Richard Nikolaus Graf Coudenhove-Kalergi

1950

The text of the medal presented reads:

Karlspreis der Stadt Aachen 1950 Richard Graf Coudenhove-Kalergi.
In Würdigung seiner Lebensarbeit für ein geeintes Europa.

Vita

1894

Born in Tokio

Studied history and philosophy at the University of Vienna

Study

1916

Doctorate (Dr. phil.), subsequently worked as a freelance writer

Publication of the political pamphlet Paneuropa

1923

Foundation of the Pan-European Movement

Herausgeber der Zeitschrift Paneuropa, Einsatz für einen europäischen Staatenbund

1924-1938

Während des Krieges – Aufenthalte in Preßburg, Bern und New York

Lehrtätigkeit als Professor für Geschichte in New York

1940

Gründung eines Forschungsseminars für eine europäische Nachkriegs-Föderation

Übersiedlung in die Schweiz

1946

1947

Generalsekretär der Europäischen Parlamentarier-Union

Verstorben

1972

Text of the Certificate of Honour

On Ascension Day, 18 May 1950, Dr. phil. Richard Nikolaus Graf Coudenhove-Kalergi was presented with the 1950 International Charlemagne Prize of the City of Aachen in the Coronation Hall of the Town Hall, the former imperial palace, in recognition of his life's work in shaping the United States of Europe. The city of Aachen, once the centre of the Carolingian Empire stretching from the Pyrenees to the Slavic language border, tirelessly active as a border city in the task of overcoming these borders by building intellectual bridges, could not have found a more worthy recipient for the first-ever presentation of its highest award.