• To whom is the prize awarded?
• The prize/the jury
• The prize winners in 2004
• Who was Erasmus Grasser?
• Who can apply?

To whom is the prize awarded?
The prize is awarded to building/ancillary firms or companies that provide formal apprenticeships for exceptional commitment to vocational training – especially in relation to training for the handicapped, people with learning disabilities, foreign youngsters and girls moving into careers dominated by men. The duration of apprenticeships, the number of trainees, the success of their training program and voluntary posts held in relation to the training are also taken into consideration by the jury.

The prize/the jury
The Erasmus Grasser Prize was inaugurated in 1992 on the initiative of Dr. Reinhard Wieczorek, who heads up the Department of Labor and Economic Development. €2500 in prize money is awarded, which can be split between up to five winners.
Half of the jury is made up of representatives of the Chamber of Handicrafts for Munich and Upper Bavaria and half by representatives of the City of Munich.

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Who was Erasmus Grasser?
Erasmus Grasser was born in Schmidmühlen, Oberpfalz, in 1450, and made Munich his home in the 1470s. He made a name for himself in numerous ways, one being the coats of arms, celestial images and Morris dancers that he created for the Munich town hall between 1477 and 1480 on behalf of the City Council. In 1480, Grasser was unanimously voted head of the painters' guild in Munich, which also oversaw the work of wood carvers. Alongside his undisputed talent as a sculptor, Grasser later evidenced his technical skills by renovated the salt works in Bad Reichenhall, having been entrusted with this construction project by Duke Albrecht IV of Bavaria in 1507. Erasmus Grasser died in Munich in the early summer of 1518.

Who can apply?
The prize is awarded to building/ancillary and/or craftsman's companies and handicraft trainers who are resident in Munich. These companies or individuals can be proposed by their guild, or they may apply on their own behalf.

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