These are the winners of the German School Start-up Prize

Around 3,500 pupils competed for the award. First place went to an e-bike concept from Hesse.

Around 3,500 school students in 844 teams took part in the German Business Founder Award for School Students. They drew up a fictitious business plan with a marketing strategy and financial plan. The first prize of the German Founder Award went to six young people from the Schloss Hansenberg boarding school in Geisenheim, Voltvoyage. They developed a concept for a simplified and climate-friendly charging system for e-bikes. The students also presented a convincing business plan and a well-founded analysis when developing the business idea. The bikes can be charged at a Vstation; a Vcharger on the bike enables wireless charging on the go. The charging station generates up to 60% of the electricity from a solar cell attached to the station.

Stern editor Doris Scheyink and radio presenter Volker Groß hosted the evening. The prize was initiated by Stern, the Sparkasse savings banks, ZDF and Porsche.

The Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, Robert Habeck, was also impressed by the sustainability ideas: "Right now we should take an example from the clever and creative ideas of the pupils. The teams can be very proud of their achievements. I hope that many of the students will take their entrepreneurial successes with them into their professional lives, perhaps even as future entrepreneurs. Our SME sector needs this dynamism and innovative ideas."

The winners of the German Entrepreneurship Award for school pupils will be presented with the German Entrepreneurship Award in the "School Pupils" category by Robert Habeck in the capital city studio of ZDF.