The Austrian Decoration for Science and Art (german: Österreichisches Ehrenzeichen für Wissenschaft und Kunst) is a state decoration of the Republic of Austria and forms part of the Austrian national honours system.

History

The "Austrian Decoration for Science and Art" was established by the National Council as an honour for scientific or artistic achievements by Federal Law of May 1955 ( Federal Law Gazette No. 96/1955 as amended BGBl I No 128/2001). At the same time, the National Council also established the "Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art", which is awarded as "Cross of Honour, First Class" (German: ''Ehrenkreuz 1. Klasse'') and "Cross of Honour" (German: ''Ehrenkreuz''). While not technically counted as lower classes of the Decoration for Science and Art, these crosses are nevertheless affiliated with it.

Divisions

Decoration for Science and Art

The number of living recipients of the Decoration for Science and Art is limited to a maximum of 72 at any one time (36 recipients for science and 36 for arts). In each of these two groups there are 18 Austrian citizens and 18 foreign nationals.

Cross of Honour for Science and Art, First Class

There are no limits on the number of recipients.

Cross of Honour for Science and Art

There are no limits on the number of recipients.

Precedence

Recipients

Decoration for Science and Art

*1957: Clemens Holzmeister, architect *1959: Max Mell, writer *1960: O. W. Fischer, actor *1961: Herbert von Karajan, conductor; Rudolf von Laun, international lawyer *1964: Edmund Hlawka, mathematician; Ernst Lothar, writer and director *1966: Ludwig von Ficker, writer and publisher *1967: Karl Heinrich Waggerl, writer;

Lise Meitner Elise Meitner ( , ; 7 November 1878 – 27 October 1968) was an Austrian-Swedish physicist who was one of those responsible for the discovery of the element protactinium and nuclear fission. While working at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute on rad ...

, physicist *1969: Anny Felbermayer, soprano *1971: Fritz Wotruba, architect and artist *1972: Elias Canetti, writer *1974: Gottfried von Einem, composer *1975: Hans Tuppy, biochemist; Robert Stolz, composer *1976: Friedrich Torberg, writer and translator; Manfred Eigen, chemist *1977:

Ernst Schönwiese Ernst is both a surname and a given name, the German, Dutch, and Scandinavian form of Ernest. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Adolf Ernst (1832–1899) German botanist known by the author abbreviation "Ernst" * Anton Ernst (1975-) ...

, writer *1978:

Hans Nowotny Hans may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Hans (name), a masculine given name * Hans Raj Hans, Indian singer and politician ** Navraj Hans, Indian singer, actor, entrepreneur, cricket player and performer, son of Hans Raj Hans ** Yuvraj Hans, Punjabi a ...

, chemist *1979:

Roland Rainer Roland Rainer (1 May 1910 – 10 April 2004) was an Austrian architect. Born in Klagenfurt, Roland Rainer decided to become an architect when he was 18, so he studied at the Vienna University of Technology. His thesis was about the Karlsplatz in ...

, architect; Max Weiler, artist *1980: Alfred Uhl and Marcel Rubin, composer; Fritz Hochwälder, writer;

Karl Popper Sir Karl Raimund Popper (28 July 1902 – 17 September 1994) was an Austrian-British philosopher, academic and social commentator. One of the 20th century's most influential philosophers of science, Popper is known for his rejection of the cl ...

, philosopher and science theorist *1981: Gertrud Fussenegger, writer;

Werner Berg Werner may refer to: People * Werner (name), origin of the name and people with this name as surname and given name Fictional characters * Werner (comics), a German comic book character * Werner Von Croy, a fictional character in the ''Tomb Rai ...

, painter *1982: Heinrich Harrer, mountaineer; Jacqueline de Romilly, philologist *1983:

Hans Plank Hans Plank (29 March 1925 – 25 April 1992) was an Austrian artist who in 1983 was awarded the Austrian Medal for Science and Art. Selected publications *''Johann Baptist Wengler. Ein Maler des Biedermeier. With reproductions, including a self-p ...

, painter *1985:

Erika Mitterer Erika may refer to: Arts and Entertainment * Megatokyo, Hayasaka Erika (''Megatokyo)'' * Erika (Friends), Erika (''Friends'') * Erika (Pokémon), Erika (''Pokémon'') * Erika (Underworld), Erika (''Underworld'') * Girls und Panzer, Erika Itsumi ...

, writer *1986: Johann Jascha, artist *1987: Friederike Mayröcker, writer *1988:

Dietmar Grieser Dietmar is a German forename. *Dietmar I (archbishop of Salzburg), ruled 874 to 907 *Dietmar von Aist, Minnesinger from a baronial family of Upper Austria, documented between 1140 and 1171 * Dietmar Bär (born 1961), German actor *Dietmar Bartsch ...

, author and journalist *1990: Ernst Jandl, writer; Hans Hollein, architect *1991:

H.C. Artmann Hans Carl Artmann (12 June 1921 – 4 December 2000), also known as Ib Hansen, was an Austrian poet and writer, most popular for his early poems written in Viennese (''med ana schwoazzn dintn'', 1958), which however, never after were to b ...

, writer *1992: Carlos Kleiber, conductor; Krzysztof Penderecki, composer *1993: Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, architect; Peter Schuster, chemist; Gottfried Biegelmeier, physicist; Walter Thirring, physicist; Albert Eschenmoser, chemist; Albrecht Schöne, philologist;

Günther Wilke Günther Wilke (23 February 1925 – 9 December 2016) was a German chemist who was influential in organometallic chemistry. He was the director of the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research (Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung) from 1967–199 ...

, chemist *1994: Josef Mikl, painter; Erwin Chargaff, chemist *1995: Horst Stein, conductor *1996:

Siegfried Josef Bauer Siegfried is a German-language male given name, composed from the Germanic elements ''sig'' "victory" and ''frithu'' "protection, peace". The German name has the Old Norse cognate ''Sigfriðr, Sigfrøðr'', which gives rise to Swedish ''Sigfrid' ...

, meteorologist and geophysicist *1997: Bruno Gironcoli, artist; Kurt Schwertsik, composer; Hans Hass, biologist; Robert Walter, jurist;

Albrecht Dihle Albrecht ("noble", "bright") is a given name or surname of German origin and may refer to: First name *Albrecht Agthe, (1790–1873), German music teacher *Albrecht Altdorfer, (c. 1480–1538) German Renaissance painter *Albrecht Becker, (1906� ...

, classical philologist; Cassos Karageorghis, archaeologist; Klemens von Klemperer, historian *1998: Hans-Jörg Wiedl reptile expert

Helmut Denk Helmut is a German name. Variants include Hellmut, Helmuth, and Hellmuth. From old German, the first element deriving from either ''heil'' ("healthy") or ''hiltja'' ("battle"), and the second from ''muot'' ("spirit, mind, mood"). Helmut may refer ...

, pathologist *1999: Carl Pruscha, architect;

Elisabeth Lichtenberger Elisabeth Lichtenberger (17 February 1925 – 14 February 2017) was an Austrian geographer. Her research focus was on urban geography and mountain research, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe and North America. She taught at the Universit ...

, geographer;

Karl Acham Karl may refer to: People * Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne * Karl Marx, German philosopher and political writer * Karl of Austria, last Austrian ...

, sociologist; Walter Kohn, physicist *2000: Paul Kirchhof, constitutional and tax lawyer;

Hans Müllejans Hans may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Hans (name), a masculine given name * Hans Raj Hans, Indian singer and politician ** Navraj Hans, Indian singer, actor, entrepreneur, cricket player and performer, son of Hans Raj Hans ** Yuvraj Hans, Punjabi ...

, provost; Herwig Wolfram, historian;

Gerardo Broggini Gerardo may refer to: People Given name Gerardo is the Spanish, Portuguese and Italian form of the male given name Gerard. * Gerardo Amarilla (born 1969), Uruguayan politician * Gerardo Bonilla (born 1975), Puerto Rican-born professional race car ...

, lawyer *2001: Anton Zeilinger, experimental physicist *2002:

Arik Brauer Arik Brauer ( he, אריק בראואר; 4 January 1929 – 24 January 2021) was an Austrian painter, printmaker, poet, dancer, singer-songwriter, stage designer, architect, and academic teacher. Brauer, from a family of Jewish emigrants, grew ...

, painter, poet and singer;

Peter Wolf Peter Wolf (born March 7, 1946) is an American musician best known as the lead vocalist of the J. Geils Band from 1967 to 1983 and as a solo artist. Early life and education Peter Wolf was born Peter Walter Blankfield on March 7, 1946 in The ...

, Austrian-born producer and composer;

Eugen Biser Eugen is a masculine given name which may refer to: * Archduke Eugen of Austria (1863–1954), last Habsburg Grandmaster of the Teutonic Order from 1894 to 1923 * Prince Eugen, Duke of Närke (1865–1947), Swedish painter, art collector, and p ...

, religious philosopher;

Horst Dreier Horst Dreier (born 7 September 1954) is a German jurist and legal philosopher. He currently holds a chair at the University of Würzburg. In 2008 he was the initial candidate to replace Winfried Hassemer at the Federal Constitutional Court of G ...

, legal philosopher; Elliott H. Lieb, physicist and mathematician; Bogdan Bogdanović, architect *2003: Hermann Fillitz, art historian; Wolfgang M. Schmidt, mathematician *2004:

Klaus Wolff Klaus is a German, Dutch and Scandinavian given name and surname. It originated as a short form of Nikolaus, a German form of the Greek given name Nicholas. Notable persons whose family name is Klaus *Billy Klaus (1928–2006), American baseba ...

, dermatologist *2005: Václav Havel, writer, dissident and former president of the Czech Republic; Christian Attersee, painter; Eric Kandel, neuroscientist; Peter Palese, virologist *2006: Bruno Ganz, actor;

Stephen Toulmin Stephen Edelston Toulmin (; 25 March 1922 – 4 December 2009) was a British philosopher, author, and educator. Influenced by Ludwig Wittgenstein, Toulmin devoted his works to the analysis of moral reasoning. Throughout his writings, he sought t ...

, philosopher; Christian Meier, historian; Pierre Soulages, painter; Michael Mitterauer, historian *2007: Otto Tausig, actor *2008: Marina Abramović, performance artist *2009: Mati Sirkel, translator *2010:

Paul Holdengräber Paul Bernard Holdengräber (born March 15, 1960) is an American interviewer, curator and writer. He was director of the New York Public Library's public programming and organized literary conversations for the NYPL's public program series, ''LIVE ...

, curator *2012:

Christoph Waltz Christoph Waltz (; born 4 October 1956) is an Austrian-German actor. Since 2009 he has been primarily active in the United States. His accolades include two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two British Academy Film Awards and two Sc ...

, actor, director. *2013:

Gerhard Rühm Gerhard Rühm (born 12 February 1930 in Vienna) is an Austrian author, composer and visual artist. Biography Rühm studied the piano and music composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. Following his studies he unde ...

, author, composer, artist *2014:

Abbas Kiarostami Abbas Kiarostami ( fa, عباس کیارستمی ; 22 June 1940 – 4 July 2016) was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, poet, photographer, and film producer. An active filmmaker from 1970, Kiarostami had been involved in the production of ...

, film director, screenwriter, photographer

Cross (and Cross 1st Class)

Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art 1st Class

*1960:

Karl Schiske Karl Hubert Rudolf Schiske (12 February 1916 – 16 June 1969) was an Austrian composer and musical composition professor. Life Schiske was born in Győr in what is now western Hungary which was then still part of the Danube Monarchy in 1916. In ...

, composer *1961:

Günther Baszel Günther, Guenther, Ginther, Gunther, and the variants Günter, Guenter, Guenther, Ginter, and Gunter, are Germanic names derived from ''Gunthere, Gunthari'', composed of '' *gunþiz'' "battle" (Old Norse '' gunnr'') and ''heri, hari'' "army". Gu ...

, artist; Ernst Lothar, author and director *1965: Kurt Roger, Composer / Professor Georg Szell Conductor Nathan Milstein Violin *1967:

Maria Augusta von Trapp Baroness Maria Augusta von Trapp DHS (; 26 January 1905 – 28 March 1987) was the stepmother and matriarch of the Trapp Family Singers. She wrote ''The Story of the Trapp Family Singers'', which was published in 1949 and was the inspiratio ...

, matriarch of the Trapp Family Singers *1968:

Alphons Barb Alphons Augustinus Barb (born: Alfons Ascher Barb; 15 April 1901 – 13 November 1979) was an Austrian academic, archaeologist, numismatist, museum director and author who received recognition both from his native Austria and in Britain for his ...

, author *1970:

Enver Čolaković Enver Čolaković (27 May 1913 – 18 August 1976) was a Bosnian novelist, poet and translator, best known for his 1944 novel ''The Legend of Ali-Pasha''. During the later stages of World War II he served as a cultural attaché to the Independent S ...

, writer and poet *1971:

Gustav Zelibor Gustav, Gustaf or Gustave may refer to: *Gustav (name), a male given name of Old Swedish origin Art, entertainment, and media * ''Primeval'' (film), a 2007 American horror film * ''Gustav'' (film series), a Hungarian series of animated short cart ...

, pianist and conductor *1974:

, writer; Marcel Rubin, composer; Arthur Hilton, chemist, *1975 Karl Menger, mathematician *1976:

Wolfgang Mayer König Wolfgang is a German male given name traditionally popular in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The name is a combination of the Old High German words ''wolf'', meaning "wolf", and '' gang'', meaning "path", "journey", "travel". Besides the regul ...

, writer *1977: Wolfgang Rehm, musicologist *1978: Kurt Neumüller, pianist and pedagogue *1980: Alfred Uhl, composer *1981: Thomas Christian David, conductor, composer, flutist *1982:

Margareta Sjöstedt Margareta Sjöstedt, also Sjöstedt-Kraus, (1923–2012) was a Swedish-Austrian contralto who received voice training in Stockholm, Salzburg and Vienna. She gave her first lieder recital in 1951 in Stockholm. From 1955 until her retirement in 1982 ...

Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art

*1983: Walter Bitterlich, forest scientist,

Wolf Häfele The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, and gray wolves, as popularly u ...

, physicist *1984:

Frank Sinatra Francis Albert Sinatra (; December 12, 1915 – May 14, 1998) was an American singer and actor. Nicknamed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Chairman of the Board" and later called "Ol' Blue Eyes", Sinatra was one of the most popular ...

, singer and actor, Fritz Muliar, actor and director,

Ludwig Schwarzer Ludwig may refer to: People and fictional characters * Ludwig (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Ludwig (surname), including a list of people * Ludwig Ahgren, or simply Ludwig, American YouTube live streamer and c ...

, painter *1987: Alois Hergouth, writer and poet; Helen Adolf, literature scholar and linguist *1989: Norbert Pawlicki, pianist and composer *1994:

Christian M. Nebehay Christian M. Nebehay (May 11, 1909 – November 25, 2003) was an Austrian art dealer, art collector and author. He became internationally known – particularly in the art world – for his works on Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele.Nebehay, Christian ...

, art dealer and author *1996: Ronald S. Calinger, American historian of Mathematics; Fausto Cercignani, Italian scholar, essayist and poet; Quirino Principe, Italian philosopher of music and dramatist *1997: Herbert Willi, composer;

Lucian O. Meysels Lucian of Samosata, '; la, Lucianus Samosatensis ( 125 – after 180) was a Hellenized Syrian satirist, rhetorician and pamphleteer who is best known for his characteristic tongue-in-cheek style, with which he frequently ridiculed superstiti ...

, author;

Ernest Manheim Ernest Manheim (27 January 1900 – 28 July 2002), known as Ernő until 1920, Ernst until 1934, and then Ernest in the United States, was an American sociologist, anthropologist, and composer born in Hungary, at that time part of the Austro-Hung ...

, American sociologist of Hungarian origin *1998: Senta Berger, actress,

Kiki Kogelnik Kiki Kogelnik (1935–1997) was an Austrian painter, sculptor and printmaker. Born in southern Austria, she studied at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts and moved to New York City in 1961. Kogelnik is considered Austria's most important pop-relate ...

, artist (posthumously awarded),

Edith Neumann Edith Neumann (–) was an Austrian microbiologist. Life Edith Neumann was born in Vienna, Austria, on June 29, 1902, to lawyer and art collector Alfred Spitzer and wife Hermine. She studied chemistry and physics at the University of Vienna and r ...

, microbiologist. *1999:

Peter Simonischek Peter Simonischek (born 6 August 1946) is an Austrian people, Austrian actor. He is a celebrated stage performer and has been a regular ensemble member of the Burgtheater since 1999. He often appears at the Salzburg Festival and has played the ti ...

, actor, Erich Gruen, historian. *2001:

Klaus-Peter Sattler Klaus-Peter is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Klaus-Peter Ebeling (born 1944), East German sprint canoeist *Klaus Peter Foppke, German rower *Klaus-Peter Göpfert (born 1948), German former wrestler *Klaus-Peter Hanisch (1952� ...

, composer,

Hermann Maurer Hermann Adolf Maurer (born April 26, 1941) is an Austrian computer scientist, serving as Professor of Computer Science at the Graz University of Technology. He has supervised over 40 dissertations, written more than 20 books and over 600 scienti ...

, computer scientist, Walter Homolka, rabbi;

Hannspeter Winter Hannspeter Winter (born in Wels on 22 August 1941; died in Vienna on 8 November 2006) was an Austrian plasma physicist who did research on hollow atoms and held a full professorship at the TU Wien. He won the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science a ...

, physicist;

Johann Grander Johann "John" Grander (24 April 1930 – 24 September 2012) was the Austrian inventor of the Hexagonal water technique, which has since scientifically been proven as ineffective. Life Grander was born in Jochberg, Austria, the second of five chi ...

, inventor. *2002: Fabio Luisi, Italian conductor, Kurt Rudolf Fischer, philosopher,

Wolfdietrich Schmied-Kowarzik Wolfdietrich is the eponymous protagonist of the Middle High German heroic epic ''Wolfdietrich''. First written down in strophic form in around 1230 by an anonymous author, it survives in four main versions, widely differing in scope and content ...

, philosopher; John Ross, chemist;

Seiji Ozawa Seiji (written: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , or in hiragana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese ski jumper *, Japanese racing driver *, Japanese politician *, Japanese film directo ...

, conductor *2003:

Erich Schleyer The given name Eric, Erich, Erikk, Erik, Erick, or Eirik is derived from the Old Norse name ''Eiríkr'' (or ''Eríkr'' in Old East Norse due to monophthongization). The first element, ''ei-'' may be derived from the older Proto-Norse ''* ai ...

, actor and author,

Günther Granser Günther, Guenther, Ginther, Gunther, and the variants Günter, Guenter, Guenther, Ginter, and Gunter, are Germanic names derived from ''Gunthere, Gunthari'', composed of '' *gunþiz'' "battle" (Old Norse '' gunnr'') and ''heri, hari'' "army". Gu ...

, economist *2004: Oswald Oberhuber, artist, Hans Winter, veterinary pathologist *2005:

Gottfried Kumpf Gottfried is a masculine German given name. It is derived from the Old High German name , recorded since the 7th century. The name is composed of the elements (conflated from the etyma for 'God' and 'good', and possibly further conflated with ) a ...

, painter, architect, sculptor, Georg Ratzinger, choirmaster, Heinz Zemanek, computer pioneer *2006: Peter Ruzicka, German composer and artistic director,

Lothar Bruckmeier Lothar is a Danish, Finnish, German, Norwegian, and Swedish masculine given name, while Lotár is a Hungarian masculine given name. Both names are modern forms of the Germanic Chlothar (which is a blended form of ''Hlūdaz'', meaning "fame", an ...

, painter, Peter Wegner, computer scientist, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Russian pianist, Richard Kriesche, artist *2007: Herbert W. Franke, scientist, writer, artist;

Hans Walter Lack Hans may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Hans (name), a masculine given name * Hans Raj Hans, Indian singer and politician ** Navraj Hans, Indian singer, actor, entrepreneur, cricket player and performer, son of Hans Raj Hans ** Yuvraj Hans, Punjabi a ...

, botanist; Josef Burg, writer;

Reginald Vospernik Reginald is a masculine given name in the English language. Etymology and history The meaning of Reginald is “King". The name is derived from the Latin ''Reginaldus'', which has been influenced by the Latin word ''regina'', meaning "queen". Th ...

, high school director; Nuria Nono-Schönberg,

Lawrence Schönberg Lawrence may refer to: Education Colleges and universities * Lawrence Technological University, a university in Southfield, Michigan, United States * Lawrence University, a liberal arts university in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States Preparator ...

Ronald Schönberg Ronald is a masculine given name derived from the Old Norse '' Rögnvaldr'', Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006) p. 234; Hanks; Hodges (2003) § Ronald. or possibly from Old English '' Regenweald''. In some cases ''Ronald'' is an Anglicised form o ...

, the three children of Arnold Schoenberg *2008:

Gerhard Haszprunar Gerhard Haszprunar (born 25 February 1957 in Vienna) is Austrian zoologist and malacologist.Ernst von Glasersfeld Ernst von Glasersfeld (March 8, 1917, Munich – November 12, 2010, Leverett, Franklin County, Massachusetts) was a philosopher, and emeritus professor of psychology at the University of Georgia, research associate at the Scientific Reasonin ...

, Austro-American constructivist,

Michael Ludwig Michael Ludwig (born 3 April 1961) is an Austrian politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPÖ). Since May 2018, he has been Mayor and Governor of Vienna, the capital and largest city of Austria. Since January 2018, he has also served as cha ...

, Michael Kaufmann, manager of German culture;

Reinhard Putz Reinhard is a German, Austrian, Danish, and to a lesser extent Norwegian surname (from Germanic ''ragin'', counsel, and ''hart'', strong), and a spelling variant of Reinhardt. Persons with the given name *Reinhard of Blankenburg (after 1107 – 11 ...

, anatomist; Jessye Norman, American soprano; Hannes Androsch, Finance Minister and Vice Chancellor a.D.; Gerald Holton, physicist and historian of science *2008:

Arvo Pärt Arvo Pärt (; born 11 September 1935) is an Estonian composer of contemporary classical music. Since the late 1970s, Pärt has worked in a minimalist style that employs tintinnabuli, a compositional technique he invented. Pärt's music is in pa ...

, Estonian composer *2009:

Grita Insam La Grita is a town in the north west of Táchira state, Venezuela. It has a population of 80.000. Located in an Andean valley, La Grita has a beautiful natural setting and fertile land. The town includes colonial style houses and open plazas. The ...

, gallerist; Hans Werner Scheidl, journalist and author;

Stefan Größing Stefan may refer to: * Stefan (given name) * Stefan (surname) * Ștefan, a Romanian given name and a surname * Štefan, a Slavic given name and surname * Stefan (footballer) (born 1988), Brazilian footballer * Stefan Heym, pseudonym of Germa ...

, sports scientist; Bruno Mamoli, specialist in neurology and psychiatry,

Fredmund Malik Fredmund Malik (born September 1, 1944 in Lustenau, Vorarlberg) is an Austrian economist with focus on management science and the founder and chairman of a management consultancy (Malik Management) in St. Gallen. Malik applies systems theory and ...

, management scientist Theodore Bikel *2010: Boris Pahor, Slovenian writer *2011:

Harry Schachter Harry Schachter FRSC (born 25 February 1933 in Vienna, Austria) is a Canadian biochemist and glycobiologist, and professor emeritus at the University of Toronto and the Hospital For Sick Children in Toronto, Canada. Biography Harry Schachter wa ...

, Canadian Biochemist *2012:

Hilde Hawlicek Hilde Hawlicek (born 14 April 1942) is an Austrian retired politician and former Minister for Education, Arts and Sport. Early life Hawlicek was born and grew up in Vienna. She was a member of the Socialist Youth Austria and Socialist Studen ...

, Austrian former government minister *2012: Ronny Reich, Israeli Archaeologist *2013: Uroš Lajovic, Slovenian conductor *2015:

Jan M. Ziolkowski Jan Ziolkowski (born November 17, 1956) occupies the Arthur Kingsley Porter Professorship of Medieval Latin at Harvard University. From 2007 to 2020 he served as Director of the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection. His scholarship has fo ...

, American medievalist and Latinist *2015:

Richard Gisser Richard Gisser (born 11 July 1939, in Vienna) is an Austrian demographer who held leading positions at his country's statistical office until his retirement. He was also the long-time director, then deputy director, of the Vienna Institute of De ...

, demographer *2017:

Julius Rebek Jr. The gens Julia (''gēns Iūlia'', ) was one of the most prominent patrician families in ancient Rome. Members of the gens attained the highest dignities of the state in the earliest times of the Republic. The first of the family to obtain the ...

, American chemist;

Michael Schratz Michael Schratz (born 1952) is an Austrian educational researcher, and professor of Education at the University of Innsbruck. Biography Michael Schratz was born in 1952 in Graz, Austria. In 1979, after his obtaining his degree in British and Ameri ...

, educational scientist *2019: , Dutch historian *2020: Jesús Padilla Gálvez, Spanish philosopher *2021: August Reinisch, Austrian lawyer

Forfeiture

Forfeiture of this honour became possible with Federal Law Gazette I No 128/2001, changing Act § 8a. It allows the government to strip recipients of their honours if deemed unworthy. The best known example of such a forfeiture is of the Nazi physician

Heinrich Gross Heinrich Gross (14 November 1915 – 15 December 2005) was an Austrian psychiatrist, medical doctor and neurologist, a reputed expert as a leading court-appointed psychiatrist, ill-famed for his proven involvement in the killing of at least nin ...

. On 5 August 2008 the Austrian Science Minister Johannes Hahn decided not to withdraw the award from inventor

. – see also Wikipedia German version and see also Austrian ministry

References

External links

www.kurienwissenschaftundkunst.at

Decoration of Honour
Federal President of the Republic of Austria
Federal Law Gazette, 22 June 1955
Federal Law of 25 May 1955 on the creation of the Austrian Medal for Science and the Arts and the Austrian Honorary Cross for Science and the Arts (pdf, 647kb)
Federal Law Gazette, November 2001
Amendment to the Federal Law on the establishment of an Austrian Medal for Science and the Arts and the Austrian Honorary Cross for Science and the Arts. (pdf, 5kb) {{DEFAULTSORT:Austrian Decoration For Science And Art Orders, decorations, and medals of Austria Lists of Austrian people 1955 establishments in Austria Awards established in 1955