List of holders of the Order of Merit of the Free State of Thuringia

This list shows the holders of the Order of Merit of the Free State of Thuringia . The award was first presented on November 22, 2000.

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2000

Theresia Birkefeld (awarded on November 22, 2000)
Wolfgang Blankenhorn (awarded on November 22, 2000)
Berthold Dücker (awarded on November 22, 2000)
Georg Machnik (awarded on November 22, 2000)
Margareta Mock (awarded on November 22, 2000)
Gottfried Müller (awarded on November 22, 2000)
Stephan Schambach (awarded on November 22, 2000)
Helga-Maria Schöller (awarded on November 22, 2000)
Georg Weidinger (awarded on November 22, 2000)

Günter Klaus Baumgarten (awarded on January 24, 2003)
Hans-Peter Brodhun (awarded on January 24, 2003)
Rosemarie Fickel (awarded on January 24, 2003)
Dorothea Helene Emma Käthe Ilsetraut Glock (awarded on January 24, 2003)
Roland Hoffmann (awarded on January 24, 2003)
Ernst Richard Hünninger (awarded on January 24, 2003)
Luise Charlotte Kottler (awarded on January 24, 2003)
Ilse Maria Sigrid Lehmstedt (awarded on January 24, 2003)
Peter Lepper (awarded on January 24, 2003)
Hertha Machold (awarded on January 24, 2003)
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann (awarded on January 24, 2003)
Herbert Oelschläger (awarded on January 24, 2003)
Paul Raabe (awarded on January 24, 2003)
Günter Friedrich Weiler (awarded on January 24, 2003)

Horst Alfred Bechthum (awarded on March 24, 2003)
Klaus Günther Beyer (awarded on March 24, 2003)
Karl-Heinz Beyermann (awarded on March 24, 2003)
Werner Bornkessel (awarded on March 24, 2003)
Wolfgang Gens (awarded on March 24, 2003)
Oskar Hans Dietfried Heinrich Jorke (awarded on March 24, 2003)
Hanns Gotthard Lasch (awarded on March 24, 2003)
Gudrun Löffler (awarded on March 24, 2003)
Reinhard Nitzsche (awarded on March 24, 2003)
Heinz Schleef (awarded on March 24, 2003)
Lothar Späth (awarded on March 24, 2003)
Rudolf Weisheit (awarded on March 24, 2003)
Wolfgang Zierow (awarded on March 24, 2003)
Thomas Bauer (awarded on September 12, 2003)

Karl Heinrich Muhr (awarded on February 12, 2004)
Heino Falcke (awarded on May 15, 2004)
Helmut Fritsche (awarded on May 15, 2004 for his work in Weißensee, Thuringia )
Helge Greiner (awarded on May 15, 2004)
Victor Henle (awarded on May 15, 2004)
Siegfried Knüpfer (awarded on May 15, 2004)
Ehrhardt Herbert Köhler (awarded on May 15, 2004)
Gunda Lämmer (awarded on May 15, 2004)
Wolfgang Schaller (awarded on May 15, 2004)
Manfred Schröter (awarded on May 15, 2004)
Manfred Thomas (awarded on May 15, 2004)
Fritz Walter Wenig (awarded on May 15, 2004)
Franz-Josef Wokittel (awarded on May 15, 2004)
Jean-Claude Voisin (awarded on August 26, 2004)
Gerhard Sauerbrey (awarded on September 11, 2004)
Andreas Birkmann (awarded on September 17, 2004)

Werner Leich (awarded on March 2, 2005)
Monika Moritz (awarded on March 2, 2005)
Klaus Neumann (awarded on March 2, 2005)
Niels Lund Chriesteren (awarded on April 5, 2005)
Ingeborg Gruber (awarded on July 20, 2005)
Bernhard Vogel (awarded on October 3, 2005)
Josef Duchač (awarded on December 6, 2005)
Gerd Schuchardt (awarded on December 6, 2005)

Winfried Arenhövel (awarded on January 18, 2006)
Magdalene Behlert (awarded on January 18, 2006)
Karl-Heinz Walter (awarded on January 18, 2006)
Sarah Kirsch (awarded on March 28, 2006)
Hilmar Kopper (awarded on May 6, 2006)
Claude Martin (awarded on July 12, 2006)
Janusz Sepiol (awarded on September 14, 2006)
Ilse Franke (awarded on October 5, 2006)
Hans-Joachim Bauer (awarded on November 9, 2006)

Elvira Heide (awarded on March 18, 2008)
Peter Röhlinger (awarded on March 19, 2008)
Gerhard Max Matthias Werner (awarded on April 30, 2008)
Johannes Hoffmeister (awarded on June 30, 2008)
Wolfgang Ruske (awarded on August 25, 2008)
Wolfgang Bergsdorf (awarded on September 9, 2008)
Kurt Morneweg (awarded on September 9, 2008)
Reiner Kunze (awarded on September 25, 2008)

Robert J. Büchler (awarded on April 8, 2009 for outstanding commitment to memory and reconciliation)
Heinz Scharr (awarded on June 8, 2009)
Arnold Albrecht (awarded on June 9, 2009)
Tankred Dorst (awarded on August 10, 2009)
Werner Tussing (awarded on November 21, 2009)

Helga Steinert (awarded on January 7, 2010)
Franz Josef Klassen (awarded on January 13, 2010)
Christian Tschesch (awarded on January 13, 2010)
Hans-Georg Hunger (awarded on March 5, 2010)
Floréal Barrier (awarded April 10, 2010)
Bertrand Herz (awarded on April 10, 2010)
Reinhold Stanitzek (awarded on May 20, 2010)
Jürgen Friedrich (awarded on November 2, 2010)
Hans-Reinhard Koch (awarded on November 2, 2010)
Israel Schwierz (awarded on November 2, 2010)

Iris von Arnim (awarded on April 8, 2011)
Hans-Jürgen Giese (awarded on April 8, 2011)
Karl Moszner (awarded on May 11, 2011)
Andreas Tünnermann (awarded on May 12, 2011)
Wolfgang Nossen (awarded on November 26, 2011)
Wolfgang Müller (awarded on November 29, 2011)

Karl Zwermann (awarded on February 1, 2012)
Reiner Spanner (awarded on March 9, 2012)
Martin Kaspari (awarded on March 13, 2012)
Klaus Kliem (awarded on May 25, 2012)
Günter Müller (awarded on September 27, 2012)

Stéphane Hessel (awarded on February 20, 2013, given to his widow Christiane Hessel)
Clemens Klockner (awarded on July 4, 2013)
Nike Wagner (awarded on November 6, 2013)
Peter Brandt (awarded on December 6, 2013)
Josef Eib (awarded on December 6, 2013)
Werner Gernat (awarded on December 6, 2013)
Horst Höhne (awarded on December 6, 2013)
Peter Stephan (awarded on December 6, 2013)