Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille
German award for achievements in inventions, entrepreneurship, and economy (1953–)
The Rudolf-Diesel-Medaille is an award by the German Institute for Inventions (Deutsches Institut für Erfindungswesen, D.I.E.) in memory of Rudolf Diesel for inventions and the entrepreneurial and economical implications accounting to the laureate. Since 1953 the award has been presented yearly until 1969 and then irregularly every two or three years.
Laureates 1953 to 1959
1953
Eugen Diesel
Hermann Röchling
Christoph Wirth
1954:
Ernst Heinkel
Viktor Kaplan
Paul Nipkow
Hermann Oberth
Wolfgang Putlitz
Julius Schierenbeck
Joseph Vollmer
1955:
Herrmann Amme
Carl Friedrich Benz
Hans Bredow
Heinrich Buschmann
Ella Conradty
Hans Daams
Wilhelm Geldermann
Alexander Meißner
Ernst Neumann-Neander
Walter Poller
Hans Rukop
Max Schimmel
Hans Vogt
Magokichi Yamaoka
Ferdinand Zeppelin
Berthold Zunckel
1956:
Friedrich Dessauer
Roland Faber-Castell
Siegfried Meurer
1959:
Thorsten Althin
Franz Maria Feldhaus
Paul Kleinewefers
F. Lindenmaier
Alex Lonsinger
Johann Mangold
Auguste Piccard
Karl Röder
Herbert Storek
Herbert Venediger
Laureates 1960 to 1969
1961:
Claudius Dornier
Arthur Göhlert
Alfred Horn
Georg Hufnagel
Hanns Klemm
Carl Graf von Klinckowström
Carl Rudolf Paul Klingspor
Hans Ledwinka
Arthur Mainka
Hans Rhode
Karl Heinz Schmidt
1962:
Hans Baier
Walter Bauer
Albert Bettag
Ernst Cvikl
J. Helmut Danzer
Frank James Elvy
John Franklin Enders
Artur Ermert
Igo Etrich
Ernst Fuchs
Konrad Grebe
Reinhold Hagmann
Theodor Hahn
Walter Hebel
Erich Hensel
Maximilian Hornsteiner
Josef Kainz
Rudolf Kaiser
Gustav Kammerer
Heinz Kemper
Richard Langer
C. Walter Leupold
Wilhelm Loges
Walter Meining
Hermann Michael
Hermann Mücher
Walter J. Noske
Walter Philipp
Robert Rahner
Ernst Reichelt
Josef Roiser
Friedrich Schildberger
F. W. Schlegel
Hans Schleicher
Wilhelm Schmidt
Hermann Staudinger
Hugo Tafelmaier
1963:
Erwin Baas
Gottlob Bauknecht
Ludwig Baumann
Otto Alfred Becker
Horst-Dieter Bohne
Heinrich Brandhoff
Hugo Bremer
Erich Döring
Ernst Giller
Richard Glimpel
Wilhelm Hessenstein
Carl Hermann Heise
Ernst Khuon-Wildegg (Ernst von Khuon)
Max Heinrich Kress
Heinrich Kukuck
Egon Larsen
Otto Lilienthal
Willi Lippert
Friedrich Maier
Christian Meyer
Willi Müller
Adolf Nowak
Erich Olschowski
Erich Rabe
Walter Reppe
Josef Wilhelm Risse
Hans Rössner
Paul Schlack
Otto Siemen
Fritz Tolkien
Ulrich Tuchel
Hellmuth Walter
Peter Weber
1964:
Heinrich Ballhof
Otto P. Bühler
Gustav Erhart
Rudolf Fitzke
Paul F. Forbach
Gerhard Frank
Willy O. Herrmann
Fritz John Jacobsen
Richard Jahre
Hans Klaas
Hans-Ulrich Klein
Alfred Kretzschmar
Hans Lindemann
Ernst Linden
Wolfram Lindner
Wilhelm Nikolaus Moers
Josef Nagler
Herbert Neuhaus
Horst Pasternack
Kurt Pentzlin
Ernst Sachs
Rolf Sander
Franz Schmid
Alois Schmitt
Eugen Heinrich Fritz Soeding
Walter Storz
Fritz Walther
Willy Wolf
Frotz Zoder
1965:
Apollinaris-Brunnen AG
August Arnold
Paul Baumann
Wernher von Braun
Hermann Buchholz
José de Soto Burgos
Curt Eichler
Wilhelm Ernst
Alfred Eschebach
Franz Ferrari
Albin Johansson
Kurt Kaschke
Ottmar Kasparowski
Fritz Kauer
Hans Kestler
Kurt A. Körber
Paul Krauß
Friedrich Nallinger (Fritz Nallinger)
Udo Passavant
Alfred Pierburg
Robert Richter
Georg Rieper
Rudolf Rzehulka
Erhard Sattmann
Erwin Schwarz
Karl Sprenger
Wilhelm Stürmer
Hans Thoma
Edith Weyde
Matheus Wiest
Johannes Wisser
Anton Wörner
Hans Ziller
Hans Zöllner
1966:
Hans Beck
Herbert Berg
Paul Dannemann
Alfons Drittenthaler
Karl Eichstädt
Edgar Frank
Johann Rudolf Glauber
Franz R. Habicht
Karl Harraeus
Günter Hasenbäumer
Walter Heimann
Josef Hoffmann
Hans Kallas
Peter Kisteneich
Josef Kobold
Fritz Kreis
Curt Lommel
Friedrich Martin
Otto Meyer
Karl Mienes
Rolf Moroni
Siegfried Nitzsche
Gottfried Severin Paeffgen
Moritz Pöhlmann
Erwin Raulf
Harald Romanus
Ludwig Schanz
1967:
Richard Antretter
Béla Barényi
Walter Baur
Hugo Brendel
Alfred Buch
Werner Fuhrmann
Ernst Hatz
Heinz Jäger
Karl Jericke
Willy Kraus
Erich Kraut
Ernst Mahle
Alois Mengele
Karl F. Nägele
Robert Plagwitz
Kurt Schönenberger
Wilhelm Staffel
1968:
Georg Bergler
Karl Breuer
Franz Josef Fleißner
Armin Heim
Rudolf Kellermann
Lorenz Anton Kersting
Wilhelm Kölsch
Karl Krauß
Hellmut Kreß
Alfred Krohe
Harald Loebermann
Herbert Matis
Herbert Müller-Neuhaus
Stanford R. Ovshinsky
Carl Pieper
Wunibald Puchner
Eduard Reimer
Karlheinz Roth
Ernst Ruska
Helmut Sallinger
René Schubert
1969:
Ludwig Bölkow
Kurt Friedrich
Arnold Giller
Max Koehler
Friedrich Krauss
Karl Kroyer
Manfred R. Kühnle
Wolfgang Ritter
Konrad Zuse
Laureates 1970 to 1979
1972
Walter Baier, Stockdorf
Herbert Haas, Oberstenfeld
Edmund Munk, Oberstenfeld
Hermann Renner, Magstadt
Karl Heinz Vahlbrauk, Bad Gandersheim
1975
Fritz Bauer, Altdorf
Kurt Becker, Obernkirchen
Hermann Burkhard, Reutlingen
Friedrich Burmester, Reutlingen
Otto Oeckl, Munich
Gottfried Piekarski, Burghausen
Ewald Pirson, Burghausen
Ulrich Poppe, Falkenstein / Oberpfalz
Georg-Gerd Richter, Darmstadt
Franz Rudolf, Schwäbisch Gmünd
1977
Josef Berg, Heidelberg
Wolfgang Bogen, Berlin
Hans Eckstaedt, Wuppertal
Kurt Eichweber, Hamburg
Rudolf Gäth, Limburgerhof
Siegfried Lehsten, Eßlingen
Julius Lidenmayer, Augsburg
Walter Mayer, Zirndorf
Klaudius Patzelt, Welzheim
Hilmar Vits, Leichlingen
H. Ch. Roy, Planegg
Kurt Schade, Fürth
Karl-Heinz Steigerwald, Puchheim
Max Mengeringhausen, Würzburg
Laureates 1980 to 1989
1980
Uwe Classen, Zirndorf
Wilhelm Hegler, Bad Kissingen
Manfred Helfrecht, Poppenreuth
Engelbert Krempl, Burgkirchen
Alfred Meier, Nellingen
Heinz Müller, Burgkirchen
Ernst Schulze, Hamburg
Hans Viessman, Battenberg
Manfred Wick, München
Heinrich Welke, Erlangen
Walther Zarges, Murnau am Staffelsee
1982
Armin Bauder, Neckarsulm
Ernst Christian, Nürnberg
Heinz Hölter, Gladbeck
Alexander Kückens, Reinfeld (Holstein)
Xaver Lipp, Ellwangen
Josef W. Manger, Arnstein
Hannes Marker, Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Julius Maus von Resch, Stuttgart
Hans Sauer, Deisenhofen
Wolfgang Seikritt, Usingen
Erwin Sick, Waldkirch
Rolf Susemihl, Bad Homburg
Friedrich Stastny, Ludwigshafen
Johannes Steinwart, Obersulm
Herbert Zimmermann, Hagen
Rudolf Zinsser, Kelheim
1984
Alfred Börner, Niederkail/Eifel
Volker Dolch, Dietzenbach
Ludwig Elsbett, Hilpoltstein
Kurt Fickelscher, Frankenthal
Gerhard W Goetze, Wuppertal
Berthold Leibinger, Gerlingen
Adolf Michel, Seeshaupt
Peter Pfleiderer, München
Heinz Süllhöfer, Düsseldorf
Maximilian Wächtler, Hamburg
1986
Reinhold Ficht, Kirchseeon
Otto Breckner, Offenburg
Bernhard Dietrich, Eichenau
Artur Fischer, Waldachtal
Hasso Freundner, Halver
Otto Grimm, Hamburg
Manfred Held, Schrobenhausen
Ernst Nönnicke, Hamburg
Rolf Schnause, Eckental
Ernst Schuhbauer, München
Hans Spies, Schrobenhausen
Richard Vetter, Peine
Felix Walker, Lindau
Robert Wolff, Engeln
1988
Manfred von Ardenne, Dresden
Otto Blunck, Lübeck-Travemünde
Albert Blum, Lohmar
Wilfried Goda, Rissen, Hamburg
Bruno Gruber, Olching
Walter Holzen, Meersburg
Gerd Küppe, Bad Salzuflen
Erhard Mayer, Lenggries
Mircon Padovicz, Berlin
Peter Riedhammer, Nürnberg
Wolfgang Zimmermann, Kelkheim
Laureates 1990 to 1999
1990
Angel Balevsky, Sofia
Uwe Ballies, Kiel
Alfons Ernst, Traunreut
Erich Häußer, Starnberg
Norbert Heske, Türkenfeld
Helmut Hoegl, Pullach
Hermann Kronseder, Niedertraubling
Hilmar Leuthäuser, Wiesenfeld/Coburg
Albert Linz, Rösrath
Hans Joachim von Ohain, Dayton, Ohio
Hans Peter Schabert, Erlangen
Herbert Schneekluth, Aachen
Heinrich Waas, Bonn
Walter Weishaupt, München
Joachim Wendt, Buxtehude
Helmut Würfel, Völklingen
1993
Alex Faller, Ergoldsbach
Hermann Fischer, Augsburg
Erhard Glatzel, Heidenheim
Janos Ladik, Erlangen
Georg Spinner, Feldkirchen-Westerham
Kurt Stoll, Esslingen am Neckar
Walter Föckersperger, Wurmsham
1997
Jürgen Dethloff, Hamburg-Othmaschen
Joseph Eichmeier, Neufahrn
Manfred Eigen, Göttingen
Wolfgang Giloi, Berlin
Wilhelm Häberle, Scheer
Karsten Henco, Hilden
Xaver Hersacher, Westhausen
Waldemar Helmut Kuherr, Düsseldorf
Heinz Lindenmeier, Planegg
Qingshan Liu, München
Yongxiang Lu, Peking/China
D.W. Lübbers, Dortmund
Jury Malyschew, Moscow/Russia
Rudolf Rigler, Stockholm
Karl-Ulrich Rudolph, Witten
Hanns Rump, Dortmund
K.A. Schmidt, Karlsruhe
Siegfried Schulte, Lüdenscheid
Rudolf Zobrow, Düsseldorf
Laureates 2000 to 2009
2001
Victor Dulger, Heidelberg
Olaf Kiesewetter, Geschwenda
Hans-Guido Klinkner, St. Ingbert
Hans-Diedrich Kreft, Dassendorf
Julius Meimberg, Münster
2004
Walter Sennheiser, Wendemark
Jörgen Rasmussen, Skafte
Reinhold Würth, Künzelsau
Anton Kathrein, Rosenheim
Sybill Storz, Tuttlingen
Günter Kampichler, Ruhstorf a.d.
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