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The orders, decorations, and medals of the German states, in which each states of Germany has devised a system of orders and awards to honour residents for actions or deeds that benefit their local community or state, are in turn subsumed within the German honours system. Each state sets their own rules and criteria on eligibility and also how each medal is awarded and presented. Most of the orders allow for the recipient to wear their orders in public.

History edit

Most of the orders have the form of a maltese cross.

Hanseatic rejection edit

The city states of Bremen and Hamburg do not allocate any orders. An exception was made during World War I when the Hanseatic Cross was awarded jointly with the city of Lübeck. Even today, senators of the two states reject any foreign orders. Former German chancellor Helmut Schmidt received a number of accolades, among them was the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, which he chose not to accept in Hanseatic tradition, in order to refuse any decoration presented for merely fulfilling one's duty.[1]

State orders edit

State Name Ribbon bar Established Number of inductees Living holders Limit of living holders Note
  Baden-Württemberg Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg   1974 1754
  Bavaria Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art   1980 184[2] 92 100 Re-establishment of the order from 1853
  Bavaria Bavarian Order of Merit   1957 5537 1637[3] 2000
  Berlin Order of Merit of Berlin   1987 431[4] 400[5]
  Brandenburg Order of Merit of Brandenburg   2003 108
  Hesse Hessian Order of Merit

Presented in two grades:

  • Cross of Merit (Verdienstkreuz)
  • Cross (Verdienstkreuz am Bande)
   1989 430
  Lower Saxony Lower Saxony Order of Merit

Presented in three grades:

  • Commander's Cross (Großes Verdienstkreuz)
  • Officer's Cross (Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse)
  • Cross (Verdienstkreuz am Bande)
   1961 1357 2500
  Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Order of Merit of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern   2001
  North Rhine-Westphalia Order of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia   1986 1357 2500
  Rhineland-Palatinate Order of Merit of Rhineland-Palatinate   1981 991[6] 800[7]
  Saarland Saarland Order of Merit 1974
  Saxony Order of Merit of the Free State of Saxony   1996 243[8] 500
  Saxony Saxon Flood Helpers Order 2013 For helpers during the 2013 European floods
  Saxony-Anhalt Order of Merit of Saxony-Anhalt   2006 300[9]
  Schleswig-Holstein Order of Merit of Schleswig-Holstein   2008 500[10]
  Thuringia Order of Merit of the Free State of Thuringia   2000 300[11]

State medals edit

Bavaria edit

  • Bavarian Constitution Medal
  • Bavarian Lifesaving Medal

Berlin edit

  • Berlin Lifesaving Medal
  • Louise-Schroeder-Medaille

Rhineland-Palatinate edit

Saxony edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Bundesverdienstkreuz: Das Kreuz mit dem Dank". Tagesspiegel (in German). Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  2. ^ "Seehofer zeichnet 12 verdiente Persönlichkeiten mit dem Bayerischen Maximiliansorden für Wissenschaft und Kunst aus" (Press release) (in German). Bayerische Staatskanzlei. 2010-10-20. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
  3. ^ "Bayerischer Verdienstorden: Verleihung 2017". Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  4. ^ "Der Verdienstorden des Landes Berlin" (in German). Ordensmuseum.de. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
  5. ^ "Verdienstorden des Landes Berlin" [Orders of Merit of Berlin] (in German). Landes Berlin. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
  6. ^ "Der Verdienstorden des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz" (in German). Ordensmuseum.de. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  7. ^ "Landesverdienstorden | Willkommen in Rheinland-Pfalz" (in German). Rlp.de. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
  8. ^ "Sachsen gestern und heute - Sächsischer Verdienstorden" (in German). Geschichte.sachsen.de. 13 November 2007. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  9. ^ "Landesrecht Sachsen-Anhalt Ministerpräsident | Verwaltungsvorschrift (Sachsen-Anhalt) | Stiftung des Verdienstordens des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt | i. d. F. v. 28.08.2007 | gültig ab 11.09.2007" (in German). Landesrecht Sachsen-Anhalt. 28 August 2007. Retrieved 13 May 2013. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  10. ^ "Der Verdienstorden des Landes Schleswig – Holstein" (in German). Ordensmuseum.de. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  11. ^ Text of the law for the Order of Merit of the Free State of Thuringia
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