What is Charlemagne Prize?
[[File:Clinton-Linden.jpg|thumb|At the award ceremony in 2000 with [[Bill Clinton]]. In the background, other prize winners, including [[Juan Carlos I]], [[Václav Havel]] and [[Simone Veil]].]] The '''Charlemagne Prize''' ({{lang-de|Karlspreis}}) is a famous [[prize]] awarded each year.<ref>[http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/auszeichnung-fuer-polens-ministerpraesidenten-karlspreis-geht-an-donald-tusk-a-672401.html Spiegel]</ref> The prize has been awarded since 1950 by the German city of [[Aachen]]. It is awarded to persons who have done outstanding work towards the [[European integration|unification of Europe]]. The award is named after [[Charlemagne]], emperor of the [[Frankish Empire]], and founder of what became the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. Charlemagne lived and was buried in Aachen. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.karlspreis.de/en/home.html Charlemagne Prize] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306173151/http://www.karlspreis.de/en/home.html |date=2014-03-06 }} [[Category:1950 establishments in Europe]] [[Category:Awards]] [[Category:Aachen]] [[Category:1950s establishments in Germany]] [[Category:European culture]] [[Category:German culture]] {{performing-arts-stub}}