Wilhelm Leuschner Medal

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Wilhelm Leuschner Medal

The Wilhelm Leuschner Medal is the highest award in the State of Hesse . It was donated on September 29, 1964 by the then Hessian Prime Minister Georg-August Zinn on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the death of Wilhelm Leuschner . The foundation decree was only published over a year later in the Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse together with the guidelines for the award of the Wilhelm Leuschner Medal issued on the same date .

Foundation decree

The opening words of the decree read in full: As a sign that we want to honor and increase the political legacy of Leuschner, the political legacy that the victims of July 20th, I am donating the Wilhelm-Leuschner on the 20th anniversary of his death -Medal.

The medal is intended as an award for people who, in the spirit of Wilhelm Leuschner, have made outstanding contributions to democratic society and its institutions. The decree was changed in 2008. Since then, the medal can also be awarded "to honor the commitment to freedom, democracy and social justice".

medal

The medal, embossed in silver , has a diameter of 55 mm and is 2.5 mm thick. On its obverse it shows the head of Wilhelm Leuschner turned to the right with the inscription WILHELM LEUSCHNER . In the lapel the Hessian heraldic animal , a crowned lion, with the inscription FOR MERIT FOR THE LAND OF HESSE . The Wilhelm Leuschner Medal is not intended to be worn and is therefore a non-wearable state award. The design of the medal comes from Hans Mettel , former director of the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main.

Award practice

The president of the Hessian state parliament and the members of the state government are primarily entitled to propose the medal .

Proposals for an award are to be sent to the Prime Minister through official channels. They should contain the curriculum vitae, a detailed description of the merits and information about the worthiness of the recipient. The Prime Minister then instructs the head of the State Chancellery to carry out a so-called preliminary examination of whether all the award requirements have been met.

The Wilhelm Leuschner Medal is personally awarded by the Hessian Prime Minister with a certificate signed by him, whereby he can delegate the award to a third person. The medal itself and the award document become the property of the borrower. After his death, the medal remains in memory of his bereaved.

The medal can also be withdrawn again in the event that the entrusted person turns out to be unworthy of the award due to his behavior. It was expressly stipulated that a conviction for a violation or a negligent criminal offense in general does not constitute grounds for unworthiness.

Lost pieces will not be replaced. However, the owner is entitled to obtain a replacement piece at his own expense.

The first award took place on December 31, 1965 to the Minister of State a. D. Heinrich Zinnkann , formerly Hessian Minister of the Interior and President of the State Parliament . This award, along with seven other awards made in 1966, was announced on February 20, 1967 in the State Gazette for the State of Hesse . Since December 1st, 1977 the tradition has developed to award the medal every year if possible on this date, the Hessian Constitutional Day.

carrier

The years 1965 to 1970

  • Heinrich Zinnkann , politician, Hessian State Minister of the Interior from 1947 to 1954 (December 31, 1965)
  • Otto Brenner , trade unionist, 1st chairman of IG Metall (November 8, 1967)
  • Walter Jansen , District Administrator a. D. (November 21, 1967)
  • Willi Goethe , City Councilor (November 21, 1967)
  • Fritz König , First Chairman and Managing Director of the Frankfurt am Main District Administration of the Public Services, Transport and Traffic Union (April 2, 1967)
  • Cuno Raabe , Mayor of the City of Fulda (November 21, 1967)
  • Hans J. Reinowski , publisher and editor-in-chief of Darmstädter Echo (April 15, 1969)
  • Hans Wiegand , Chairman of the Hesse District of the German Confederation of Trade Unions (November 10, 1969)
  • Nora Platiel , politician, District Court Director a. D., Lawyer and Resistance Fighter against National Socialism (January 16, 1970)
  • Fritz Hoch , politician, former district president D. (January 16, 1970)
  • Franz Fuchs , President of the Hessian State Parliament (November 27, 1970)
  • Ludwig Gehm , resistance fighter (July 25, 1970)
  • Karl Gerold , Author and Editor of the Frankfurter Rundschau (February 19, 1970)

The years 1971 to 1975

  • Betty Arndt , politician (SPD) and social worker (June 6, 1974)
  • Walter Brand , journalist (June 6, 1974)
  • Karl Schöppler , painter, Wiesbaden (June 6, 1974)
  • Jürgen Tern , journalist, Frankfurt am Main (June 6, 1974)
  • Kurt Wolff , Antifascist, Member of the SPD, the Reich Banner Black-Red-Gold, and the Jewish Front Fighters League (July 8, 1974)
  • Kurt Fischer , Trade Unionist (IG Metall) and Politician (SPD) (August 26, 1975)
  • Ruth Horn , Member of the Bundestag, politician, Darmstadt-Eberstadt (June 12, 1975)
  • Robert Kempner , Lawyer, Prosecutor for the Nuremberg Trials (June 12, 1975)
  • Wolfgang Mischnick , Member of the Bundestag, Politician (FDP) (May 12, 1975)
  • Wilhelm Reitz , Member of the Bundestag, politician, Wetzlar (June 12, 1975)
  • Hans Wagner , President of the Hessian State Parliament (June 12, 1975)

The years 1976 to 1980

  • Hermann Berg , dean of the cathedral, theologian (December 1, 1978)
  • Fritz Brauer , politician (SPD), Limeshain (December 1, 1977)
  • Wilhelm Fay , retired mayor D., Lawyer and Politician (CDU) (December 1, 1977)
  • Elisabeth Selbert , politician, Kassel (December 1, 1977)
  • Hermann Stein , Member of the Bundestag (FDP), Lahn-Klein-Linden (December 1, 1977)
  • Otto Braun , Member of the Bundestag, Entrepreneur (November 30, 1979)
  • Helga Einsele , lawyer (November 30, 1979)
  • Werner Hess , Director of HR, Frankfurt am Main (November 30, 1979)
  • Max Mayr , resistance fighter and politician (SPD), Kassel (November 30, 1979)
  • Max Melzer , trade unionist, Frankfurt am Main (November 30, 1979)
  • Oswald von Nell-Breuning SJ, Catholic theologian and social philosopher (November 30, 1979)
  • Edmund Rieß , Spiritual Counselor, Viernheim (November 30, 1979)

The years 1981 to 1985

The years 1986 to 1990

The years 1991 to 1995

The years 1996 to 2000
  • Karl Brozik , representative of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (November 30, 1997)
  • Alfred Marchand , trade unionist (November 30, 1997)
  • Klaus Hänsch , Member of the European Parliament (SPD) (December 1, 2000)
  • Frank Niethammer , Honorary President IHK Frankfurt (December 1, 2000)
  • Kurt Oeser , "Startbahnpfarrer" (December 1, 2000)

The years 2001 to 2005

The years 2006 to 2010

The years 2011 to 2015

The years 2016 to 2020

literature

  • Hessian service of the state chancellery of the Hessian state government (ed.): Wilhelm Leuschner, order and obligation. Biographical appraisal of the Interior Minister of the People's State of Hesse and resistance fighter against National Socialism. Documentation of the ceremony for the award of the Wilhelm Leuschner Medal on the Hessian Constitution Day on December 1, 1992 in Biebrich Castle. Life paths of the bearers of the medal. Wiesbaden 1993.
  • Hessian state government (ed.): In the service of democracy - The winners of the Wilhelm Leuschner Medal 1965 - 2011 . Wiesbaden 2011.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hessische Landesregierung (Hrsg.): In the service of democracy - The winners of the Wilhelm Leuschner Medal 1965 - 2011 . Wiesbaden 2011, p. 9 .
  2. ^ Foundation decree and the guidelines for the award of the Wilhelm Leuschner Medal from December 20, 1965 . In: The Hessian Minister President (Hrsg.): Law and Ordinance Gazette for the State of Hesse . 1965 no. 29 , p. 336–337 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 1.1 MB ]).
  3. ↑ Hessische Landesregierung (Hrsg.): In the service of democracy - The winners of the Wilhelm Leuschner Medal 1965 - 2011 . Wiesbaden 2011, p. 42 .
  4. ↑ a b Hessian state government (ed.): In the service of democracy - The winners of the Wilhelm Leuschner Medal 1965 - 2011 . Wiesbaden 2011, p. 41 .
  5. ↑ Awarded the Wilhelm Leuschner Medal on February 7, 1967 . In: The Hessian Prime Minister (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1967 No. 8 , p. 241 , 174 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 3.0 MB ]).
  6. ^ Awarded the Wilhelm Leuschner Medal on December 6, 1977 . In: The Hessian Prime Minister (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1977 No. 52 , p. 2522 , 1630 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 9,9 MB ]).
  7. ↑ Hessische Landesregierung (Hrsg.): In the service of democracy - The winners of the Wilhelm Leuschner Medal 1965 - 2011 . Wiesbaden 2011, p. 46-72 .
  8. ↑ Hessische Landesregierung (Hrsg.): In the service of democracy - The winners of the Wilhelm Leuschner Medal 1965 - 2011 . Wiesbaden 2011, p. 72-96 .
  9. ↑ Hessische Landesregierung (Hrsg.): In the service of democracy - The winners of the Wilhelm Leuschner Medal 1965 - 2011 . Wiesbaden 2011, p. 96-123 .
  10. ↑ Hessische Landesregierung (Hrsg.): In the service of democracy - The winners of the Wilhelm Leuschner Medal 1965 - 2011 . Wiesbaden 2011, p. 124-154 .
  11. ↑ a b c d e f Awarded the Wilhelm Leuschner Medal on December 10, 1987 . In: The Hessian Prime Minister (Ed.): State Gazette for the State of Hesse. 1988 No. 1 , p. 2 , 1 ( online at the information system of the Hessian state parliament [PDF; 7,8 MB ]).
  12. ↑ a b c StAnz. 3/2003 p. 214 ( Memento of the original from February 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / stanz.ms-visucom.de
  13. ↑ a b c d StAnz. 14/2008 p. 910 ( Memento of the original from February 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / stanz.ms-visucom.de
  14. ↑ a b c Prime Minister Volker Bouffier awards the state's highest award.  ( 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 on the state portal Hessen, November 4, 2011.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.hessen.de  
  15. ↑ a b c Prime Minister Volker Bouffier awards the Wilhelm Leuschner Medal
  16. ↑ Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of October 1, 2016, p. 49.
  17. ↑ Personal details - award . In: Bunte . No. 50/2018 . Burda, December 6, 2018.
  18. ↑ Award for Joachim Gauck: Hesse's highest honor. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine (faz.net). December 1, 2018, accessed December 20, 2018 .
  19. ↑ Walter Lübcke posthumously receives the highest Hessian award - Kassel. In: hna.de. June 17, 2019, accessed July 18, 2019 .