Viadrina Prize

Award winners since 1999

With the Viadrina Prize, the university has been honoring outstanding personalities and important initiatives from all areas of social life for their commitment to cooperation and reconciliation between Germany and Poland since 1999. The Viadrina Prize stands for international understanding, peace and freedom in a common European house and thus for the values that form the foundation of the Viadrina, which was founded in 1991 as European University. The prize is awarded annually and is endowed with 5,000 euros.

Until 2021, the prize was awarded by the board of trustees of the support group of the European University in Frankfurt (Oder). Since 2022, the Board of Trustees of the Viadrina Prize Foundation has been deciding on the prizewinners.

13 October 2022 – Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein (Member of the European Parliament)
	Video recording of the award ceremony of the 20th Viadrina Prize on 5 October 2021 Picture Gallery from the award ceremony (in German) Encouragement award: Children and Youthproject „Weimarer Dreieckchen“
5 October 2021 – Twinning Gdansk - Bremen
	Video recording of the award ceremony of the 20th Viadrina Prize on 5 October 2021 (in German and Polish) Picture Gallery from the award ceremony Encouragement award: University Orchestra Viaphoniker e.V.
9 May 2019 – Agnieszka Holland (Director and script editor)
	Picture gallery from the award ceremony Encouragement award: „Studencka Poradnia Prawa w Collegium Polonicum”; legal advice service organised by students of the Collegium Polonicum
9 June 2017 – German-Polish Textbook Commission
	Picture gallery from the award ceremony Encouragement award: „Initiative Deutschunterricht für AsylbewerberInnen (IDA)”
9 May 2016 – Prof. Dr. Anna Wolff-Powęska (Polish historian and political scientist)
	Picture gallery from the award ceremony Encouragement award: „ART an der Grenze”; art festival organised by students
4 May 2015 – Wolfgang Templin (Civil rights activist and publicist)
	Picture gallery from the award ceremony Encouragement award: „Deutsch-Polnische Seniorenakademie Frankfurt (Oder) und Słubice”
12 May 2014 – Prof. Dr. Irena Lipowicz (Former polish ombudsman and Commissioner for Human Rights)
	Picture gallery from the award ceremony Encouragement award: „Studierendenmeile e. V.”; student project
7 May 2013 – Hans-Dietrich Genscher (†) (Former german federal minister)
	Encouragement award: „Nowa Amerika”; transnational german-polish project
7 May 2012 – Krzysztof Penderecki (†) (Polish composer and conductor)
	Encouragement award: „Insitute for Applied History – Society and Science in Dialogue”; research institute founded by Viadrina-students
1 December 2010 – Volker Schlöndorff (Film director, screenwriter, filmmaker)
	Encouragement award: „Viamusical”; student musical about Viadrina
30 November 2009 – Tadeusz Mazowiecki (†) (Former prime minister of Poland)
	Encouragement award: „UNITHEA”; student theatre festival
26 November 2008 – Prof. Dr. Rita Süssmuth (Former President of the Bundestag & President of Deutsches-Polen-Institut) and to "polenplus" (German-Polish magazine)
	Encouragement award: „cross-border bus line”; student project
30 November 2007 – The Copernicus Group (a joint project of the German Institute for Polish Culture in Darmstadt and the Germany and Northern Europe Institute in Szczecin)
	Encouragement award: „Kunstgriff e.V.”; student initiative
16 November 2006 – Adam Krzemiński (Polish journalist and publicist)
	Encouragement award: „verbuendungshaus fforst”; intercultural student living-project
21 November 2005 – Prof. Dr. Rudolf von Thadden (†) (German historian)
	Encouragement award: Sarina Schewczyk; student
14 Dezember 2004 – Prof. Dr. Włodzimierz Borodziej (Polish publicist and historian)
	Encouragement awards: „Law Moot Court”; student initiative „Schwäbisch Hall-Zamoscz”; town twinning
18 Dezember 2003 – Markus Meckel (German politician, SPD party, and former member of the German Bundestag)

19 November 2002 – Janusz Reiter (Former Polish ambassador in Germany)
	Encouragement awards: „Viadrin@lumni” graduate network „Horizont” project: integration of foreign students
13 July 2001– Günter Grass (†) (German author and Nobel laureate)
	Encouragement award: „Literaria”; student literature project
22 June 2000 – Adam Michnik (Polish political publicist and chief editor of "Gazeta Wyborcza")
	Encouragement award: „Spotkanie” and „Interstudis”; student initiative
8 July 1999 – Karl Dedecius (†) (German translator of Polish and Russian literature)

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Viadrina Prize

Award winners since 1999

13 October 2022 – Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein (Member of the European Parliament)

5 October 2021 – Twinning Gdansk - Bremen

Encouragement award:
University Orchestra Viaphoniker e.V.

9 May 2019 – Agnieszka Holland (Director and script editor)

Encouragement award:
„Studencka Poradnia Prawa w Collegium Polonicum”;
legal advice service organised by students of the Collegium Polonicum

9 June 2017 – German-Polish Textbook Commission

9 May 2016 – Prof. Dr. Anna Wolff-Powęska (Polish historian and political scientist)

4 May 2015 – Wolfgang Templin (Civil rights activist and publicist)

12 May 2014 – Prof. Dr. Irena Lipowicz (Former polish ombudsman and Commissioner for Human Rights)

7 May 2013 – Hans-Dietrich Genscher (†) (Former german federal minister)

7 May 2012 – Krzysztof Penderecki (†) (Polish composer and conductor)

1 December 2010 – Volker Schlöndorff (Film director, screenwriter, filmmaker)

30 November 2009 – Tadeusz Mazowiecki (†) (Former prime minister of Poland)

Encouragement award:
„UNITHEA”;
student theatre festival

26 November 2008 – Prof. Dr. Rita Süssmuth (Former President of the Bundestag & President of Deutsches-Polen-Institut) and to "polenplus" (German-Polish magazine)

Encouragement award:
„cross-border bus line”;
student project

30 November 2007 – The Copernicus Group (a joint project of the German Institute for Polish Culture in Darmstadt and the Germany and Northern Europe Institute in Szczecin)

Encouragement award:
„Kunstgriff e.V.”;
student initiative

16 November 2006 – Adam Krzemiński (Polish journalist and publicist)

Encouragement award:
„verbuendungshaus fforst”;
intercultural student living-project

21 November 2005 – Prof. Dr. Rudolf von Thadden (†) (German historian)

Encouragement award:
Sarina Schewczyk;
student

14 Dezember 2004 – Prof. Dr. Włodzimierz Borodziej (Polish publicist and historian)

Encouragement awards:
„Law Moot Court”;
student initiative

„Schwäbisch Hall-Zamoscz”;
town twinning

18 Dezember 2003 – Markus Meckel (German politician, SPD party, and former member of the German Bundestag)

19 November 2002 – Janusz Reiter (Former Polish ambassador in Germany)

Encouragement awards:
„Viadrin@lumni”
graduate network

„Horizont”
project: integration of foreign students

13 July 2001– Günter Grass (†) (German author and Nobel laureate)

Encouragement award:
„Literaria”;
student literature project

22 June 2000 – Adam Michnik (Polish political publicist and chief editor of "Gazeta Wyborcza")

Encouragement award:
„Spotkanie” and „Interstudis”;
student initiative

8 July 1999 – Karl Dedecius (†) (German translator of Polish and Russian literature)

Viadrina Prize

Award winners since 1999

13 October 2022 – Róża Gräfin von Thun und Hohenstein (Member of the European Parliament)

5 October 2021 – Twinning Gdansk - Bremen

Encouragement award:University Orchestra Viaphoniker e.V.

9 May 2019 – Agnieszka Holland (Director and script editor)

Encouragement award:„Studencka Poradnia Prawa w Collegium Polonicum”;legal advice service organised by students of the Collegium Polonicum

9 June 2017 – German-Polish Textbook Commission

9 May 2016 – Prof. Dr. Anna Wolff-Powęska (Polish historian and political scientist)

4 May 2015 – Wolfgang Templin (Civil rights activist and publicist)

12 May 2014 – Prof. Dr. Irena Lipowicz (Former polish ombudsman and Commissioner for Human Rights)

7 May 2013 – Hans-Dietrich Genscher (†) (Former german federal minister)

7 May 2012 – Krzysztof Penderecki (†) (Polish composer and conductor)

1 December 2010 – Volker Schlöndorff (Film director, screenwriter, filmmaker)

30 November 2009 – Tadeusz Mazowiecki (†) (Former prime minister of Poland)

Encouragement award:„UNITHEA”;student theatre festival

26 November 2008 – Prof. Dr. Rita Süssmuth (Former President of the Bundestag & President of Deutsches-Polen-Institut) and to "polenplus" (German-Polish magazine)

Encouragement award:„cross-border bus line”;student project

30 November 2007 – The Copernicus Group (a joint project of the German Institute for Polish Culture in Darmstadt and the Germany and Northern Europe Institute in Szczecin)

Encouragement award:„Kunstgriff e.V.”;student initiative

16 November 2006 – Adam Krzemiński (Polish journalist and publicist)

Encouragement award:„verbuendungshaus fforst”;intercultural student living-project

21 November 2005 – Prof. Dr. Rudolf von Thadden (†) (German historian)

Encouragement award:Sarina Schewczyk; student

14 Dezember 2004 – Prof. Dr. Włodzimierz Borodziej (Polish publicist and historian)

Encouragement awards:„Law Moot Court”;student initiative

„Schwäbisch Hall-Zamoscz”;town twinning

18 Dezember 2003 – Markus Meckel (German politician, SPD party, and former member of the German Bundestag)

19 November 2002 – Janusz Reiter (Former Polish ambassador in Germany)

Encouragement awards:„Viadrin@lumni”graduate network

„Horizont”project: integration of foreign students

13 July 2001– Günter Grass (†) (German author and Nobel laureate)

Encouragement award:„Literaria”;student literature project

22 June 2000 – Adam Michnik (Polish political publicist and chief editor of "Gazeta Wyborcza")

Encouragement award:„Spotkanie” and „Interstudis”;student initiative

8 July 1999 – Karl Dedecius (†) (German translator of Polish and Russian literature)

Encouragement award:
University Orchestra Viaphoniker e.V.

Encouragement award:
„Studencka Poradnia Prawa w Collegium Polonicum”;
legal advice service organised by students of the Collegium Polonicum

Encouragement award:
„UNITHEA”;
student theatre festival

Encouragement award:
„cross-border bus line”;
student project

Encouragement award:
„Kunstgriff e.V.”;
student initiative

Encouragement award:
„verbuendungshaus fforst”;
intercultural student living-project

Encouragement award:
Sarina Schewczyk;
student

Encouragement awards:
„Law Moot Court”;
student initiative

„Schwäbisch Hall-Zamoscz”;
town twinning

Encouragement awards:
„Viadrin@lumni”
graduate network

„Horizont”
project: integration of foreign students

Encouragement award:
„Literaria”;
student literature project

Encouragement award:
„Spotkanie” and „Interstudis”;
student initiative