Atekra Stone.

The restoration and preservation of the tracery window of the chancel polygon of the Franciscan monastery in Zeitz by stonemason and sculptor Christian Späte and the production of new arch reliefs for the Stadtgottesacker cemetery in Halle a. d. Saale by sculptor Marcus Golter should be regarded as exemplary. Späte has ideally resisted the temptation to make everything new, has outstandingly preserved what could be retained and has achieved a consistent overall result. Golter has succeeded in supplementing the existing reliefs with a very good, individual new creation in the style of the times. The quality of the award-winning works has been checked on site. 

The jury members were Prof. Dr. Gottfried Kiesow, Chairman of the Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz, the experienced experts on historic preservation Prof. Dr. Rolf Snethlage and Dr. Arndt Kiesewetter, architect Peter Reiner, master stonemason Martin Schwieren and stone sculptor Christoph Mai. The standard of the works entered was unanimously rated as very high. 

Peter Parler: known throughout Europe  
Peter Parler was the chief master of the Parlers, a widely dispersed family of architects and sculptors in the 14th century. The name “Parler” goes back to the original job name “Parlier” (German for deputy lodge master), now called a “Polier” (German for head mason). The competition was intentionally named after a master with European-wide influence.