Editing Helmut Schmidt (section)

== Honours and awards ==
Helmut Schmidt received a number of accolades. Among those offered was the Grand Cross [[Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany]], which he chose not to accept in [[Hanseat]]ic tradition in line with the history of independence of Hamburg.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/bundesverdienstkreuz-das-kreuz-mit-dem-dank/253942.html |title=Bundesverdienstkreuz: Das Kreuz mit dem Dank |work=Tagesspiegel |date=2001-09-06 |access-date=2015-11-10 |language=de}}</ref>

In 2003, the university of Germany's federal armed forces in Hamburg was renamed [[Helmut Schmidt University|Helmut Schmidt University – University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg]] in 2003, in honour of the politician who{{spaced ndash}}as minister of defense{{spaced ndash}}had introduced mandatory academic education for German career officers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hdg.de/lemo/biografie/helmut-schmidt |title=LeMO Bestand: Biografie Helmut Schmidt |author=Stiftung Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland |access-date=2015-11-10}}</ref>

In November 2016, [[Hamburg Airport]] was renamed "Hamburg Airport Helmut Schmidt" in his honour.<ref name="aero.de 2016 r267">{{cite web |title=Hamburg Airport Helmut Schmidt |website=aero.de |date=2016-09-01 |url=https://www.aero.de/news-24891/Hamburg-Airport-Helmut-Schmidt-ab-10-November.html |language=de |access-date=2023-08-26}}</ref>

=== Freedom of the City ===
* 1983: Hamburg<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hamburg.de/ehrenbuerger |title=Hamburger Ehrenbürger |publisher=City of Hamburg |access-date=2015-11-10 |language=de}}</ref>
* 1983: [[Bonn]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bonn.de/rat_verwaltung_buergerdienste/der_oberbuergermeister/ehrenbuerger/index.html?lang=de |title=Ehrenbürger der Stadt Bonn |publisher=Stadt Bonn |access-date=2015-11-10 |language=de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203081412/http://www.bonn.de/rat_verwaltung_buergerdienste/der_oberbuergermeister/ehrenbuerger/index.html?lang=de |archive-date=2010-12-03 }}</ref>
* 1983: [[Bremerhaven]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bremerhaven.de/stadt-politik/stadtinformation/staedtische-ehrungen/ehrenbuerger.12669.html |title=Bremerhaven.de – Ehrenbürger |date=2009-05-13 |access-date=2015-11-10 |language=de}}</ref>
* 1989: [[Berlin]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.parlament-berlin.de/de/Das-Haus/Berliner-Ehrenbuerger |title=Abgeordnetenhaus von Berlin – Berliner Ehrenbürger |access-date=2015-11-10 |language=de}}</ref>
* 1995: [[Güstrow]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.guestrow.de/stadt-politik/ehrenbuerger/ |title=Ehrenbürger: Barlachstadt Güstrow |access-date=2015-11-10 |language=de |archive-date=2015-12-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151204091704/http://www.guestrow.de/stadt-politik/ehrenbuerger/ }}</ref>
* 1998: State of [[Schleswig-Holstein]]<ref>see [[List of honorary citizens of Schleswig-Holstein]]</ref>

=== Honorary degrees ===
Throughout his tenure as chancellor, and even thereafter, Helmut Schmidt received 24&nbsp;honorary degrees. They include degrees from the British universities [[Oxford]] and [[Cambridge]], Paris [[University of Paris|Sorbonne]], the American [[Harvard University|Harvard]] and [[Johns Hopkins University|Johns Hopkins]] universities, the Belgian [[Katholieke Universiteit Leuven]], and the [[Keio University]] in Japan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interactioncouncil.org/helmut-schmidt|title=Helmut Schmidt|access-date=2015-11-10}}</ref>

=== Foundations ===
The [[Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt Foundation|Bundeskanzler-Helmut-Schmidt-Stiftung]] was established in 2016 by the German [[Bundestag]] as one of six non-partisan foundations commemorating politicians. It aims to honour Helmut Schmidt's historic achievements and to work on political issues Helmut Schmidt was concerned with throughout his political life and which have lost none of their relevance today.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About us |url=https://www.helmut-schmidt.de/en/the-foundation/about-us/ |website=Bundeskanzler Helmut Schmidt Stiftung |language=en |access-date=2020-04-30 |archive-date=2020-07-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706101359/https://www.helmut-schmidt.de/en/the-foundation/about-us/}}</ref> The foundation's headquarters are located in [[Hamburg]].

=== Awards ===
* 1978: [[Theodor Heuss]] Prize for his crisis management in the time of [[Red Army Faction|RAF]]-Terror<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theodor-heuss-stiftung.de/thp/1978-2/ |title=Theodor Heuss Stiftung / 1978 |access-date=2015-11-10 |language=de }}</ref>
* 1978: Peace Prize of the [[Louise Weiss]] Foundation in Strasbourg<ref name=trier>{{cite web |title=Preisträger 2005: Helmut Schmidt |url=http://www.trier.de/Kultur-Freizeit/Preise-Ehrungen/Oswald-von-Nell-Breuning-Preis/Helmut-Schmidt/ |website=trier.de |publisher=Stadt Trier |access-date=2015-11-10 |language=de}}</ref>
* 1986: Athena Award of the [[Alexander S. Onassis Foundation]]<ref name=trier/>
* 1988: Red Cross [[Four Freedoms Award]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fourfreedoms.nl/en/the-awards/year:1988/award:international-four-freedoms-award/laureates:helmut-schmidt.htm |access-date=2015-11-10 |title=Helmut Schmidt Laureate International Four Freedoms Award 1988 |archive-date=2015-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629161122/http://www.fourfreedoms.nl/en/the-awards/year:1988/award:international-four-freedoms-award/laureates:helmut-schmidt.htm }}</ref>
* 1989: Prize "The Political Book" award of the [[Friedrich Ebert Foundation]] for ''Men and Powers''<ref>{{cite web |title=Die Preisträger "Das politische Buch" seit 1982 |url=http://www.fes.de/daspolitischebuch/preistraeger.php |publisher=Friedrich Ebert Stiftung |access-date=2015-11-10 |language=de |archive-date=27 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127003736/http://www.fes.de/daspolitischebuch/preistraeger.php }}</ref>
* 1990: [[Friedrich-Schiedel-Literaturpreis]] for ''Men and Powers''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://literaturpreis-bad-wurzach.de/preistraeger/preistraeger.htm |title=Friedrich-Schiedel-Literaturpreis der Stadt Bad Wurzach/Allgäu: Preisträger |access-date=2015-11-10 |language=de |archive-date=2015-12-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224215949/http://literaturpreis-bad-wurzach.de/preistraeger/preistraeger.htm }}</ref>
* 1996: Spanish journalism prize Godo<ref name=trier/>
* 1998: [[Carlo Schmid (German politician)|Carlo Schmid]] Prize<ref>{{cite web |title=1998 Helmut Schmidt |url=http://carlo-schmid-stiftung.de/preistrager-1998-helmut-schmidt/ |publisher=Carlo-Schmid-Stiftung |access-date=2015-11-10 |language=de}}</ref>
* 2001: Gold Medal of the Foundation [[Jean Monnet]], for his dedication in the service of the European Monetary Union (together with his friend, the former French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing)<ref>{{cite web |title=Giscard – Schmidt – Delors |url=http://jean-monnet.ch/giscard-schmidt-delors/ |publisher=Fondation Jean Monnet pour l'Europe |access-date=2015-11-10 |language=fr |archive-date=2016-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128002335/http://jean-monnet.ch/giscard-schmidt-delors/ }}</ref>
* 2002: Martin Buber Plaque<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.euriade.net/martinbuber_EN.php |title=Euriade |access-date=2015-11-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425044547/http://euriade.net/martinbuber_EN.php |archive-date=2017-04-25 }}</ref>
* 2002: [[Dolf Sternberger]] Prize<ref>{{cite web |title=Dolf-Sternberger-Preis: Helmut Schmidt auszeichnet |url=http://www.n-tv.de/archiv/Helmut-Schmidt-auszeichnet-article112641.html |publisher=n-tv |access-date=2015-11-10 |language=de |date=2003-03-15}}</ref>
* 2005: Prix des Generations of the initiative VIVA 50plus<ref name="Lebendiges Museum Online"/>
* 2005: [[Oswald von Nell-Breuning]] Prize of the city of [[Trier]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Oswald-von-Nell-Breuning-Preis: Stadt Trier ehrt CDU-Politiker Heiner Geißler |url=http://www.swr.de/landesschau-aktuell/rp/trier/oswald-von-nell-breuning-preis-stadt-trier-ehrt-cdu-politiker-heiner-geissler/-/id=1672/did=14567662/nid=1672/17u37hq/index.html |publisher=Südwestdeutscher Rundfunk |access-date=2015-11-10 |language=de |date=2014-11-20}}{{Dead link|date=December 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* 2005: [[Adenauer-de Gaulle Prize]], for his work at the Franco-German cooperation (along with Valéry Giscard d'Estaing)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deutschland-frankreich.diplo.de/Liste-der-bisherigen-Preistrager,1502.html |title=Liste der bisherigen Preisträger des Adenauer-de (...) – France-Allemagne.fr |access-date=2015-11-10 |language=de |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511033111/http://www.deutschland-frankreich.diplo.de/Liste-der-bisherigen-Preistrager,1502.html |archive-date=2015-05-11 }}</ref>
* 2007: [[American Academy in Berlin#Henry A. Kissinger Prize|Henry Kissinger Prize]] of the American Academy in Berlin<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.americanacademy.de/fileadmin/_temp_/Kissinger_Prize.pdf |title=Press release of the American Academy |date=2007-05-30 |quote=As a publisher, he remains a pre-eminent catalyst of transatlantic dialogue and debate. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070628090244/http://www.americanacademy.de/fileadmin/_temp_/Kissinger_Prize.pdf |archive-date=2007-06-28 |access-date=2015-11-10}}</ref>
* 2007: Global Economy Prize of the [[Kiel Institute for the World Economy]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ifw-kiel.de/events-1/global-economy-prize/folder.2009-05-14.6472526637/the-kiel-institute-global-economy-prize-2007/?searchterm=helmut%20schmidt |title=2007 Global Economy Prize |access-date=2015-11-10}}{{Dead link|date=February 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* 2008: Osgar Media Award of the ''[[Bild Zeitung]]''<ref>{{cite web |title=Rede von Bundeskanzlerin Dr. Angela Merkel zur Verleihung des "Osgar"-Medienpreises an Bundeskanzler a.D. Helmut Schmidt am 24. Juni 2008 in Leipzig |url=http://www.bundesregierung.de/Content/DE/Bulletin/2008/06/71-1-bkin-preisverleihung.html |publisher=Deutsche Bundesregierung |access-date=2015-11-10 |language=de |date=2008-06-24}}</ref>
* 2009: [[Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Prize]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Mendelssohn Award 2009 |url=https://www.mendelssohn-stiftung.de/r-awards-since-2007-a-336.html |publisher=Mendelssohn Stiftung |access-date=2015-11-10 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304103919/https://www.mendelssohn-stiftung.de/r-awards-since-2007-a-336.html }}</ref>
* 2010: Point Alpha Prize<ref>{{cite web |last1=Debes |first1=Martin |title=Helmut Schmidt bekommt den Point-Alpha-Preis |url=http://www.thueringer-allgemeine.de/web/zgt/politik/detail/-/specific/Helmut-Schmidt-bekommt-den-Point-Alpha-Preis-769983190 |publisher=Thüringer Allgemeine |access-date=2015-11-10 |language=de |date=2010-06-18}}{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* 2010: Henri Nannen Prize for his journalistic lifetime achievement<ref>{{cite news |title=Henri-Nannen-Preis: Helmut Schmidt liest Journalisten die Leviten |url=https://www.welt.de/kultur/article7530510/Helmut-Schmidt-liest-Journalisten-die-Leviten.html |work=Die Welt |access-date=2015-11-10 |language=de |date=2010-05-08}}</ref>
* 2011: Millennium-[[Bambi (award)|Bambi]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Altkanzler Helmut Schmidt erhält "Millennium-Bambi" |url=http://www.abendblatt.de/kultur-live/tv-und-medien/article108152207/Altkanzler-Helmut-Schmidt-erhaelt-Millennium-Bambi.html |publisher=Hamburger Abendblatt |access-date=2015-11-10 |language=de |date=2011-10-26}}</ref>
* 2012: Eric M. Warburg Prize<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brössler |first1=Daniel |title=Altkanzler zur Krise der EU: Helmut Schmidt fordert Opferbereitschaft |url=http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/altkanzler-zur-krise-der-eu-helmut-schmidt-fordert-opferbereitschaft-1.1400788 |work=Süddeutsche Zeitung |access-date=2015-11-10 |language=de |date=2012-07-03}}</ref>
* 2012: Westphalian Peace Prize<ref>{{cite web |title=Westfälischer Friedenspreis: Helmut Schmidt verkneift sich das Rauchen |url=http://www.sueddeutsche.de/leben/westfaelischer-friedenspreis-helmut-schmidt-verkneift-sich-das-rauchen-1.1475232?aff_sub=00030000030104645300540d,4406498,at102799_a144815_m12_p3434_cDE+ |work=Süddeutsche Zeitung |access-date=2015-11-10 |date=2012-09-22 |language=de}}</ref>
* 2013: [[Hanns Martin Schleyer Foundation#Hanns Martin Schleyer Prize|Hanns Martin Schleyer Prize]]. The Schleyer family's decision to award him this prize 36 years after Schleyer's death deeply moved him.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/inland/schmidt-erhaelt-schleyer-preis-aussoehnung-nach-36-jahren-12163839.html |title=Schmidt erhält Schleyer-Preis: Aussöhnung nach 36 Jahren |work=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung |access-date=2015-11-10 |language=de |last1=Soldt |first1=Rüdiger}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article115653515/Schmidt-ist-zutiefst-geruehrt-von-Familie-Schleyer.html |title=Auszeichnung: Schmidt ist 'zutiefst gerührt' von Familie Schleyer |work=Die Welt |date=2013-04-26 |access-date=2015-11-10 |language=de |last1=Clauß |first1=Ulrich}}</ref>
* 2014: German-French Journalists Prize<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.journalistenpreise.de/?id=gewinner&pid=21 |title=JournalistenPreise.de – Deutsch-Französischer Journalistenpreis – Gewinner |access-date=2015-11-10 |language=de |archive-date=2017-09-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904152404/http://www.journalistenpreise.de/?id=gewinner&pid=21 }}</ref>
* 2015: [[Gustav Stresemann]] Prize of the [[Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Germany]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.afuamvd.de/freimaurer-vergeben-stresemann-preis-an-helmut-schmidt/ |title=Freimaurer vergeben Stresemann-Preis an Helmut Schmidt |access-date=2015-11-10 |language=de |archive-date=2016-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305004322/http://www.afuamvd.de/freimaurer-vergeben-stresemann-preis-an-helmut-schmidt/ }}</ref>