Honours and Awards
- This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.
- 1978: Honorary Medal in Gold of the city of Vienna
- 1980: Gold Medal of the city of Graz
- 1982: Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class
- 1982: Grand Merit Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- 2002: Light of Truth Award (Tibetan Government-in-exile)
- Golden Humboldt Medal (Austria)
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