The Foundation of the German Publishers and Booksellers Association organizes the competition, which is held under the patronage of the Federal President. The reading competition has been held every year since 1959 and has around 600,000 participants nationwide. The district, which has been involved since the 1960s, once again took part in Germany's oldest and largest school competition this year under the direction of the district youth welfare department at the district administration office.
"Those who read are rich - rich in ideas. And those who read aloud share these ideas with others," said Heiner Pfrommer, Head of the Department of Labor, Youth and Social Affairs, who represented District Administrator Dietmar Allgaier at the award ceremony. Those who, like the school winners, can read aloud skillfully, take others on a journey into the land of fantasy and thus enrich themselves and others.
In view of the good performances, the jury - consisting of authors, a previous year's winner, employees from libraries, the state education authority and the press - did not have an easy task. But in the end, a decision had to be made. The jury members agreed that there can only be winners in this competition.
All participants received a book prize from the Börsenverein Foundation, book vouchers from the district and other attractive prizes. The winners of the district competition can compete in the subsequent regional competition.
Here are the placings in detail:
Region West:
1.Anton Busch (Lichtenstein-Gymnasium Sachsenheim, book: Otfried Preußler, Krabat)
2. Silas Hertlein (Gymnasium in der Glemsaue Ditzingen, Fabian Lenk: Die Falle im Nether)
3.Mathilda Braun (Robert-Bosch-Gymnasium Gerlingen, Beril Kehribar: Schattenthron - Erbin der Dunkelheit)
Süd:
1.Emanuel Junesch (Goethe-Gymnasium Ludwigsburg, Jack London: The Call of the Wild)
2. Lara Mieskes (Ernst-Sigle-Gymnasium Kornwestheim, David Walliams: Gangsta-Oma)
3. Elena Ludwig (Theodor-Heuss-Realschule Kornwestheim, Dominique Valente: Der Zauber von Immerda - Die Suche nach dem verschwundenen Dienstag)
North:
1st Julia Kafritsas (Friedrich-Schiller-Gymnasium Marbach, Jan Andersen: Dusty in Gefahr)
2nd Emilia Mastel (Christof-Schrempf-Gymnasium Besigheim, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of the Baskervilles)
3rd Kai Zhang (Tobias-Mayer-Gemeinschaftsschule Marbach, Fabian Lenk: Gefangen in der Welt der Würfel
