List of Wuppertal personalities with the award of the Federal Cross of Merit

The list of Wuppertal personalities with the award of the Federal Cross of Merit shows a chronological listing of the Wuppertal personalities who have received the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (also known as the Federal Cross of Merit ). The Order of Merit is awarded in several stages: Grand Cross, Grand Cross with Star and Shoulder Ribbon, Grand Cross with Star, Grand Cross, Merit Cross 1st Class, Merit Cross and Merit Cross on Ribbon. There is also the Medal of Merit .

The list is incomplete and should be constantly supplemented and expanded.

date	Level of the Federal Cross of Merit	carrier	Life dates	activity
	Expression unknown	Otto Kreitz	1888-1974	Politician
	Grand Cross	Joseph Meiß	1878-1967	Catholic clergyman
	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Horst Klebert	1938-2018	Local politician
0Sep 1 1952	Cross of Merit	Ewald Lückenhaus		locksmith
0Sep 1 1952	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Friedrich Krachten		Department master
0Dec 2, 1952	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Paul Duke	1876-1956	Building contractor
0Jan. 2, 1953	Cross of Merit	Heinrich Schmitz		Senior Public Prosecutor a. D.
0Feb. 2, 1953	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Carl Speer		Owner of C. Speer & Co.
04th Mar 1953	Cross of Merit	Johannes Christian Nattermann	1889-1961	Pastor
0Apr 2, 1953	Cross of Merit	Heinrich Richard Röhm		Manufacturer
0Aug 5, 1953	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Hugo Kampermann	† 1966	City engineer a. D.
04th Sep 1953	Great Cross of Merit	Rudolf Ziersch	1867-1962	Manufacturer
04th Sep 1953	Cross of Merit	Heinrich Jacobs		Master carpenter
Sep 30 1953	Great Cross of Merit	Abraham Frowein	1878-1957	Manufacturer
Oct 31, 1953	Great Cross of Merit	Ernst Hellmut Vits	1903-1970	General Director
Oct 31, 1953	Cross of Merit	Eugene Richter	1883-1973	Electrical engineer
Jan. 31, 1954	Cross of Merit	Wilhelm Idel		Merchant
Jan. 31, 1954	Cross of Merit	Otto Klischan	1888-1979	Merchant
Jan. 31, 1954	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Franz Hoppe		Restaurateur
31 Mar 1954	Cross of Merit	Gustav Brück		Lawyer
31 Mar 1954	Great Cross of Merit	Philipp Klee	1884-1988	doctor
31 Mar 1954	Great Cross of Merit with a star	Wilhelm Vorwerk	1889-1967	President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry
0Apr 3, 1954	Cross of Merit	Alfred Behling		Lawyer
May 31, 1954	Cross of Merit	Karl Friedrich Dick		Director of the Bethesda Deaconess Institution
July 31, 1954	Cross of Merit	Hugo Heineberg		District Court President i. R.
July 31, 1954	Great Cross of Merit	August Mittelsten Scheid	1871-1955	Co-owner of Vorwerk & Co.
Aug 31, 1954	Cross of Merit	Walter Krefting		Vocational school director a. D.
Oct. 31, 1954	Cross of Merit	Hermann Hemscheidt	1884-1974	Manufacturer
Oct. 31, 1954	Cross of Merit	Peter Saatmann		executive Director
Dec. 31, 1954	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Fritz Werner		Chief master
Jan. 31, 1955	Cross of Merit	Wilhelm Borchering		City Director a. D.
Apr 30, 1955	Cross of Merit	Christian Busch		Sports director a. D.
July 31, 1955	Great Cross of Merit	Hans Weisbach	1885-1961	General Music Director
Sep 30 1955	Great Cross of Merit	Carl-August Ellenbeck	1889-1959	director
Nov 30, 1955	Great Cross of Merit with a star	Gerhard Domagk	1895-1964
13 Sep 1965	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Paul Rausch		Chief Executive d. IHK
0Nov 5, 1965	Great Cross of Merit	Kurt Boshamer	1900-1981	Chief physician i. R.
0Jan. 5, 1966	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Hermann Schröder		Head of Studies a. D.
Jan. 18, 1966	Great Cross of Merit	Karl Schneider	1909-2000	Civil and structural engineer, MdL
Apr 21, 1966	Great Cross of Merit	Kurt Herberts	1901-1989	Manufacturer
Feb 22, 1967	Great Cross of Merit	Karl Julius Anselmino	1900-1988	State Medical Director a. D.
Feb 22, 1967	Great Cross of Merit	Harald Frowein	1900-1988	Manufacturer
Apr 25, 1967	Great Cross of Merit	Carl Reimers	1901-1969	chief doctor
Apr 25, 1967	Great Cross of Merit	Alexander Sturm	1901-1973	chief doctor
Apr 25, 1967	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Otto Vorberg		Administrative Director a. D.
0Oct 3, 1967	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Ewald Geske		Police chief a. D.
Dec. 20, 1967	Great Cross of Merit	Hellmut Girardet	1902-1973	publisher
May 15, 1968	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Herbert Oldenburg		Federal Railway Director a. D.
May 15, 1968	Merit Medal	Wilhelm Lumpe		Master roofer
0July 8, 1968	Great Cross of Merit	Erich Mittelsten Scheid	1907-1993	Manufacturer
0July 8, 1968	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Ernst Lichtenscheidt		Senior Government Officer a. D.
Nov 11, 1968	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Paul Haverkamp		former member of the management of the Barmer Ersatzkasse
Nov 11, 1968	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Johanna Vonderreck		Primary school principal a. D.
Nov 11, 1968	Merit Medal	Elfriede Röser		Travel agent
0Feb. 4, 1969	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Fritz Robert Günther		Member of the management of the Barmer Ersatzkasse
May 12, 1969	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Günther Tillmanns		Merchant
July 24, 1969	Great Cross of Merit	Ludwig Vaubel	* 1908	Lawyer, board member of Glanzstoff AG
July 24, 1969	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Paul Stöber		Federal Railway Director a. D.
0Sep 9 1969	Great Cross of Merit with a star	Karl Schneider	1909-2000	Member of the State Parliament, architect, Vice President of the State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia
0Oct 7, 1969	Great Cross of Merit	Johannes Rau	1931-2006	Former publishing director, chairman of the SPD parliamentary group in North Rhine-Westphalia
Apr 15, 1970	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Hansjürgen Reinicke		Chief Executive
Apr 15, 1970	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Karl Hans Schmidt		Director i. R.
Apr 15, 1970	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Erich Wagner		Construction director a. D.
May 12, 1970	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Maria Husemann	1892-1975	Accountant i. R.
June 11, 1970	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Wilhelm Stichtmann		Building contractor
Aug 18, 1970	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Bernhard Gübbels		tax consultant
0Dec. 4, 1970	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Franz Hörstmann		tax consultant
Feb. 17, 1971	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Kurt Gehrmann	1911-1973	executive Director
11th Mar 1971	Great Cross of Merit	Heinz Frowein	1905-1994	Lawyer
05th May 1971	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Erich Lawatsch		Director of Studies
May 26, 1971	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Otto Buchhorn		Colonel
May 28, 1971	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Johannes Kahra		Director of Studies a. D.
May 28, 1971	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Werner Lüdecke		Lawyer
Aug 20, 1971	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Arno Wüstenhöfer	1920-2003	General manager
Aug 20, 1971	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Claus Gerd Dicke		Merchant
Nov 12, 1971	Great Cross of Merit	Walter Kühlthau	1906-1988	MdL, commercial board member of Wuppertaler Stadtwerke AG
Nov. 30, 1971	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Heinz Nierhaus		Merchant
July 28, 1972	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Georg Abeler	1906-1981	Master watchmaker
Aug 25, 1972	Great Cross of Merit	Adolf Scheu	1907-1978	Industrial consultant, Member of the Bundestag
Dec 11, 1972	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Wilhelm Kämper		Merchant
Dec 11, 1972	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Werner Schollen		notary
0June 1, 1973	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Georg Kroll	1922-2015	Merchant
22 Aug 1973	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Gustav Paul Lehmann		Lawyer
28 Sep 1973	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Walter Gerlach		President of a Federal Railway Directorate
Oct 19, 1973	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Paul Kaiser		Ministerial Councilor
Jan. 23, 1974	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Karl Otto Dehnert	1919-2004	Insurance salesman, Wuppertal-Barmen
Jan. 23, 1974	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Hanns Lehmkuhl		Chief Executive
June 26, 1974	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Wolfgang Wirth	1898-1996	Pharmacologist and toxicologist
0Dec 5, 1975	Great Cross of Merit	Bernhard Walter	† 1974	Lawyer, State Association of Industrial Employers' Associations in North Rhine-Westphalia
0May 7, 1976	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Josef Gehren		former chief physician
Feb. 17, 1978	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Johannes Ovelgönne		Director i. R.
0Dec 8, 1978	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Joachim Münch		director
30th Mar 1979	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Gottfried Gurland	1918-2002	Administrative manager
Oct 11, 1979	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Johannes Rauhaus	1904-1998	former construction manager
1979	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Klaus Goebel	* 1934	historian
0Aug 8, 1980	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Wilhelm August Gaul		former managing director
0Oct 7, 1980	Great Cross of Merit	Georg Kroll	1922-2015	Merchant
0Oct 7, 1980	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Werner Bandel		Director i. R.
1980	Expression unknown	Adalbert Jasser	† 2018
07th July 1981	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Ernst-Günter Plutte	1916-2005	Executive Partner
0Nov 2, 1981	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Karl Ibach	1915-1990	former managing director
0Feb. 4, 1982	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Albin Haak		pensioner
05th Mar 1982	Great Cross of Merit	Werner Schollen		notary
June 29, 1982	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Johann bridle		jurist
29 Sep 1982	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Friedrich Platte	1917-2009	City Director
0Nov 4, 1982	Great Cross of Merit with a star	Erich Mittelsten Scheid	1907-1993	Entrepreneur
0Nov 4, 1982	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Heinz Reistenbach		executive Director
0Jan. 4, 1983	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Karl-Heinz Ganns		executive Director
0Apr 6, 1983	Great Cross of Merit	Paul Lehmann		Lawyer
May 1983	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Hellmut Hoffmann		Chemist and university professor
0June 1, 1983	Great Cross of Merit	Gottfried Gurland	1918-2002	Administrative manager
0Oct 5, 1983	Great Cross of Merit with a star	Heinz Frowein	1905-1994	Lawyer
0Jan. 4, 1984	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Hans Willi Thoenes	1924-2006	executive Director
0Oct. 1, 1984	Great Cross of Merit	Karl Otto Dehnert	1919-2004	Insurance salesman
Feb 22, 1985	Great Cross of Merit	Albin Haak		Employee i. R.
Feb 22, 1985	Great Cross of Merit	Kurt Wöhler	1924-2006	State Secretary a. D., Wuppertal-Küllenhahn
14 Mar 1985	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Werner Ruprecht		President of a correctional authority a. D.
Apr 10, 1985	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Albrecht Bendziula	1925-1998	Director i. R.
June 12, 1985	Great Cross of Merit	Karl Ibach	1915-1990	former managing director
June 12, 1985	Great Cross of Merit	Hermann Mencke		Master gardener
04th July 1985	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Karl Jahnke		chief doctor
0Sep 2 1985	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Paul Nikolai Ehlers	1920-2007	chief doctor
0Dec. 4, 1985	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Heinz Salewsky		pensioner
0Dec. 4, 1985	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Hans shy		Puppeteer
Jan. 16, 1986	Great Cross of Merit	Rolf Krumsiek	1934-2009	Justice Minister of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Jan. 16, 1986	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Karl Spange		Expert
Jan. 16, 1986	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Dietrich Wegner		Authorized department, clinical project manager
0Feb. 3, 1986	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Heinz Rosenkranz	1919-2007	pensioner
0Apr 8, 1986	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Horst Jordan	1923-2006	Chief Executive
0June 2, 1986	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Ernst-Günter Plutte	1916-2005	Managing director and partner
0Aug 4, 1986	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Roderich drawbar		Judicial Inspector
0Aug 4, 1986	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Pina Bausch	1940-2009	Ballet director
Oct 15, 1986	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Gert Haberland	1928-2014	Manager and pharmacologist
Jan. 13, 1987	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Wolf Dieter Kruse		Manufacturer
Jan. 13, 1987	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Emil Zimmermann
0Feb. 3, 1987	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Wilhelm Albrecht		Chemist
0Feb. 3, 1987	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Werner Draudt	1921-2016	business f. Shareholder
06th Mar 1987	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Hans Hinrich Asmus		Bank director
May 11, 1987	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Gustav Römer		notary
0July 8, 1987	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Karl-Heinz Erlinghagen		former board member
0July 8, 1987	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Gabriele Jahn		Pastor
0July 8, 1987	Great Cross of Merit	Hans Günther Zempelin	* 1926	Chairman of the Supervisory Board
0Dec. 1, 1987	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Friedrich Altenrath		Bundesbahnamtsrat
04th Mar 1988	Great Cross of Merit	Hans Willi Thoenes	1924-2006	executive Director
03rd June 1988	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Paula Herbertz		Graduated interpreter
0Jan. 3, 1989	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Peter Beneke	1917-2016	Upper Tax Council a. D.
0Jan. 3, 1989	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Franz Furkert		pensioner
0Jan. 3, 1989	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Rudolf Scherer		City Councilor
0Jan. 3, 1989	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Manfred Telian		ltd. Police Director
0Jan. 3, 1989	Merit Medal	Lothar Dörsch		Chief Fire Inspector
0Feb. 1, 1989	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Wilhelm Bettecken	1919-1999	journalist
0Feb. 1, 1989	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Heinz-Gerhard Weiss		executive Director
0Feb. 1, 1989	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Rolf Heckhausen		doctor
0Feb. 1, 1989	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Clear Heuft		Housewife
0Feb. 1, 1989	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Jürgen Hoeltz		executive Director
0Feb. 1, 1989	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Max Hoffmann		pensioner
0Feb. 1, 1989	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Ingeborg Kohlick		pensioner
0Feb. 1, 1989	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Werner Mays		Rector
0Feb. 1, 1989	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Arnold Norkowsky		Post Secretary
0Feb. 1, 1989	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Gerhard Rieger	1930-2015	Production manager;
01st Mar 1989	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Hans Essmann		pensioner
01st Mar 1989	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Otto Kotthaus		farmer
Apr 12, 1989	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Theo Kader		Manufacturer
Apr 12, 1989	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Friedrich Auffüpper		Business owner
Apr 12, 1989	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Manfred Decker		Civil engineer
Apr 12, 1989	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Heinz Jonas		Forwarding agent
Apr 12, 1989	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Erwin Ungermann		Entrepreneur
0May 2, 1989	Merit Medal	Maria-Elisabeth Bühlstahl		pensioner
June 30, 1989	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Werner Schiefelbein		Board of Directors
0Aug 2, 1989	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Wilhelm Wortmann		pensioner
0Sep 1 1989	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Maria-Elisabeth Steffen	1925-2018	Housewife
0Sep 1 1989	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Bärbel Vitt		Teacher
0Sep 1 1989	Merit Medal	Wolfgang Hellmig		commercial agent
0Nov 8, 1989	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Walter Muhlhausen	1926-2012	City Councilor a. D.
0Nov 8, 1989	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Kurt Flatten		employee
0Nov 8, 1989	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Egon Haase		Industrial clerk
0Nov 8, 1989	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Siegfried Schmock		instructor
0Nov 8, 1989	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Eugene Trautwein	* 1938	executive Director
0Nov 8, 1989	Merit Medal	Karl Vosloh		pensioner
0Jan. 3, 1990	Great Cross of Merit	Albrecht Bendziula	1925-1998	former board member
0Jan. 3, 1990	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Kurt Rolf Enters		tax consultant
0Jan. 3, 1990	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Werner Hagedorn	1929-2019	Tax Council
0Feb 1, 1991	Great Cross of Merit	Wolf Kruse	1925-2018	Managing member
0Apr 2, 1991	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Wilhelm Linder		pensioner
0Apr 2, 1991	Merit Medal	Martin Borchert		Managing Director of the Diakonisches Werk Wuppertal-Barmen
0Apr 2, 1991	Merit Medal	Hans Knör	1927-2017	Dipl.-Rechtspfleger, head of the notary's office a. D.
Aug 30, 1991	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Herbert Feuser		Lawyer
0Oct 7, 1991	Merit Medal	Bernard Böger		Club official
Nov 25, 1991	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Herbert Stöber		Authorized signatory
0Jan. 6, 1992	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Hellmut Hoffmann		University professor
0Jan. 6, 1992	Great Cross of Merit with a star	Pina Bausch	1940-2009	Choreographer
02nd June 1992	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Emil Flinker		yourself. Plumber and Master plumber
Dec 30, 1992	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Karl Kepper		City Administration Director a. D.
1992	Expression unknown	Wolfgang Sauer	1928-2015	Musician
11th Mar 1993	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Manfred Schütze		Board member
31 Mar 1993	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Heinz Engelhardt	1930-2012	medical director
Oct 13, 1993	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Lore Egen		pensioner
Apr 27, 1994	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Klaus Kriesche	1932-2011	Special school principal
29 Sep 1994	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Pitt Schwendler		pensioner
Oct 28, 1994	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Hermann-Josef Richter	* 1944	Authorized signatory
0Apr 5, 1995	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Gerd Langner		pensioner
0Apr 5, 1995	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Marga Langner		Housewife
0May 4, 1995	Great Cross of Merit with a star	Wolf Dieter Kruse		Managing member
Nov 28, 1995	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Ina Kersten	* 1946
Jan. 30, 1996	Great Cross of Merit	Werner Hagedorn	1929-2019	Tax Authority a. D.
Jan. 30, 1996	Great Cross of Merit	Gustav Römer		notary
0Apr 3, 1996	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Herbert Hustadt		executive Director
Aug 27, 1996	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Carl Bloemertz		doctor
1996	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Harald Nowoczin		In 1996 Harald Nowoczin received the Cross of Merit on Ribbon for his great commitment to culture, sport and the community.
July 21, 1997	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Werner Poweleit		pensioner
Aug 19, 1997	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Ruth Kolb-Lünemann	1924-1999	pensioner
0Oct 2, 1997	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Heinrich Born
0Dec 9, 1997	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Peter Frowein		Textile engineer
1997	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Hans-Joachim Camphausen	* 1928
Feb 10, 1998	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Rudolf Scherer		City Councilor a. D.
0June 4, 1998	Great Cross of Merit	Jörg Mittelsten Scheid	* 1936	Entrepreneur
0June 4, 1998	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Theodor Norf		cutter
0June 4, 1998	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Till Söling		Shareholder
0July 1, 1998	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Wolfgang Hasenack		Entrepreneur
Oct 13, 1998	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Jürgen Abeler	1933-2010	Master watchmaker
0Dec 8, 1998	Great Cross of Merit	Kurt Rolf Enters		tax consultant
0Dec 8, 1998	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Sebastian Schmidt		Business graduate
0Jan. 6, 1999	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Paul Mehling		Merchant
0Jan. 6, 1999	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Ute Otten		Head of department of a pediatric and adolescent medical service
0June 1, 1999	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Renate Maßmann		doctor
0Oct 6, 1999	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Jürgen Hoeltz		former managing director
0Jan. 3, 2000	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Max Boenner	1930-2015	former managing director
2000	Expression unknown	Hans Bilstein	* 1928
0Oct. 4, 2000	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Martin-Eberhard Wahl		Master painter and varnisher
0Jan. 2, 2001	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Emil Kühn	1908-2002	pensioner
0Feb 5, 2001	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Konrad Bäumler		Graduate designer
09 Mar 2001	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Swen Volker Dittgen		Authorized signatory
09 Mar 2001	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Ferdinand Köthe		pensioner
0May 2, 2001	Merit Medal	Margarete Therese Kaiser		Secondary school teacher
0July 2, 2001	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Gerhard Paul Graef		executive Director
0July 2, 2001	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Hartmut Pfecht		Government Inspector
0Aug 1, 2001	Great Cross of Merit	Paul Nikolai Ehlers	1920-2007	Chief physician i. R.
0Apr 1, 2002	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Klaus Brausch	* 1943	Parliamentary group manager
0July 8, 2002	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Wilhelm Hans-Martin Schmitz	* 1939	Art dealer: Association activity that the West German art fair was brought to Cologne. Work against illegal ivory trade.
0Dec. 1, 2002	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Ursula Kraus	* 1930	pensioner
0Jan. 7, 2003	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Friedrich Altenrath		Federal Railway Authority a. D.
0Feb. 1, 2003	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Alfred Purrmann		pensioner
0Feb. 1, 2003	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Karl Heinz Scheer		Tax assistants
0Feb. 1, 2003	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Eberhard Stuhr		Entrepreneur
0Apr 1, 2003	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Peter Christian Dienel	1923-2006	University professor em.
0July 1, 2003	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Hans-Joachim Jahn	* 1941	former editor-in-chief
0Aug 1, 2003	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Günther Knorr		pensioner
0Oct. 1, 2003	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Helmut Greinert		Federal Railway Operations Inspector a. D.
0Nov 1, 2003	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Alfred Howad	1928-2017	Post Secretary a. D.
0Nov 1, 2003	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Hans Werner Luft		pensioner
0Nov 1, 2003	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Wolfgang Antonio Ransleben		Lieutenant Colonel a. D.
0Feb. 1, 2004	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Wolfgang Hellmig		former commercial agent
0Apr 1, 2004	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Eugenia Sanda Grätz	1949-2017	Dipl.-Ing., Senior Councilor
0Sep 1 2004	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Volker Rösener		Head of Studies a. D.
0Sep 1 2004	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Richard Hermann Vogelskamp		Lawyer
0Nov 1, 2004	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Hans Alfred Kaut		Merchant
0Jan. 1, 2005	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Wolfgang Heinz Zocher	* 1944	Undertaker
0Feb. 1, 2005	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Bazon Brock	* 1936	actually Jürgen Johannes Hermann Brock ; Professor Dr.
0May 1, 2005	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Hans-Willi Boukes		formerly employed industrial clerk
Sep 14 2005	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Siegfried Maser	1938-2016
0Feb. 1, 2006	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Peter Hintze	1950-2016	Member of the Bundestag, Ev. theologian
0Apr 4, 2006	Merit Medal	Günter Paul Alex Wolff		pensioner
0May 1, 2006	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Gudrun Jellinghaus		Doctor i. R.
0May 1, 2006	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Josef Karl Maassen		pensioner
0May 1, 2006	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Ernst-Andreas Ziegler	* 1938	former head of the press office
0May 1, 2007	Merit Medal	Burkhard Kreuter	* 1955	City Land surveying council
01st Mar 2008	Merit Medal	Winfried Urbinger		executive Director
0June 1, 2008	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Adelheid Foehse		Teacher
0June 1, 2008	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Karl-Friedrich Kühme	* 1948	Special school principal
0May 1, 2009	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Corina fruit
0May 1, 2009	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Ruth Pfeiffer
0May 1, 2009	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Horst Streng
0June 1, 2009	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Ludwig Lutz Carl Claus Roeder
0Oct. 1, 2009	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Ingeborg Alker
0Oct. 1, 2009	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Barbara Hükelheim
0Oct. 1, 2009	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Günter Lesche	* 1932
Feb 2010	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Reinhard Graetz	* 1940
Feb 2010	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Volker Humeny
March 2010	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Doris flower	* 1947
Apr. 2010	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Carin Edith Hell
May 2010	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Marianne Martha Hahn
May 2010	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Wolfgang Hahn	1932-2019	Local politician
July 2010	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Karl-Hans Friebus	1943-2020	Mechanical engineer, arbitrator, helper at THW
Sep 2010	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Wolfgang Nielsen	* 1950
Nov 2010	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Bruno Hensel
0May 1, 2011	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Lore Ilse Jackstädt	1924-2019
0May 1, 2011	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Manfred Piwinger
0Sep 1 2011	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Manfred Wood
0Oct 1, 2011	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Christa Stuhlreiter
0Apr 1, 2012	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Arnold Norkowsky
0May 1, 2012	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Hans-Joachim Vits
0May 1, 2012	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Karl-Heinz Wagener
0Jan. 1, 2013	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Frank Seynsche		Entrepreneur and association official
0Feb. 1, 2013	Merit Medal	Christa Anna Nolte
01st Mar 2013	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Franz Ansgar Gusinde
01st of May 2013	Merit Medal	Birgit Ansorg
0Aug 1, 2013	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Dorothee Hartmann
0Sep 1 2013	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Klaus Jürgen Reese
0Jan. 1, 2014	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Angela fat
0Jan. 1, 2014	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Andrea Britta Hedemann
0Jan. 1, 2014	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Lothar Nägelkrämer		Ronsdorf District Mayor
0Jan. 1, 2014	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Hans Gerd Rosik
01st Mar 2014	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Christiane Fues
0Sep 1 2014	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Hans-Joachim Camphausen	* 1928
0Oct. 1, 2014	Merit Medal	Karl-Heinz Müller		German Parkinson Association V.
0Feb. 1, 2015	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Eva Rösener
01st Mar 2015	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Helmut Pathe
0May 1, 2015	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Hartmut Hermann Stöppel
0July 1, 2015	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Evamarie Bott
0Sep 1 2015	Merit Medal	Hans Peter Osterritter
0Sep 1 2015	Merit Medal	Marlies Easter Knight
01st Mar 2016	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Rolf-Peter Rosenthal	* 1935	Board of Dr. Werner Jackstädt Foundation
01st Mar 2016	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Hans-Jürgen Krugmann	* 1939
0May 1, 2016	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Christel Simon	* 1938	District mayor of the Oberbarmen district, advisory board for people with disabilities
0July 1, 2016	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Jürgen Artur Heimchen	* 1942
0Aug 1, 2016	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Eugene Trautwein	* 1938
01st May 2018	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Hannelore Ruth Geiss		also Hannelore Geiss
01st May 2018	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Johannes Koebberling	* 1940
0Nov 1, 2018	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Peter Engelmann
0Dec 1, 2018	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Ulrich Kottsieper		Remscheid Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired
0Dec 1, 2018	Merit Medal	Christa Kottsieper		Remscheid Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired
0May 9, 2019	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Barbara Krott		Stage and costume designer, co-founder of the intercultural " Wupper Theater ".
01st July 2019	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Harald Nowoczin		Through his decades of voluntary work, Harald Nowoczin has promoted cultural exchange between Germany and Russia and kept it lively even in politically tense times.
0Sep 1 2019	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Bernd Dieter Bramann
0Nov 1, 2019	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Tadeusz Krzakowski		The mayor of Liegnitz, the Polish twin town of Wuppertal, received the award for his commitment to the town twinning, for the German-Polish understanding and for the pro-European dialogue.
0Dec. 1, 2019	Cross of Merit 1st Class	Leonid Goldberg		Chairman of the Jewish community in Wuppertal
0Jan. 1, 2020	Merit Medal	Arif Izgi		SPD politician in the city council
0Jan. 1, 2020	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Karl-Heinz Emde		Chairman of the Rotterdam Citizens' Association
Jan 29, 2020	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Susanne Fey		Long-standing and extraordinary voluntary commitment in the field of epilepsy self-help
0Feb 6, 2020	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Mohamed Abodahab		Abodahab is intensively involved in the field of integration and youth work and advocates an enlightened society in which all people - regardless of their religion, origin and skin color - have the same rights. Abodahab has been a member since 1995 and a board member of the "Islamic Community Wuppertal" since 2006.
Feb 13, 2020	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Hildborg Winkler-Rohlfing		Since 1993 she has been a member of the "Lupus Erythematodes Self-Help Association", since 1995 she has been a member of the board, in 1997 she took over the chairmanship and headed its federal office.
0June 1, 2020	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Uwe Schneidewind	* 1966
0July 1, 2020	Cross of Merit on ribbon	Renate Warnecke

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Source mostly: Federal Gazette
2. ^ Wuppertaler Rundschau: Unforgotten: Otto Kreitz. In: wuppertaler-rundschau.de. Wuppertaler Rundschau, accessed on April 1, 2019 . 
3. ↑ by the editorial staff: Mourning for SPD man Horst Klebert. In: wuppertal-total.de. 2019, accessed on April 30, 2019 (German). 
4. ^ Paul Herzog ( Memento from February 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ Wuppertaler Rundschau: "Mr. Flea Market" dies: Adalbert Jasser's heart always beat for Vohwinkel. In: wuppertaler-rundschau.de. Wuppertaler Rundschau, accessed on April 1, 2019 . 
6. ↑ https://www.wuppertal.de/W_15_Presse_und_Werbung.pdf#page=158
7. ^ Wuppertaler Rundschau: Prof. Haberland died. In: wuppertaler-rundschau.de. Wuppertaler Rundschau, accessed on April 1, 2019 . 
8. ↑ http://www.farbenundlack.de/content/download/66173/803567/version/1/file/170705.pdf
9. ^ Westdeutsche Zeitung: Citizens Association celebrates its 50th birthday. In: wz.de. Westdeutsche Zeitung, accessed on March 31, 2019 . 
10. ^ Hans Knör: Obituary: Westdeutsche Zeitung. In: wz.de. trauer.wz.de, accessed on May 12, 2019 . 
11. ^ Heidter Bürgererverein e. V. In: hbv-wuppertal.de. www.hbv-wuppertal.de, accessed on April 8, 2019 . 
12. ↑ Wuppertaler Rundschau: Wolfgang Sauer is dead. In: wuppertaler-rundschau.de. Wuppertaler Rundschau, accessed on April 1, 2019 . 
13. ^ Wuppertaler Rundschau: Wuppertaler honored: Federal Cross of Merit for Harald Nowoczin. In: wuppertaler-rundschau.de. Wuppertaler Rundschau, accessed on June 12, 2019 . 
14. ↑ Lawyer Dr. jur. Max Bönner: Obituaries: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. In: faz.net. Lebenswege.faz.net, accessed on April 9, 2019 . 
15. ^ Wuppertaler Rundschau: Mourning for Alfred Howad. In: wuppertaler-rundschau.de. Wuppertaler Rundschau, accessed on April 1, 2019 . 
16. ^ Wuppertaler Rundschau: Farewell: Mucke condolences the death of Sanda Grätz. In: wuppertaler-rundschau.de. Wuppertaler Rundschau, accessed on April 1, 2019 . 
17. ^ Wuppertaler Rundschau: Siegfried Maser died. In: wuppertaler-rundschau.de. Wuppertaler Rundschau, accessed on April 1, 2019 . 
18. ^ Westdeutsche Zeitung: Ingeborg Alker receives the Cross of Merit. In: wz.de. Westdeutsche Zeitung, accessed on April 9, 2019 . 
19. ^ Wolfgang Hahn passed away - SPD council group Wuppertal. In: spdrat.de. Accessed June 16, 2019 (German). 
20. ↑ Congratulations! - Manfred Holz received the Federal Cross of Merit. In: newi-ev.de. Accessed March 31, 2019 . 
21. ↑ Wuppertaler Rundschau: Certain wink. In: wuppertaler-rundschau.de. Wuppertaler Rundschau, accessed on April 1, 2019 . 
22. ↑ Minister Groschek presents the medal to Hans-J. Camphausen. In: wuppertal.de. Wuppertal, accessed on March 31, 2019 . 
23. ^ Wuppertaler Rundschau: Award for "full-time volunteer". In: wuppertaler-rundschau.de. Wuppertaler Rundschau, accessed on April 1, 2019 . 
24. ^ Wuppertaler Rundschau: Federal Cross of Merit for Hans-Jürgen Krugmann: Honorary office honored. In: wuppertaler-rundschau.de. Wuppertaler Rundschau, accessed on April 1, 2019 . 
25. ^ Wuppertaler Rundschau: Order of Merit for Mayor Simon. In: wuppertaler-rundschau.de. Wuppertaler Rundschau, accessed on April 1, 2019 . 
26. ↑ Wuppertaler Rundschau: Second Cross of Merit for Dr. Eugene Trautwein. In: wuppertaler-rundschau.de. Wuppertaler Rundschau, accessed on April 1, 2019 . 
27. ↑ Wuppertaler Rundschau: Voluntary work: Federal Cross of Merit for Hannelore Geiss. In: wuppertaler-rundschau.de. Wuppertaler Rundschau, accessed on April 1, 2019 . 
28. ^ Wuppertaler Rundschau: Federal Cross of Merit: Award for Peter Engelmann. In: wuppertaler-rundschau.de. Wuppertaler Rundschau, accessed on April 1, 2019 . 
29. ↑ ^{a b} Stephan Korfe: Wuppertal: Order of merit for helpers of the blind. In: wz.de. Westdeutsche Zeitung, accessed on March 31, 2019 . 
30. ↑ Barbara Krott awarded the Federal Cross of Merit. In: wuppertal.de. Wuppertal, accessed on May 10, 2019 . 
31. ^ Wuppertaler Rundschau: Wuppertaler honored: Federal Cross of Merit for Harald Nowoczin. In: wuppertaler-rundschau.de. Wuppertaler Rundschau, accessed on June 12, 2019 . 
32. ^ Wuppertaler Rundschau: Federal Cross of Merit: Mucke congratulates Polish colleague. In: wuppertaler-rundschau.de. Wuppertaler Rundschau, accessed on November 3, 2019 . 
33. ^ Wuppertaler Rundschau: President Rekowski congratulates: Order of Merit for Leonid Goldberg. In: wuppertaler-rundschau.de. Wuppertaler Rundschau, accessed on November 4, 2019 . 
34. ^ Radio Wuppertal: Medal of Merit for Wuppertal SPD politicians. In: radiowuppertal.de. Radio Wuppertal, accessed on November 24, 2019 . 
35. ↑ Wuppertal Rundschau: Social Enge Abergement: Karl-Heinz Emde receives Federal Cross of Merit. In: wuppertaler-rundschau.de. Wuppertaler Rundschau, accessed on December 10, 2019 . 
36. ↑ Awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon. In: wuppertal.de. Wuppertal, accessed on January 29, 2020 . 
37. ↑ Awarded the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon. In: wuppertal.de. Wuppertal, accessed on February 7, 2020 . 
38. ^ Wuppertaler Rundschau: Voluntary commitment: Federal Cross of Merit for Borgi Winkler-Rohlfing. In: wuppertaler-rundschau.de. Wuppertaler Rundschau, accessed on February 14, 2020 . 
39. ^ Wuppertaler Rundschau: Society-oriented research: Minister presents Schneidewind Cross of Merit on ribbon. In: wuppertaler-rundschau.de. Wuppertaler Rundschau, accessed on August 30, 2020 . 
40. ^ Wuppertaler Rundschau: Local: Warnecke was awarded the Cross of Merit. In: wuppertaler-rundschau.de. Wuppertaler Rundschau, accessed on August 30, 2020 .