The Karl Renner Prize, established on the occasion of the Austrian Federal President Karl Renner’s 80th birthday by the city of

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, is awarded to individuals or groups in recognition of merits for Vienna and

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

in cultural, social as well as economical concerns, acknowledged on a national or international level. Endowed with 43,600 euro, the prize is currently given to a maximum of six nominees every three years.

Prize winners

1951

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''Wiener Rathauskorrespondenz, 13. Dezember 1951, Blatt 2230 ''''Wiener Rathauskorrespondenz, 26. Jänner 1952, Blatt 111 '' *

Johann Böhm Johann Böhm (20 January 1895 – 27 November 1952) was a German Bohemian chemist who focused on photochemistry and radiography. The aluminum-containing mineral ''boehmite'' (or ''böhmite'') was named after him.

* Ludwig Brim (train dispatcher of the

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, jumped on a driverless locomotive and successfully stopped it) * Amalie (Mela) Hofmann (head of the nursery of the Zentralkrippenverein in der Lainzer Straße 172) * Rudolf Keck (introduced a more economical method of gas creation to the Gaswerk Simmering) * Hans Radl (teacher and disabled ex-service man, found a school for disabled children in the Kauergasse in 1926, was appointed to an international expert for instruction and education of disabled children by the

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in 1951) * Ewald Schild * Entminungsdienst *

Wiener Philharmoniker The Vienna Philharmonic (VPO; german: Wiener Philharmoniker, links=no) is an orchestra that was founded in 1842 and is considered to be one of the finest in the world. The Vienna Philharmonic is based at the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria. It ...

Wiener Symphoniker The Vienna Symphony (Vienna Symphony Orchestra, german: Wiener Symphoniker) is an Austrian orchestra based in Vienna. Its primary concert venue is the Vienna Konzerthaus. In Vienna, the orchestra also performs at the Musikverein and at the The ...

1952

Ewald Balser Ewald Balser (5 October 1898 – 17 April 1978) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1935 and 1975. He was born in Elberfeld, Germany and died in Vienna, Austria. Partial filmography * ''Jana, the Girl from the ...

''Wiener Rathauskorrespondenz, 10. Dezember 1952, Blatt 1937 ''''Wiener Rathauskorrespondenz, 13. Dezember 1952, Blatt 1966 '' *

Hilde Wagener Hilde Wagener (26 September 1904 – 26 December 1992) was a German-born actress who settled in Austria. Primarily a stage actress, she also appeared in several films, such as ''The Burning Secret'' (1933), generally in supporting roles.Goble p.519 ...

* Edmund Josef Bendl (teacher and author, got citizens donating for the maintenance of the Observatorium Sonnblick with his lectures, his novel ''Der Sonnblick ruft'' and the movie adaptation) *

Martin Gusinde Martín Gusinde (29 October 1886, in Breslau – 10 October 1969, in Mödling, Austria) was an Austrian priest and ethnologist famous for his work in anthropology, particularly on the native groups of Tierra del Fuego. He was one of the most nota ...

* Paul Schiel (fisherman, rescued eight people from drowning despite his complete invalidity) * Stefanie Tesar (welfare worker at the Fürsorgestelle im Landesgericht für Strafsachen und ehrenamtliche Mitarbeiterin in der Lebensmüden- und Trinkerfürsorge der Wiener Polizeidirektion) *

Hans Thirring Hans Thirring (March 23, 1888 – March 22, 1976) was an Austrian theoretical physicist, professor, and father of the physicist Walter Thirring. He won the Haitinger Prize of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in 1920. Together with the mathemat ...

Franz Wallack Franz Friedrich Wallack (24 August 1887 – 31 October 1966) was an Austrian civil engineer. He mainly designed and built mountain pass roads, in particular the Grossglockner High Alpine Road across the High Tauern range between Salzburg and Cari ...

* Österreichischer Buchklub der Jugend * Österreichischer Bergrettungsdienst

1953

* Bruno Buchwieser (son of Bruno Buchwieser, devoted to apprenticeship)''Wiener Rathauskorrespondenz, 22. Dezember 1953, Blatt 2102 ''''Wiener Rathauskorrespondenz, 16. Jänner 1954, Blatt 67 '' *

Hans Kelsen Hans Kelsen (; ; October 11, 1881 – April 19, 1973) was an Austrian jurist, legal philosopher and political philosopher. He was the author of the 1920 Austrian Constitution, which to a very large degree is still valid today. Due to the rise ...

*Adolf Melhuber (dedicated his life to the work with the blind) *Franz Schuster *Wendelin Wallisch (prevented gas explosion by throwing himself into the igniting flame) * Helene Thimig-Reinhardt *

Karl Weigl Karl Ignaz Weigl (6 February 1881 – 11 August 1949) was a Jewish Austrian composer and pianist, who later became a naturalized American citizen in 1943. Biography Weigl was born in Vienna, Austria, the son of a bank official who was als ...

* Federal administration in Vienna of the Österreichischen Jugendrotkreuzes * Theater der Jugend * Verein Arbeitermittelschule

1954

* Herbert Tichy, traveller and mountain climber''Wiener Rathauskorrespondenz, 13. Dezember 1954, Blatt 2165 ''''Wiener Rathauskorrespondenz, 15. Jänner 1955, Blatt 56 '' * Franz Salmhofer, composer and director of the opera * Ilse Arlt (founder of the first welfare school, named Vereinigte Fachkurse für Volkspflege) * Karl Mühl (expert in care for the deaf-mute, teacher at school for the deaf-mute, took care of hard of hearing soldiers in the Second World War, rebuilt the institute for the deaf-mute in Wien-Speising) * Gustav Reinsperger (was taken into captivity as a prisoner of war by the Americans in 1945 and delivered to Russia, worked initially in emergency service and conducted military hospitals in severals prisoner-of-war camps between 1950 and 1953) * Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften

1955

Julius Raab Julius Raab (29 November 1891 – 8 January 1964) was a conservative Austrian politician, who served as Federal Chancellor of Austria from 1953 to 1961. Raab steered Allied-occupied Austria to independence, when he negotiated and signed the Austri ...

''Wiener Rathauskorrespondenz, 13. Dezember 1955, Blatt 2190 ''''Wiener Rathauskorrespondenz, 20. Dezember 1955, Blatt 2419 '' *

Adolf Schärf Adolf Schärf (; 20 April 1890 – 28 February 1965) was an Austrian politician of the Socialist Party of Austria (SPÖ). He served as Vice-Chancellor from 1945 to 1957 and as President of Austria from 1957 until his death. Life Schärf was b ...

Leopold Figl Leopold Figl (2 October 1902 – 9 May 1965) was an Austrian politician of the Austrian People's Party (Christian Democrats) and the first Federal Chancellor after World War II. He was also the youngest Federal Chancellor of Austria after the w ...

Bruno Kreisky Bruno Kreisky (; 22 January 1911 – 29 July 1990) was an Austrian social democratic politician who served as Foreign Minister from 1959 to 1966 and as Chancellor from 1970 to 1983. Aged 72 at the end of his chancellorship, he was the oldes ...

1956

* Hans Hirsch (head of the Kriegsblindenverband)''Wiener Rathauskorrespondenz, 13. Dezember 1956, Blatt 2464 ''''Wiener Rathauskorrespondenz, 4. Jänner 1957, Blatt 14 ''''Wiener Rathauskorrespondenz, 19. Jänner 1957, Blatt 109 '' * Franz Lagler (prevented an explosion as a filling station attendant in Vienna) * Fritz Moravec * Walther oder Walter Peinsipp (Austrian diplomat in Hungary, organised relief convoy during the

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. * Workers of Kaprun (all involved in building the power station in Kaprun)

1957

Oskar Helmer Oskar Helmer (1887-1963) was an Austrian printer and social-democrat party politician. He served as the Minister of the Interior from 1945. He won the Nansen Refugee Award in 1959. Early life and education Helmer was born on 16 November 1887 ...

''Wiener Rathauskorrespondenz, 13. Dezember 1957, Blatt 2454 ''''Wiener Rathauskorrespondenz, 11. Jänner 1958, Blatt 38 '' *

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* Österreichischer Bundesjugendring *

Wiener Singakademie The Wiener Singakademie is a choir in Vienna, Austria. History As the first mixed choir in Vienna, the Wiener Singakademie was founded in 1858 to establish a "Singübungsanstalt" - an institution for the training of voices. It aims to promote th ...

* Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde

1958

Andreas Rett Andreas Rett (January 2, 1924 – April 25, 1997) was an Austrian neurologist and author. He is famous for his research on neurodevelopmental disorders, particularly for his description of Rett syndrome, which was named after him, and for pione ...

'' Wiener Rathauskorrespondenz, 13. Dezember 1958, Blatt 2496 '''' Wiener Rathauskorrespondenz, 17. Jänner 1959, Blatt 83 '' * Friedrich Weinhofer (locksmith and welder, prevented two explosions in the heat plant Malfattigasse in 1951 and 1958 respectively. Suffered from severe burns as a consequence.) * Georg Piller und Gottfried Reisinger (Piller, a chauffeur, and Reisinger, a mechanic, helped capturing a robber suspected of murder, who severely injured them both by shooting.) * Haus der Barmherzigkeit * Wiener Berufsschulgemeinde * Verband Wiener Volksbildung

1959

Igo Etrich Ignaz "Igo" Etrich (25 December 1879 – 4 February 1967) was an Austrian flight pioneer, pilot and fixed-wing aircraft developer. Education Etrich was born on Christmas Day 1879 in the Upper Old Town of Trutnov, Bohemia. He attended school in L ...

''Wiener Rathauskorrespondenz, 12. Dezember 1959, Blatt 2461 ''''Wiener Rathauskorrespondenz, 23. Jänner 1960, Blatt 114 '' * Ferdinand Kadečka (Austrian jurist) *

Fritz Kreisler Friedrich "Fritz" Kreisler (February 2, 1875 – January 29, 1962) was an Austrian-born American violinist and composer. One of the most noted violin masters of his day, and regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time, he was known ...

(awarded in the USA) *

Bruno Walter Bruno Walter (born Bruno Schlesinger, September 15, 1876February 17, 1962) was a German-born conductor, pianist and composer. Born in Berlin, he escaped Nazi Germany in 1933, was naturalised as a French citizen in 1938, and settled in the U ...

*Inventors of the Linz-Donawitz-Verfahren steelmaking (Ortwin Cuscoleca, Felix Grohs, Hubert Hauttmann, Fritz Klepp, Wolfgang Kühnelt, Rudolf Rinesch, Kurt Rösner, Herbert Trenkler) * Krankenhaus der Barmherzigen Brüder *Pilotes of the Flugrettungsdienstes

1960

:The Karl Renner Prize was not awarded in 1960.

1961

* Josef Hanns (prevented an explosion by driving a burning tank wagon away from a storage)''Wiener Rathauskorrespondenz, 13. Dezember 1961, Blatt 2745''''Wiener Rathauskorrespondenz, 13. Jänner 1962, Blatt 58'' * Johann Heilmann (as a train operator, he prevented a train accident and was severely injured in the process) * Stefan Jellinek * Erwin Ringel * Hans Rotter (secretary in association Trinkerheilstätte) *

Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde The Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien (), also known as the Wiener Musikverein (German for 'Viennese Music Association'), is an Austrian music organization that was founded in 1812 by Joseph Sonnleithner, general secretary of the Court Thea ...

1962

:The Karl Renner Prize was not awarded in 1962.

1963

* Verein der Wiener Sängerknaben''Wiener Rathauskorrespondenz, 13. Dezember 1963, Blatt 2993 '' * Verein Österreichische Krebsgesellschaft * Notring der wissenschaftlichen Verbände Österreichs * Österreichische Himalaya-Gesellschaft

1964

The Karl Renner Prize was not awarded in 1964.

1965

Universität Wien The University of Vienna (german: Universität Wien) is a public research university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world. With its long and rich histor ...

''Wiener Rathauskorrespondenz, 14. Dezember 1965, Blatt 3542 ''''Wiener Rathauskorrespondenz, 20. Jänner 1966, Blatt 122 '' * Technische Hochschule Wien

1966

* Musikalische Jugend Österreichs''Wiener Rathauskorrespondenz, 2. Februar 1967, Blatt 336 ''''Wiener Rathauskorrespondenz, 2. Februar 1967, Blatt 350 '' * Chorvereinigung „Jung-Wien“ * Chor des Österreichischen Gewerkschaftsbundes under the guidance of Erwin Weiss * Aktion Jugend am Werk

1967

University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna The University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (german: link=no, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien, abbreviated MDW) is an Austrian university located in Vienna, established in 1817. With a student body of over three thousa ...

Wiener Konzerthaus The Konzerthaus is a concert hall located in Vienna, Austria, which opened in 1913. It is situated in the third district just at the edge of the first district in Vienna. Since it was founded it has always tried to emphasise both traditional and ...

gesellschaft * Verband österreichischer Volksbüchereien * Hugo Portisch ? * Gerhard Weis ?

1969

* Erich Lessing?

1974

* Sigrid Löffler?

1975

*Felix Unger, Johann Navratil, Kurt Polzer *Wolfgang Enenkel

1978

* Karl Popper

1984

* Dieter Zehentmayr?

1986

* Kardinal Franz König * „Österreichische Arbeitsgemeinschaft Zöliakie“

1988

* Gerhard Kletter

1989

* „Autonome österreichische Frauenhäuser“

1991

* Erwin Kräutler * „Informationsstelle gegen Gewalt“

1996

Arthur Schneier Arthur Schneier (born March 20, 1930) is an Austrian-American rabbi and human rights activist. Rabbi Schneier has served for over 50 years as the Senior Rabbi of New York City’s Park East Synagogue. While being honored with the Presidential Cit ...

1998

* Georg Sporschill * Jüdisches Institut für Erwachsenenbildung * Verein Künstler helfen Künstler

2001

Ute Bock Ute Bock (27 June 1942 – 19 January 2018) was an Austrian educator who was known for her projects helping asylum seekers. Biography Bock was born in Linz. After high school graduation, she applied for a job at the municipality of Vienna and cou ...

* Willi Resetarits *"one world foundation" *„Orpheus Trust“ *Verein für Zivilcourage und Anti-Rassismus-Arbeit ZARA

?

* Ronald Barazon * Fritz Csoklich * Egon Blaschka *

Václav Havel Václav Havel (; 5 October 193618 December 2011) was a Czech statesman, author, poet, playwright, and former dissident. Havel served as the last president of Czechoslovakia from 1989 until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1992 and then ...

2004

* Ursula Seeber * FIBEL (Fraueninitiative Bikulturelle Ehen und Lebensgemeinschaften), * PEREGRINA (Bildungs-, Beratungs- und Therapiezentrum für Immigrantinnen)

2007

* Reporters Without Borders * „Verein Unabhängiger Iranischer Frauen in Österreich (GIF)“ * „ Wiener Tafel“

2010

* Hemayat * Steine der Erinnerung * Theodor Kramer Gesellschaft

2013

* Andreas Maislinger * Austrian Mauthausen Committee * Irene Suchy

References

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External links

Announcement about the establishment of the Karl Renner Prize
(in German)

(in German)
Austrian Journalist Club
(available in English and German) Austrian awards