Lower Saxony State Prize

The Lower Saxony State Prize () has been awarded by the State of Lower Saxony since 2002. From 1978 to 1999 it was called the Lower Saxony Prize (). 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 Jahr Journalism Culture Science 1978 Walter Kempowski Knabenchor Hannover (conductor: Heinz Hennig) Reinhold Tüxen 1979 Eduard Lohse Georg Schnath 1980 Wolfgang Wagner Richard Oelze Manfred Eigen 1981 Westermanns Monatshefte Dieter Oesterlen Heinz Hundeshagen 1982 Friedrich Bohne Helmut Ottenjann Walter Bruch 1983 Walther Killy Alfred Koerppen Günther Patzig 1984 Hugo Dittberner Emil Cimiotti Fritz Sennheiser 1985 Guntram Vesper Karl-Heinz Kämmerling Günter Schmahl 1986 — Harry und Guntram Hillebrand Franz Wieacker 1986 — Jürgen Ahrend — 1987 Franz Schmedt Mädchenchor Hannover Rudolf Pichlmayr 1988 — Arne Eggebrecht Madjid Samii, Hellmut Glubrecht 1989 — Richard Jakoby Fritz Peter Schäfer, Albrecht Schöne 1990 — Helen Donath Paul Raabe, Erwin Neher 1991 Kurt Morawietz Henri Nannen 1992 Eike Christian Hirsch Lajos Rovátkay Manfred R. Schroeder 1993 Ruth Klüger Christiane Möbus Andreas Büchting 1994 Petra Muschaweck-Kürten Thomas Quasthoff Ernst G. Bauer 1995 Tilman Zülch Ruth Falazik Jens Frahm 1996 Oskar Negt Sabine Meyer Hans-Georg Musmann 1997 Uri Avnery Gunter Hampel Wolfgang Junge 1998 Heinz Ludwig Arnold Doris Dörrie Ernst Schubert 1999 Gerlind Reinshagen Ingo Metzmacher Heinz Haferkamp

2000 award not given 2001 Timm Ulrichs, Jürgen Großmann

Recipients Lower Saxony State Prize

2002 Axel Haverich 2003 Georg Baselitz 2004 Peter Gruss 2005 Hans Georg Näder, Christiane Iven 2006 Gerhard Steidl, Christian von Bar 2007 Heinz Rudolf Kunze, Eva-Maria Neher 2008 Stefan Hell 2009 Aloys Wobben, Heinrich Riebesehl 2010 Wilhelm Krull, Ulrich Tukur 2012 Georg Klein, Ulrich Reimers 2014 Gudrun Schröfel, Scorpions (Rudolf Schenker, Klaus Meine und Matthias Jabs) 2016 Bruce Allen, Alessandra Buonanno, Karsten Danzmann 2018 Stefan Aust, Jan-Dieter Bruns 2020 Igor Levit, Edith Bischof 2022 Eske Nannen, Otto Waalkes 2024 Düzen Tekkal, Heinrich Detering

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