Würth Foundation
The non-profit foundation Würth , based in Künzelsau , was founded in 1987 by Carmen and Reinhold Würth to support the cultural work of the company Adolf Würth GmbH & Co. KG . It is not to be confused with the Carmen Würth, Bettina Würth, Marion Würth and Markus Würth family foundations, which are limited partners in the Würth Group.
The Würth Foundation has a capital of 4.1 million euros; In the last few years (as of July 2005) an average of 150,000 euros has been distributed from this. All costs for the ongoing business of the foundation are borne by the company.
Foundation goals
The purpose is to promote science and research as well as art and culture through the following measures:
- Conducting scientific events
- Awarding research contracts
- Support for private universities
- Promotion of artists through the award of prizes and grants
- Financing of orders to artists
- Initiation and financing of artistic events in the music and art sector
- Contributions to the care and maintenance of art collections
- Promotion of cultural institutions such as museums, theaters and libraries
Awards given
Robert Jacobsen Prize
The Robert Jacobsen Prize, which was created in memory of the Danish artist Robert Jacobsen , has been promoting visual artists since 1993 . It is endowed with 25,000 euros and is awarded every two years.
Previous winners:
- 1993 Lun Tuchnowski
- 1995 Richard Deacon
- 1997 Magdalena Jetelová
- 1999 Gereon Lepper
- 2001 Stephan Kern
- 2003 Rui Chafes
- 2005/2006 Bernar Venet
- 2008 Monika Sosnowska
- 2010 Alicja Kwade
- 2012 Jeppe Hein
- 2014 Michael Sailstorfer
- 2017 Yngve Holen
- 2019 Eva Rothschild
Würth Prize for European Literature
The Würth Prize for European Literature, which has been awarded every two years since 1998, aims to recognize literary efforts to promote Europe's cultural diversity. It is endowed with 25,000 euros.
Previous winners:
- 1998 Hermann Lenz
- 2000 Claudio Magris
- 2002 Claude Vigée
- 2004 Harald Hartung
- 2006 Herta Müller
- 2008 Peter Turrini
- 2010 Ilija Trojanow
- 2012 Hanna Krall
- 2014 Péter Nádas
- 2016 Peter Handke
- 2018 Christoph Ransmayr
- 2020 David Grossmann
Würth Literature Prize / Tuebingen Poetics Lecturer
The Tübingen Poetics Lecturer has enabled the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen to invite prominent writers to courses and workshop discussions since 1996. The lecturers changed from semester to semester, since 2006 the lectureship has only taken place once a year in the winter semester. The Tübingen poetics lectureship is organized by the German Department of the university under the direction of Dorothee Kimmich .
In cooperation with the respective holder of the poetics lectureship, the Würth Literature Prize, endowed with 7,500 euros, is awarded as a sponsorship and young talent prize; the prize money can be split. The award is given to a literary text, the subject of which has been given by the poetics lecturer.
Poetics lecturers:
- Spring 1996: Marlene Streeruwitz
- Summer 1996: João Ubaldo Ribeiro
- Spring 1997: Tankred Dorst
- Summer 1997: Aleksandar Tišma
- Winter 1998: Jacques Roubaud
- Spring 1998: Yōko Tawada
- Summer 1998: Andrzej Szczypiorski
- Spring 1999: Gerhard Köpf
- Summer 1999: Günter Grass
- Winter 1999: Aras Ören
- Summer 2000: Anna Maria Carpi , Batya Gur , Barbara Honigmann , Zoë Jenny , Herta Müller , Yōko Tawada , Dubravka Ugrešić , Alissa Walser
- Summer 2001: Peter Rühmkorf
- Winter 2001: Herta Müller
- Summer 2002: Juan Goytisolo
- Winter 2002: Amos Oz , Izzat Ghazzawi
- Summer 2003: Adam Zagajewski , Susan Sontag
- Winter 2003: Peter Turrini
- Winter 2004: André Heller
- Summer 2005: Doron Rabinovici , Ruth Klüger
- Winter 2005: Lars Gustafsson , Peter Bieri
- from 2006 annual award
- 2006: Péter Esterházy , Terézia Mora
- 2007: Feridun Zaimoglu , Ilija Trojanow
- 2008: Kiran Nagarkar , Christoph Peters
- 2009: Jonathan Franzen , Adam Haslett , Daniel Kehlmann
- 2010: Juli Zeh , Georg M. Oswald
- 2011: Brigitte Kronauer , Dieter Asmus , Otto A. Böhmer
- 2012: Christoph Ransmayr , Raoul Schrott
- 2013: Hans Magnus Enzensberger , Dirk von Petersdorff
- 2014: Taiye Selasi , Nii Ayikwei Parkes , Priya Basil , Chika Unigwe
- 2015: Clemens Setz , Kathrin Passig
- 2016: Siri Hustvedt , Vittorio Gallese
- 2017: Hakan Nesser , Arne Dahl , Friedrich Ani , Wolfgang Schorlau
- 2018: Uwe Timm , Frank Witzel
- 2019: Karl Ove Knausgård , Judith Schalansky
The winners of the Würth Literature Prize are listed here .
Würth Prize from Jeunesses Musicales Germany
With the Würth Prize of Jeunesses Musicales Germany, which the foundation awards in cooperation with Jeunesses Musicales Germany (JMD), the musical youth of Germany is to be given special support. The prize money of 10,000 euros is provided by the foundation, the winners are selected by the JMD board. The award has been presented annually since 1991.
Previous winners:
- 1991 Dennis Russell Davies
- 1992 Arcis quintet
- 1993 Philip Glass
- 1994 Dietmar Schönherr and his project Casa de los tres mundos in Nicaragua
- 1995 Kühn Philharmonic Children's Choir (Prague), Polish Nightingales (Posen), Tölzer Boys' Choir
- 1996 Yakov Kreizberg
- 1997 Young German Philharmonic (Frankfurt / Main)
- 1998 Henry Meyer
- 1999 Tabea Zimmermann
- 2000 Venezuela National Children's Orchestra
- 2001 Claudio Abbado
- 2002 Ensemble Resonanz
- 2003 Theo Geissler
- 2004 Education Program of the Berlin Philharmonic
- 2005 Justus Frantz with his Philharmonic of Nations
- 2006 Michael Kaufmann , director of the Essen Philharmonic
- 2007 Artemis Quartet (Berlin)
- 2008 Gustavo Dudamel
- 2009 Arab-Jewish Youth Orchestra Israel
- 2010 Martin Grubinger
- 2011 Federal Youth Orchestra
- 2012 Sol Gabetta
- 2013 Bruno Weil
- 2014 German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen
- 2015 vision string quartet
- 2016 Lars Vogt
- 2017 Christian Tetzlaff
- 2018 STEGREIF.orchester
- 2019 Patricia Kopatchinskaja
Würth education award
Since 2007, the Würth Education Prize has been awarded to initiatives and economic concepts in schools.
- 2014
- 1st prize Carl-Friedrich-Gauß-Gymnasium Hockenheim
- 2nd prize at the Robert-Gerwig-Schule St. Georgen
- 3rd prize Walter Erbe Realschule Tübingen
- 3rd prize in the Eigeltingen Community School
- 2015
- 1st prize Gustav Schönleber School Bietigheim-Bissingen
- 2nd prize Gerhart-Hauptmann-Schule Elementary and Werkrealschule Heilbronn
- 3rd prize Jahnschule Harthausen (Filderstadt)
- 4th prize Hermann-Hesse-Gymnasium Calw
- 2016
- 1st prize Park School Gaildorf
- 2nd prize Hellenstein-Gymnasium Heidenheim
- 3rd prize in the Langenau Community School
- 4th Prize International Comprehensive School Heidelberg
- 4th prize at the Neuenberg high school
- 4th prize Werdenbergschule Trochtelfingen
Web links
- Würth Foundation
- Tuebingen poetics lectureship
- Winner of the Würth Literature Prize
- Würth Prize from Jeunesses Musicales Germany
- Würth Prize on the JMD website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter Handke receives Würth Prize for European Literature , Deutschlandradio Kultur , October 14, 2015
- ↑ Christoph Ransmayr receives Würth Prize , Deutschlandradio Kultur, December 11, 2017, accessed on December 11, 2017
- ^ Prize for European Literature for David Grossmann , deutschlandfunk.de, published and accessed on December 13, 2019