Joachim Gauck, former Federal President of Germany, was awarded the prestigious Benedict Prize in Mönchengladbach.
Former Federal President Joachim Gauck was honored with the Benedict Prize of Mönchengladbach, one of the most important awards in North Rhine-Westphalia, on 5 December 2024 in front of around 300 invited guests at [...]
Minister President Hendrik Wüst holds laudatory speech for Joachim Gauck
The Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia, Hendrik Wüst, will be the laudatory speaker for the winner of the Mönchengladbach Benedict Prize, former Federal President Joachim Gauck. The ceremony will take place on Thursday, 5 [...]
The winner of the Mönchengladbach 2024 Benedict Prize
The winner of the Mönchengladbach 2024 Benedict Prize is former German President Joachim Gauck. The Board of Trustees voted unanimously for Gauck. As Federal President of the Federal Republic of Germany, he has always [...]
Mourning for Kasper König
The association “Benediktpreis von Mönchengladbach” mourns the death of Prof. Dr. h.c. Kasper König. The art curator and university lecturer was a committed member of the association's board of trustees from 2017 to 2023. [...]
RP: Benedict Prize for Gunter Demnig
The artist commemorates the victims of the Nazi dictatorship with his "stumbling stones". For this he received one of the most important awards of the country. Shortly before the ceremony with laudator Armin Laschet, [...]
MEDIA INFORMATION – “Benedict Prize of Moenchengladbach”: Harnacke succeeds Linnenbrink
8 November 2022 - Moenchengladbach - Change of board at the association "Benediktpreis von Moenchengladbach". The general meeting elected Ulrich Harnacke as the new chairman of the board. He replaces Helmut Linnenbrink, who was [...]
New dates:
The date for the awarding of the Benedict Prize has to be postponed again. The award ceremony for the artist and initiator of the Stolpersteine, Gunter Demnig, was supposed to take place in spring 2020, [...]
10. March 2022 – Gunter Demnig – EN
The artist and initiator of the Stolpersteine, Gunter Demnig, will receive the Benedict Prize of Mönchengladbach. The ceremony will take place on Friday, 29 April 2022, at Haus Erholung in Mönchengladbach. Due [...]
Benedict Prize 2022 for Gunter Demnig
The artist commemorates the victims of the Nazi dictatorship with his "Stolpersteine". For this he received one of the most important awards in the country. Shortly before the ceremony with laudator Armin [...]
Gunter Demnig wants to use prize money for new Stolpersteine on the Ahr river
The winner of the Benedict Prize of Mönchengladbach, the artist and initiator of the Stolpersteine, Gunter Demnig, wants to use the donated prize money for new Stolpersteine in the flood-ravaged Ahr valley. The artist has [...]
Erwin Nöthen died
Artikel aus der RP August 2016 At the age of 85, Erwin Nöthen, who designed the prize coin for the "Benedict Prize of Mönchengladbach" for the respective prize winners, passed away on 11 [...]
Board meeting of 25 October 2022
Ulrich Harnacke elected as new Chairman of the Board. The Executive Board also consists of Dr Bernd Hillekamps as Deputy Chairman, Ludwig Quacken as Treasurer and Prof Dr Harald Vergossen. The previous [...]