The Roentgen Medal
THE OBJECT OF DESIRE.
Every year a different one. Yet always someone who deserves it.
The turmoil of war prevented some major celebrations – neither Roentgen’s 100th birthday on March 27, 1945, nor the 50th anniversary of the discovery of X-rays on November 8, 1945, could be celebrated in a dignified manner. However, the Roentgen Medal has been in existence since 1951. It was created to honor the 50th anniversary of rewarding Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen with the first Nobel Price.
The Röntgen medal is awarded by the Mayor of the City of Remscheid. Recipients are personalities who made a special contribution to the progress and the promotion of Roentgen’s discoveries in the broadest sense. It has become a highly respected and desired award in scientific communities.
The Society of Friends and Benefactors of the German Roentgen Museum Remscheid-Lennep e.V. selects suitable scientists from all over the world and proposes them to the Mayor. In our photo gallery we collected some impressions from the past years.
2026
Anne L‘Huillier (*1958)
Physicist. Pioneering contributions to attosecond laser physics, in particular the discovery of high-harmonic generation and non-sequential double ionisation. Through her pioneering work in the field of attosecond physics, Anne L’Huillier has fundamentally transformed our understanding of the ultrafast world and revealed the elegant dance of electrons that takes place within matter.
The presentation of the Roentgen Medal will take place on Saturday, May 30, 2026 from 11 a.m. in the Minoritensaal of the monastery church in Remscheid-Lennep. All interested parties are cordially invited to attend the event and the subsequent reception hosted by the Lord Mayor. An official invitation will follow.