Culture Award Laureates
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Since 1992, the City of Leoben has been bestowing the Culture Award on outstanding individuals in the artistic and cultural world.
Laureates since 2010
Trachtenverein Steirerherzen; Bild: Freisinger
2023: Trachtenverein Steirerherzen Seegraben
Local customs and costumes club.
Read more in the press release on the Cultural Award 2023 (in German)
SteinÖllinger; picture: Foto Freisinger
2021: SteinÖllinger
Actresses, playwrights and directors.
Read more in the press release on the Cultural Award 2021 (in German)
Sandra Wollner, picture: Freisinger
2019: Sandra Wollner
Filmmaker.
Read more in the Press release on the Cultural Award 2019 (in German)
Prof. Gotthard Fellerer, picture: Foto Freisinger
2017: Prof. Gotthard Fellerer
Exhibition organiser, art theorist and publicist.
Read more in the Press release on the Culture Award 2017 (in German)
Mag. Erika Hoványi, picture: Foto Freisinger
2015: Mag. Erika Hoványi
Visual artist.
Cornelia Praschag (2nd f. r.) and Erika Augustin (1st f. r.) with international students, picture: Freisinger
2014: Festival of Nations – Dr. Erika Augustin and Mag. Cornelia Praschag
Initiators of the internationally connecting festival and the “Platform Leoben International”.
Günter “Tschif” Windisch, picture: Freisinger
2013: Günter “Tschif” Windisch
Dialect writer, initiator of “LE-Poetry Slam”.
Georg Brandner, picture: Freisinger
2012: Georg Brandner
Visual artist.
Eva K. Anderson, picture: Jürgen Hammerschmid
2011: Eva K. Anderson
Singer-songwriter.
Monsignore Markus Plöbst, picture: Freisinger
2010: Monsignore Dr. Markus J. Plöbst
Town priest, book author.
2009 to 2000
Alois Hochstrasser (left) with the mayor, Mr. Konrad, at the award ceremony, picture: Freisinger
2009: Prof. Alois J. Hochstrasser
Artistic director of the International Summer Philharmonic Orchestra Leoben.
Armin Russold, picture: Freisinger
2008: Armin Russold
Photographer.
Arno Grünberger (left) with the mayor, Mr. Konrad, at the award ceremony, picture: Foto Freisinger
2007: Mag. Arno Grünberger
Architect.
Paul Zwietnig-Rottderdam, picture: Thomas Preiss
2006: Paul Zwietnig-Rotterdam
Visual artist.
Uschi Payer, picture: Wilke
2005: Uschi Payer
Artist, gallery owner.
f. l.: Andi Stradner, the mayor Mr. Konrad and Siegfried Ussar, picture: Freisinger
2004: Obersteirischer Trachtenverband und Musikverein Leoben
Conservation, promotion and cultivation of tradition and culture in Leoben.
Thomas Stipsits, picture: pertramer.at
2003: Thomas Stipsits
Comedian.
Wilfried Seipel, picture: Freisinger
2002: HR. Prof. Dr. Wilfried Seipel
Egyptologist, historian, exhibition curator.
Operetta ensemble (“Operetten-Ensemble”), picture: Wilke
2001: Operetten-Ensemble: Prof. Dir. Horst Zander, Mag. Dir. Hannes Moscher, Prof. DI Karl-Heinz Tinti
Initiators of “Operetta in Leoben”.
Herbert Lerchegger, picture: Freisinger
2000: Mag. Herbert Lerchegger
Visual artist.
1999 to 1992
1999: Obersteirischer Kulturbund
Upper Styrian education and culture association.
Günter Schilhan, picture: Wilke
1998: Günter Schilhan
Filmmaker.
Wolfgang Dobrowsky, picture: Wilke
1997: Mag. Wolfgang Dobrowsky
Actor, director.
Mag. Andreas Wieser, picture: Wilke
1996: Mag. Andreas Wieser
Clarinettist, member of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.
Johann Svoboda, picture: Wilke
1995: Johann Svoboda
Documentary filmmaker.
Stage scene of the Leoben Ensemble (“Leobener Ensemble”), archive
1994: Leobener Ensemble under the direction of Rene Zöllinger
Theatre makers for children.
Mag. Elfriede Baumgartner, picture: Wilke
1993: Mag. Elfriede Baumgartner
Visual artist.
Günther Freitag, picture: Michael Freitag
1992: Mag. Günther Freitag
Writer.