| Austrian Decoration for Science and Art | |
|---|---|
 Badge of the Austrian Decoration of Honour for Science and Art | |
Awarded by  Austria | |
| Type | State decoration |
| Eligibility | Austrian and foreign citizens[1] |
| Awarded for | "...superior creative and commendable services in the areas of the sciences or the arts."[1] |
| Status | Currently Awarded |
| Statistics | |
| Established | 1955[1] |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | Varies by grade[1] |
| Next (lower) | Varies by grade[1] |
 Decoration for Science and Art  Cross of Honour for Science and Art, First Class  Cross of Honour for Science and Art | |
The Austrian Decoration for Science and Art (German language: Österreichisches Ehrenzeichen für Wissenschaft und Kunst) is a state decoration of the Republic of Austria and forms part of the national honours system of that country.
History[]
The "Austrian Decoration for Science and Art" was established by the National Council as an honour for scientific or artistic achievements by Federal Law of May 1955 (Federal Law Gazette No. 96/1955 as amended BGBl I No 128/2001). At the same time, the National Council also established the "Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art", which is awarded as "Cross of Honour, First Class" (German: Ehrenkreuz 1. Klasse) and "Cross of Honour" (German: Ehrenkreuz). While not technically counted as lower classes of the Decoration for Science and Art, these crosses are nevertheless affiliated with it.
Divisions[]
Decoration for Science and Art[]
The number of living recipients of the Decoration for Science and Art is limited to a maximum of 72 at any one time (36 recipients for science and 36 for arts). In each of these two groups there are 18 Austrian cititzens and 18 foreign nationals.
Cross of Honour for Science and Art, First Class[]
There are no limits on the number of recipients.
Cross of Honour for Science and Art[]
There are no limits on the number of recipients.
Precedence[]
| Grade | Preceding | Following |
| Decoration for Science and Art | Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver with Star for Services to the Republic of Austria | Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria |
| Cross of Honour for Science and Art 1st Class | Military Merit Decoration | Grand Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria |
| Cross of Honour for Science and Art | Grand Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria | Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the Republic of Austria |
Recipients[]
Decoration for Science and Art[]
- 2012: Christoph Waltz, actor
- 2010: Paul Holdengräber, curator[2]
- 2008: Marina Abramović, performance artist
- 2007: Otto Tausig, actor
- 2006: Bruno Ganz, actor; Stephen Toulmin, philosopher; Christian Meier, historian; Pierre Soulages, painter; Michael Mitterauer, historian
- 2005: Václav Havel, writer, dissident and former president of the Czech Republic; Christian Attersee, painter; Eric Kandel, neuroscientist; Peter Palese, virologist
- 2004: Klaus Wolff, dermatologist
- 2003: Hermann Fillitz, art historian; Wolfgang M. Schmidt, mathematician
- 2002: Arik Brauer, painter, poet and singer; Peter Wolf, Austrian-born producer and composer; Eugen Biser, religious philosopher; Horst Dreier, legal philosopher; Elliott H. Lieb, physicist and mathematician; Bogdan Bogdanović, architect
- 2001: Anton Zeilinger, experimental physicist
- 2000: Paul Kirchhof, constitutional and tax lawyer; Hans Müllejans, provost; Herwig Wolfram, historian; Gerardo Broggini, lawyer
- 1999: Carl Pruscha, architect; Elisabeth Lichtenberger, geographer; Karl Acham, sociologist; Walter Kohn, physicist
- 1998: Helmut Denk, pathologist
- 1997: Bruno Gironcoli, artist; Kurt Schwertsik, composer; Hans Hass, biologist; Robert Walter, jurist; Albrecht Dihle, classical philologist; Cassos Karageorghis, archaeologist; Klemens von Klemperer, historian
- 1996: Siegfried Josef Bauer, meteorologist and geophysicist
- 1995: Horst Stein, conductor
- 1994: Josef Mikl, painter
- 1993: Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky, architect; Peter Schuster, chemist; Gottfried Biegelmeier, physicist; Walter Thirring, physicist; Albert Eschenmoser, chemist; Albrecht Schöne, philologist; Günther Wilke, chemist
- 1992: Carlos Kleiber, conductor; Krzysztof Penderecki, composer
- 1991: H.C. Artmann, writer
- 1990: Ernst Jandl, writer; Hans Hollein, architect
- 1988: Dietmar Grieser, author and journalist
- 1987: Friederike Mayröcker, writer
- 1986: Johann Jascha, artist
- 1985: Erika Mitterer, writer
- 1983: Hans Plank, painter
- 1982: Heinrich Harrer, mountaineer; Jacqueline de Romilly, philologist
- 1981: Gertrud Fussenegger, writer; Werner Berg, painter
- 1980: Alfred Uhl and Marcel Rubin, composer; Fritz Hochwälder, writer; Karl Popper, philosopher and science theorist
- 1979: Roland Rainer, architect; Max Weiler, artist
- 1978: Hans Nowotny, chemist
- 1977: Ernst Schönwiese, writer
- 1976: Friedrich Torberg, writer and translator; Manfred Eigen, chemist
- 1975: Hans Tuppy, biochemist; Robert Stolz, composer
- 1974: Gottfried von Einem, composer
- 1972: Elias Canetti, writer
- 1971: Fritz Wotruba, architect and artist
- 1967: Karl Heinrich Waggerl, writer
- 1966: Ludwig von Ficker, writer and publisher
- 1964: Edmund Hlawka, mathematician; Ernst Lothar, writer and director
- 1961: Herbert von Karajan, conductor; Rudolf von Laun, international lawyer
- 1960: O. W. Fischer, actor
- 1959: Otto Hahn, atomic physicist, Nobel laureate; Max Mell, writer
- 1957: Clemens Holzmeister, architect
Cross (and Cross 1st Class)[]
Cross of Honour for Science and Art, First Class
- 2012: Ronny Reich, Israeli Archaeologist
- 2010: Boris Pahor, Slovene writer;
- 2009: Grita Insam, gallerist; Hans Werner Scheidl, journalist and author; Stefan Größing, sports scientists; Bruno Mamoli, specialist in neurology and psychiatry, Fredmund Malik, management scientist[3][4]
- 2008: Gerhard Haszprunar, Zoologe;Ernst von Glasersfeld, Austro-American constructivist, Michael Ludwig, Michael Kaufmann, manager of German culture; Reinhard Putz, anatomist; Jessye Norman, American soprano; Hannes Androsch, Finance Minister and Vice Chancellor a.D.
- 2007: Herbert W. Franke, scientist, writer, artist; Hans Walter Lack, botanist; Josef Burg, writer; Reginald Vospernik, high school director; Nuria Nono-Schönberg, Lawrence Schönberg, Ronald Schönberg, the three children of Arnold Schoenberg
- 2006: Peter Ruzicka, German composer and artistic director, Lothar Bruckmeier, painter, Peter Wegner, computer scientist
- 2005: Gottfried Kumpf, painter, architect, sculptor, Georg Ratzinger, choirmaster, Heinz Zemanek, computer pioneer
- 2004: Oswald Oberhuber, artist
- 2003: Erich Schleyer, actor and author, Günther Granser, economist
- 2002: Fabio Luisi, Italian conductor, Kurt Rudolf Fischer, philosopher, Wolfdietrich Schmied-Kowarzik, philosopher; John Ross, chemist; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
- 2001: Klaus-Peter Sattler, composer, Hermann Maurer, computer scientist, Walter Homolka, rabbi; Hannspeter Winter, physicist; Johann Grander, inventor.
- 1999: Peter Simonischek, actor, Erich Gruen, historian
- 1998: Senta Berger, actress, Kiki Kogelnik, artist (posthumously awarded)
- 1997: Herbert Willi, composer; Lucian O. Meysels, author; Ernest Manheim, American sociologist of Hungarian origin
- 1996: Ronald S. Calinger, American historian of Mathematics
- 1989: Norbert Pawlicki, pianist and composer
- 1987: Alois Hergouth, writer and poet; Helen Adolf, literature scholar and linguist[5]
- 1984: Frank Sinatra, singer and actor, Fritz Muliar, actor and director, Ludwig Schwarzer, painter
- 1983: Walter Bitterlich, forest scientist, Wolf Häfele, physicist
Cross of Honour for Science and Art
- 1980: Alfred Uhl, composer
- 1978: Kurt Neumüller, pianist and pedagogue
- 1977: Wolfgang Rehm, musicologist
- 1976: Wolfgang Mayer König, writer
- 1974: Erika Mitterer, writer; Marcel Rubin, composer; Arthur Hilton, chemist,
- 1971: Gustav Zelibor, pianist and conductor
- 1970: Enver Čolaković, writer and poet
- 1968: Alphons Barb, author
- 1965: Kurt Roger, Composer / Professor Georg Szell Conductor Nathan Milstein Violin
- 1961: Günther Baszel, artist; Ernst Lothar, author and director
- 1960: Karl Schiske, composer
Forfeiture[]
Forfeiture of this honour became possible with Federal Law Gazette I No 128/2001, changing Act § 8a. It allows the government to strip recipients of their honours if deemed unworthy. The best known example of such a forfeiture is of the Nazi physician Heinrich Gross.[citation needed]
On August 5, 2008 the Austrian Science Minister Johannes Hahn decided not to withdraw the award from inventor Johann Grander.[citation needed] - see also Wikipedia German version and see also Austrian ministry
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Bundespräsident.at : Decorations of Honour". Bundespraesident.at. http://www.bundespraesident.at/index.php?id=193&no_cache=0&L=1. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
- ↑ "Paul Holdengraber". PEN American Center. http://www.pen.org/author.php/prmAID/178.
- ↑ APA October 2009
- ↑ ORF
- ↑ Haag, John. "Adolf, Helen (b. 1895)". Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Gale Research Inc.. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-2591300142.html. Retrieved 10 January 2013.(subscription required)
External links[]
- www.kurienwissenschaftundkunst.at
- Decoration of Honour, Federal President of the Republic of Austria
- Photos of the Medal
- Federal Law Gazette, 22 June 1955: Federal Law of 25 May 1955 on the creation of the Austrian Medal for Science and the Arts and the Austrian Honorary Cross for Science and the Arts (pdf, 647kb)
- Federal Law Gazette, November 2001: Amendment to the Federal Law on the establishment of an Austrian Medal for Science and the Arts and the Austrian Honorary Cross for Science and the Arts. (pdf, 5kb)
- Press Release: High Honors Award of the Republic of Austria (March 3, 2009)
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