The Ringelband Foundation has been awarding the Gertrud-Eysoldt-Ring with the city of Bensheim and the German Academy of the Performing Arts since 1986. The award is endowed with €10,000. The jury is annually changing. The prize is awarded for an outstanding performance in the theatre. The theatre critic Wilhelm Ringelband, who died in Bensheim in 1981, donated the prize. Ringelband wanted the name of the Max Reinhardt actress Gertrud Eysoldt (1870–1955) he admired to be associated with an award. The Gertrud-Eysoldt-Ring is one of the most important theatre awards in German-speaking countries.
Recipients
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1986: Doris Schade
1987: Gert Voss
1988: Edith Clever
1989: Hans Christian Rudolph
1990: Cornelia Froboess
1991: Ulrich Mühe
1992: 1993: Jürgen Holtz 1994: Christa Berndl 1995: Martin Wuttke 1996: Corinna Harfouch 1997: Josef Bierbichler 1998: Jutta Lampe 1999: Hans-Michael Rehberg 2000: Angela Winkler 2001: Judith Engel 2002: Michael Maertens 2003: Dörte Lyssewski 2004: Ulrich Matthes 2005: Tobias Moretti 2006: Nina Hoss 2007: Ernst Stötzner 2008: Klaus Maria Brandauer 2009: Barbara Nüsse 2010: , Alexander Khuon 2011: Nicholas Ofczarek 2012: Constanze Becker 2013: Steven Scharf 2014: Samuel Finzi and Wolfram Koch 2015: Charly Hübner 2016: Jana Schulz 2017: Sophie Rois 2018: André Jung 2019: Sandra Hüller 2021: