Flood-Medal 2013 of the State of Lower Saxony

Helpers and members of the relief units, who did their duty in the beginning of June 2013 in Lower Saxony, where hereby honoured for their engagement.

Beginning on 25 May 2013 there were heavy rainfalls in Lower Saxony with up to 90 litres per square-meter, which were lasting for several days and induced a regional flood.

At first only the river basins of the Aller, Leine, Oker and Weser in the south of Lower Saxony were affected.

[citation needed] On 14 October 2013 about 600 helpers where honoured by the prime minister of Lower Saxony Stephan Weil and the minister of interior of Lower Saxony Boris Pistorius in a ceremonial act in Hitzacker for their selfless duty during the flood disaster.

On 19 November 2013 there was a second ceremony in the technical central of the Fire Brigade in Groß Düngen for the helpers from the district of Hildesheim and a third one on 20 December 2013 in the technical central of the Fire Brigade in Schiffdorf for the helpers from the district of Cuxhaven.