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Bayerischer Verfassungsorden

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Bayerischer Verfassungsorden
Current order
Sponsored byBavarian state parliament
CountryGermany
First award1 December 1961
Former medal version

The Bayerischer Verfassungsorden (Bavarian Constitution Order) is an award by the German state Bavaria, which is awarded annually by the Bavarian state parliament to persons who have rendered outstanding services to the Bavarian constitution. It was founded as the Bayerische Verfassungsmedaille, 'Bavarian Constitution Medal' before being upgraded to an order in 2011.

The medal was established on 1 December 1961, donated by the then president of parliament Rudolf Hanauer [de], as the necessity arose to honour long-serving members of parliament. The inscription on the medal is "Bayerische Verfassung" (Bavarian constitution) with the Roman year figures MDCCCXVIII (1818), MCMXIX (1919) and MCMXLVI (1946), the obverse shows the Coat of arms of Bavaria. The medal was given in Silver and Gold.

On 20 July 2011, the medal was elevated to the rank of an order.[1]

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Many politicians received the medal, including Franz Götz and Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger. Members of the Bavarian parliament receive it usually after three legislative periods (formerly 12 years, now 15 years of service), ministers typically after one term (formerly 4 years, now five years). The medal has been awarded also to artists such as ballerina Konstanze Vernon, and clerics such as Joseph Alois Ratzinger, the later pope.

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References

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  1. ^ "Gesetz über die Bayerische Verfassungsmedaille" (in German). Verkuendung-bayern.de. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
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