Wedekind Prize for German History
The Wedekind Prize for German History of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen has been awarded at irregular intervals since 2009 for outstanding work on German history in the last 10 years (medieval or modern German history). Particular attention will be given to presentations aimed at synthesis and devoted to the understanding of historical change in all its breadth, as well as excellent historical editions. German history is understood broadly (German-speaking area and international references). It is endowed with 5000 euros.
It has been named after Anton Christian Wedekind since 2009 , who donated 8,000 gold thalers in 1819 for such a prize. Before 2009 it was called the Academy Prize for History.
Award winners
- 1984 Gerhard Streich , Göttingen, for castle and church during the German Middle Ages .
- 1994 Hans-Christof Kraus , Munich, for Ernst Ludwig von Gerlach - Political Thought and Action of an Old Prussian Conservative .
- 2009 Horst Walter Blanke , Bielefeld, for his edition and bibliography on Droysen's “Historik”.
- 2010 Folker Reichert for learned life. Karl Hampe, the Middle Ages and the history of German .
- 2011 Svenja Goltermann for The Society of Survivors. German war returnees and their experiences of violence in the Second World War .
- 2017 Theo Kölzer for the Karolinger certificates. The documents of Louis the Pious .