Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg
Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg (German: Verdienstorden des Landes Baden-Württemberg) is the highest award of the German State of Baden-Württemberg. Established 26 November 1974, it was originally called the Medal of Merit of Baden-Württemberg (Die Verdienstmedaille des Landes Baden-Württemberg). Effective 26 June 2009, the medal assumed its current name.[2] The order is awarded by the Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg for outstanding contributions to the state of Baden-Württemberg, in politics, society, culture and economics. The order is limited to 1,000 living holders, and has been awarded 1,923 times, as of 30 April 2018.[1]
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Type | Civil order of merit |
Awarded for | Outstanding contributions to the state of Baden-Württemberg, in politics, society, culture and economics |
Country | Germany |
Presented by | Baden-Württemberg |
Established | 26 November 1974 |
Total | 1,923 (as of April 2018)[1] |
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Notable recipients
- Helmut Eberspächer (1979)[3]
- Artur Fischer (1980)[3]
- Ulf Merbold (1983)[3]
- Walter Haeussermann (1985)[3]
- Anne-Sophie Mutter (1999)[3][4]
- Dorothee Hess-Maier (1999)[5]
- Jürgen Klinsmann (2001)[3]
- Gerhard Thiele (2001)[3]
- Klaus Zehelein (2001)[3]
- Wolfgang Ketterle (2002)[3]
- Svetlana Geier (2003)
- Wolfgang Rihm (2004)[6]
- Queen Silvia of Sweden (2007)
- Roland Emmerich (2007)[3]
- Henry Kissinger (2007)[3]
- Stelian Moculescu (2008)[7]
- Edmund Stoiber (2009)
- Hanna von Hoerner (2009)
- Eric Carle (2010)[3]
- Jean-Claude Juncker (2010)[3]
- Sami Khedira (2016)[8]
- Lucia A. Reisch (2017)[3]
References
- Kremp, Axel (30 April 2018). "Besondere Ehre für Sabine Spitz". Badische Zeitung (in German). Freiburg. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- "Der Verdienstorden des Landes Baden-Württemberg". Ordensmuseum.de. 26 June 2009. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
- Staatsministerium Baden-Württemberg. "Verdienstorden des Landes Baden-Württemberg Liste der Ordensträger 1975 – 2018" (PDF). stm.baden-wuerttemberg.de. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
- "Anne-Sophie Mutter – Tango Song and Dance insights". Deutschegrammophon.com. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
- "Dorothee Hess-Maier als Ehrensenatorin der PH ausgezeichnet". Wichtige Impulsgeberin im Hochschulrat seit 2000. Pädagogische Hochschule Weingarten. 2015. Archived from the original on 21 May 2015. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
- "Prof. Wolfgang Rihm, Ph.D. honoris causa". Karlsruhe University of Music. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
- "Stelian Moculescu erhält Landes-Verdienstmedaille". Suedkurier.de. 27 April 2008. Archived from the original on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
- "Khedira mit Verdienstorden geehrt" (in German). sport1.de. 31 July 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
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