Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg

Award of Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg

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 award| 26 April 1975
Total| 1,923 (as of April 2018)[1]
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.[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]

## History

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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.[3]

## Notable recipients

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* Helmut Eberspächer (1979)[4]
* Artur Fischer (1980)[4]
* Ulf Merbold (1983)[4]
* Walter Haeussermann (1985)[4]
* Anne-Sophie Mutter (1999)[4][5]
* Dorothee Hess-Maier (1999)[6]
* Jürgen Klinsmann (2001)[4]
* Gerhard Thiele (2001)[4]
* Klaus Zehelein (2001)[4]
* Wolfgang Ketterle (2002)[4]
* Svetlana Geier (2003)
* Wolfgang Rihm (2004)[7]
* Queen Silvia of Sweden (2007)
* Roland Emmerich (2007)[4]
* Henry Kissinger (2007)[4]
* Stelian Moculescu (2008)[8]
* Edmund Stoiber (2009)
* Hanna von Hoerner (2009)
* Eric Carle (2010)[4]
* Jean-Claude Juncker (2010)[4]
* Sami Khedira (2016)[9]
* Lucia A. Reisch (2017)[4]

## References

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1. ^ a b Kremp, Axel (30 April 2018). "Besondere Ehre für Sabine Spitz". Badische Zeitung (in German). Freiburg. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
2. ^ "Der Verdienstorden des Landes Baden-Württemberg". Ordensmuseum.de. 26 June 2009. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
3. ^ "Verdienstorden des Landes Baden-Württemberg". Baden-Württemberg.de (in German). Retrieved 31 December 2023.
4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Staatsministerium Baden-Württemberg. "Verdienstorden des Landes Baden-Württemberg Liste der Ordensträger 1975 – 2018" (PDF). stm.baden-wuerttemberg.de. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
5. ^ "Anne-Sophie Mutter – Tango Song and Dance insights". Deutschegrammophon.com. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
6. ^ "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.
7. ^ "Prof. Wolfgang Rihm, Ph.D. honoris causa". Karlsruhe University of Music. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
8. ^ "Stelian Moculescu erhält Landes-Verdienstmedaille". Suedkurier.de. 27 April 2008. Archived from the original on 4 February 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
9. ^ "Khedira mit Verdienstorden geehrt" (in German). sport1.de. 31 July 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2016.

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