Bayerische Verfassungsmedaille
| Bayerische Verfassungsmedaille | |
|---|---|
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| Sponsored by | Bavarian state parliament |
| Country | Germany |
| Reward(s) | Medal |
| First awarded | 1 December 1961 |
The Bayerische Verfassungsmedaille (Bavarian Constitution Medal) is an award by the German state
Bavarian state parliament
to persons who have rendered outstanding services to the Bavarian constitution. The medal is given in Silver and Gold.
The medal was established on 1 December 1961, donated by the then president of parliament Rudolf Hanauer, 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.
On 20 July 2011, the medal was elevated to the rank of an order.[1]
Recipients
Many politicians received the medal, including
Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger
, the later pope.
2001
2002
2004
2005
2006
2007
- Otmar Bernhard
- Ruth Drexel
- Mieczysław Pemper
- Gisela Stein
- Klaus Dieter Breitschwert
- Peter Radtke
- Siegfried Schneider (politician)
2008
2009
- Dieter Dorn
- Max Mannheimer
- Horst Seehofer
- Ludwig Stiegler
- Dieter Borchmeyer
- Walter Kolbow
- Bernd Posselt
2010
- Michael Glos
- Theodor W. Hänsch
- Gerda Hasselfeldt
- Ludwig Schick
- Siegfried Schneider
- Senta Berger
- Renate Dodell
- Peter Maffay
- Angelika Niebler
2011
- Reinhard Marx
- Waltraud Meier
- Iris Berben
- Wolfgang Kreissl-Dörfler
- Peter Landau
- Eduard Oswald
- Claudia Roth
2012
2013
- Hans-Jürgen Buchner
- Mahbuba Maqsoodi
- Marcus H. Rosenmüller
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
References
- ^ "Gesetz über die Bayerische Verfassungsmedaille" (in German). Verkuendung-bayern.de. Retrieved 23 February 2014.