Werner von Siemens Ring

The Werner von Siemens Ring (in German orthography, Werner-von-Siemens-Ring) is one of the highest awards for technical sciences in Germany.[1]

It has been awarded from 1916 to 1941 and since 1952 about every three years by the foundation Stiftung Werner-von-Siemens-Ring. The foundation was established on 13 December 1916 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Werner von Siemens. It is located in Berlin and is traditionally managed by the Deutscher Verband Technisch-Wissenschaftlicher Vereine (DVT) (English: German Federation of Technical and Scientific Associations). Before 1960, the name of the award had been simply Siemens Ring (German Siemens-Ring or Siemensring).[2]

The award is presented as a golden ring with emeralds and rubies depicting the leaves and fruit of laurel, placed in an individually crafted cassette carrying the portrait of Werner von Siemens and the dedication to the recipient.

According to the statutes, patron of the foundation council is the President of Germany, and the President of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt is the foundation council's executive chairman. The council votes on the recipients. Members of the council are the bearers of the ring and representatives of the member scientific and technical societies.

Recipients

Source: Werner von Siemens Ring Foundation[3]

YearRecipient(s)
1916Carl von Linde
1920Carl Auer von Welsbach
1924Carl Bosch
1927Oskar von Miller
1930Hugo Junkers
1933Wolfgang Gaede
1937Fritz Todt
1941Walther Bauersfeld
1952Hermann Röchling
1956Jonathan Zenneck
1960Otto Bayer, Walter Reppe, Karl Ziegler
1964Fritz Leonhardt, Walter Schottky, Konrad Zuse
1968Karl Küpfmüller, Joachim Siegfried Meurer
1972Ludwig Bölkow, Karl Winnacker
1975Wernher von Braun, Walter Bruch
1978Rudolf Hell
1981Hans Scherenberg
1984Fritz Peter Schäfer
1987Rudolf Schulten
1990Artur Fischer
1993Eveline Gottzein
1996Carl Adam Petri
1999Dieter Oesterhelt
2002Jörg Schlaich
2005Berthold Leibinger
2008Bernard Meyer (entrepreneur) (de) (see: Meyer Werft), for his contributions in shipbuilding[4]
2011Hermann Scholl, Manfred Fuchs
2015Martin Herrenknecht
2018Hasso Plattner, Joachim Milberg

See also

References
  1. Stemmler, Gunter Der Ehrenring – eine junge Auszeichnung, in: Herold-Jahrbuch, n.s. 16, 2011, pp. 231-258, see pp. 236-7.
  2. Website of the Foundation Werner-von-Siemens-Ring
  3. http://siemens-ring.de/#ringtraeger
  4. Bernard Meyer
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