Overview
- The Bund Bairische Sprache presented the prize on Saturday at the Museum der Bayerischen Geschichte in Regensburg, with honorary chairman Sepp Obermeier revealing the winner at 11:00.
- Obermeier praised Josef Hader for upholding his dialect on and off stage, calling him a role-model laureate who exceeds the award’s criteria.
- Hader emphasized cultural kinship between Bavaria and Austria, citing influences including Karl Valentin, Gerhard Polt and Sigi Zimmerschied.
- The Bairische Sprachwurzel has for roughly two decades honored public figures who maintain the Bavarian dialect in their public life.
- Recent honorees include Markus Wasmeier in 2024 and Gerhard Polt the year before, with earlier recipients such as Werner Schmidbauer, Ilse Aigner, Hans-Jürgen “Haindling” Buchner, Markus H. Rosenmüller and Pope Benedict XVI.