Alfred Toepfer Stiftung F. V. S.

The Alfred Toepfer Stiftung F. V. S. is a non-profit foundation that is committed to the promotion of European understanding while respecting cultural diversity. It is present throughout Europe in the fields of art and culture, science, conservation and youth and awards four prizes: the KAIROS Prize, the Freiherr- vom-Stein Prize, the Max-Brauer- price and the CULTURA price.

The Foundation was established by the Hamburg merchant and farmer Alfred Toepfer (1894-1993) founded in the year 1931/1932 as a foundation FV S. This Toepfer let life unanswered the question of whether the abbreviation " F. VS " takes on the Prussian reformers Freiherr vom Stein or the poet and philosopher Friedrich von Schiller reference.

  • 5.1 Investing in people
  • 5.2 " Contemporary Issues "
  • 5.3 Social Innovation
  • 5.4 Special Areas 5.4.1 Hamburg Moments

History

The Foundation has been controversial for a long time because of the difficult classifiable ratio of founder Alfred Toepfer to National Socialism. So it was in the early 1990s in Vienna to violent attacks by the research group cultural history against the newly established Grillparzer Prize (which was discontinued after three awards ) and the continuity of Herder prices. In 1996, the 1962 Strasbourg - created price had to be adjusted for contributions to Franco-German understanding due to ongoing protests against the founder. This took the Foundation in 1997 as an opportunity to be examined the work of the Foundation and the founder of an independent commission. The presented on 11 December 2000 results were firstly found that Toepfer " never the central goals and motives of the leading Nazis " informed, " racism and anti-Semitism were far from him " ( Mommsen, Circle et al. ). On the other hand showed his work by awarding cultural prizes to a close proximity to Nazi Volkstumspolitik to their party officials he was in contact. In the diaries of Joseph Goebbels a friendly encounter is noted. Also a personal continuity in the foundation boards of the period of National Socialism until the recent past, the Commission noted and criticized avoiding " self-critical (r ) past analyzes " of the founder himself, however, attested to him learning and a move away from extreme nationalism. (Lit.: Circle et al. )

Nevertheless, this work-up did not prevent the ratio of Alfred Toepfer was afterwards still made ​​to National Socialism of the Foundation for reproach. In 2005, refused the French theater director Ariane Mnouchkine acceptance of the Hanseatic Goethe Prize. 2010 called for the British historian Michael Pinto - Duschinsky setting the Hanseatic Scholars chips at the University of Oxford. Following the resignation of Birte Toepfer as the last family members of the founder (she was the daughter of Alfred Toepfer ) from the Board directed the Foundation in 2004, a restructuring of the Foundation's program. One of the goals is to streamline the number of prizes and scholarships, which had evolved over time, and the means to convert it into an operational program was. This process was completed in 2007.

" The history of the FVS Foundation and biographical stations of the founder Alfred Toepfer remain the subject of scientific studies and critical support of the Foundation's activities. " Publications and debates will constantly update and publish the Foundation.

Cultural prizes during National Socialism

Overview of all prices - according to founder - should one draw the Wall Binnendeutschtum ( purpose of 1932):

Various

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Prize, founded in the post-War period and subcontracted
  • Erwin von Steinbach Award
  • Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff Price
  • Joseph von Gorres price
  • Johann Gottfried von Herder Prize, subcontracted in the postwar period as Herder Prize
  • Nicolaus Copernicus - Price
  • Prince Eugene of Savoy - Price
  • Shakespeare Prize, awarded in the postwar period continues
  • Rembrandt Award
  • Henrik Steffens Prize, awarded in the postwar period continues
  • Ossian Prize, probably never awarded

Nicolaus Copernicus - Price

Intended for the " Germans in Poland," later " in the former Poland ". Ceremony by the Silesian Friedrich- Wilhelms- University of Breslau. Winners:

Board of Trustees: Hermann Aubin; Ernst birch; Günther Grundmann; Viktor Kauder; Hans Koch ( V); Walter Kuhn; Alfred Lattermann; Kurt Lück

Prince Eugene of Savoy - Price

Intended for the "Germanness in the southeast ", awarded by the University of Vienna. Winners:

Board of Trustees: Carl Freiherr von Bardolff; Otto Brunner; Hugo Hassinger (V); Hans Hirsch; Josef Nadler; Rudolf spectrum; Heinrich Ritter von Srbik

Shakespeare Prize

Intended for " Anglo-Saxon ", mainly in the " United Kingdom". Presentation by Hanseatic University, Hamburg. Winners:

Board of Trustees: Hans Friedrich Blunck; Hermann Fiedler; Hans Grimm; Adolf Rein ( Managing Director); Rudolf Sieverts

Rembrandt Award

Intended for the " Dutch- Low German folklore ". Presentation by Hanseatic University, Hamburg. Winners:

Board of Trustees: Hans Friedrich Blunck; Conrad Borchling (V); Antoon Jacob; Adolf Rein ( Managing Director); Geerto Aeilko Sebo Snijder; Anton Johan van Vessem

Ossian Prize

Intended for the " Celtic- Norse folklore ". Ceremonies should be carried out by the Hanseatic University, Hamburg. However, there were no ceremonies. Board of Trustees: Leo Weisgerber.

Former prices after 1949

  • Franz Grillparzer Prize jointly with the University of Vienna
  • Robert Schuman Prize
  • European Prize for statecraft
  • Immanuel Kant Price
  • Joseph Bech Price
  • Joost van Vondel - the - price
  • Europe Prize
  • European gold medal for historic preservation
  • Van Tienhoven Award for Nature Conservation
  • Louis Pinck Prize for German folk song
  • The Fritz Reuter Prize for outstanding performance in Low German was acquired by Carl Toepfer Foundation.
  • Strasbourg Prize
  • Hans Klose Prize for the establishment of nature conservation in the new federal states
  • Alexander Pushkin Prize for Russian-language literature
  • European Prize for Folk Art
  • Montaigne Prize for contributions to European cultural heritage from the Romansh-speaking area ( University of Tübingen)
  • Herder prices for contributions to the conservation and increase the value of European cultural heritage of the countries of Eastern Europe (University of Vienna )
  • Henrik Steffens Prize for the cultural contribution of the Scandinavian area (University of Kiel )
  • Justus-von -Liebig- price for agricultural research and Thünen gold medal for agriculture ( University of Kiel)
  • Hanseatic Goethe Prize
  • Upper Rhine Culture Award
  • Johann -Wolfgang -von- Goethe Medal in Gold to promote on national ethos and humanitarian efforts
  • Wilhelm Leopold Pfeil Prize for achievements in the field of forestry ( Fachhochschule Eberswalde )
  • Fritz Schumacher prices for the areas Urban and Regional Planning, architecture, structural engineering, architectural history, landscape architecture and garden art or urban ecology and urban sociology (University of Hannover )
  • Alexander von Humboldt Medal, awarded from 1962 to 1986 for achievements in nature conservation

Current prices

The reform of the Foundation and the multiple rejections of prices led to the streamlining of the program price. Many prices have been set and the last time awarded in 2006. Subsequently, the number of rights conferred by the Foundation prices reduced to four.

  • The prize of 75,000 euros KAIROS European Cultural Foundation Prize is awarded to young artists and cultural organizations in the fields of visual and performing arts, music, architecture, film, photography, literature and journalism since 2007. About the winners are chosen by an independent board of trustees.
  • The prize of 25,000 euros Freiherr- vom-Stein Prize for social innovation honors personalities who work with initiative and vision for the common good.
  • The Max-Brauer- Prize will be awarded annually since 1993 for services to the cultural, scientific and intellectual life of Hamburg.
  • The CULTURA Award recognizes exemplary research or work approaches in the fields of nature conservation, agriculture, agricultural research and forestry.

Tasks of the Foundation

Investing in People

In the priority area of ​​investment in people, the Foundation directly benefits people through scholarships, prizes and the European support network:

  • Alfred Toepfer Scholarship Program Alfred Toepfer Scholarship - is aimed at students and doctoral candidates from Central and Eastern Europe who are preparing for their degree from a German university, and for German students and doctoral students who are planning to spend a year studying in Central and Eastern Europe.
  • Herder scholarships - funding for students from Central and Eastern Europe who are preparing for their degree at a university in Vienna.
  • Masefield Student Prize - for young musicians at the Hamburg Academy of Music and Theatre
  • Masefield Stipnedium - The Foundation awards on a proposal from the Hamburg University of Music and Theatre annually a one-year scholarship to students of the University of Music and Theatre.
  • Voltaire Scholarship - awarded to German and French young researchers who are planning to study or research at a university or institution in the neighboring country, in cooperation with the Academy of Berlin
  • Hanseatic Scholarship for Britons - for students from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, who continue their studies or research one to two years at a German university
  • Alfred Toepfer Scholarships for Nature Conservation - award the proposal from the Europarc Federation
  • " In between " - In their experimental program area " Contemporary Issues " asks the Foundation by different filmmakers for answers. In the fall of 2010, she therefore forgives once the script scholarship " In between " at the Hamburg Media School graduate.
  • Archive Scholarship - For historical studies dealing with Alfred potter, its foundations and companies, the Alfred Toepfer Stiftung FVS an archive scholarship available.
  • The grantees can get to know each other, showcase their projects and close contacts during the meetings within the European support network.

" Contemporary Issues "

Foundations have the opportunity to raise relevant questions with great independence and edit. The Alfred Toepfer Foundation uses this freedom especially in their experimental program area every five years a new focus gets: Here they formulated questions of social, artistic or scientific importance and thus stimulates to think, to exchange and to interact on.

From 2010 to 2015, the Foundation ten examples selected " contemporary issues " - and is looking forward to answers, they are playful, thoughtful or experimentally. By 2010, she initiated a "Values ​​dialog ".

Social innovation

  • " Concerto21 " - The Summer Academy for performance culture and music management sets out to search for new, contemporary concert forms and give young musicians how to live not only for the music but also by the music. "Teaching - impulse to scientific theory " is a training and networking offer for leaders in science and academic management.

Special Areas

Hamburg Moments

  • Personalities and institutions that have made ​​outstanding contributions to the cultural, intellectual and scientific life of the city of Hamburg, are awarded annually with the Max -Brauer- price.
  • The Masefield awards young young musicians of Hamburg University of Music and Art are encouraged. In this framework, the biannual Masefield concerts take place, where the three fellows make the evening program itself.
  • In the " Initiative Hamburg foundations " promotes the Alfred Toepfer Foundation in partnership with various larger Hamburger foundations and initiatives the foundation spirit in Hamburg. For " Initiative Hamburg foundations " include "Time Foundation ", the " Körber -Stiftung ", the " Patriotic Society ", the " Hermann Reemtsma Foundation ", the " Community Foundation " and the " Joachim Herz Stiftung ".
  • One of the places lively dialogue in Hamburg is the " same house" with the informal event series " Elbehaus talks".

The promotion of nature conservation and the natural park idea has always been a special concern of the Foundation. With her special area " nature @ toepfer - fvs " they developed the traditional commitment to this area in a contemporary way and goes out new ways of promoting.

  • The CULTURA Award recognizes exemplary research or work approaches in the fields of nature conservation, agriculture, agricultural research, and Forestry.
  • With the " NatuRegio expert program for Nature Conservation and Regional Development in South East Europe", the Foundation promotes the conservation and nature park thoughts in Romania and Bulgaria.
  • On the " School Farm Wilsede " get Hamburger school classes from the 3rd to 6th school year the opportunity to experience a week's nature reserve Lueneburg Heath and work on a farm. This farm is an environmental education project of " VNP Foundation Conservation Park".

Bodies

The Board of Trustees consists of nine members. Jürgen rowdy is the Chairman and Deputy Chairman Ulrich Bopp (August 2011). Ansgar Wimmer 's CEO, Andrew Wood is a member of the board of Alfred Toepfer Foundation

Franz-Grillparzer-Preis Ralph Vaughan Williams John Masefield Willem Mengelberg Felix Timmermans Jan de Vries (linguist) Robert Schuman Prize, Alfred Toepfer Foundation Hans Mommsen Gerd Bucerius National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands Integrated Authority File
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