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Bavarian Order of Merit

{{Short description|Order of Merit of the Free State of Bavaria}}

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{{Infobox order

| name = Bavarian Order of Merit

| image = Bavarian Order of Merit.jpg

| image_size = 320px

| caption = Badge of the order for women

| awarded_by = the Minister-President of Bavaria

| country = Bavaria, Germany

| type = Order of Merit

| eligibility = Men and women without distinction of nationality or class

| for = Outstanding contributions to the Free State of Bavaria and the Bavarian people

| head_title = Ordensherr

| head = Markus Söder

| status = Currently awarded

| description =

| motto =

| founder = Wilhelm Hoegner

| established = 11 June 1957

| first_award =

| last_award =

| total = 5,602 (as of August 2018){{cite web |last=Bayerische Staatsregierung |title=Bayerischer Verdienstorden |url=http://www.bayerischer-verdienstorden.de/cda/presentation/index.php?id=9 |access-date=30 August 2018 |language=de}}

| precedence_label =

| individual =

| higher = {{nowrap|Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art}}

| same =

| lower =

| image2 = 125px

| caption2 = Ribbon bar of the order

| related = Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown
Order of the Lion of Bavaria

}}

The Bavarian Order of Merit ({{langx|de|Bayerischer Verdienstorden}}) is the Order of Merit of the Free State of Bavaria. It is awarded by the Minister-President of Bavaria as a "recognition of outstanding contributions to the Free State of Bavaria and the Bavarian people".{{cite web |last=Bayerische Staatsregierung |title=Bayerischer Verdienstorden |url=http://www.bayern.de/Bayerischer-Verdienstordnen-.370/index.htm |work=Bayerischer Landesportal |access-date=12 March 2012 |language=de |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903203621/http://www.bayern.de/Bayerischer-Verdienstordnen-.370/index.htm |archive-date=3 September 2014}}

The order was instituted by law on 11 June 1957. The Prime Minister and the Cabinet can nominate awardees.

Hemmerle,{{cite web |title=Hemmerle Website |url=https://www.hemmerle.com/about-us/view-all/ |website=Hemmerle |access-date=27 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517174411/http://hemmerle.com/about-us/view-all/ |archive-date=17 May 2018 |url-status=dead}} a German jewellery house based in Munich founded in 1893, is the exclusive maker of the Bavarian Order of Merit since it was instituted in 1957.

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External links

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  • [http://www.bayerischer-verdienstorden.de/ Searchable database with all recipients]

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Category:1957 establishments in West Germany

Category:Awards established in 1957

Category:Culture of Bavaria

Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of Bavaria

Category:Orders, decorations, and medals of the states of Germany

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