Prize for Military History (Förderpreis für Militärgeschichte und Militärtechnikgeschichte) is an award recognising achievements in the fields of military history and history of military technology. The prize is bestowed by the German Ministry of Defence every two years.
History From 1992 to 2012, the prize was awarded under the name Werner Hahlweg Prize. From 1969 until his retirement in 1978, the German historian (1912–1989) held a professorship in Military History and Military Sciences at the University of Münster. In his will, he bequeathed funds to go towards a science award for military history. The prize was administered by the Federal Office of Defense Technology and Procurement in Koblenz (now Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support, part of the German Ministry of Defence). After it had become known in 2012 that the prize's namesake, Hahlweg, had joined the SS in June 1933 and the Nazi Party in 1936, the Ministry of Defence decided to suspend the prize. It was reinstituted in 2017 under a new name and continues to be awarded every two years.Interview mit Prof. Dr. Sönke Neitzel zur Umbenennung des Werner-Hahlweg-Preises in "Förderpreis für Militärgeschichte und Militärtechnikgeschichte", Military History Working Group, May 2016.
Advisory board As of 2018, the advisory board includes Michael Epkenhans (Center for Military History and Social Sciences of the Bundeswehr), (University of Göttingen), Johannes Hürter (Institute of Contemporary History (Munich)), and Brendan Simms (Oxford University), among others. It is chaired by the historian Sönke Neitzel (University of Potsdam)."Förderpreis 2019 für Militärgeschichte und Militärtechnikgeschichte", Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support website
Recipients
1992: ; Christian Lankes; Christian HartmannWerner-Hahlweg-Preis. In: Wehrtechnik 24 (1992) ?, S. 24. 1994: Olaf Rose;Wehrwissenschaft 18 June 2012 bei german-foreign-policy.com; retrieved 21 June 2012. ;Zeitschrift für Heereskunde 60 (1996) ?, S. ?. Karl-Klaus WeberKarl-Klaus Weber: Johan van Valckenburgh, Böhlau, 1995, S. vii. 1996: ;Kleine Meldungen. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 9 March 1996.Axel F. Gablik: Strategische Planungen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1955–1967, Nomos, 1996, S. 4. ;Michael Sikora: Disziplin und Desertion, Duncker & Humblot, 1996, S. 4. Sönke Neitzel;Sönke Neitzel: Blut und Eisen. Deutschland und der Erste Weltkrieg. Pendo Verlag, S. 2. : Das Handwerk der Landsknechte, Biblio, 1997, S. iv. 1998: ;Hahlweg-Preis. In: Mitteilungen aus dem Bundesarchiv 6 (1998) 2/3, S. 71. Oliver Gnad; Lothar WalmrathGudrun Tribukait: Junge Historiker vom BWB ausgezeichnet. In: Rhein-Zeitung, 25 September 1998. 2000: ; and ; and Für Arbeiten zur Militärgeschichte. In: Rhein-Zeitung, 7 October 2000. 2002: ; and Brigitte Biwald; Zeitschrift für Heereskunde 67 (2003) ?, S. 314. 2004: ; Elmar Heinz; and Hahlweg-Preis für Wissenschaftler. In: Rhein-Zeitung, 12 November 2004. 2006: Jörn Leonhard; Stefan Kroll; and Frank Pauli 2008: ; and ; Philipp Münch 2010: ; and ; and Takuma Melber: Tagungsbericht Kolloquium zur Militärgeschichte für Nachwuchswissenschaftler/-innen. 17.–19. Mai 2010, Mainz. in: H-Soz-u-Kult, 20 July 2010. 2012: ; Jens Westemeier; Florian Seiller and Jürgen Kilian: 11. Verleihung des Werner-Hahlweg-Preises. In: Zeitschrift für Heereskunde, 2012, Nr. 446 (Oktober/Dezember), S. 208–210. 2017: Flavio Eichmann; Carmen Winkel and Takuma W. Melber; Peter Keller and Jonas Friedrich
See also
List of history awards
References