Chain of Golden Humor

After Aachen, one of the most famous German carnival awards was presented in Hagen , the chain of the "Golden Humor" to the knight of the Golden Humor . As part of a festive event of the Great Hagen Carnival Society eV Närrischer Reichstag from 1881, the GHK President awards the donated chain from the estate of Wilhelm vom Hofe in a ceremony in the Hagen town hall. This award was given to public figures who gave the city's carnival festival a special character and who also earned services to the German carnival. Her attributes are humor, joke and satire of deeper meaning. The 40th necklace was awarded on November 20, 2004 to Udo Walpert, the honorary president of the Great Hagen Carnival Society. In 2005 and 2006 the chain was not awarded. Continuously declining visitor numbers and rising costs forced the GHK to suspend the event. In 2006 an event company was founded so that the award ceremony has been possible again since 2007.

The previous bearers of the chain of golden humor

The details of the functions and offices listed refer to the date of award.

42nd Ritter 2007 - Manfred Breuckmann , journalist a. Cult presenter
41st Ritter 2007 - Antony Hermus , General Music Director of the Theater Hagen
40th Knight 2004 - Udo Walpert, Honorary President of the Große Hagener KG
39. Ritter 2004 - Rainer Brüderle , FDP member of the German Bundestag
38th Ritter 2003 - Bärbel Höhn , Minister of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
37th Knight 2002 - Fritz Schramma , Lord Mayor of the City of Cologne
36th Ritter 2001 - Wolfgang Clement , Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia
35th Ritter 2000 - Ulrich Schmidt , President of the State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia
34th Ritter 1999 - Peter Pietzsch, director of the Hagen Theater
33rd Ritter 1998 - Guido Westerwelle , FDP General Secretary
32nd Ritter 1997 - Dietmar Thieser , Member of the Bundestag, Lord Mayor of the City of Hagen
31. Ritter 1996 - Helmut Linssen , MdL
30. Ritter 1995 - Manfred Stolpe , Prime Minister of the State of Brandenburg
29. Ritter 1994 - Rudolf Scharping , Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate
28. Ritter 1993 - Klaus Töpfer , Federal Minister for Spatial Planning, Building a. Urban planning
27. Ritter 1992 - Carmen Thomas , (Hello OB van)
26. Ritter 1991 - Friedhelm Farthmann , MdL
25. Ritter 1990 - Norbert Blüm , Federal Minister for Labor a. Social order
24. Ritter 1989 - Constantin Freiherr von Heereman , peasant president
23. Ritter 1988 - Jürgen W. Möllemann , Federal Minister
22. Ritter 1987 - Dieter Thoma , editor-in-chief of WDR
21. Ritter 1986 - Günther Steckhan, Chief of Police
20. Ritter 1985 - Dieter Haak , Minister of Justice of North Rhine-Westphalia
19. Ritter 1984 - Kurt Biedenkopf , opposition leader in the state parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia
18. Ritter 1983 - Hans-Jochen Vogel , Federal Minister of Justice
17. Ritter 1982 - Bernhard Vogel , Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate
16. Ritter 1981 - Jockel Fuchs , Lord Mayor of Mainz
15. Ritter 1980 - Burkhard Hirsch , Minister of the Interior of North Rhine-Westphalia
14. Ritter 1979 - Rudolf Pesch, City Director Hagen
13. Ritter 1978 - Franz Josef Strauss , Prime Minister of Bavaria
12. Ritter 1977 - Josef Ertl , Federal Minister for Food, Agriculture a. Forest
11. Ritter 1976 - John van Nes Ziegler , Lord Mayor of the City of Cologne
10. Ritter 1975 - Heinrich Köppler , opposition leader NRW
09. Ritter 1974 - Hans-Dietrich Genscher , Federal Foreign Minister
08. Ritter 1973 - Heinz Kühn , Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia
07. Ritter 1972 - Artur Sträter , Minister of Justice NRW
06. Ritter 1971 - Willi Weyer , Minister of State, President d. German Sports Confederation
05. Knight 1970 - Jacques Königstein , Honorary President, Aachen
04. Ritter 1969 - Otto Rückert, President of the German Police Leadership Academy
03. Ritter 1968 - Addy Nohl, Deputy. President of the German Fisheries Association
02. Ritter 1967 - Maurice Devriendt, Mayor of Blankenberge / Belgium
01. Ritter 1966 - Klaus Müller, City Director of Hagen