Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg
{{Short description|Award of Baden-Württemberg, Germany}}
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| caption = Order of Merit in its current form since 2016
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| type = Civil order of merit
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| awarded_for = Outstanding contributions to the state of Baden-Württemberg, in politics, society, culture and economics
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| established = 26 November 1974
| firstawarded = 26 April 1975
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| former name = Medal of Merit of Baden-Württemberg
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Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg ({{langx|de|link=no|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.{{cite web|url=http://ordensmuseum.de/landesverdienstorden/der-verdienstorden-des-landes-baden-wurttemberg/ |title=Der Verdienstorden des Landes Baden-Württemberg |publisher=Ordensmuseum.de |date=26 June 2009 |access-date=4 April 2012}}
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.{{Cite web |title=Verdienstorden des Landes Baden-Württemberg |url=https://stm.baden-wuerttemberg.de/de/themen/orden-und-ehrenzeichen/verdienstorden-des-landes |access-date=2023-12-31 |website=Baden-Württemberg.de |language=de}}
Notable recipients
- Helmut Eberspächer (1979)
- Artur Fischer (1980)
- Ulf Merbold (1983)
- Walter Haeussermann (1985)
- Anne-Sophie Mutter (1999){{cite web|url=http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/special/insighttext.htms?ID=mutter-tangosonganddance-deutsch&DETAIL=3 |title=Anne-Sophie Mutter – Tango Song and Dance insights |publisher=Deutschegrammophon.com |access-date=4 April 2012}}
- Dorothee Hess-Maier (1999){{cite web |title=Dorothee Hess-Maier als Ehrensenatorin der PH ausgezeichnet |work=Wichtige Impulsgeberin im Hochschulrat seit 2000 |url=http://www.ph-weingarten.de/de/aktuelles-pressemitteilungen/2014-12-01_ehrensenatorin-hess-maier.php |publisher=Pädagogische Hochschule Weingarten |year=2015 |accessdate=8 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521093800/http://www.ph-weingarten.de/de/aktuelles-pressemitteilungen/2014-12-01_ehrensenatorin-hess-maier.php |archive-date=21 May 2015 |url-status=dead}}
- Jürgen Klinsmann (2001)
- Gerhard Thiele (2001)
- Klaus Zehelein (2001)
- Wolfgang Ketterle (2002)
- Svetlana Geier (2003)
- Wolfgang Rihm (2004){{cite web | title=Prof. Wolfgang Rihm, Ph.D. honoris causa | website=Karlsruhe University of Music | url=https://www.hfm-karlsruhe.de/en/university/persons/prof-wolfgang-rihm-phd-honoris-causa | access-date=16 July 2020}}
- Queen Silvia of Sweden (2007)
- Roland Emmerich (2007)
- Henry Kissinger (2007)
- Stelian Moculescu (2008){{cite web |url=https://www.suedkurier.de/region/blitzmeldungen/bodensee_oberschwaben/friedrichshafen/Stelian-Moculescu-erhaelt-Landes-Verdienstmedaille;art3826,3179742 |title=Stelian Moculescu erhält Landes-Verdienstmedaille |publisher=Suedkurier.de |date=27 April 2008 |access-date=4 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204203157/https://www.suedkurier.de/region/blitzmeldungen/bodensee_oberschwaben/friedrichshafen/Stelian-Moculescu-erhaelt-Landes-Verdienstmedaille;art3826,3179742 |archive-date=4 February 2017 |url-status=dead}}
- Edmund Stoiber (2009)
- Hanna von Hoerner (2009)
- Eric Carle (2010){{cite web|last=Staatsministerium Baden-Württemberg|title=Verdienstorden des Landes Baden-Württemberg Liste der Ordensträger 1975 – 2018|url=https://stm.baden-wuerttemberg.de/fileadmin/redaktion/dateien/PDF/180428_Liste_Verdienstorden_B-W_alle_Ordenstraeger_1975-2018.pdf|work=stm.baden-wuerttemberg.de|access-date=4 April 2012}}
- Jean-Claude Juncker (2010)
- Sami Khedira (2016){{cite web|url=http://www.sport1.de/fussball/2016/07/sami-khedira-erhaelt-verdienstorden-von-baden-wuerttemberg|title=Khedira mit Verdienstorden geehrt|language=de|publisher=sport1.de|date=31 July 2016|access-date=3 August 2016}}
- Lucia A. Reisch (2017)
References
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