Since 1981, the prize for the promotion of cultural life in the state capital of Wiesbaden has been awarded annually for special achievements in the fields of visual arts, music, literature, historical research and the performing arts. A jury, chaired by the Head of Cultural Affairs and consisting of one member from each of the parliamentary groups in the City Council and the Head of the Cultural Office, decides on the prize, which is endowed with 5000 euros.

The prize is awarded by the Lord Mayor or a representative of the City Council. The previous winners of the Culture Prize are

• Dr. Michael Schneider (1981)
• Prof. Ingomar Grönauer (1982)
• the Mozart Society Wiesbaden (1983)
• Prof. Oskar Kolb (1984)
• Franz Theodor Schütt (1985)
• Michael von Poser (1986)
• the Wiesbaden Singers' Circle (1987)
• today's thalhaus (1988)
• the archive cinema Caligari/DIF (1989)(Caligari FilmBühne)
• the Schiersteiner Kantorei (1990)
• Matthias Gessinger (1991)
• Jürgen Labenski and the Leibniz FilmClub (1992)
• the Sonnenberg Male Chamber Choir (1993)
• the Nassauische Kunstverein Wiesbaden e.V. (1994)
• the Association for Nassau Antiquities and Historical Research (1995)
• Carla Henius (1996)
• the frauen museum wiesbaden and KUK Schlachthof Wiesbaden (1997)
• the Society for Nature and Art e.V. (1998)
• the Aktives Museum Spiegelgasse (1999)
• the Wiesbaden exground Filmfest (2000)
• Prof. Dr. Wolf Spemann (2001)
• Ute and Michael Berger (2002)
• the Wiesbaden Bach Choir (2003)
• the Paris Court Theater (2004)
• Hans Dieter Schreeb (2005)
• the Verein zur Förderung künstlerischer Projekte mit gesellschaftlicher Relevanz e.V. (2006)(Kunstverein Bellevue-Saal)
• Fritz Diehl and Klaus Kopp (2007)
• Kooperative New Jazz and ARTist(KOOPERATIVE NEW JAZZ Wiesbaden e. V.) and a special prize for the artistic life's work of Prof. Siegfried Köhler (2008)
• the Velvets Theater (2009)
• the Friends of Films in the Castle and an honorary prize for the Wiesbaden Lawyers' Band (2010)
• the artists' association Walkmühle e.V.(2011)
• Benjamin Patterson (2012)
• the Wiesbadener Knabenchor e.V. (2013).