The DPG honorshonours outstanding achievements in physics with awards of international repute. The highest awards which are presented by the DPG are the [[Max Planck Medal]] for work in theoretical physics, first awarded in 1929, and the [[Stern–Gerlach Medal]] for work in experimental physics, first awarded in 1933. Some awards, such as the [[Gustav Hertz Prize]] for Young Physicists, intend to foster young talent. Others are awarded by the DPG in cooperation with other organizationsorganisations in Germany and abroad, such as the [[Max Born Medal and Prize]] or the [[Otto Hahn Prize]]. The [[Medal for Natural Science Journalism]] is awarded by the DPG to personalities who have made a special contribution to bringing scientific facts to the attention of the general public. In addition, the DPG awards prizes to school graduates throughout the country for outstanding achievements in physics.<ref>[http://www.dpg-physik.de/dpg/preise/index.html DPG] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070429224743/http://www.dpg-physik.de/dpg/preise/index.html |date=2007-04-29 }} – Medals and Prizes</ref> It supports competitions for school students such as the {{lang|de|Jugend forscht}} (national research contest for young scientists), promotes innovative school projects and organises advanced training courses for teaching staff.
=== Young Scientist Award for Socio- and Econophysics ===
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==In Bonn and Berlin==
The DPG office headed by the Chief Executive Bernhard Nunner is located in the {{lang|de|Physikzentrum Bad Honnef}} (physics conference centercentre in Bad Honnef), in the neighborhoodneighbourhood of the university and federal city of Bonn. The {{lang|de|Physikzentrum}} is not only a meeting place and discussion forum of outstanding significance for physics in Germany but also an international brand for the discipline of physics. Students and cutting-edge scientists through to Nobel Prize winners meet here to share their thoughts and ideas on a scientific level. Teaching staff also gladly come to Bad Honnef time and again to attend advanced training courses relating to pure physics and the didactic aspects of this discipline, in the seminars held by the DPG. The DPG is also present in Germany's capital, Berlin. It has been running the Magnus-Haus in Berlin since its reunification with the Physical Society of East Germany in 1990. This urban palace completed in 1760 – bearing the name of the natural scientist Gustav Magnus – has close links to the history of the DPG: it was the regular meeting place of scholars during the 19th century that eventually resulted in the Physical Society of Berlin being founded in 1845, which later became the DPG. Today it is a venue for meetings and lectures on physical and socio-political issues. The Magnus-Haus is also home to the DPG's historical archive.
