Cothenius Medal

• Year — Image — Laureate — Discipline — City — Ref • 2025 — — Kai Simons (born 1938) — Biochemistry/cell biology — Dresden • 2024 — — Roger S. Goody (born 1944) — Biochemistry — Dortmund • 2023 — Jürgen Troe (born 1940) — Physical Chemistry — Göttingen • 2021 — Rudolf K. Thauer (born 1939) — Microbiology/Immunology — Marburg • 2021 — Werner Kühlbrandt (born 1951) — Biochemistry/Structural Biology — Frankfurt • 2019 — — Klaus Müllen (born 1947) — Chemistry — Mainz • 2019 — Walter Neupert (1939–2019) — Biochemistry and cell biology — Martinsried • 2017 — Fritz Melchers (born 1936) — Cell biology — Berlin • 2017 — Joachim Trümper (born 1933) — X-ray astronomy — Garching • 2015 — Herbert Gleiter (born 1938) — Physics — Karlsruhe • 2015 — — Otto Ludwig Lange (1927–2017) — Biology — Würzburg • 2013 — Gunter S. Fischer (born 1943) — Chemistry — Halle • 2013 — — Wolf Singer (born 1943) — Neurosciences — Frankfurt • 2011 — — Bert Hölldobler (born 1936) — Zoology — Würzburg • 2011 — Anna M. Wobus (born 1945) — Human genetics and molecular medicine — Gatersleben • 2011 — Ulrich Wobus (born 1942) — Genetics/Molecular Biology — Gatersleben • 2009 — Karl Decker (1925–2024) — Biochemistry • 2009 — — Eduard Seidler (1929–2020) — History of medicine • 2007 — Klaus Wolff (1935–2019) — Dermatology — Vienna • 2007 — Sigrid Doris Peyerimhoff (born 1937) — Physical chemistry — Bonn • 2005 — Hans Günter Schlegel (1924–2013) — Microbiology — Göttingen • 2005 — — Alfred Gierer (born 1929) — Molecular biologist • 2003 — — Ernst J. M. Helmreich (1922–2017) — Biochemistry — Würzburg • 2003 — Benno Parthier (1932–2019) — Cell biology • 2003 — Andreas Oksche (1926–2017) — Anatomy — Giessen • 2001 — — Leopold Horner (1911–2005) — Chemistry — Mainz • 2001 — Heinz Jagodzinski (1916–2012) — Physics — Munich • 2000 — Hans Mohr (1930–2016) — Plant physiologist — Freiburg • 1999 — Rudolf Rott (1926–2003) — Veterinary medicine — Giessen • 1999 — Dorothea Kuhn (1923–2015) — History of science and medicine — Marbach • 1997 — Otto Braun-Falco (1922–2018) — Dermatology — Munich • 1997 — — Friedrich Hirzebruch (1927–2012) — Mathematics — Bonn • 1995 — Wilhelm Doerr (1914–1996) — Pathology — Heidelberg • 1995 — Gottfried Möllenstedt (1912–1997) — Physics — Tübingen • 1995 — Dietrich Schneider (1919–2008) — Zoology — Starnberg • 1993 — Wolfgang Gerok ((1926–2021) — Internal Medicine — Freiburg • 1993 — — Bernhard Hassenstein (1922–2016) — Zoologie — Freiburg • 1991 — Heinz Röhrer (1905–1992) — Veterinary Medicine — Rathenow • 1991 — — Albert Eschenmoser (1925–2023) — Chemistry — Küsnacht • 1989 — — Sir Bernhard Katz (1911–2003) — Physiology — London • 1989 — Jürgen Tonndorf (1914–1989) — Otorhinolaryngology — New York • 1989 — Heinz Bethge (1919–2001) — Physics • 1987 — — Rostislaw Kaischew (1908–1990) — Physical Chemistry — Sofia • 1987 — Adolf Watznauer (1907–1995) — Geology — Karl-Marx-Stadt • 1985 — — Konrad Zuse (1910–1995) — Computer technology — Hünfeld • 1985 — Hermann Flohn (1912–1997) — Climatology — Bonn • 1983 — Wolf von Engelhardt (1910–2008) — Mineralogy — Tübingen • 1983 — Erna Lesky (1911–1986) — History of Medicine — Innsbruck • 1980 — Wilhelm Jost (1903–1988) — Physical Chemistry — Göttingen • 1980 — Peter Friedrich Matzen (1909–1986) — Orthopaedics — Leipzig • 1977 — Wolfgang Gentner (1906–1980) — Physics — Heidelberg • 1977 — Arnold Graffi (1910–2006) — General Biology — Berlin • 1975 — — Ilya Prigogine (1917–1988) — Physical Chemistry — Brussels/Austin • 1975 — Ernst Ruska (1906–1996) — Physics — Berlin • 1974 — — Viktor Ambartsumian (1908–1996) — Astronomy — Yerevan • 1973 — Albrecht Unsöld (1905–1995) — Astronomy — Kiel • 1972 — Erwin Reichenbach (1897–1973) — Stomatology • 1971 — Otto Kratky (1902–1995) — Physical Chemistry — Graz • 1971 — — Friedrich Hund (1896–1997) — Göttingen — Physics • 1969 — — Pavel Alexandrov (1896–1982) — Mathematics — Moscow • 1969 — — Helmut Hasse (1898–1979) — Mathematics — Hamburg • 1969 — — Bartel Leendert van der Waerden (1903 - 1996) — Mathematics — Zürich • 1967 — Vladimir Engelgardt (1894–1984) — Physiological Chemistry — Moscow • 1967 — Karl Lohmann (1898–1978) — Physiological Chemistry — Berlin • 1966 — — Archibald Vivian Hill (1886–1977) — Physiology — Cambridge (GB) • 1965 — Hans Hermann Bennhold (1893–1976) — Internal Medicine — Tübingen • 1965 — Ernst Derra (1901–1979) — Surgery — Düsseldorf • 1964 — — Wolfgang von Buddenbrock-Hettersdorff (1884–1964) — Zoology — Mainz • 1961 — — Max Bürger (1885–1966) — Internal Medicine — Leipzig • 1960 — — Kurt Mothes (1900–1983) — Botany — Halle • 1960 — — John Eccles (1903–1997) — Physiology — Canberra • 1959 — — George de Hevesy (1885–1966) — Physical Chemistry — Stockholm • 1959 — — Pyotr Kapitsa (1894–1984) — Physics — Moscow