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| Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg | |
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 Order of Merit in its current form since 2016 | |
| 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 |
| Formerly called | Medal of Merit of Baden-Württemberg |
| Established | 26 November 1974 |
| First awarded | 26 April 1975 |
| Total | 1,923 (as of April 2018) |
| Website | https://stm.baden-wuerttemberg.de/de/themen/orden-und-ehrenzeichen/verdienstorden-des-landes/  |
 Ribbon bar of the order | |
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.
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.
History
The form of the Order of Merit was fundamentally changed by an amendment to the foundation announcement on 3 February 2016. Since then, the Order of Merit is no longer awarded as a medal, but in the form of a stylised cross with a medallion in the middle, on which the large state coat of arms with the lettering „Baden-Württemberg“ is depicted.
Notable recipients
- Helmut Eberspächer (1979)
- Artur Fischer (1980)
- Ulf Merbold (1983)
- Walter Haeussermann (1985)
- Anne-Sophie Mutter (1999)
- Dorothee Hess-Maier (1999)
- Jürgen Klinsmann (2001)
- Gerhard Thiele (2001)
- Klaus Zehelein (2001)
- Wolfgang Ketterle (2002)
- Svetlana Geier (2003)
- Wolfgang Rihm (2004)
- Queen Silvia of Sweden (2007)
- Roland Emmerich (2007)
- Henry Kissinger (2007)
- Stelian Moculescu (2008)
- Edmund Stoiber (2009)
- Hanna von Hoerner (2009)
- Eric Carle (2010)
- Jean-Claude Juncker (2010)
- Sami Khedira (2016)
- Lucia A. Reisch (2017)
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.
- "Verdienstorden des Landes Baden-Württemberg". Baden-Württemberg.de (in German). Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ 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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