List of bearers of the medal of honor of the state of Tyrol

This list includes holders of the Tyrolean badge of honor . The short note after the name should make the reason or the function of the person on or before the award date, February 20, clear.

The entries are sorted according to the year of award, alphabetically within the year. Only complete years will be included.

Table of contents:
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1958

Josef Ascher , Mayor, Brandenberg
Urban Draxl , Provikar and Prelate
Ludwig Ficker , professor
Josef Fink , National Councilor
Carmella Flöck , employee
Josef Gänsinger , member of the state parliament and AK president
Hans Gamper , Provincial Councilor
Franz Gschnitzer , State Secretary
Alois Heinz , Provincial Councilor
Rudolf Hermanny-Miksch , General
Franz Hüttenberger , Deputy Governor
Franz Kranebitter , National Councilor
Anton Mayr , Deputy Governor
Anton Mühlbacher , head of the Montanwerke Brixlegg
Josef Muigg , Member of the State Parliament and President of the State Chamber of Agriculture

Ernst Neuhauser , President of the Post and Telegraph Directorate

Vinzenz Oberhammer , curator

Adele Obermayr , Federal Councilor

Wilhelm Öhm , State Secretary i. R. of the ÖGB

Alois Pompanin , former Vicar General and Provost Bressanone

Stefan Sauerkrenn , senior miners' magnesite works in Tux

Heinrich Schaidreiter , former Federal Councilor

Angelus Scheiber , former federal chairman

Raimund Stoll , State Office Director a. D.

Karl Tinzl , member of the Roman Chamber

Oswald Trapp , state curator

2001

Lois Craffonara , Ladin researcher, Buneck

Peter Fritsch , Director of the University Clinic for Dermatology, Innsbruck

Josef Gelmi , full professor of church history, church historian, Brixen

Magdalena Hörmann , state expert for fine arts, Innsbruck

Hansjörg Jäger , President of the Tyrol Chamber of Commerce, Innsbruck

Bernhard Johannes , President of the South Tyrolean Federation of Industry, Merano

Alois Kothgasser , Bishop of Innsbruck

Monika Lami , gallery owner, Zams

Helmut Mayr , Executive Director a. D. the Tiwag

Jos Pirkner , sculptor, Tristach

Anton Pletzer , entrepreneur, Hopfgarten i. Br.

Helga Stabentheiner , director of the Notburgaheim Innsbruck

2002

Hermann Girstmair , local politician in Innsbruck
Ilse Abka-Prandstetter , artist

2004

Maria Luise Fischer , Merano

Gertrud Fussenegger , Leonding / Linz

Ludwig Hoffmann von Rumerstein , Grand Commander, Innsbruck

Bruno Hosp , Regional Councilor, Klobenstein am Ritten

Helmut Kopp , Mayor Telfs

Peter Pernthaler , Innsbruck

Josef Propst , Mils

Christoph von Sternbach , Gais

Rudolf Warzilek , retired member of the Tyrolean state parliament D., Natters

Ilsedore Wieser , Innsbruck

Anselm Zeller OSB, Fiecht

Franz Fischler , Absam

2005

Otto Dapunt

Gerhard Flora

Ander Amonn , President of the South Tyrolean Amonn Group

Walter Guggenberger , member of the National Council and Tyrolean state parliament a. D.

Wilfriede Hribar , retired member of the Tyrolean State Parliament. D.

Emil Juen , Chamber Office Director of the Medical Association for Tyrol i. R.

Andreas Khol , President of the National Council

Anna Maria Maurberger , Provincial Superior of the Sisters of Charity in Bolzano

Herbert Paulmichl , organist and cathedral music director in Bolzano for decades

Johannes Graf Trapp , founder of the internationally renowned Churburg Business Talks

2006

Ferdinand Eberle , Deputy Governor

Konrad Streiter , Regional Councilor

Christa Gangl , Social Councilor

Herbert Prock , Deputy Governor of Tyrol

Siegfried Dillersberger , 3rd President of the National Council

Helmut Pechlaner , director of the Schönbrunn Zoo

Johann Felder , Senior Director of Felder Maschinenbau in Hall

Hans Grunicke , founding rector of the medical university

Helmut Gschnell , Managing Director of Würth Italy

Maria Gerlinde Kätzler , Superior General of the Sisters of Mercy in Zams

Karl Oberhauser , South Tyrolean Provincial Council

Franz von Walther , coordinator of the RAI station in Bolzano

2007

Pia Regina Auer , General Superior of the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy for St. Vincent in Innsbruck
Fritz Dinkhauser , President of the Tyrol Chamber of Labor
German Erd , Abbot of the Cistercian Abbey of Stams
Esther Fritsch , President of the Israelite Community for Tyrol and Vorarlberg
Sebastian Mitterer , retired regional councilor D. for education and generations
Franz Pirchner , university professor for animal breeding in Vienna and Munich
Heinrich Psaier , chairman of the South Tyrolean children's village
Georg Josef Riedel , managing director of Riedel Tiroler Glashütte GesmbH
Manfred Scheuer , Diocesan Bishop of Innsbruck
Michael Seeber , President of the Board of Directors of Leitner and Seeste Bau
Helga von Aufschnaiter-Straudi , President of the South Tyrolean Artists Association

2008

Franz Alber , Meran, retired regional councilor D.
Leo Gomig , Lienz
Hartmann Hinterhuber , head of the Innsbruck University Clinic for Psychiatry, Bruneck
Ingeborg Hochmair-Desoyer , Axams
Heinrich Klier , CEO of Wintersport Tirol AG, Zirl
Pius Lässer , Innsbruck
Traudl Oberrauch , co-owner of the Oberrauch company, Bolzano
Werner Plunger , Director of the Tyrolean Chamber of Commerce, Innsbruck
Christian Poley , Kitzbühel
Erich Scheiber , Obergurgl
Hertha Tuba , Innsbruck
Hanspeter Zobl , Innsbruck

2009

Martha Ambach , former director of the Kaltern middle school

Günther Berghofer , senior boss of the Adler-Werk Lackfabrik

Werner Frick , retired regional councilor D. the South Tyrolean provincial government

Zeno Giacomuzzi , former President of the South Tyrolean Volksbank

Jutta Höpfel , President of the Friends of the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music

Hans Lindenberger , retired regional councilor D. the Tyrolean provincial government

Josef Matzneller , diocesan administrator of the Diocese of Bozen-Brixen

Oswald Mayr , managing partner of Montavit GmbH

Heinrich Scherfler , former CEO of Sandoz GmbH

Elisabeth Zanon , Deputy Governor a. D. the Tyrolean provincial government

2010

Karl Golser , bishop

Maria Niederstätter , CEO of the Niederstätter construction company

Adolf Auckenthaler , retired general director D. the South Tyrolean provincial administration

Karl Handl , managing director of Handl Tyrol GmbH

Helga Broschek , co-founder and partner of Gebro G. Broschek KG

Franz Caramelle , state curator of Tyrol, retired

Erwin Koler , regional councilor out of service

Helga Machne , retired National Councilor D.

Klaus Madritsch , former member of the state parliament D.

Inge Partl , chairwoman of the association "Save the Child"

Hubert Rauch , former community association president D.

Inge Welzig , manager of the Mentlberg animal shelter

2011

Albine Auer , Innsbruck
Marina Baldauf , Innsbruck
Günther Bonn , Zirl
Peter Habeler , Innsbruck
Klaus Leistner , Innsbruck
Brigitte Mazohl-Wallnig , Götzens
Peter Ortner , Bolzano
Hans Maximilian Reisch , Kufstein
Hans-Heinrich Srbik , Ehrwald
Georg Franz Untergaßmair , Neustift
Ferdinand Willeit , Sarnthein
Hans Winkler , pharmacologist, Innsbruck

2012

Andreas Braun , Managing Director of Swarovski Kristallwelten, former Director of Tirol Werbung and former ORF Board of Trustees

Karl Gabl , former head of the Innsbruck weather service

Norbert Hölzl , long-time editor at the ORF regional studio in Tyrol and author of numerous historical and folkloric publications

Tobias Moretti , actor

Josef Reinstadler , former ARBÖ president

Herbert Sausgruber , former Governor of Vorarlberg

Sonja Huber , entrepreneur

Maria Clarina Mätzler , long-time director of the Catholic high school in Innsbruck

Michl Ebner , President of the Chamber of Commerce

Inga Hosp , author

Gerhard Brandstätter , lawyer

Astrid Haas , journalist

2013

Rainer Blatt , Inzing
Lorenzo Dellai , Trento
Marianne Hengl , Axams
Julian Hadschieff , Vienna
Ulrich Ladurner (entrepreneur) , Merano
Elmar Peintner , Imst
Otto Sarnthein , Trins
Urban Stillhard , Bolzano
Gerda Werner , St. Anton am Arlberg
Ernst Wunderbaldinger , Innsbruck

2014

Hannes Gschwentner , Thaur, Deputy Governor a. D.
Josef Alois Haueis , Zams
Hansi Hinterseer , Kitzbühel
Sabina Kasslatter Mur , Barbian, retired regional councilor D.
Ivo Muser , Bolzano
Otmar Pachinger , Innsbruck
Karl Franz Pichler , Algund
Franz Senfter , Innichen
Midi Seyrling , Seefeld in Tirol
Anton Steixner , Mutters, Deputy Governor a. D.
George Tinzl , Falzes
Waltraud Wegscheider , Innsbruck

2015

Doris Daum-Hörtnagl , entrepreneur, Innsbruck, born in 1943
Gertrud Gänsbacher Calenzani , founder of the AEB association “Working Group Parents Disabled”, Birchabruck, born in 1940
Christoph Huber , researcher for tumor immunology and stem cell transplantation, Innsbruck, born in 1944
Eva Lichtenberger , Former Member of the European Parliament, retired National Councilor D., Provincial Councilor a. D., Hall in Tirol, born 1954
Christoph Pan , South Tyrolean Ethnic Group Institute , Klobenstein, born in 1938
Franz Posch , folk musician, Hall in Tirol, born 1953
Eugen Sprenger , Former Vice Mayor of the City of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, born in 1943
Ulrich von Toggenburg , President of the South Tyrolean Vincent Community, Bozen, born in 1948
Rudolf Wach , sculptor and draftsman, Thaur, born in 1934
Karl Winkler , founder of Lebenshilfe Tirol, Axams, born in 1939

2016

Rut Bernardi , linguist

Franz Lackner , Archbishop of Salzburg

Monika Lechleitner , medical director of the Hochzirl -Natters regional hospital
Eva Lind , opera singer
Klaus Lugger , Managing Director of Neue Heimat Tirol
Tilmann Märk , Rector of the University of Innsbruck
Reinhard Neumayr , President of the Tyrolean Regional Association of the Red Cross
Hildegunde Piza , former head of the University Clinic for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in Innsbruck
Paul Renner, professor of fundamental theology and religious studies
Luis Vonmetz , former chairman of the Alpine Club South Tyrol
Ida Wander , regional director of Wiener Städtische Versicherung AG in Tyrol
Josef Wolsegger , church rector of the hospital church in Innsbruck

2017

Michael Forcher , historian, Innsbruck, publicist and founder of Haymon Verlag, born in 1941
Ingeborg Freudenthaler , Hatting, managing director of Freudenthaler GmbH & Co. KG, born 1956
Margarethe Hochleitner , Schwaz, specialist in internal medicine at the State Hospital University Clinics Innsbruck, professor for gender medicine and director of the women's health office, born in 1950
Ernst Jäger , Götzens, former vicar general and diocesan administrator of the Diocese of Innsbruck, born in 1943
Josef Kreuzer , Bozen (* 1938, † January 15, 2017), judge, board member of the South Tyrolean Artists Association, the South Tyrolean Cultural Institute and the State Library Dr. Friedrich Teßmann
Elisabeth Pfattner , Meran, doctor of palliative medicine, member of the board of the “Light for Africa” association for the support of projects for the medical care and education of children and adolescents, born in 1948
Otto Plattner , Igls, hotelier, long-time owner of the Hotel Europa in Innsbruck, honorary president of the Original Tiroler Kaiserjägermusik and promoter of Tyrolean tradition, born in 1928
Georg Rammlmair , primary in the anesthesia department and intensive care medicine at the Brixen hospital and former president of the South Tyrolean White Cross
Christian Ruetz , Axams, managing director of the Ruetz bakery, founder and chairman of the non-profit social association “Die Brotbruderschaft”, born in 1954
Gabriele Schiessling , Innsbruck, politician, former SPÖ women's spokeswoman in the Tyrolean state parliament and vice-president of the state parliament, vice-president of the Austrian Cancer Aid in Tyrol, born in 1962
Reinhard Schretter , Vils, managing partner of Schretter & Cie. in Vils, former president of the Tyrolean Industry Association and sponsor of voluntary work in Tyrol, born in 1955
Franziska Weinberger , Innsbruck, art historian, internationally renowned curator and mentor of contemporary art in Tyrol, born in 1953
Eva Schlegel , Vienna, artist, commissioner of the austrian pavilion at the Venice Biennale, former professor of art and photography at the Academy of Fine Arts, born 1960

2018

Gregor Bloéb , actor
Jakob Bürgler , Episcopal Vicar of the Diocese of Innsbruck
Margit Fliri-Sabbatini , President of the Bozen Youth Court a. D.
Günther Gastl , Director of Internal Medicine Innsbruck
Elisabeth Grassmayr , Senior Director of the Grassmayr bell foundry
Hermann Hotter , Honorary President of the Tyrolean Comradeship Association
Aldo Mazza , founder and head of the Edizioni alphabeta publishing house
Herlinde Menardi , director of the Tyrolean Folk Art Museum a. D.
Georg Rammlmair , former President of the White Cross
Johanna Schwab , mother house of the Sisters of Mercy
Marianne Stöger , leprosy nurse in South Korea
Josef Stricker , clergyman assistant of the Catholic Association of Working People in South Tyrol

2019

Herbert Bauer , military commander of Tyrol a. D.
Jürgen Bodenseer , President of the Tyrol Chamber of Commerce a. D.
Karl Gruber , curator and restorer of sacred buildings
Monika Hauser , sponsor of numerous social projects, managing director of "medica mondiale"
Katharina Horngacher , country farmer, former member of the state parliament and national councilor
Helmut Krieghofer , regional director of the ORF regional studio Tyrol a. D.
Josef Liener , State Office Director in the Office of the Tyrolean State Government a. D.

Carina Schiestl-Swarovski , entrepreneur and promoter of the Tyrolean economy; "Family-friendly workplace design"

Luis Stefan Stecher , poet, painter and maintainer of South Tyrolean linguistics

Emmerich Steinwender , former state commander of the Federation of Tyrolean Rifle Companies

Pauline Thorer , Superior General of the Sisters of Mercy of St. Vincent de Paul

Barbara Zitterbart , managing director of Daka GmbH; Supporter of social projects

2020

Helmut Bodner , building contractor from Kufstein

Gerhard Friedle

Elisabeth Gasser-Oberkofler , chairwoman of the parish council of Bolzano Cathedral

Evelyn Haim-Swarovski , grande dame of dressage riding from Schindlhof in Fritzens

Barbara Juen , co-founder of the Tyrolean crisis intervention team and head of the psychosocial services of the Austrian Red Cross

Arnaldo Loner , lawyer from Bolzano

Wilfried Stauder , Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Hypo Tirol Bank

Irene Vieider , former regional music school director

Leopold Wedl

Hildegard Wittlinger , pioneer of manual lymph drainage from the Walchsee Therapy Center

Footnotes

↑ Decoration of Honor of the State of Tyrol 2016 . Article dated February 20, 2016, accessed March 9, 2020.
↑ Decoration of honor for twelve Tyrolean personalities , tirol.orf.at of February 20, 2018
↑ ^a ^{b Decoration of} honor of the State of Tyrol awarded to DJ Ötzi. In: Tyrolean daily newspaper . February 20, 2020, accessed February 25, 2020 .

Web links

Website of the state of Tyrol with the 2014 award winners

[1] Decoration of Honor of the State of Tyrol 2016 . Article dated February 20, 2016, accessed March 9, 2020.

[2] Decoration of honor for twelve Tyrolean personalities , tirol.orf.at of February 20, 2018

[tt30718560-3] {b Decoration of} honor of the State of Tyrol awarded to DJ Ötzi. In: Tyrolean daily newspaper . February 20, 2020, accessed February 25, 2020 .