meyer (* 1939), sculptor
1979	August 25, 1979	Culture Prize: Gerhard Deimling (1934–2017), social scientist Sponsorship award: Detlef Schönenberg (* 1944), musician
1980	November 22, 1980	Culture Prize: Hanns-Martin Schneidt (1930–2018), General Music Director Sponsorship award: Dietrich Maus (* 1942), painter
1981	December 11, 1981	Culture award: Ralf Michael Erich Streuf (* 1950), graphic artist and musician Culture Prize: Alfred Miersch (* 1951), writer
1982	March 20, 1982	Culture Prize: Hermann Schulz (* 1938), publisher
1983	4th February 1984	Sponsorship award: Peter Beicken (* 1943), poet and Germanist Sponsorship award: Boris Schmitz (* 1962), violinist
1984	September 21, 1984	Culture award: Peter Kowald (1944–2002), free jazz musician
1985	January 25, 1985	Culture Prize: Ursula von Reibnitz (1915–1990), actress Sponsorship award: Graziella Drößler (* 1953), painter
1986	May 17, 1987	Culture award: Ute Klophaus (1940–2010), photographer Sponsorship award: Volker Anding (* 1950), multimedia artist
1987	September 27, 1987	Culture Prize: Ulrich Leyendecker (1946–2018), composer Sponsorship award: Bettina Mauel (* 1959), painter Sponsorship award: Geerd Moritz (* 1947), photographer
1988	January 14, 1989	Culture Prize: Tony Cragg (* 1949), sculptor Sponsorship award: Ulrike Arnold (* 1950), painter Sponsorship award: St. Martens Quartet , music ensemble consisting of: Dirk Hegemann (* 1969) Rebecca Buntrock (* 1968) Annette Fieguth (* 1970) Manuel von der Nahmer (* 1970)
1989	June 18, 1989	Culture Prize: Wolfgang Köllmann (1925–1997), social and economic historian Sponsorship award: Renate Löbbecke (* 1946), painter Sponsorship award: Joachim Bischoff (1951–1990), painter
1991	July 13, 1991	Culture Prize: Alice Schwarzer (* 1942), feminist and journalist Sponsorship award: Andreas Junge (1959–2009), painter Sponsorship award: Ulrich Zaum (* 1954), playwright
1993	April 24, 1993	Culture award: Wuppertal dance theater , dance ensemble Sponsorship award: Peter Schmersal (* 1952), painter
1995	February 24, 1996	Culture Prize: Peter Gülke (* 1934), General Music Director Sponsorship award: Johannes Busmann (* 1961), publisher and journalist Sponsorship award: Michael Müller (* 1962), publisher and publicist
1997	November 16, 1997	Culture award: Wolfgang Schmitz (1934–2017), painter and draftsman Sponsorship award: Nicole Aders (* 1967), photographer
1999	November 1, 1999	Culture award: Wuppertaler Kurrende (founded 1924), boys' choir Sponsorship award: Matthias Schlubeck (* 1973), pan flutist
2001	November 29, 2001	Culture Prize: Tom Tykwer (* 1965), director Sponsorship award: Diemut Schilling (* 1965), sculptor
2003	December 7, 2003	Culture Prize: Wolf Erlbruch (* 1948), graphic designer and illustrator Sponsorship award: Tamara Grcic (* 1964), cultural anthropologist and photographer
2005	January 23, 2006	Culture Prize: Peter Brötzmann (* 1941), jazz musician Sponsorship award: Chrystel Guillebeaud (* 1971), dancer and choreographer Sponsorship award: Chun-Hsien Wu (* 1967), dancer and choreographer
2007	Suspended because of the controversy surrounding Eduard von der Heydt
2008	January 11, 2009	Culture Prize: Michael Zeller (* 1944), writer Advancement award: Barbara Buntrock (* 1982), violinist
2010	January 17, 2011	Culture Prize: Toshiyuki Kamioka (* 1960), conductor of the Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra Sponsorship award: Christoph Iacono (* 1972), musician
2012	December 2, 2012	Culture Prize: Anne Linsel (* 1942), journalist and filmmaker Sponsorship award: Roswitha Dasch (* 1963), musician
2014	23rd November 2014	Culture Prize: Peter Pabst (* 1944), stage and costume designer Sponsorship award: Medienprojekt Wuppertal , youth video work
2016	October 30, 2016	Culture Prize: Bazon Brock (* 1936), artist and art theorist Sponsorship award: Roman Babik (* 1981), jazz pianist
2018	4th November 2018	Culture Prize: Eugen Egner (* 1951), author, draftsman and musician Sponsorship award: inclusive theater project Glanzstoff , the association has made it its mission to give people with disabilities the opportunity to create culture self-confidently and under professional conditions together with non-disabled people.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Suspend twice? In: Wuppertaler Rundschau from April 23, 2008.
2. ↑ Michael Zeller and Barbara Buntrock received the Von der Heydt Prize Westdeutsche Zeitung on October 24, 2008.
3. ↑ Von der Heydt Prize: Turbulence on the Westdeutsche Zeitung Award of October 24, 2008.
4. ↑ The culture award is to be called “Von der Heydt” award in the future Westdeutsche Zeitung from April 25, 2008
5. ↑ Wuppertal's Eduard von der Heydt Culture Prize goes to illustrator Wolf Erlbruch  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Press release of the city of Wuppertal from May 21, 2003  
6. ↑ Von der Heydt Prize for Peter Brötzmann  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Press release of the city of Wuppertal from January 25, 2006  
7. ↑ Von der Heydt Prize 2008: Michael Zeller and Barbara Buntrock are honored with the city's culture prize  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Press release from the city of Wuppertal from October 24, 2008  
8. ↑ Toshiyuki Kamioka receives the Von der Heydt Prize Westdeutsche Zeitung on October 1, 2010
9. ↑ As casual as it is profound: Culture Prize for Anne Linsel Westdeutsche Zeitung (online) from December 2, 2012
10. ↑ Peter Pabst receives the Culture Prize of the City of Wuppertal Press release of the City of Wuppertal from May 12, 2014
11. ↑ City of Wuppertal - Bazon Brock receives the culture award of the city of Wuppertal. (No longer available online.) In: wuppertal.de. Archived from the original on August 23, 2016 ; accessed on June 24, 2016 . 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.  
12. ↑ Eugen Egner awarded the Von der Heydt Prize. In: wdr.de. WDR, accessed November 4, 2018 . 

literature

• 30 years of the City of Wuppertal's Culture Prize / Eduard von der Heydt Prize , Wuppertal 1980
• Eduard von der Heydt Culture Prize of the City of Wuppertal 1950-2001 , Wuppertal 2001, ISBN 3-00-008523-8

Web links

• City of Wuppertal - Von der Heydt Culture Prize. In: wuppertal.de. Retrieved November 2, 2016 . 
• List from Werner Steinbach ( Memento from March 25, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
• wdr to discuss von der Heydt ( Memento from May 9, 2007 in the Internet Archive )