Winnerslist Landmarks in the land of ideas
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Medicine par excellence – mentors for budding country doctors
Country doctor mentors fuel students’ enthusiasm for the medical profession far from cities
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Mobile Town Hall Gersheim
Administrative staff spare elderly, disabled, and ill rural citizens visits to the authorities
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Metropolitan area project – “Thalia Cultural Landscapes”
With readings and plays, actors transform historic buildings into extraordinary cultural venues in the country
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An artists' village as power plant
Artists are developing aesthetic models for energy production that are fuelling debate about green electricity in the country
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EGON – business start-up offensive in Niedereschach
With a volunteer mentoring program, a municipality supports start-ups, thus promoting the local economy
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“Lively learning about the country” teaching concept
Teaching at farms, male and female farmers get young people interested in country life and work
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Country youth Klimawald Schleswig-Holstein
Young people collect donations to plant a new forest area in the country
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NatuRaum – the innovative tech lab in the country
Young people from cities and the country learn how to tap nature for successful inventions
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EINS+ALLES Field of Experience for the Senses, Welzheim
In a sensory nature discovery park, people with disabilities encounter people seeking recuperation on an equal footing
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CLAAS-Telekom industry 4.0 in agriculture
Mobile radio and sensor technology make farmers' work easier
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Standardized communication with the M2M Teledesk
Agricultural equipment used on farms and in fields is coordinated via a central platform by mobile radio
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entia - good things that smile
An online shop has created a sales platform that can be used by workshops for people with disabilities throughout Germany
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NUR-HOLZ – solid wood elements for ecological building
A new solid wood system enables buildings to be erected without glue and metal, using wood from local forests
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acs – competence centre for cost efficient production
Suppliers, higher education institutions, and municipalities in the country jointly promote the development of innovative car parts
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NETZ-E-2-R: interconnected mobility for the Stuttgart region
A new system for lending e-bikes gives daily commuters flexibility and an environment-friendly mobility option
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SmartRegion Pellworm
The first intelligent electricity network enables residents to use renewable energy where it is generated – locally
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“Future of the villages in South Westphalia” network
An agency motivates people in the country to join forces to develop perspectives for their home villages
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Young buys old – municipal programme against abandoned buildings
A municipality helps families to buy old buildings in the town centre, preventing the area from becoming abandoned
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“Smart Villages” research project
Students turn a village into a field laboratory and investigate how dying villages can safeguard their future
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Need-oriented school bus transport
Thanks to a new school bus navigation system, schoolchildren's travel times are reduced and municipalities cut costs