• Source: Maecenas-Ehrung

The Maecenas-Ehrung is a distinction awarded by the German Arbeitskreis selbständiger Kultur-Institute, AsKI. (engl.: Association of Independent Cultural Institutions). The distinction is awarded biennially to personalities that have significantly promoted art and culture in Germany. An independent jury selects the laureates.
With the Maecenas distinction the AsKI honors privately financed promotion of culture. It is to communicate the results of and to encourage for new patronage. Part of the Maecenas-Ehrung is the presentation of a piece of art or adequate honorable gift, since 2003 a bronze sculpture of the artist Manfred Sihle-Wissel.
The AsKI has been founded in 1967 as an association of today 35 nationally and internationally renowned independent cultural and research institutions. With valuable collections they particularly represent the quality and variety of German culture.




Laureates


2009 - Anette und Udo Brandhorst
2007 – Berthold Leibinger
2005 – Prince Michael von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach
2003 – Günter Braun and Waldtraut Braun
2001 – Udo van Meeteren
1999 – Clara Freifrau von Arnim and Wolf-Dietrich Speck von Sternburg
1997 – Paul Sacher
1995 – Henri Nannen
1993 – Marion Ermer
1991 – Alfred C. Toepfer
1989 – Arend Oetker




See also


List of awards for contributions to culture
Gaius Maecenas, Roman advisor and eponym of the Maecenas distinction




References






External links


Maecenas-Ehrung des AsKI e. V. (in German)

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Maecenas-Ehrung
• Gaius Maecenas
• List of awards for contributions to culture
• Lydia Welti-Escher
• International Association for the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy