Donkey order

Template for the order: The donkey from Wesel as a bronze sculpture

The donkey Order is since 1972 in the town of Wesel on the basis of the donkey from Wesel conferred Karnevalsorden .

Background and story

The proposal for the donkey order came in 1971 from Wesel councilor Wilhelm Schulte-Mattler, who was also a member of a carnival club, in order to select a donkey from Wesel based on the city's symbolic animal. The award was given for the first time in 1972 as part of the supporting program of a carnival session and has had its own award event on Carnival Sunday since 1976. The first prize winner was Adolf Urban , the Voerder municipal director.

According to the city, the donkey order should honor the "most humorous deed in the most humorous sense" and reward the courage to make a decision that is not everyday. The then North Rhine-Westphalian finance minister received the award in 2016, for example, for his "stubbornness in the fight against tax evaders". In addition to "donkeys", i.e. certain actions, the donkey order can also be awarded for carrying the name of the city of Wesel out into the world. Guildo Horn received the medal in 2018 because he regularly mentioned Wesel's donkey at appearances. The daily news presenter Jan Hofer , who comes from Wesel, received the medal in 1996 for the contrary reason, that he had never mentioned Wesel in his program before.

Award winners

The donkey order was awarded to the following people:

1972 Adolf Urban 1973 Udo Klausa 1974 Günther Hochgartz 1976 Werner Röhrich 1977 Frank Strecker , Werner van Appeldorn, Monika Paetow 1978 Carmen Thomas 1979 Diether Deneke 1980 Kurt Gscheidle 1981 Gauke Loopstra 1982 Hans Rosenthal 1983 Helga Feddersen 1984 Joachim Sobotta , Arnold Gehlen 1985 Rolf Milser 1986 Claus Hinrich Casdorff 1987 Rita Süssmuth 1988 Kurt Malangré 1989 Klaus Töpfer 1990 Franz Burbach 1992 Hanns Dieter Hüsch 1994 Matthias Wissmann 1996 Jan Hofer 1997 Geert Müller-Gerbes 1998 Wolfgang Clement

1999 Franz-Josef Antwerpes 2000 Manfred Breuckmann 2001 Herbert Reul 2002 Jürgen Büssow 2004 Dieter Nuhr 2005 Peter Neururer 2006 Anka Zink 2007 Steffi Neu , Sven Plöger 2008 Didi Jünemann 2009 Fritz Pleitgen 2010 Herman van Veen 2011 Ludger Stratmann 2012 Harry Voigtsberger 2013 Michael Kessler 2014 Lioba Albus 2015 Michael Groschek 2016 Norbert Walter-Borjans 2017 Jörg Schönenborn 2018 Guildo Horn 2019 Ulrike Lubek 2020 Stefan Verhasselt

Individual evidence

1. ↑ donkey religious ceremony , wesel-tourismus.de. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} donkey medal carrier , wesel.de. Retrieved April 18, 2020.
3. ^ WDR television director Schönenborn receives Wesel donkey order , welt.de. Retrieved April 18, 2020.