Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg (german: link=no, Verdienstorden des Landes Baden-Württemberg) is the highest award of the
German State of
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg (; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million inhabitants across a ...
. 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
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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.
Notable recipients
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Helmut Eberspächer (1979)
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*]Artur Fischer
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(1980)[
*]Ulf Merbold
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(1983)[
*]Walter Haeussermann
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(1985)[
*]Anne-Sophie Mutter
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(1999)[
* Dorothee Hess-Maier (1999)]Jürgen Klinsmann
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(2001)[
*]Gerhard Thiele
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(2001)[
*]Klaus Zehelein
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(2001)[
* Wolfgang Ketterle (2002)][
* Svetlana Geier (2003)
*]Wolfgang Rihm
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(2004)Queen Silvia of Sweden
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(2007)
*Roland Emmerich
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(2007)[
*]Henry Kissinger
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(2007)[
*]Stelian Moculescu
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(2008)
*Edmund Stoiber
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(2009)
*Hanna von Hoerner
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(2009)
*Eric Carle
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(2010)Jean-Claude Juncker
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(2010)[
*]Sami Khedira
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References
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