The Werner-von-Siemens-Ring is considered to be among the highest ranking awards for technical sciences in Germany. It has been awarded from 1916 to 1941 and since 1952 about every three years by the foundation Stiftung Werner-von-Siemens-Ring. The foundation was founded on December 13, 1916 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Werner von Siemens. It is located in Berlin and is traditionally managed by the Deutscher Verband Technisch-Wissenschaftlicher Vereine (DVT) (English: German Federation of Technical and Scientific Associations). Before 1960, the name of the award had been simply Siemens-Ring. The award is presented as a golden ring with emeralds and rubies depicting the leaves and fruit of laurel, placed in an individually crafted cassette carrying the portrait of Werner von Siemens and the dedication to the recipient. Patron to the board of the foundation is Germany’s acting President, while the President of the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt is the board’s chairman. The board votes on the recipients. Members of the board are the carriers of the ring and representatives of the member scientific and technical societies.
Recipients
- 1916 Carl von Linde
- 1920 Carl Auer von Welsbach
- 1924 Carl Bosch
- 1927 Oskar von Miller
- 1930 Hugo Junkers
- 1933 Wolfgang Gaede
- 1937 Fritz Todt
- 1941 Walther Bauersfeld
- 1952 Hermann Röchling
- 1956 Jonathan Zenneck
- 1960 Otto Bayer, Walter Reppe, Karl Ziegler
- 1964 Fritz Leonhardt, Walter Schottky, Konrad Zuse
- 1968 Karl Küpfmüller, Joachim Siegfried Meurer
- 1972 Ludwig Bölkow, Karl Winnacker
- 1975 Wernher von Braun, Walter Bruch
- 1978 Rudolf Hell
- 1981 Hans Scherenberg
- 1984 Fritz Peter Schäfer
- 1987 Rudolf Schulten
- 1990 Artur Fischer
- 1993 Eveline Gottzein
- 1996 Carl Adam Petri
- 1999 Dieter Oesterhelt
- 2002 Jörg Schlaich
- 2005 Berthold Leibinger
