Stiftung Benedictus Gotthelf Teubner

The Stiftung Benedictus Gotthelf Teubner Leipzig / Dresden / Berlin / Stuttgart, in short: Teubner-Stiftung (English: Teubner Foundation), was founded on 21 February 2003 in the Haus des Buches [de] (English: House of the Book) at Gutenbergplatz, Leipzig.

Teubner-Stiftung

Stiftung Benedictus Gotthelf Teubner Leipzig / Dresden / Berlin / Stuttgart
Formation	2003
Founder	Jürgen Weiß[1]
Type	Foundation under civil law
Purpose	Promotion of science and research
Headquarters	Leipzig, Germany
Staff	Foundation Board and Foundation Advisory Board[2]
Website	www.stiftung-teubner-leipzig.de

Purpose

The Teubner foundation aims to keep the memory of the work of the Saxon company founder, publisher, bookseller, book printer, typographer and Leipzig city councilor Benedictus Gotthelf Teubner alive in the public.^[3]

The purpose of the foundation is to promote science and research in the sense of B.G. Teubner.

Awards

Since 2004, the foundation has been awarding the Benedictus-Gotthelf-Teubner-Förderpreis.^[4][5] The winners so far are:

• 2004: Albrecht Beutelspacher (Mathematics Gießen)
• 2005: Leipziger Schülergesellschaft für Mathematik (LSGM) (English: Leipzig Student Society for Mathematics)
• 2009: Mathematische Schülergesellschaft (MSG) (English: Mathematical Student Society) "Leonhard Euler" at the Humboldt University Berlin
• 2010: Erlebnisland Mathematik (English: Adventureland Mathematics) (joined project of the Department of Mathematics / TU Dresden with the Technische Sammlungen Dresden)
• 2011: Adam-Ries-Bund Annaberg-Buchholz
• 2012: Mathematical journal Die Wurzel [de] in Jena
• 2015: Urania Berlin e.V.
• 2018: Gauss-Gesellschaft e.V. Göttingen

On the 200th anniversary of the founding date of the company by BG Teubner in Leipzig on 21 February 1811, the Benedictus Gotthelf Teubner Wissenschaftspreis (English: Benedictus Gotthelf Teubner Science Prize) was awarded to the mathematician Hans Triebel [de] (Friedrich Schiller University Jena).^[6] The celebration was held during the annual conference of the Teubner Foundation on 21 February 2011 in the Leibniz lecture hall of the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Natural Sciences in Leipzig.

Since 2014, the foundation has been awarding the Wissenschaftspreis der Teubner-Stiftung zur Förderung der Mathematischen Wissenschaften (English: Science Prize of the Teubner Foundation for the Promotion of Mathematical Sciences).^[7] Winners:

• 2014: Eberhard Zeidler (Leipzig)
• 2016: Stefan Hildebrandt [de] (1936–2015), posthumously^[8]
• 2018: Jürgen Jost (Leipzig)^[9]
• 2020: Gerhard Huisken (Tübingen / Oberwolfach)^[10]

References

1. "Jürgen Weiß" (in German). Leipzig, Germany. 2020-01-31 [2002-02-21]. Archived from the original on 2021-12-28. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
2. "Stiftung Benedictus Gotthelf Teubner Leipzig / Dresden / Berlin / Stuttgart" (PDF) (in German). 2014-02-21. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-01-21. Retrieved 2022-01-30. Gegründet am 21.02.2003 im Haus des Buches an Leipziger Gutenbergplatz
3. "Benedictus Gotthelf Teubner (16.06.1784 - 21.01.1856)" (in German). Leipzig, Germany: Stiftung Benedictus Gotthelf Teubner. 2010-01-21 [2001-07-01]. Archived from the original on 2021-12-16. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
4. "Benedictus-Gotthelf-Teubner-Förderpreis erstmals verliehen" (Press release) (in German). Leipzig, Germany. 2004-05-08 [2004-02-21, 2004-02-20]. Archived from the original on 2021-12-16. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
5. "Presse 2009" (PDF) (in German). Stiftung Benedictus Gotthelf Teubner Leipzig / Dresden / Berlin / Stuttgart. 2009-05-01. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-01-21. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
6. "Benedictus-Gotthelf-Teubner-Wissenschaftspreis" (PDF) (Press release) (in German). Stiftung Benedictus Gotthelf Teubner Leipzig / Dresden / Berlin / Stuttgart. 2011-02-21. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-01-21. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
7. "Leipzig 2014: Wissenschaftspreis der Teubner-Stiftung an Eberhard Zeidler" (PDF) (Press release) (in German). Leipzig, Germany: Teubner-Stiftung. 2014-02-21. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-01-30. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
8. "Wissenschaftspreis der Teubner-Stiftung 2016 an Stefan Hildebrandt (posthum)" (PDF) (Press release) (in German). Leipzig, Germany: Teubner-Stiftung. 2016-02-21. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-01-01. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
9. "Leipzig 2018: Wissenschaftspreis der Teubner-Stiftung an Jürgen Jost" (PDF) (Press release) (in German). Leipzig, Germany: Teubner-Stiftung. 2018-02-21. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-01-21. Retrieved 2022-01-30.
10. "Leipzig 2020: Wissenschaftspreis der Teubner-Stiftung an Gerhard Huisken" (PDF) (Press release) (in German). Leipzig, Germany: Teubner-Stiftung. 2020-02-21. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-01-30. Retrieved 2022-01-30.

Further reading

• "Stiftung Benedictus Gotthelf Teubner - Leipzig / Dresden / Berlin / Stuttgart Gegründet am 21.02.2003 in Leipzig. Im Dienste der Wissenschaft" [Foundation Benedictus Gotthelf Teubner Leipzig founded in 2003] (in German). Dresden / Berlin / Stuttgart, Germany. Archived from the original on 2021-12-16. Retrieved 2022-01-16.

External links

• Stiftung Benedictus Gotthelf Teubner Leipzig / Dresden / Berlin / Stuttgart
• Another website of the foundation