page_title: Karl Ziegler
section_title: Awards and honours
hierarchical_section_title: Karl Ziegler / Awards and honours
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Gedenktafel "Historische Stätten der Chemie" der GDCh zu Ehren Karl Zieglers am MPI für Kohlenforschung, Mülheim an der Ruhr
context_page_description: Karl Waldemar Ziegler was a German chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1963, with Giulio Natta, for work on polymers. The Nobel Committee recognized his "excellent work on organometallic compounds [which]...led to new polymerization reactions and ... paved the way for new and highly useful industrial processes". He is also known for his work involving free-radicals, many-membered rings, and organometallic compounds, as well as the development of Ziegler–Natta catalyst. One of many awards Ziegler received was the Werner von Siemens Ring in 1960 jointly with Otto Bayer and Walter Reppe, for expanding the scientific knowledge of and the technical development of new synthetic materials.
context_section_description: Karl Ziegler received many awards and honors.  The following highlights some of the most significant awards:
  Liebig-Denkmünze medal (1935); This medal was awarded by the present day German Chemical Society and is given to a German chemist for their outstanding accomplishments and creativity. Ziegler received the award because of his work in the synthesis of multi-membered ring systems and stable tri-valent carbon radicals.
  War Merit Cross, 2nd class (19 October 1940)
  Carl Duisberg Plakette (1953); This award is given for outstanding service to the promotion of chemistry from the German Chemical Society.
  Lavoisier Medal (1955); This award is given by the French Chemical Society to scientists in various disciplines of chemistry.
  Carl Engler Medal (1958); This award is given by the German Society of Petroleum Science and Coal Chemicals, of which he was the president in earlier years.
  Werner von Siemens Ring (1960); This ring is awarded by the Werner von Siemens Foundation and is considered the highest German award for individuals who by their performance and skills opened up new technological paths.
  Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1963); "[His] excellent work on organometallic compounds has unexpectedly led to new polymerization reactions and thus paved the way for new and highly useful industrial processes."
  Swinburne Medal of the Plastics Institute, London (1964); This award recognizes an individual who has made a significant advancement to the science, engineering or technology of plastics.
  Grand Merit Cross with Star and Sash (Großes Verdienstkreuz mit Stern und Schulterband) of the Federal Republic of Germany (1964)
  International Synthetic Rubber Medal of Rubber and Plastics Age (1967)
  Grand Federal Cross of Merit (Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany)(1969); Ziegler was given this award for his work in the area of Science and Technology.
  Pour le Mérite for Arts and Sciences (formerly Peace Class) (1969)
  Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1971) 
  Wilhelm Exner Medal (1971).
  Memorial tablet of the German Chemical Society under the Historic Landmarks of Chemistry program (Historische Stätten der Chemie) at the Max Planck Institute for Coal Research in Mülheim an der Ruhr (2008)
  Honorary doctorates from the Technical University of Hannover, Giessen University, University of Heidelberg and Darmstadt Technical University
  The Karl-Ziegler-Schule in Mülheim was named after Ziegler
  The Karl Ziegler Foundation is located at the German Chemical Society and gives the Science Award, the Karl Ziegler Prize (worth 50,000 euros)
caption: Memorial tablet of the GDCh.
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