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| Deutscher Wanderpreis | |
|---|---|
| Name | Deutscher Wanderpreis |
| Country | Germany |
Deutscher Wanderpreis is a German prize historically associated with recurring competition and transfer of a trophy between winners. The prize has been connected with cultural institutions, municipal authorities, and professional associations across Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg, and other German cities. It intersected with organizations such as the Deutscher Turner-Bund, Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund, Deutscher Fußball-Bund, Deutsches Theatermuseum, and institutions like the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek.
The origin of the prize can be traced to late 19th- and early 20th-century traditions in Prussia, the German Empire, and later the Weimar Republic, with parallels to awards administered by the Kaiserliches Patentamt, the Kunstverein, and municipal competitions in Dresden, Leipzig, Nuremberg, Bremen, and Kassel. During the Third Reich era, trophy traditions were sometimes appropriated by organizations including the Reichskulturkammer and local chapters of the NSDAP, while after World War II administration shifted to bodies such as the Bundesrepublik Deutschland cultural offices and regional ministries in North Rhine-Westphalia, Baden-Württemberg, and Saxony. Postwar custodianship involved institutions like the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, the Goethe-Institut, and the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung.
The award has served purposes ranging from recognition of achievement in fields linked to associations—sporting associations such as the Deutscher Leichtathletik-Verband and the Deutscher Schwimm-Verband; artistic bodies including the Bundesverband Bildender Künstlerinnen und Künstler and the Deutscher Musikrat; to civic bodies like the Deutscher Städtetag and the Landkreistag. Eligibility criteria historically invoked statutes of groups such as the Deutscher Anwaltverein, the Deutscher Journalisten-Verband, and the Handwerkskammer; nominees have included members of the Bundestag, civil servants from the Auswärtiges Amt, and representatives from the Europäischer Rat.
Committees often comprised representatives from organizations such as the Kultusministerkonferenz, the Deutscher Kulturrat, the Akademie der Künste, the Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste, and university faculties at institutions like Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, and the Universität Hamburg. Jury members have included figures associated with the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, the Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft, as well as editors from the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, the Süddeutsche Zeitung, the Die Zeit, the Der Spiegel editorial board, and curators from the Deutsches Historisches Museum.
Winners and holders have often been prominent individuals or organizations with connections to the Bundeskanzleramt, ministries such as the Bundesministerium des Innern, the Bundesministerium der Finanzen, cultural figures linked to the Bayerische Staatsoper, the Berliner Philharmoniker, authors published by houses like Suhrkamp Verlag, Rowohlt Verlag, and Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, as well as sports clubs affiliated to the FC Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, and national teams organized under the Deutscher Fußball-Bund. Other recipients included institutions such as the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte, the Bundeskriminalamt, and non-governmental organizations like Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
The prize influenced careers within cultural networks that intersected with bodies such as the Kulturstiftung der Länder, the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, and philanthropic foundations including the Robert Bosch Stiftung, the Krupp Stiftung, the VolkswagenStiftung, and the Otto Group. Coverage appeared in media outlets like ARD, ZDF, Deutschlandfunk, and periodicals including the Frankfurter Rundschau and the taz. Academic analysis appeared in journals associated with the Max-Planck-Institut für Geschichte, the Historische Kommission bei der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft reports.
Financial and material support has come from municipal councils in Stuttgart, Dortmund, Essen, and Mannheim; from corporate sponsors such as Siemens, BASF, Deutsche Bank, Allianz, Mercedes-Benz Group, Bayer AG, SAP SE, and ThyssenKrupp; and from foundations like the Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung, the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. Fund administration involved treasuries linked to the Bundesministerium für Kultur und Medien and regional cultural administrations in Brandenburg, Rheinland-Pfalz, and Sachsen-Anhalt.
The tradition is comparable to other German awards and transferable trophies such as those connected to the Bundeskanzlerpreis, the Grimme-Preis, the Deutscher Buchpreis, the Konrad-Adenauer-Preis, the Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels, the Bambi Awards, and sports trophies like the DFB-Pokal and the Bundesliga Meisterschale. Internationally it parallels prizes administered by the British Council, the Guggenheim Foundation, the Nobel Foundation, the Pulitzer Prize, and the Cannes Film Festival trophy traditions. The legacy persists in municipal collections, archives at institutions such as the Bundesarchiv, the Stadtmuseum München, and university special collections at Universität zu Köln and Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.