The Biermann-Ratjen-Medaille (Biermann Ratjen Medal) is an award of the City of

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, Germany. It was founded in 1978 by the Senate of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg to commemorate the achievements of the previous senator of culture Hans-Harder Biermann-Ratjen. The award is given to people, groups and institutions who have made outstanding contributions to the culture of Hamburg. The

Praeses ''Praeses'' (Latin ''praesides'') is a Latin word meaning "placed before" or "at the head". In antiquity, notably under the Roman Dominate, it was used to refer to Roman governors; it continues to see some use for various modern positions. ...

of the Department of Culture decides on the recipients and awards the medal on behalf of the Senate.

Previous winners

* 1978:

Horst Janssen Horst Janssen (14 November 192931 August 1995) was a German draftsman, printmaker, poster artist and illustrator. He had a prolific output of drawings, etchings, woodcuts, lithographs and wood engravings. Janssen was a student of Alfred Mahla ...

, Elsbeth Weichmann (politician),

Boy Gobert Boy Gobert (5 June 1925 – 30 May 1986) was a German film and television actor. Partial filmography * '' Island of the Dead'' (1955) – Schiffs-Steward * ''A Heart Full of Music'' (1955) – Granito Bubiblanca * ''Meine Kinder und ich'' (1955 ...

(actor),

Heinrich Maria Ledig-Rowohlt Heinrich may refer to: People * Heinrich (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) * Heinrich (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) *Hetty (given name), a given name (including a list of peo ...

(editor),

Hans Leip Hans Leip (22 September 1893 – 6 June 1983), was a German novelist, poet and playwright, best remembered as the lyricist of Lili Marleen. Leip was the son of a former sailor and harbour-worker at the port of Hamburg. He was educated there, ...

(writer), Altonaer Singakademie, Griffelkunst Vereinigung * 1979: ''no award'' * 1980: Martin Beheim-Schwarzbach (writer), Altonaer Theater * 1981: Willem Grimm (painter), Ernst Hauswedell, Fritz Kempe (photographer), Rudolf Joerden (director of public libraries), Marie Friedrich (librarian) * 1982:

Rosemarie Clausen Rosemarie Clausen (née Rose Marie Margarethe Elisabeth Kögel); (5 March 1907 – 9 January 1990) was a German photographer. She worked as Theatre photography, theatre and Portrait photography, portrait photographer and received several awards fo ...

(photographer of theatre), Arie Goral-Sternheim (writer), Rudolf Nicolussi (librarian) * 1983:

Gerda Gmelin Gerda is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: A *Gerda Ahlm (1869–1956), Swedish-born American painter and art conservator * Gerda Alexander (1908–1994), Danish teacher and therapist * Gerda Antti (born 1929), Swedis ...

(actress),

Lola Rogge Lola may refer to: Places * Lolá, a or subdistrict of Panama * Lola Township, Cherokee County, Kansas, United States * Lola Prefecture, Guinea * Lola, Guinea, a town in Lola Prefecture * Lola Island, in the Solomon Islands People * Lola (fo ...

(dancer) * 1984:

Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg Wilhelm Brückner-Rüggeberg (15 April 1906, in Stuttgart – 1 April 1985, in Hamburg) was a German conductor. He began his career in Munich as an assistant to Hans Knappertsbusch at the Bavarian State Opera. After several appointments in Essen, ...

(conductor) * 1985:

Heidi Kabel Heidi Bertha Auguste Kabel (; 27 August 1914 – 15 June 2010) was a German actress and musician. Most of her stage roles were performed at the Ohnsorg-Theater in Hamburg, many of them in Low German. She became famous in Germany as many of the pr ...

(actress),

Arnold Fiedler Arnold may refer to: People * Arnold (given name), a masculine given name * Arnold (surname), a German and English surname Places Australia * Arnold, Victoria, a small town in the Australian state of Victoria Canada * Arnold, Nova Scotia Uni ...

(painter),

Karl August Ohrt 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 Austria ...

(sculptor),

Kurt Collien Kurt is a male given name of Germanic or Turkish origin. ''Kurt'' or ''Curt'' originated as short forms of the Germanic Conrad, depending on geographical usage, with meanings including counselor or advisor. In Turkish, Kurt means "Wolf" and i ...

(St. Pauli-Theater),

Sibylle Niester Sibylle is a given name. It may refer to: *Anna Sibylle of Hanau-Lichtenberg (1542–1580), eldest surviving daughter of Count Philipp IV and Countess Eleonore of Fürstenberg *Duchess Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia (1586–1659), Electress of Saxony ...

(president of GEDOK),

Jürgen Jürgens Jürgen Jürgens (5 October 1925 – 4 August 1994) was a German choral conductor and academic teacher. He founded and directed the Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg, a pioneering ensemble for Monteverdi's music. Biography Born in Frankfurt am Main, Jür ...

(conductor of the

Monteverdi-Chor The Monteverdi-Chor Hamburg is a mixed choir in Hamburg, the chamber choir of the University of Hamburg since 1961. Founded in 1955 by Jürgen Jürgens and directed by him until 1994, it is one of Germany's most famous concert choirs. The choir is ...

Otto Rohse Otto is a masculine German given name and a surname. It originates as an Old High German short form (variants ''Audo'', '' Odo'', ''Udo'') of Germanic names beginning in ''aud-'', an element meaning "wealth, prosperity". The name is recorded f ...

(illustrator) * 1986: Bergedorfer Kammerchor, Hans Kock (sculptor and painter), Thomas Peiter (painter and graphic artist), Dieter Schmeel (church musician), René Drommert (journalist) * 1987: Kurt Kranz ( Hochschule für bildende Künste), Manfred Steffen (actor) * 1988: Herbert Joost (patron), Heidi Oetinger (editor), Hans Drescher (scientist) * 1989: Lotar Olias (composer), Felicitas Kukuck (composer) * 1990: Richard Germer (composer and singer) * 1991: Peter Hinrichs (

Hamburger Symphoniker The Symphoniker Hamburg (''Hamburg Symphony Orchestra'') is a German orchestra based in Hamburg, Germany. Founded in 1957, it is one of the city's three largest orchestras. The Hamburg Symphony Orchestra is the orchestra in residence in the Lae ...

), F.C. Gandlach (photographer and gallerist) * 1992: Albert Feser (painter and educator), Herbert Schemmel (president of Amicale Internationale de Neuengamme) * 1993: Ernst Schönfelder (director of Philharmonic Orchestra) * 1994:

Ernst Bader Ernst Bader (7 June 1914 in Stettin, Pomerania – 10 August 1999 in Norderstedt) was a German actor, composer and songwriter (lyricist) best known for his hit recordings " Tulips from Amsterdam" and "Milord". Actors who have performed song ...

(actor), Eliza Hansen (pianist and harpsichordist), Brigitte Klosowski (juweler), Karel Trinkewitz (writer),

Esther Béjarano Esther Béjarano ( Löwy; 15 December 1924 – 10 July 2021) was one of the last survivors of the Auschwitz concentration camp. She survived because she was a player in the Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz. She was active in various ways, inclu ...

(singer) * 1995: Michael Hauptmann (gallerist), Geno Hartlaub (writer), Hildburg Frese (actress), Christa Möbius and Eberhard Möbius (cabaretists) * 1996: Ingeborg Hecht-Studniczka (writer and journalist),

Freddy Quinn Freddy Quinn (born Franz Eugen Helmut Manfred Nidl; 27 September 1931) is an Austrian singer and actor whose popularity in the German-speaking world soared in the late 1950s and 1960s. As Hans Albers had done two generations before him, Quin ...

(singer), Annemarie Marks-Rocke (actress) * 1997: Nana Gualdi (singer),

Wolfgang Borchert Wolfgang Borchert (; 20 May 1921 – 20 November 1947) was a German author and playwright whose work was strongly influenced by his experience of dictatorship and his service in the ''Wehrmacht'' during the Second World War. His work is among t ...

(founder of Junges Theater Hamburg – later Ernst Deutsch Theater), Günter Seggermann (organist and cantor), Gudrun Piper (painter) and Max Hermann Mahlmann (painter) * 1998:

Peggy Parnass Ruth Peggy Sophie Parnass (born 11 October 1927) is a German-Swedish actress, columnist, court reporter, short story writer and non-fiction writer who now lives in Hamburg. Biography Born in Hamburg in 1927, she was the daughter of Herta Emanuel ...

(journalist), Günter Harte (linguist) Werner Burkhardt (journalist), Werner Krützfeldt (music educator) * 1999: no award * 2000: Telse Grell (director of Hansa-Theater), Erich Grandeit (scenic designer), Günter Discher (collector), Peter Dannenberg (Intendant of the

), Renata Klée Gobert (conservationist), Hans-Dieter Loose (former president of Stiftung Denkmalpflege), Hilde Sicks (actress) * 2001: Michael Collien (director of St. Pauli-Theater), Günter Fuhlisch (trombonist),

Gert Westphal Curt Gerhard Westphal, stage name Gert Westphal, (5 October 1920 – 10 November 2002) was a German-Swiss actor, audiobook narrator, recitator and director, one of the best-known audiobook narrators and speakers in German, described as "König der ...

(actor and speaker),

Hannelore Hoger Hannelore Hoger (; born 20 August 1942) is a German actress and director. From 1958–1961 she studied acting at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg. She has appeared in numerous German films, television programs, and stage production ...

(actress and stage director), John-Erik Berganus (patron), Rolf Mares (cultural politician) * 2002: Will Baumgarten (patrons of archeology and the Helms Museum) Gisela Trowe (actress), Rolf Mares (director of

Deutsches Schauspielhaus The Deutsches Schauspielhaus is a theatre in the St. Georg quarter of the city of Hamburg, Germany. It was established in 1901 by the renowned stage actress Franziska Ellmenreich. Theatre managers Notable actors Marco Albrecht, Ingrid ...

, Thalia Theater,

Hamburgische Staatsoper The Hamburg State Opera (in German: Staatsoper Hamburg) is a German opera company based in Hamburg. Its theatre is near the square of Gänsemarkt. Since 2015, the current ''Intendant'' of the company is Georges Delnon, and the current ''Genera ...

, Komödie Winterhuder Fährhaus) * 2003: Uwe Friedrichsen (actor), Robert Stehli (conductor),

Edgar Bessen Edgar is a commonly used English given name, from an Anglo-Saxon name ''Eadgar'' (composed of '' ead'' "rich, prosperous" and '' gar'' "spear"). Like most Anglo-Saxon names, it fell out of use by the later medieval period; it was, however, r ...

(actor), Hans-Werner Funke (concert manager) * 2004:

Arno Surminski Arno Surminski (born 20 August 1934 in Jäglack, East Prussia) is a German writer, living in Hamburg, a father of three and a grandfather of 8. After growing up in East Prussia, his parents were deported to the Soviet Union, while he was expell ...

(writer and journalist) * 2005:

Joop van den Ende Johannes "Joop" Adrianus van den Ende (born 23 February 1942) is a Dutch theatrical producer, co-founder of international television production company Endemol and founder/owner of Stage Entertainment, Europe's largest live entertainment compan ...

(producer of musical and theatre) * 2006:

Werner Grassmann 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 ...

(founder of cinema Abaton) * 2007: Claus Bantzer (composer and church musician), Karsten Jahnke (concert manager) * 2008: Gert Hinnerk Behlmer ( Staatsrat) * 2008: Jürgen Blankenburg (president of Kuratoriums der Stiftung für die Hamburger Kunstsammlungen) * 2009: Barbara Hass and Uwe Deeken (founder of the chamber opera Allee-Theater), Henning Venske (actor),

Gothart Stier Gothart Stier (27 June 1938 – 2 March 2023) was a German Lied and oratorio singer and church musician. Life Born in Magdeburg, Stier received his first musical training in the , which he belonged to until his Abitur. He studied conducting an ...

(conductor of

), Günter and Lieselotte Powalla (patrons) * 2010: Hans Scheibner (cabarettist), Heinz Glüsing (painter) * 2011:

Max Pommer Max Pommer (born 9 February 1936) is a German musicologist and conductor, a director of the Leipziger Universitätschor and the founder and conductor of the Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum. Career Born in Leipzig, Pommer was a student of th ...

(conductor of Hamburger Camerata) and Gerhard Hirschfeld (architect) * 2012: ''no award'' * 2013: Uta Falter-Baumgarten (sculptor), Renate Kammer (galerist), Norbert Aust (cultural manager, Managing Director of the Schmidt Theater) * 2014: Hanne Mogler (Principal of the theater "fools garden"), Michael Batz (author, dramaturge, director and light artist),

Volker Lechtenbrink Volker Lechtenbrink (18 August 1944 – 22 November 2021) was a German actor on stage, in film and television, a singer-songwriter, dubbing artist, stage director and theatre manager. He played in the anti-war movie '' The Bridge'' in 1959 at a ...

(actor, director, singer, author), Joachim Kaiser (Board of Directors Foundation Hamburg Maritim) * 2015: Heidi Mahler (actor) * 2016: Klaus Francke (politician, monument protector, Rettet die Deichstraße e.V., Förderkreis Mahnmal St. Nikolai e.V.) * 2017: Elke Dröscher (monument protector and operator of the doll museum Falkenstein), Christian Seeler (intendant of the Ohnsorg-Theater until 2017), Jutta Heinrich (author), Hans-Michael Bock (filmhistorian and publicist, CineGraph), * 2018: Rudolf Kelber (cantor and organist,

Kirchenmusikdirektor Kirchenmusikdirektor (KMD, director of church music) is a German title for professional church musicians (' who have responsibility for not only a parish but a larger region, in both Protestant and Catholic church music. The title is also sometimes ...

St. Jacobi) * 2019: Hella Schwemer-Martienßen (direktor of the foundation Hamburger Öffentliche Bücherhallen) * 2020: Albert Wiederspiel (head of Filmfest Hamburg)

References

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External links

Senator-Biermann-Ratjen-Medaille

German awards Awards established in 1978 1978 establishments in West Germany