The Hermann-Löns-Medaille, awarded since 1974 in the categories platinum, gold, silver and bronze, is a prize of the magazine ''

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'' from the

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, awarded for special merits in the field of

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. The prize is named after the poet

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. It recognises merits in the promotion and cultivation of folk song, folk music, German folk song as well as folk entertainment and is awarded in particular to singers, composers and presenters as well as to orchestras, choirs, vocal groups and instrumental soloists. The award was presented at a festive award ceremony under the title ''Heimat-Melodie''. The patrons included the Minister Presidents of the Federal States of Schleswig-Holstein and Bavaria, the Governing Mayor of Berlin and the Federal Minister of the Interior. The award is currently suspended.

Recipients

* 1974 **

Gotthilf Fischer Gotthilf Fischer (11 February 1928 – 11 December 2020) was a German choral conductor. He was known for founding the Fischer-Chöre, mass choirs to perform mostly Volkslieder and popular music. They appeared internationally, including for presid ...

* 1975 ** ** * 1976 ** Gebirgsmusikkorps * 1979 ** Gold:

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** Gitti and Erika ** Hellberg-Duo * 1980 ** Gold:

Heino Heinz Georg Kramm (born 13 December 1938), known professionally as Heino, is a German singer of Schlager and traditional Volksmusik. Having sold a total of over 50 million records, he is one of the most successful German musicians of all time ...

** Gold: Feuerwehrkapelle Struth ** Roy Black * 1981 ** Gold: Edy Hildebrandt ** Ernst Mosch and the Original Egerländer Musikanten * 1982 **

Vico Torriani Ludovico Oxens Torriani (21 September 1920 – 25 February 1998) was a Swiss actor and '' Schlager'' singer. Biography Born in Geneva to a family of Lombard origin, Torriani grew up in St. Moritz where he trained as a cook and pastry chef, a ...

Freddy Breck Freddy Breck (''Gerhard Breker''; 21 January 1942 – 17 December 2008) was a German schlager singer, composer, record producer, and news anchor. Breck was born in Sonneberg, Thuringia. He studied to be a machinist, then studied singing u ...

* 1983 ** Gold:

Karel Gott Karel Gott (14 July 1939 – 1 October 2019) was a Czech singer, considered the most successful male singer in Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic. He was voted the country's best male singer in the annual ''Český slavík'' (''Czech Nighti ...

** Gold:

Rudolf Schock Rudolf Johann Schock (4 September 1915 – 13 November 1986) was a German tenor. Rudolf Schock was born in Duisburg, in the Prussian Rhine Province. He sang a wide repertoire from operetta to ''Lohengrin'', recording among others opera and lieder, ...

** Gold: Marianne und Michael ** Gold:

Heinz Schenk Heinz Schenk (11 December 1924 – 1 May 2014) was a German television moderator and actor. He was born in Mainz. Life Since 1951 Schenk worked for Hessischer Rundfunk as television moderator. In Germany he became famous for his television ...

(Munich, 25 June 1983) * 1985 **

Erika Köth Erika Köth (15 September 1925 – 20 February 1989) was a German operatic coloratura soprano, particularly associated with the roles of Zerbinetta and Zerlina. Köth began a musical studies in Darmstadt with Elsa Blank in 1942, and after a ...

* 1986 ** Renate & Werner Leismann * 1987 ** Preetzer Blasorchester * 1988 ** Uschi Bauer **

Karl Moik Karl Moik (19 June 1938 – 26 March 2015) was an Austrian television presenter and singer. Life Moik was born in Linz. He became famous in Austria, Germany, German-speaking Switzerland and South Tyrol as the television presenter of the music ...

* 1989 ** Gold:

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** Heidi Kabel * 1990 ** Platin:

Slavko Avsenik Slavko Avsenik (November 26, 1929 – July 2, 2015) was a Slovenia, Slovene composer and musician. Beginning in 1953 with the formation of the Avsenik Brothers Ensemble, Avsenik produced more than 1,000 songs and garnered success both in Slovenia ...

and his original Oberkrainer * 1993 ** Angela Wiedl ** Silver: Ramona Leiß * 1994 ** Silver: Angela Wiedl ** Bronze: Ramona Leiß ** Stefan Moll * Walter Scholz (Gold) * Margot Hellwig (Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platin) * Patrick Lindner * Gabi Seitz * Hansl Krönauer (4×) *

(Gold) * Speelwark * Menskes-Chöre * Renate and Werner Leismann (Bronze, Silver) * Hauff und Henkler * Original Kapelle Egerland (Platin) * Pat & Paul and the Original Heidelerchen * Montanara-Chor * Carolin Reiber * Winfried Stark and his original Steigerwälder musicians *

Heintje Hendrik Nikolaas Theodoor "Heintje" Simons (born 12 August 1955) in Heerlen, later known as Hein Simons, is a Dutch schlager singer and actor. Background Heintje was born the son of a coal miner who had to retire because of silicosis, reduci ...

References

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