Bavarian Order of Merit
| Bavarian Order of Merit | |
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| Awarded by the Minister-President of Bavaria | |
| Type | Order of Merit |
| Established | 11 June 1957 |
| Country | Bavaria, Germany |
| Eligibility | Men and women without distinction of nationality or class[1] |
| Awarded for | Outstanding contributions to the Free State of Bavaria and the Bavarian people[1] |
| Status | Currently awarded |
| Founder | Wilhelm Hoegner |
| Ordensherr | Markus Söder |
| Statistics | |
| Total inductees | 5,602 (as of August 2018)[2] |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art |
| Related | Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown Order of the Lion of Bavaria |
 Ribbon bar of the order | |
The Bavarian Order of Merit (German: 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".[1]
The order was instituted by law on 11 June 1957. The Prime Minister and the Cabinet can nominate awardees.
Hemmerle,[3] a German jewellery house based in Munich founded in 1893, is the only exclusive maker of the Bavarian Order of Merit since it was instituted in 1957.
Recipients
- Konrad Adenauer
- King Baudouin of Belgium
- Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis
- Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern
- Franz-Ludwig Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg
- Maria Probst
- Mgr Georg Gänswein
- Archduke Otto of Austria
- Bastian Schweinsteiger
- Queen Silvia of Sweden
References
- ^ a b c Bayerische Staatsregierung. "Bayerischer Verdienstorden". Bayerischer Landesportal (in German). Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Bayerische Staatsregierung. "Bayerischer Verdienstorden" (in German). Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ "Hemmerle Website". Hemmerle. Retrieved 2016-06-27.
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