The Lower Saxony State Prize (german: Niedersächsischer Staatspreis, links=no) has been awarded by the State of

Lower Saxony Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...

since 2002. From 1978 to 1999 it was called the Lower Saxony Prize (german: Niedersachsenpreis, links=no). The award is presented by the Prime Minister of Lower Saxony. The prize has been awarded to personalities who have made outstanding services to the state through their outstanding work in the fields of culture, women, social affairs, science, the environment or the economy. The award is endowed with €35,000 and can be shared. The award winners are selected by a voluntary jury consisting of up to ten people from Lower Saxony.

Recipients Lower Saxony Prize

* 2000 award not given * 2001 Timm Ulrichs, Jürgen Großmann

Recipients Lower Saxony State Prize

Georg Klein Verleihung Niedersachsen Staatspreis

* 2002 Axel Haverich * 2003 Georg Baselitz * 2004

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* 2005 Hans Georg Näder, Christiane Iven * 2006

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, Christian von Bar * 2007

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, Eva-Maria Neher * 2008

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* 2009

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, Heinrich Riebesehl * 2010 Wilhelm Krull,

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* 2012 Georg Klein,

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* 2014 Gudrun Schröfel,

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, Klaus Meine und

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) * 2016 Bruce Allen,

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, Karsten Danzmann * 2018

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, Jan-Dieter Bruns * 2020

Igor Levit Igor Levit (russian: link=no, Игорь Левит; born 10 March 1987) is a Russian-German pianist who focuses on the works of Bach, Beethoven, and Liszt. He is also a professor at the Musikhochschule Hannover. He lives in Berlin. Biography Bo ...

, Edith Bischof

References

{{reflist Awards for contributions to culture German awards Awards established in 1978