Air Raid Protection Honor Badge (Luftschutz-Ehrenzeichen), 1944.
Richard Wagner Medal of the City of Bayreuth, August 25, 1975.
Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesverdienstkreuz am Bande), 1985.
Appointment as Corresponding Member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig, March 13, 1992.
Commander’s Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the Great (Komthurkreuz des Gregorius-Ordens), 1995.
Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse), 1998.
Cross of Honour of the German Armed Forces in Gold (Ehrenkreuz der Bundeswehr in Gold), 2006.