List of holders of the Order of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg
This list includes the holders of the Medal of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg and - since their renaming on June 26, 2009 - the holders of the Order of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg . The number of living bearers of the order is limited to 1000 people. So far, the medal has been awarded a total of 1941 times (as of 2017).
1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
1975
The awards took place on April 26th and November 22nd, 1975 in the New Palace in Stuttgart .
- Karl Ackermann , Schriesheim
- Lore Arnold , Reutlingen
- Karl-Heinrich Bauer , Heidelberg
- Richard Bauer , Calw
- Max Baun , Stuttgart
- Friedrich Baur , retired mayor D. Salem
- Rita Becker , Waldbronn
- Margarete Behm , Kressbronn
- Walter Böcherer , Freiburg
- Kurt Breitling , Reutlingen
- Gertrud Burgert , Münstertal
- Hertha Cubasch , Stuttgart
- Friedrich Degeler , Heidenheim
- Bernhard Degenhard , Kirchentellinsfurt
- Robert Denk , Wehr
- Anton Dichtel , former State Councilor D., Freiburg
- Theopont Diez , Singen (Hohentwiel)
- Herbert Dörr , Stuttgart
- Friedrich Durst , Waldshut-Tiengen
- Helmut Wolfgang Dyllick-Brenziger , Merzhausen
- Josef Eberle , publisher of the Stuttgarter Zeitung , Stuttgart
- Elsa Eisele , Birkenfeld
- Gustav Eppler , Bietigheim-Bissingen
- Theodor Eschenburg , Tübingen
- Karl Färber , Freiburg
- Oskar Farny , Kisslegg
- Theresia Fischer , Bisingen
- Marcel Frank , Ettlingen
- Richard Freudenberg , Weinheim
- Rudolf Georgii , Isny
- Gisela Gmelin , Tübingen
- Karl Gnädinger , Auxiliary Bishop a. D., Freiburg
- Helmut Andreas Paul Grieshaber , Reutlingen
- Walter Grosch , retired mayor D., Tauberbischofsheim
- Otto Großmann , Efringen-Kirchen
- Franz Gurk , Karlsruhe
- Anna Haag , Stuttgart
- Margarethe Habermann , Ammerbuch
- Josef Halm , Albstadt
- Erwin Häussler , Stuttgart
- Hans Haussmann , Ulm
- Wolfgang Haußmann , former Minister of Justice D. Stuttgart
- Marcia Haydée-Schöberl , Römerstein
- Edith Heerdegen-Böhm , Stuttgart
- Wilhelm Heermann , Stuttgart
- Sister Benedikta, b. Auguste Heizler , Mannheim
- Manfred Henninger , Stuttgart
- Franz Hermann , prelate, Herdwangen-Schönach
- Karl Herth , Heidelberg
- Ludwig Hönle , Tübingen
- Paul Hofstetter , Stuttgart
- Otto PW Hüni , Friedrichshafen
- Karl Kaspari , Geislingen
- Otto Wissensner , Oberndorf
- Kurt Georg Kiesinger , former Federal Chancellor D., Tübingen
- Franz Köbele , Weil am Rhein
- Berta Köhler , Wertheim
- Franz Kremp , Bretten
- Ottilie Läufer , Freiburg
- Eugen Leibfried , Mosbach
- Marie Luise Countess Leutrum von Ertingen , Schwieberdingen
- Josef Lips , Freiburg
- Karl List , Lahr
- Anton Lösch , Schliengen
- Robert Maresch , Boeblingen
- Leonia, b. Theresia Matt , Sinzheim
- Alex Möller , Karlsruhe
- Alfred Moser , Villingen-Schwenningen
- Eberhard Müller , Bad Boll
- Gebhard Müller , Stuttgart
- Max-Carl Müller , Staufen im Breisgau
- Maria Müller-Gögler , Weingarten
- Karl Münchinger , Stuttgart
- Sister Kallista, b. Zita Nägele , Bad Waldsee
- Wilhelm Nuding , Ulm
- Albert Pfitzer , Bonn
- Baron Gerhard von Preuschen , Comano near Lugano
- Hans Rahn , Stuttgart
- Ludwig Raiser , Tübingen
- Eugen Reinhard , basket
- Hans Reschke , Mannheim
- Otto Rombach , Bietigheim-Bissingen
- Richard Scheyhing , Stuttgart
- Johanna Schiefer , Lauffen am Neckar
- Ernst Schlösser , Chief Police Commissioner, Weinheim
- Margarete Schneider , Obrigheim
- Erwin Schoettle , Stuttgart
- Karl Schramm , Bad Friedrichshall
- Josef Schwarz , Stuttgart
- Ludwig Seiterich , Freiburg
- Eleonora Senn , Ravensburg
- Kurt Sickinger , Karlsruhe
- Walter Staiger , Karlsruhe
- Werner Steinberg , Jestetten
- Günther Steuer , Esslingen
- Friedrich Stock , Freudenstadt
- Franz Stöhr , Mössingen
- Gerhard Storz , Leonberg
- Konrad Theis , Aalen
- Paul Tremmel , Quantities
- Bernhard Villinger , Schorndorf
- Georg August Walker , Heidenheim
- Rudolf Fritz Weiss , Aitrach
- Adolf Wingler , Heilbronn
- Sibylle Wisskirchen , Ramersbach-Ahrweiler
- Raimund Wolf , Weil der Stadt
- Walter Wolf , Ostfildern
- Hertha Zaubzer , Bad Wurzach
- Renate Zilker , Schlier
- Otto Zimmermann , Stuttgart
- Willi Zipf , Karlsruhe
- Amalie Zipfel , Schluchsee
- Waltraut Zips , Ludwigsburg
1976
The ceremony took place on May 8, 1976 Castle in Ludwigsburg instead.
- Ludwig Allmendinger , Koengen
- Karl Asal , Freiburg
- Bernhard Bauknecht , Ravensburg
- Paul Bausch , Korntal-Münchingen
- Bruno Berger , Stuttgart
- Ruth Betz , Walddorfhäslach
- Hildegard Bleyler , Freiburg
- Gunter Böhmer , Stuttgart
- Berta Bösinger , Ludwigsburg
- Henrik Bonde-Henriksen , Sankt Augustin
- Johann Peter Brandenburg , Pforzheim
- Thekla Braunbeck , Ludwigsburg
- Otto Chrestin , Tauberbischofsheim
- Annemarie Clauss , Schwäbisch Hall
- Theodor Egel , Muellheim
- Sister Johannicia, b. Alma Frank , Bad Waldsee
- Hans-Georg Gadamer , Heidelberg
- Gerd Gaiser , Reutlingen
- Sister Irmgardis, b. Mathilde Glöggler , Schramberg
- Cäcilie Grafe-Oesterreich , Tübingen
- Walter Gruber , Stuttgart
- Hermann Hagenmeyer , Ludwigsburg
- Erich Hans , Freyung
- Oscar Heiler , Stuttgart
- Karl Heitz , Offenburg
- Ernst Hofmeister , Stuttgart
- Georg Huber , Bad Duerrheim
- Oskar Kalbfell , Reutlingen
- Friedrich Kappler , Bad Waldsee
- Hans Kauderer , Stuttgart
- Elisabeth Kirsch , Meckesheim
- Walter Krause , Mannheim
- Fritz Leonhardt , Stuttgart
- Theodor Lorch , Ludwigsburg
- Kurt Lotz , Hanover
- Ernst Mahle , Minusio / Switzerland
- Hans Mahnke , Stuttgart
- Hedwig Moosmayer , Burgrieden
- Wolfgang Müller , Freiburg
- Hubert Dutch , Heidelberg
- Richard Rau , Stuttgart
- Ulrich Rheinwald , Calw
- Max Rieple , Donaueschingen
- Hans Rothfels , Tübingen
- Walter Erich Schäfer , Stuttgart
- Friedrich Wilhelm Schallwig , Schramberg
- Richard Schauffele , Stuttgart
- Lambert Schill , Merzhausen
- Carlo Schmid , Bad Honnef
- Albert Scholl , Graben-Neudorf
- Ernst Schröder , Weinheim
- Theresia Schübler , Stuttgart
- Richard Schwämmle , Albstadt
- Ursula Seez , Stuttgart
- Adalbert Seifriz , Stuttgart
- Josef Player , Karlsruhe
- Alois stepfather , Freiburg
- Alfred Stober , Freiburg
- Georg Thoma , Hinterzarten
- Emil Tonutti , Dießen
- Manfred J. Ulmer , Spaichingen
- Paul Wanner , Stuttgart
- Walter Weiss , Offenburg
- Otto Weissenberger , Bad Dürrheim
- Heinrich Wiederkehr , Kehl
- Herbert Winter , Winnenden
- Hans Wittermann , Stuttgart
- Camill Wurz , Baden-Baden
- Luise Zodel , Kisslegg
1977
The award ceremony took place on May 7, 1977 in the castle in Ludwigsburg .
- Walter Ableiter , Bad Wildbad
- Sister Superior Adriana, b. Josefine Neher , Untermarchtal
- Wolfgang Bechtold , Loerrach
- August Berberich , Walldürn
- Werner Bertheau , basket
- Erich Betz , Stuttgart
- Franz Büchner , Freiburg
- Max Burghart , Vogtsburg
- Karl Otto Burtsche , Ihringen
- Kurt A. Dambach , Gaggenau
- Hansmartin Decker-Hauff , Stuttgart
- Erich Deuschle , Esslingen
- Theodor Dierlamm , Kernen
- Wilhelm Dürr , Schwäbisch Hall
- Josef Eberhart , Hechingen
- Henry Ehrenberg , Knittlingen
- Peter Frerichs , Sindelfingen
- Eugen Frueth , Oberndorf
- Hans Gabler , Ostfildern
- Heinrich Gabler , Stuttgart
- Rudolf Gehring , Stuttgart
- Albrecht Goes , Stuttgart
- Bruno Götz , Staufen
- Alfons Goppel , Munich
- Siegfried Häussler , Altbach
- Paul Herrmann , Heidelberg
- Otto Heuschele , Waiblingen
- Fritz Hockenjos , St. Märgen
- Rudolf Hoflehner , Stuttgart
- Hermann Huber , Waldkirch
- Werner Illing , Esslingen
- Willy Jäger , Freiburg
- Father Josef Jaksch , Unterhaching
- Erwin Kern , Heidelberg
- Karl Kollnig , Heidelberg
- Siegfried Krezdorn , Bad Schussenried
- Hildegard Landgrebe , Trossingen
- Hildegard Leuze , Ludwigsburg
- Friedrich Liebig , Mosbach
- Max Lohß , Schorndorf
- Helene Lutz , Sindelfingen
- Erika Maier , Ehningen
- Alfred Mallebrein , Hinterzarten
- Helga Millauer , Sexau
- Karl Mocker , Schwäbisch Gmünd
- Berta Mohl , Schopfheim
- Karl Leo Nägele , Constance
- Beate Nestle , Stuttgart
- Gotthilf Oesterle , Waiblingen
- Maria Osswald , Stuttgart
- Hermann Peter , Rastatt
- Paul Pfaff , Stuttgart
- Pierre Pflimlin , Strasbourg
- Arthur Raither , Salem
- Max Rehm , Nürtingen
- Erich Reisch , Freiburg
- Joseph Rey , Colmar
- Luise Riegger , Karlsruhe
- Rudolf Riester , Freiburg
- Anneliese Rothenberger , Salenstein
- Maria von Rudloff , Freiburg
- Sister Wilhelmine Rudolf , Stuttgart
- Hans-Georg Rudolph , Aumühle
- Erwin Russ , Stuttgart
- Marta Schanzenbach , Gengenbach
- Robert Scherer , Freiburg
- Hermann Schilli , Freiburg
- Robert Schlund , Freiburg
- Karl-Alexander Schwer , Freiburg
- Hubert Seemann , Freiburg
- Ernst Sieglin , Stuttgart
- Pastor Josef Steinhübl , Stuttgart
- Eugen Steppacher , Friedrichshafen
- Joseph Vogt , Tübingen
- Magda Wagner , Leutkirch
- Theodor Walterscheid , Leutkirch
- Oskar Weick , Karlsruhe
- Paul Wilhelm Wenger , Bonn
- Friedrich Wieland , Singen (Hohentwiel)
- Anton Zirn , Giengen an der Brenz
1978
The main award ceremony took place on April 29, 1978 in the castle in Ludwigsburg . In addition, there was another award on September 15, 1978 in the New Palace in Stuttgart to the resigned Prime Minister Hans Filbinger .
- Hans Albrecht , Wiernsheim
- Herbert Albrecht , Rheinfelden / Switzerland
- Reiner Baitsch , Rickenbach
- Emil Beck , Tauberbischofsheim
- Karl Benz , Freiburg
- Hans Erhard Bock , Tübingen
- Martha Bohnenberger , Pforzheim
- Gisela Bonn- Wirsing, Stuttgart
- Baroness Helene von Bothmer , Meersburg
- Friedrich Brünner , Aulendorf
- Georg Brustgi , Eningen under Achalm
- Heinz Bühringer , Waiblingen
- Günter Dürig , Tübingen
- August Ehrlacher , Breisach
- Willy Eiselen , Ulm
- Hans Filbinger , former Prime Minister D., Freiburg
- Helmuth Flammer , Heilbronn
- Hans Frank , Furtwangen in the Black Forest
- Margarete Frantz-Busch , Aalen
- Eugen Frick , Esslingen am Neckar
- Karl Otto Fritze , Nuremberg
- Joachim Egon Prince of Fürstenberg , Donaueschingen
- Valentin Gaa , Schwetzingen
- Erich Ganzenmüller , Schwäbisch Gmünd
- Kurt Geiger , Leinfelden-Echterdingen
- Erwin Geist , Tübingen
- Eugen Gerstenmaier , former President of the Bundestag D., Remagen
- Hermann Girr , Ludwigsburg
- Alfred Göser , Mosbach
- Karl Götz , Stuttgart
- Walter Grube , Stuttgart
- Max Grünbeck , Friedrichshafen
- Hermann Hagen , Heidelberg
- Josef Heck , Walldürn
- Otto von Heider , Sindelfingen
- Paul Gottlob Hekeler , Weinstadt
- Walter Hirrlinger , Esslingen am Neckar
- Herbert Hochstetter , Stuttgart
- Grace Hoffman , Neckartailfingen
- Wilhelm Hoffmann , Stuttgart
- Richard Hohly , Bietigheim-Bissingen
- George Iberle , Chicago / USA
- Elisabeth Ignatius , Backnang
- Artur Jahn , Stuttgart
- Franz Kirchheimer , Freiburg
- Emil Klaus , Vogtsburg
- Gottlob Klepser , Bad Liebenzell
- Karl Knaupp , Spaichingen
- Theresia Krause , Bad Säckingen
- Karl Kühnle , Herrenberg
- Gerhard Lehmann , Karlsruhe
- Emil Limbeck , Ketch
- Willy Löhr , Freiburg
- Maria Loofs , Freiburg
- Max Lutz , Donzdorf
- Viktoria Matros , Oberriexingen
- Heinrich Melcher , Heidelberg
- Toni Menzinger MdL, Karlsruhe
- Willi Moll , Mayor, Gammelshausen
- Hermann Müller , Minister of Finance, Schwäbisch Hall
- Kurt Müller-Graf , Rheinstetten
- Werner Nachmann , Karlsruhe
- Erwin Neter , Buffalo, New York / USA
- August Neuburger , Heidelberg
- Erich Oberdorfer , Freiburg
- Wolfgang Palm , Mosbach
- Edmund Pradella , Marbach
- Else Rank , Ludwigsburg
- Hans Joachim Reuther , Mannheim
- Alfred Riemensperger , Freiburg
- Egbert Riesterer , Marxzell
- Stefanie Roeger , Stuttgart
- Gerhard Rösch , Tübingen
- Julie Rösch , Stuttgart
- Hugo Rupf , Heidenheim
- Heinrich Scheel , Lonsee
- Josef Schneider , Freiburg
- Albrecht Schoenhals , Baden-Baden
- Louis Schuler-Voith , Goeppingen
- August Sieburg , Stuttgart
- Erwin A. Single , Whiting, New Jersey / USA
- Wilhelm Sommer , Bietigheim-Bissingen
- Willy Stahl , retired mayor D., Titisee-Neustadt
- Siegfried Steiger , Winnenden
- Viktor Störk , Gottmadingen
- Hermann Trefz , Backnang
- Walter Tripps , Stuttgart
- Gertraut Uhrig , Stuttgart
- Hans Unterseh , Loerrach
- Frieda Vögele , Schorndorf
- Emil Wachter , visual artist, Karlsruhe
- Helmut Walter, Stuttgart
- Anton Weisenhorn , Vogtsburg
- Johannes Weyl , Constance
- Kurt Windmüller , Heidenheim
- Eugen Wirsching , Reutlingen
- Herta-Maria Witzemann , Stuttgart
- Adolf Zick , Leonberg
- Friedrich Ziegler , Stuttgart
- Walter Zimmermann , Tübingen
- Erwin Zumkeller , Loerrach
1979
The award ceremony took place on April 21, 1979 in the castle in Ludwigsburg .
- Kurt Bachteler , Sachsenheim
- Valentin Beck , Mosbach
- Wilhelm Beier , Tübingen
- Lennart Count Bernadotte af Wisborg , Constance
- Hans Bernhard , Meckesheim
- Johann Besch , Reutlingen
- George S. Blanchard , Heidelberg
- Arnold Dannenmann , Göppingen
- Sister Dominica OSB, b. Helene Deißler , Tauberbischofsheim
- Ottomar Domnick , Nürtingen
- Claudius Dornier , Friedrichshafen
- Helmut Eberspächer , Esslingen
- Robert Edler , composer, Heilbronn
- Ernst Eggler , Karlsruhe
- Curt G. Engelhorn , Gstaad
- André Ficus , Friedrichshafen
- Klare Finkbeiner , Stuttgart
- Martha Frommer , Villingen-Schwenningen
- Tiberius Fundel , Hayingen
- Eberhard Gienger , Tübingen
- Hans K. Goehringer , Mannheim
- Adolf Greinert , Vaihingen an der Enz
- Anton Grossmann , prelate, Heilbronn
- Marianne Günther , Lorch
- Friedrich Haag (Dr. med.), Meckesheim
- Wilhelm Hahn , Heidelberg
- Bernhard Hauff , Goeppingen
- Sophie Heitlinger , Eppingen
- Eduard Hermle , Neuhausen
- Herbert Hirche , Heidelberg
- Hedwig Jochmus , Heidelberg
- Erhard Junghans , Külsheim
- Elisabeth Kallenberg , Ludwigsburg
- Dieter Kaltenbach , Loerrach
- Birgit Keil , Stuttgart
- Hermann Kimling , Östringen
- Richard Kiwit , Kornwestheim
- Karl Knödler , Reutlingen
- Ruth Kölle , Weinsberg
- Rolf Kreeb , Ravensburg
- Walther Lambert , Stuttgart
- Ekkehard Liehl , Hinterzarten
- Horst Linde , Freiburg
- Lina Link , Herrenberg
- Father Felix zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg SJ, Munich
- Karl Mai , Bietigheim-Bissingen
- Lena Maurer , Mannheim
- Elisabeth Messer , Kehl
- Günter Mielau , Ostfildern
- Horst Moeferdt , Dischingen
- August Neff , Biberach
- Friedrich Nuss , Weinstadt
- Michael Obrecht , Freiburg
- Carl Anton Reichling , Ludwigshafen
- Kurt Rother , Baden-Baden
- Günter Rühl , Karlsruhe
- Rudolf Ruf , Karlsruhe
- Maria-Anne Saupp , Stuttgart
- Hannes Sauter-Servaes , Singen (Hohentwiel)
- Friedrich Schäfer , Karlsruhe
- Helene Schäffauer , Müllheim
- Hans Schneider , Heidelberg
- Hermann Schneider , Boeblingen
- Karl Schreck , Lauda-Koenigshofen
- Alfred Schropp , Neckarsulm
- Kurt Schucker , Karlsruhe
- Franz Schunbach , Wörgl, Tyrol / Austria
- Paul Louis Sonnendrücker , Hoenheim-Bischheim / France
- Franz Sunday , Stuttgart
- Sister Superior Sophia OSB, b. Natalie Princess of Kotschoubey , forest
- Father Gebhard Spahr OSB, Weingarten
- Walter Supper , Esslingen
- Silvio Varviso , Basel / Switzerland
- Sister Superior Vera, b. Kreszentia Nied , Heppenheim
- Josef Wagner , Friedrichshafen
- Otto Weinstein , Altensteig
- Elisabeth Weiß-Weingart , Salem
- Rudolf Weit , Steinheim
- Hans Wolfgang Werner , Freiburg
- Hubertus Werner , Mannheim
- Raymond Wolansky , Leonberg
- Joachim Zahn , Munich
- Bernhard Zeller , Marbach
1980
The ceremony took place on 10 May 1980 at the castle in Ludwigsburg instead.
- Wilhelm Angelberger , Mannheim
- John H. Argyris , Gerlingen
- Gottlob Auwärter , Stuttgart
- Walter Bargatzky , Bonn
- Erich Barthold , Reutlingen
- Willi Beck , Bad Wildbad
- Josef Alois Benz , Friedrichshafen
- Karl Christian Birkel , Weinstadt
- Willi Birn , Tübingen
- Helga Brummer , Constance
- Alfons Burger , Stuttgart
- Alois Burger , Boxberg
- Richard Cragun , Berlin
- Karl Friedrich Debold , Freiburg
- Alois Derow , Bad Sackingen
- Kilian Dressler , Ravensburg
- Hans-Friedrich Eisele , Offenburg
- Artur Fischer , Waldachtal
- Tell Geck , Stuttgart
- Alfred Geisel , Reutlingen
- Ernst Geprägs , Hohenstein
- Franz Gilli , Donaueschingen
- Robert Gleichauf , Oberndorf
- Erwin Greiner , Ludwigsburg
- Josef Guba , Schwäbisch Gmünd
- Emil Haug , Boeblingen
- Josef Herbstritt , Glottertal
- Günter Heym , Heidelberg
- Anton Hilbert , Eggingen
- Wilhelm Hoch , Boeblingen
- Walter Holzinger , Herrenberg
- Robert M. Honold , Karlsruhe
- Kurt Honolka , Stuttgart
- Franz Huber , Rheinfelden
- Ernst Jünger , Langenenslingen
- Eugen Keidel , Freiburg
- Bernhard Kempa , Boll
- Wilhelm Kläger , Hemmingen
- Gertrud Klaiber , Bretten
- Roland Klett , Stuttgart
- Dora Krauss , Tuebingen
- Rudolf Kuhn, Überlingen
- Rose Kuhn-Erlacher , Heidenheim
- Peter Kustermann , Gerlingen
- Werner Landerer , Göppingen
- Hanne Landgraf , Karlsruhe
- Heinrich Lücker , Gernsbach
- Egon Madsen , Leipzig
- Hermann Maier , Stuttgart
- Abbot Vitalis Maier OSB, Ottobeuren
- Dietrich Maiwald , Edingen-Neckarhausen
- Fritz Melis , Bietigheim-Bissingen
- Anna Moosmann , Sinzheim
- Manfred Müller , Stuttgart
- Franz Josef Nadler , Freiburg
- Wilhelm Obermeier , Freudenstadt
- Christian Oehler , Stuttgart
- Willy Paulus , Tübingen
- Jean Raebel , Friedrichshafen
- Alfred Rieger , Nürtingen
- Peter Rössler , Kirchheim
- Gerhart Rooschüz , Ludwigsburg
- Friedrich Schäfer , Tübingen
- Rudolf Schieler MEP, Freiburg
- Karl Schiess , Überlingen
- Albert Schöchle , Buchenberg
- Gustav Schopf , Stuttgart
- Ilse Schulz , Neu-Ulm
- Anton Seemann , Stuttgart
- Jan-Dietrich Siemann , Stockach
- Wendelin Spieß , Friedrichshafen
- Dieter Spieth , Maulbronn
- Franz Steiner , Rottweil
- Friedrich Konrad Stork , Schallstadt
- Elisabeth Tichy-Keppeler , Rottweil
- Hans Vontobel , Zurich / Switzerland
- Anneliese Wagner , Ulm
- Martin Walser , Überlingen
- Max Weishaupt , Schwendi
- Thomas Wiedmaier , Rottenburg
- Adolf Würthwein , Heidelberg
- Rudolf Yelin , Stuttgart
1981
The award ceremony took place on May 2, 1981 in the castle in Ludwigsburg .
- Franz Adis , Baiersbronn
- Eberhard Bauer , Esslingen
- August Birkenmeier , Merzhausen
- Elfriede Clement-Baier , Heidenheim
- Gottlob Dachtler , Stuttgart
- Günter Damm , Goeppingen
- Ernst Eberhard , Stuttgart
- Walther Engel , Karlsruhe
- Gerhard Ewald , Karlsruhe
- Engelbert Frey , Ulm
- Gottlob Frick , Ölbronn-Dürrn
- Benedigt von Fürstenberg , Salzburg / Austria
- Arthur Gruber , Sindelfingen
- Bernhard Häring , Rome / Italy
- Friedrich August von Hayek , Freiburg
- Ursula Hegelmaier , Backnang
- Wilhelm Held , Sindelfingen
- Erwin Henning , Leutkirch
- Gertrud Kleber , Stuttgart
- Werner F. Klingele , Stuttgart
- Josef Kohler , Gerlingen
- Paul Adolf Kohler , Schorndorf
- Wilhelm Kraut , Balingen
- Otto Meister , Öhringen
- Abbot Josef Metzinger OSB, Weingarten
- Gerhard Müller , Edingen-Neckarhausen
- Heinrich Neudeck , Heidelberg
- Willy Niethammer , Oberndorf am Neckar
- Manfred Pahl , Stuttgart
- Emma Popp , Bad Säckingen
- Ludwig Ratzel , Mannheim
- Walter Renz , Stuttgart
- Otto Rombach , Bietigheim-Bissingen
- Rolf Sannwald , Calw
- Friedrich Sauter , Aalen
- Karl-Wilhelm Schäfer , Remchingen
- Toni Schneider-Manzell , Salzburg / Austria
- Friedrich Seethaler , Tübingen
- Frida Seitz , Kornwestheim
- Ulrich Stechele , Heilbronn
- Karl Steinbuch , Karlsruhe
- Helmut Steinmann , Stuttgart
- Hilde Sturm , Constance
- Benno Unterricker , Riedlingen
- Helmut Waßmer , Rheinfelden
- Werner Wedekind , Karlsruhe
- Helmut Winkler , Waldshut-Tiengen
- Jakob Zaglauer , Karlsruhe
- Josef Ziegler, Rottweil
1982
The award ceremony took place on May 8, 1982 in the castle in Ludwigsburg .
- Otto Althauser , Friesenheim
- Karl Bartunek , Karlsruhe
- Rudolf Binder , Herrenberg
- Konrad Binkert , Stuttgart († September 28, 2013)
- Kurt Bittel , Heidenheim
- Eberhard Bopp , Stuttgart
- Erich Bornhauser , Waldshut-Tiengen
- Jakob Bräckle , painter, Biberach
- Erich Bucher , Mudau
- Emmy Diemer-Nicolaus , Stuttgart
- Ferdinand Elsener , Rapperswil / Switzerland
- Sister Superior Elvana-Maria, b. Maria Bucher , Bad Waldsee
- Philipp Ernst , Freiburg
- Heinz Everaers , Nagold
- Heinrich Fries , Munich
- Hugo Geisert , Buchen
- Helmut Geißler , Esslingen
- Woldemar Gerschler , Freiburg
- Hildegard Geßner , Stuttgart
- Werner Goldschmidt , Karlsruhe
- Hugo Habisreutinger , Weingarten
- Karl Hauff , Stuttgart
- Johann Hay , Stuttgart
- Wilhelm Held , Ebersbach-Musbach
- Herbert Holtzhauer , Villingen-Schwenningen
- Wolfgang Kaiser , Stuttgart
- Wolfgang Klett , Leinfelden-Echterdingen
- Herbert König , Göppingen
- Wilhelm Kohlhaas , Stuttgart
- Adam Krämer , Gerlingen
- Karl Kraft , Stuttgart
- Lothar Kübel , Karlsruhe
- Sister Superior Luitgardis, b. Selma Maria Auer , Goeppingen
- Rudolf Martin , Karlsruhe
- Gebhard Mayer , Isny
- Heinz Meier , Schliengen
- Hermann Raible , Waldachtal
- Erwin Rebel , Korntal-Münchingen
- Fritz Reichle , Radolfzell on Lake Constance
- Fritz Rüffer , Bietigheim-Bissingen
- Fritz Ruoff , Nürtingen
- Friedrich Ruth , Bonn
- Heinrich Schmahl , Neresheim
- Walther Schneider , Stuttgart
- Hans Schumann , Stuttgart
- Elisabeth Schwander , Bad Krozingen
- Peter Seeger , Berlin
- Sister Superior Severa, b. Philomena Frank , Bad Saulgau
- Ingeborg Steiert , Freiburg
- Ute Steiger , Winnenden
- Erich Stirner , Herrenberg
- Walter Strauss , New York / USA
- Willi Studer , Regensdorf / Switzerland
- Emil Tritschler , Tübingen
- Lilly Veit , Bad Saeckingen
- Hermann Viellieber , Constance
- Hermann Vietzen , Stuttgart
- Walther Wäldele , Karlsruhe
- Guido Waldmann , Trossingen
- Karl Weber , Öhringen
- Wolfgang von Websky , Wangen
- Friedrich Wernz , Heidelberg
- Benno von Wiese and Kaiserswaldau , Bonn
1983
The main award ceremony took place on April 30, 1983 in the castle in Ludwigsburg . In addition, on December 28, 1983 in Villa Reitzenstein in Stuttgart there was another award to the spaceman Ulf Merbold .
- Alfons Auer , Tübingen
- Karl Siegfried Bader , Zurich / Switzerland
- Willy Baur , Hechingen
- Friedrich Berger, Heidelberg
- Kurt Bleyle , Stuttgart
- Albert Bürger , rooms
- Martin Bullinger , Au
- Ernst von Caemmerer , Freiburg
- Walter Cantz , Stuttgart
- Wilhelm Dempf , Stuttgart
- Emil Erlenbusch , Backnang
- Fidel Frick , Leibertingen
- Hermann Glässel , Biberach
- Hellmut Haase , Ravensburg
- Günther Haselier , Karlsruhe
- Ludwig Heieck , Altensteig
- Karl Himmelsbach , singing
- Hans Horak , Stuttgart
- René Hurstel , Rhinau / France
- Walter Huttmann , Crailsheim
- Choei Ishibashi , Tokyo / Japan
- Josef Kraus , Villingen-Schwenningen
- Rudolf Lehr , Sandhausen
- Hermann Lenz , Stuttgart
- Otto Linck , Güglingen
- Alfred Löffler , Ballrechte-Dottingen
- Erwin Mader , Goeppingen
- Eugen Maucher , Biberach
- Klaus Mehnert , Lossburg
- Ulf Merbold , Siegburg
- Gertraude Mickler , Reutlingen
- Hermann Osswald , Friedrichshafen
- Karl Rahner , Innsbruck
- Hans Rau , Weilheim
- Hermann Ruck , Stuttgart
- Heinz Schauwecker , Stuttgart
- Margarethe Schmidtbleicher , Kornwestheim
- Hans Schopf , Waiblingen
- Ernst Schüz , Ludwigsburg
- Walter Schulz , Tübingen
- Josef Siedler , Leutkirch im Allgäu
- Friedrich Stephan , Rheinau
- Joachim Straub , Waldshut-Tiengen
- Ernst J. Tetsch , Stuttgart
- Friedrich Treffz-Eichhöfer , Stuttgart
- Friedrich Franz von Unruh , Merzhausen
- Elisabeth Vomstein , Schliengen
- Paul Wehrle , Karlsruhe
- Emmi Wimmel , Nagold
- Jakob Wolf , Sindelfingen
- Ernst Yelin , Stuttgart
- Hedwig Zuber , Esslingen
1984
The ceremony took place on 12 May 1984 at the castle in Ludwigsburg instead.
- Eduard Adorno , Stuttgart
- Thomas Bach , Tauberbischofsheim
- Otto Bachof , Tübingen
- Rosa Bächle , Villingen-Schwenningen
- Wolfgang Böhme , Karlsruhe
- Kurt Buchter , Hockenheim
- Wilhelm Buggle , Tuttlingen
- Annemarie Christiansen , Tübingen
- Helmut Dölker , Esslingen
- Heinz Draheim , Karlsbad
- Alfred Fahrion , Stuttgart
- Karl Fischer , Oberderdingen
- Kurt Geiger , Leinfelden-Echterdingen
- Erwin Gomeringer , Meßstetten
- Annemarie Griesinger , Markgröningen
- Gottfried Haase , Heimsheim
- Kurt Härzschel , Schopfheim
- Kate Hamburger , Stuttgart
- Adolf Hasenöhrl , Stuttgart
- Roland Hörner , Emmendingen
- Anton Ilg , Geislingen
- Ludwig Jung , Bad Waldsee
- Otto Heinrich Kässbohrer , Ulm
- Willi Keckeisen , Stuttgart
- Theodor Keller , Reichenau
- Marga Klett , Gerlingen
- Karl Michael Komma , Reutlingen
- Udo Kraus , Heidelberg
- Max artist , Burladingen
- Peter Lahnstein , Stuttgart
- Franz Laubenberger , Freiburg
- Kurt Leonhard , Esslingen
- Rolf Morath , Karlsruhe
- Ingrid Obermüller-Kochs , Allensbach
- Otto Palmer , Stuttgart
- Hermann Person , Freiburg
- Hermann Rambach , Waldkirch
- Kurt Rebmann , Stuttgart
- Helmuth Rilling , Leonberg
- Karl-Christian Sachs , Allensbach
- Klaus H. Scheufelen , Lenningen
- Hans Schiller , Stuttgart
- Gertrud Schmid , Ulm
- Arnold Schmidt Bridges , Heidelberg
- Father Agnellus, b. Anton Schneider , Kisslegg
- Karl Schneider, Ulm
- Leo Schobinger , Sindelfingen
- Karl Heinz Schröder , Tübingen
- Kuno Stütz , Schwäbisch Gmünd
- Tamás Sulyok , Constance
- Hans Thieme , Freiburg
- Alfons Urban , Schwäbisch Gmünd
- Otto Valentin , Sigmarszell
- Sister Vianney, b. Elisabeth Niess , Sigmaringen
- Walter Wachter , Langenenslingen
- Gerhard Wilhelm , Grafenau
- Ursel Wirth-Brunner , Heidelberg
- Sister Superior Zona, b. Stephanie Bronner , Quantities
- Hans Zumsteg , Neu-Ulm
1985
The main award ceremony took place on May 4, 1985 in the castle in Ludwigsburg . In addition, there was another award on November 29, 1985 to the spaceman Ernst Messerschmid .
- Ludwig Anschütz , Stuttgart
- Helmut Barth , Maselheim
- Prelate Johannes Barth , Rottenburg
- Maria Baur , Bernau
- Hans Blickensdörfer , Hochdorf
- Erwin Brugger , Gammertingen
- Franz Büchler , Baden-Baden
- Aenne Burda , Offenburg
- Franz Burda , Offenburg
- Werner Conze , Heidelberg
- Hans Durban , Rheinau
- Emil Feucht , Lauffen
- Friedrich Förster , physicist, Reutlingen
- Sister Superior Rigoberta, b. Elisabeth Glaser , Untermarchtal
- Heinrich von Hacht , Ludwigsburg
- Walter Häussermann , Huntsville, Alabama / USA
- Karl E. Heitmann , Hamburg
- Klaus Holighaus , Kirchheim unter Teck
- Rüdiger Hurrle , Durbach
- Hans Eberhard Kammerer , Freiburg
- Otto Kehr , Stuttgart
- Hans Klebe , Rheinfelden
- Theodor Klemm , Stuttgart
- Otto Klenert , Bad Friedrichshall
- Ernst Klett , Stuttgart
- Otto Klöden , Reutlingen
- Eberhard Knittel , Karlsruhe
- Nikolaus Kunkel , Munich
- Hiroshi Kuroda , Hiroshima-Ken / Japan
- Christian Leibing , Ulm
- Berthold Leibinger , CEO of Trumpf GmbH & Co. KG , Gerlingen
- Eva Lenke , Ostfildern
- Benedikt Maier , Maselheim
- Hedwig Maier , Hamburg
- Erich Hans Markel , New York 7, NY / USA
- Hans-Joachim Meyer-Marsilius , Horgen, Zurich / Switzerland
- Ernst Messerschmid , Reutlingen
- Otto Neidhart , Bad Ueberkingen
- Emil Obermann , Stuttgart
- Albert Pfander , Fellbach
- Hans Rauch-Christians , Nürtingen
- Martin Rickelt , Karlsruhe
- Helmut Rudigier , Offenburg
- Magda Scheffelt , Hinterzarten
- Wilhelm Schneider , Tübingen
- Eugen Schoch , Stuttgart
- Eugen Schöller , Balingen
- Bernhard Schroth , Gaggenau
- Eberhard Spiess , Peramiho / Tanzania
- Hans-Otto Steiff , Giengen on the Brenz
- Juliana von Stockhausen (Countess Gatterburg), Ingelheim
- Karlheinz Suermondt , Freiburg
- Karl Vetter , Ubstadt-Weiher
- Franz Wachter , Stuttgart
- Ilse Weber , Öhringen
- Gerhard Weiser MdL, Wall
- Günther Weiß , Esslingen
- Ernst Wolff , Breganzona / Switzerland
- Alfons Zinser , Ravensburg
1986
The main award ceremony took place on May 3, 1986 in the castle in Ludwigsburg . In addition, on August 1, 1986, on his 50th birthday, there was another award ceremony in Friedrichshafen Castle to Carl Duke of Württemberg .
- Sister M. Avila, b. Theresia Eckert , Rottenburg
- Otto Becker , Reutlingen
- Herbert Belstler , Sigmaringen
- Gerhard Boos , Freiburg
- Otto Broneske , Stuttgart
- Wisse Dekker , Th. Eindhoven / Netherlands
- Wilhelm Doerr , Heidelberg
- Frank Dreher , Bad Dürrheim
- Walter Englert , Ludwigsburg
- August Entringer , Friedrichshafen
- Else Färber , Mannheim
- Wilhelm Frank , Stuttgart
- Prelate Albert Füssinger , Karlsruhe
- Paul Gnaier , Heidenheim
- Erich Göb , Boeblingen
- Hermann Groß , Birkenfeld
- Karl Hugo Härringer , Freiburg
- Willi von Helden , Göppingen
- Bruno Helmle , Constance
- Hans Henny , Heidelberg
- Hermann Herder , Freiburg
- Elfriede Höhn , Mannheim
- Wilhelm Hofmann , Stuttgart
- Otto Kienle , Stuttgart
- Klaus von Klitzing , Stuttgart
- Kurt Koerber , Hamburg
- Werner Kredel , Stuttgart
- Carl Linder , Stuttgart
- Hans Lorenser , Ulm
- Ernst Merz , Nürtingen
- Gerhard Möllhoff , Wiesloch
- Prelate Helmut Mohn , Stuttgart
- Hugo Moser , Bonn
- Bernhard Müller , Stuttgart
- Herbert Nesselhauf , Freiburg
- Gerhard Noller , Reutlingen
- Ricardo Odnoposoff , Vienna
- Hermann Oettinger , Ditzingen
- Guntram Palm , basket
- Hans Pflüger , Goeppingen
- Kurt Platschek , Karlsruhe
- Hans-Joachim Queisser , Stuttgart
- Friedrich Rentschler , Laupheim
- Kurt Richter , Ludwigsburg
- Heinz Rössle , Denzlingen
- Gertrud Russ , Stuttgart
- Hanne Schorp-Pflumm , Stuttgart
- Albert Sefranek , Künzelsau ( Mustang )
- Edson W. Spencer , Minneapolis, Minnesota / USA
- Erich Tomschik , Markgröningen
- Hermann Tüchle , Groebenzell
- Anton Vögtle , Freiburg
- Rudolf Weeber , Aichtal
- Helmut Wenzelmann , Selbitz
- Carl Duke of Württemberg
1987
The award ceremony took place on May 9, 1987 in the castle in Ludwigsburg .
- Georg Bensch , Sigmaringen
- Adam Berberich , Villingen-Schwenningen
- Helmut Beumann , Marburg
- Erich Burkart , Wiesloch
- Helmut Claas , Harsewinkel
- Karl Diehl , Nuremberg
- Karl-Ernst Dietrich , Stuttgart
- Wilhelm Emerich , Bad Friedrichshall
- Alfred Entenmann , Waiblingen
- Heinz Eyrich , Freiburg
- Christian Fieß , Mühlacker
- Erich Fritz , Pfedelbach
- Lothar Gaa , Schwetzingen
- Walter Georgii , Sindelfingen
- Christiane Gerstel-Naubereit , Freiburg
- Josef Haltmayer , Stuttgart
- Helmut Haun , Ostfildern
- Karl Hess , Boeblingen
- Fritz Hodeige , Freiburg
- Karl-Heinz Hunken , Gerlingen
- Eva-Maria Jahn-Fehsenbecker , Mannheim
- Horst Kiesecker , Albstadt
- Willibald Kimmel , Edingen-Neckarhausen
- Carl Theodor Kromer , Freiburg
- Robert C. Larson , Filderstadt
- Gotthilf Link , Lauffen
- Paul Luther , Laupheim
- Sister M. Majella, b. Luise Allgaier , Sinzheim
- Oskar Marczy , Schönaich
- Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder , Stuttgart
- Hanns-Günther Michel , Karlsruhe
- Erika Mikuteit , Friedrichshafen
- Walter Pahl , Mannheim
- Charlotte Pavani , Buseck
- Ernst Petrasch , Karlsruhe
- Günther Rüssel , Karlsruhe
- Helmut Runschke , Heilbronn
- Hans Martin Scheerer , Schorndorf
- Friedrich Schenk, Illertissen
- Paul Schlack , Leinfelden-Echterdingen
- Erich Schneider , Burgstetten
- Hans-Otto Schwarz , Nürtingen
- Karl Schwedhelm , Winnenden
- Eugen Seibold , Freiburg
- Ludwig Simon , Ubstadt-Weiher
- Hildegard Spohr , Stuttgart
- Hermann Uricher , Reichenau
- Eva Marie Weiblen , Münsingen
- Manfred Weigel , Stuttgart
- Georg Wieck , Goeppingen
- Günther Wolfarth , Stuttgart
- Hermann Zepf , Mengen
- Achim Zink , Bad Herrenalb
- Johann Zink , Oberdischingen
1988
The ceremony took place on May 7, 1988 at the castle in Ludwigsburg instead.
- Karl Banghard , Oberderdingen
- Otto Wolfgang Bechtle , Esslingen
- Werner Buxa , Ölbronn-Dürrn
- Helmut Claß , Stuttgart
- Gottfried Cremer , Schwarzenfeld
- Herbert Czaja , Stuttgart
- Otto Dullenkopf , Karlsruhe
- Elisabeth Eisenhauer , Karlsruhe
- Helmut Engler , Freiburg
- Paul Feuchte , Freiburg
- Roland Gerstner , Rastatt
- Hildegard Grosche , Stuttgart
- Josef Großmann , Bühl
- Max Grundig , Baden-Baden
- Lieselotte Haug , Sinsheim
- Brigitte Heinrich , Laichingen
- Erich Heinzle , Welzheim
- Lore Hirrlinger , Esslingen
- Friedrich Wilhelm Prince of Hohenzollern , Sigmaringen
- Theodor Hurrle , Gaggenau
- Wilhelm Jung , Loerrach
- Adam Kehrle , Buckfast Leigh / Great Britain
- Karl-Heinz Keller , Freiburg
- Herbert King , Rheinfelden (Baden)
- Maria Klingel , Stuttgart
- Renate Krausnick-Horst , Stuttgart
- Erwin Lamparter , Sindelfingen
- Otto Julius Maier , Ravensburg
- Sister Marziana, b. Theresia Hermann , Gengenbach
- Klaus Mertin , Bad Soden
- Erwin Mickler , Bietigheim-Bissingen
- Gerhard Müller , Reutlingen
- Alfons Prönnecke , Müllheim
- Gisbert Freiherr zu Putlitz , Heidelberg
- Otto Raisch , Stuttgart
- Herbert Reindell , Freiburg
- Martin Schiestl , Ballrechte-Dottingen
- Gustav Schilling , Kraichtal
- Herbert Schneider , Weinheim
- Wilhelm Schoch , Mannheim
- Beatrice Steiner , Trimbach / Switzerland
- Friedrich Vortisch , Loerrach
- Gerhard Weng , Tübingen
- Wolfgang Zimmermann , Heidelberg
- Chrysostomus Zodel , Leutkirch im Allgäu
- Hartwig Zürn , Altensteig
1989
The award ceremony took place on May 6, 1989 in the castle in Ludwigsburg .
- Friedrich Wilhelm Ahnefeld , Ulm
- Sister Marie-Luise, b. Regina Alber , Munster Valley
- Hermann Backert , Albstadt
- Maria Bertsch , Berg
- Johannes Binkowski , Stuttgart
- Heinz M. Bleicher , Gerlingen
- Wilhelm Boeck , Tübingen
- Anton Böhringer , Gerlingen
- Renate Bran , Calw
- Eugen Buhl , Calw
- Rolf Dick , Ulm
- Paul Heinrich Ebell , Bad Waldsee
- Walter Ludwig Eckert , Heidelberg
- Sister M. Gabriele, b. Agathe Faul , Dürmentingen
- Gerhart Gerweck , Bretten
- Dieter Freiherr Göler von Ravensburg , Wall
- Adolf Goetzberger , Merzhausen
- Hans Haring , Stuttgart
- Günter Kluck , Weinsberg
- Klara Kunz , Pforzheim
- Carl Lachenmann , Weinstadt
- Werner Lange , Ulm
- Isidor Lasslob , Esslingen am Neckar
- Werner Lechner , Althütte
- Eugen Martin , Freiburg
- Hartmut Michel , Hofheim
- Richard Mühe , Constance
- Willy Nissel , Daun
- Herta Osswald , Stuttgart
- Günther Reichelt , Donaueschingen
- Karl-Heinz Reinheimer , Sindelfingen
- Paula Riede , Fellbach
- Josef Sarbach , Ulm
- Dietmar Schlee , Sigmaringen
- Alfred Schmitt , Eriskirch
- Dietrich Schmitt , Heidelberg
- Herbert Schubert , Knittlingen
- Georg Steinbrenner , Heidelberg
- Gudrun Countess Vitzthum von Eckstädt , Villingen-Schwenningen
- Wolfgang Vogt , Pforzheim
- Ruth Wössner , Lossburg
1990
The award ceremony took place on May 5, 1990 in the castle in Ludwigsburg .
- Dietrich von Abel , Schwäbisch Gmünd
- Oskar Althausen , Mannheim
- Helmut Altner , Regensburg
- Hans Bausch , Leonberg
- Maria Beig , Immenstaad
- Ludwig Braun , Baden-Baden
- Jean-Louis Brette , Dijon / France
- Christian Brücker , Winnenden
- Eugen Buri , Sigmaringen
- Walter Dörr , Heilbronn
- Hans Peter Doll , Stuttgart
- Hilde Domin , Heidelberg
- Günter Erlewein , Heilbronn
- Hildegard Feser , Freiamt
- Thea Fischer , Mannheim
- Erich Grossmann , Reutlingen
- Irmgard Hampp , Stuttgart
- Herta Herrmann , Donaueschingen
- István Horváth , Bonn
- Johanna Kling , Stuttgart
- Jakob Laub , Waibstadt
- Herbert Lucy , Mannheim
- Ernst Ludwig , Ulm
- Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann , Allensbach
- Ferdinand Porsche , Stuttgart
- Manfred Rommel , Stuttgart
- Hans Roth , Pforzheim
- Robert Ruder , Schwanau
- Wolfgang Sauer , Sao Paulo / Brazil
- Hans Schaible , Stuttgart
- Herbert Schindler , Karlsruhe
- Hans Schleicher , Villingen-Schwenningen
- Georg Schmutz , Staufen
- Robert Schwebler , Karlsruhe
- Alfred Georg Seidel , Schorndorf
- Karl Volk , Neckarsulm
- Hans Leopold Zollner , Ettlingen
1991
The award ceremony took place on April 27, 1991 in the castle in Ludwigsburg .
- Albrecht Baehr , Stuttgart
- Theodor Balle , Esslingen
- Franz Baum (politician) , red to red
- Werner Breitschwerdt , Stuttgart
- Margot Busak , Stuttgart
- Emil Gabriel , Kraichtal
- Alfred Geisel , Aalen (returned in 2010)
- Ingeborg Haag , Bisingen
- Ingeborg Hecht-Studniczka , Freiburg
- Otto Hespeler , Wannweil
- Eduard Hindelang , Langenargen
- Josef Kary , Friedenweiler
- Werner Kling , Eisingen
- Thilo Koch , Hausen
- Karl-Heinz Lehmann , Calw
- Sister M. Aloisia Matt , Heppenheim
- Hermann Meinzer , Karlsruhe
- Hermann Mühleisen , Ludwigsburg
- Friedrich Müller , Bruchsal
- Max Müller , Obermarchtal
- Trudpert Müller , Karlsruhe
- Karl Heinz Neukamm , Nuremberg
- Friedrich Ohlhäuser , Karlsruhe
- Manfred Prechtl , Stuttgart
- Oswald Rathfelder , Stuttgart
- Anton Rödl , Wendlingen
- Barbara Schäfer-Wiegand , Oberotterbach
- Alois Schätzle , Waldkirch
- Otto Schäuble , Köngen
- Gotthard Schettler , Heidelberg
- Karl-Erhard Scheufelen , Lenningen
- Frank Schild , Schwieberdingen
- Heinz A. Staab , Heidelberg
- Alfred Stümper , Waldenbuch
- Maximilian Willibald Prince of Waldburg-Wolfegg-Waldsee , Wolfegg
1992
The main award ceremony took place on April 25, 1992 in the New Palace in Stuttgart . In addition, there was another award on November 30, 1992 in the Villa Reitzenstein in Stuttgart to the resigned Prime Minister Lothar Späth .
- Winfried Barthmus , Sindelfingen
- Irma Bornemann , Stuttgart
- Ruth Braun , Esslingen
- Ernst Brüstle , Rottweil
- Liselotte Bühler , Stuttgart
- Hans Eckle , Balingen
- Erhard Eppler , Schwäbisch Hall
- Kurt Gebhardt , Stuttgart
- Hans Glatzle , Goeppingen
- Lioba Grillenberger , Bruchsal
- Alexander Grupp , Donzdorf
- Friedrich Haag , Stuttgart
- Hans Haas , Stuttgart
- Friedrich Hänssler , Holzgerlingen
- Adolf Hensler , Sauldorf
- Fritz Hopmeier Vice President of the State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg, Esslingen
- Georg Hüssler , Freiburg
- Erika Kimmich , Stuttgart
- Erwin Knam , Ellwangen (Jagst)
- Ludwig Munzinger , Ravensburg
- Walter Nothelfer , Ravensburg
- Karl Pache , Wittnau
- Johannes Riede , Schwäbisch Gmünd
- Heinz Riedel , Lehrensteinsfeld
- Albert Roth , Pforzheim
- Bruno Rühl , Stuttgart
- Bert Sakmann , Munich
- Friedrich Schiedel , Munich
- Otto Schlecht , Bonn
- Hans-Peter Schwarz , Gauting
- Lothar Späth , former Prime Minister D., Gerlingen
- Erika Stöffler , Korntal-Münchingen
- Herbert Tröndle , Waldshut-Tiengen
- Karl Theodor Uhrig , Lahr
- Dieter Walther , Karlsbad
- Rudolf Wildenmann , Mannheim
- Martin Wurm , Stuttgart
- Emil Zeller , Lauchringen
1993
The award ceremony took place on May 8, 1993 in the castle in Ludwigsburg .
- Gertrud von Berg , Stuttgart
- Brigitte Bergmann , Constance
- Marcus Bierich , Stuttgart
- Eugen Biser , Munich
- Reinhard Blasig , Leonberg
- Otto Borst , Esslingen
- Emma Katharina Brunner , Tübingen
- Berthold Dietrich , Freiburg
- Gotthilf Fischer , Weinstadt
- Paula Fuchs , long-time chairwoman of the CDU parliamentary group in the Heilbronn municipal council, Heilbronn
- Hans Haeckel , Langenau
- Baroness Helene von Heyl , Lahr
- Kurt Katz , Asperg
- Joachim Klar , Winterbach
- Erwin Kraft , Stuttgart
- Werner Niefer , Stuttgart
- Arnold Petersen , Heidelberg
- Elisabet Plünnecke , Stuttgart
- Helmtrud Portmann , Offenburg
- Albrecht Roser , Stuttgart
- Michael Russ , Stuttgart
- Helmut Schönnamsgruber , Waldbronn
- Helene Schoettle , Stuttgart
- Alfred Schwab , Goeppingen
- Wilhelm Graf von Schwerin von Schwanenfeld , Woldegk
- Hans-Dieter Schwieder , Tübingen
- Max Seckler , Tübingen
- Adolf Seilacher , Tübingen
- Hugo Selbherr , Überlingen
- Kurt Ströbel , senior church councilor a. D., Stuttgart
- Alois Graf von Waldburg-Zeil and Trauchburg , Argenbühl
- Georg Weber , Donzdorf
- Jörg Zink , Stuttgart
1994
The award ceremony took place on April 30, 1994 in the castle in Ludwigsburg .
- Edwin Auer , Waldshut-Tiengen
- Ernst Waldemar Bauer , Ostfildern
- Martin Blümcke , Laufenburg
- Karl Dietrich Bracher , Bonn
- Josef Briem , Ostrach
- Georg Endress , Reinach / Switzerland
- Gustav Eppler , Bietigheim-Bissingen
- Paul Gräb , Bad Säckingen
- Wilhelm Greiner, Radolfzell
- Margret Grimm , Reutlingen
- Otto Herbert Hajek , Stuttgart
- Willibald Herzel , Weingarten
- Anneliese Kohleniss , Stuttgart
- Heinz Kohler , Boeblingen
- Gotthilf Kurz , Munich
- Gudrun Laible , Helmstadt-Bargen
- Gertrud Luckner , Freiburg
- Dieter Ludwig , Ettlingen
- Hans Maier , Munich
- Ewald Merkle , Villingen-Schwenningen
- Karl Miltner , Ettlingen
- Helmut Münch , Mannheim
- Battista Mutti , Stuttgart
- Jordi Pujol , Barcelona / Spain
- Albert Reuter , Bad Mergentheim
- Kurt Rückstieß , Ravensburg
- Berta Rühle , Stuttgart
- Artur Schober , Stuttgart
- Oswald Schoch , Muellheim
- Luise Schroth , Goeppingen
- Theo Sorg , regional bishop of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg, Ostfildern
- Gerdi Staiblin , Endingen am Kaiserstuhl
- Gerhard Vescovi , Kirchberg
- Josef Warscher , Stuttgart
- Werner Weber , Pforzheim
- Manfred Wörner , Brussels / Belgium
- Reinhold Würth , Niedernhall
- Sigurd Zimmerling , Stuttgart
- August Zimmermann , Uhingen
- Walther Zügel , Stuttgart
- Fritz Zugmantel , Überlingen
1995
The main award ceremony took place on April 29, 1995 in the castle in Stuttgart . In addition, there was another award ceremony on July 3, 1995 in the Villa Reitzenstein in Stuttgart to Federal President Richard von Weizsäcker .
- Inge Aicher-Scholl , Leutkirch
- Grete Borgmann , Freiburg
- Franz Josef Dazert , Kornwestheim
- Rudolf Decker , Boeblingen
- Karl Dummler , Stuttgart
- Sister Margaretha Ebe , Stuttgart
- Wolfgang Eychmüller , Ulm
- Ingeborg Haag , Freiburg
- Emil Heid , Ötigheim
- Daniel Hoeffel , Handschuheim
- Antonie Kraut , Stuttgart
- Reinhart Lempp , Stuttgart
- Heinz Maier-Leibnitz , Munich
- Marianne Meyer-Krahmer , Heidelberg
- Jürgen Morlok , Karlsruhe
- Ernst Friedrich Pfeiffer , Ulm
- Klaus Reiners , cheeks
- Joseph Rovan , Menton / France
- Franz Sauter , Epfendorf
- Ursula Schack , Mühlacker
- Gudrun Schammann , Weikersheim
- Ella Schneider , Heidenheim
- Else Schwenk-Anger , Alpirsbach
- Ellen Schwiers , Berg
- Gerhard Seiler , Karlsruhe
- Konrad Seitz , Wachtberg
- Walter Spagerer , Mannheim
- Lucie Steiner , Aichtal
- Paul Strifler , Dettingen
- Daniela Tausch-Flammer , Bremen
- Gerd Tellenbach , Freiburg
- Hans Vießmann , Battenberg
- Hellmut Waller , Tübingen
- Richard von Weizsäcker , former Federal President D.
- Hans-Frieder Willmann , Stuttgart
1996
The award ceremony took place on May 11, 1996 in the castle in Ludwigsburg .
- Helmut Agostini , Löffingen
- Helmut Bergdolt , Wiesloch
- Elfriede Biedrzynski , Stuttgart
- Dorothee Bürkert , Ingelfingen
- Hermann Eiselen , Ulm
- Rolf Dieter Englerth , Ellwangen (Jagst)
- Franz Fendt , Tübingen
- Heiner Geißler , Gleisweiler
- Marianne Gerhardt , Stuttgart
- Edmond Gerrer , Colmar / France
- Theo Götz , Pfullingen
- Johann Grießer , Klettgau
- Gerd Hatje , Stuttgart
- Krafft von Heynitz , Pforzheim
- Günter Höch , Wangen
- Wolfgang Hug , Freiburg
- Elisabeth Jacobi , Stuttgart
- Norbert Jaffke , Esslingen
- Louis Jung , Harskirchen / France
- Hans von Keler , Herrenberg
- Josef Keller , Geisingen
- Wolfgang Kimmig , Ludwigsburg
- Anneliese Knoop-Graf , Bühl
- Sister Carlagnese, b. Erminia Nanino , Tübingen
- Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard , Tübingen
- Karl Östreicher , Blaufelden
- Martin Purtscher , Thuringia / Austria
- Otto Rundel , Karlsruhe
- Paul Sauer , Tamm
- Hans Joachim Schmidtgen , Stuttgart
- Sister Klothildis Schneider , Stuttgart
- Ventur Schöttle , Ehingen
- Marianne Schultz-Hector , Stuttgart
- Eberhard Stammler , Stuttgart
- Hans Peter Sturm , Kornwestheim
- Waltraut Werner-Künzig , Freiburg
- Gerhard Widder , Lord Mayor of the City of Mannheim, Mannheim
- Werner Widmaier , Leonberg
1997
The award ceremony took place on May 10, 1997 in the castle in Ludwigsburg .
- Elisabeth Alexander , Heidelberg
- Władysław Bartoszewski , Warsaw / Poland
- Sonja Bernadotte af Wisborg , Constance
- Erich Brodbeck , Stuttgart
- Julius Carlebach , E. Sussex / England
- Wolfgang Dauner , Stuttgart
- Karl Feuerstein , Mannheim
- Hermann Franz , Bubenreuth
- Gerhard Gamber , Offenburg
- Hildegard Göhrum , Stuttgart
- Gerhard Häussler , Niefern-Öschelbronn
- Hermann Haken , Sindelfingen
- Hans Heitlinger , Eppingen
- Johannes Kuhn , Leinfelden-Echterdingen
- Karl Kussmaul , Reutlingen
- Hildegard Lagrenne , Mannheim
- Hugo Leicht , Pforzheim
- Gerhard Maier , Schwäbisch Gmünd
- Hubert S. Markl , Constance
- Helga Michels-Reese , Tübingen
- Eberhard Mühlbacher , Waldachtal
- Alois Reiss , Pforzheim
- Oskar Saier , Freiburg im Breisgau
- Frieda Schlecht , Tannheim
- Elsa Sitter , Heilbronn
- Werner Spies , Bourg-la-Reine / France
- Ludwig Vögely , Karlsruhe
- Claus Weyrosta , Bietigheim-Bissingen
- Ulrich Wildermuth , Ulm
1998
The award ceremony took place on April 25, 1998 in the castle in Ludwigsburg .
- Siegbert Alber , Stuttgart
- Klaus Engelhardt , Karlsruhe
- Hermann Fünfgeld , Fellbach
- Hans Haller , Neukirch
- Margot Jolanthe Hemberger , Lossburg
- Walter Kasper , Rottenburg
- Matthias Kleinert , Besigheim
- Heinz Kunle , Karlsruhe
- Helmut Maucher , Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nestlé AG, Vevey / Switzerland
- Robert Maus , Gottmadingen
- Ilse Merz , Neulußheim
- Thomas Oppermann , Tübingen
- Karl Osner , Bonn
- Anton Pfeifer , Reutlingen
- Ursula Plake , Schramberg
- Johannes Poethen , writer, Stuttgart
- Siegfried Pommerenke , Bietigheim-Bissingen
- Ulrich Regelmann , Rottweil
- Irmgard Rösch , Villingen-Schwenningen
- Fritz Schray , Wurmlingen
- Hermann Schwörer , Sigmaringen
- Richard Seeger , Reichenbach
- Katja Seizinger , Eberbach
- Hannelore Sommer , Stuttgart
- Wilfried Steuer , Langenenslingen-Emerfeld
- Elisabeth Stumpfögger , Ravensburg
- Meinhard Tenné , Stuttgart
- Antonie Teufel , Hettingen-Inneringen
- Hans-Jürgen Warnecke , Because of the city
- Rainer Wilhelm , Stuttgart
- Harald Zimmermann , Tübingen
1999
The main award ceremony took place on April 24, 1999 in the castle in Stuttgart . In addition, there was another award to the former Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl on October 22, 1999 in Schwetzingen Castle .
- Otto Bechtold , Freiburg
- Maria Bergmann , Baden-Baden
- Ralf Dahrendorf , London / England
- Franz Josef Fetzer , Manila / Philippines
- Bernhard Friedmann , Ottersweier
- Hans Geipel , Gerlingen
- Karl Konrad von der Groeben , Baden-Baden
- Johann Gründler, Burgrieden-Rot
- Bernhard Härer , Kernen i. R.
- Helmut Hauser , Balingen
- Dorothee Hess-Maier , Ravensburg
- Jürgen Hohl , Bad Wurzach-Eggmannsried
- Dietmar Hopp , Walldorf
- Norbert Huber , Ravensburg
- Eberhard Jäckel , Stuttgart
- Dorothea Jetter , Reutlingen
- Herbert Jüttemann , Karlsruhe
- Jürgen Klinsmann , Huntington Beach / USA
- Helmut Kohl , former Federal Chancellor D., Ludwigshafen
- Sibylle Krause-Burger , Stuttgart
- Erich B. Kusch , Rome / Italy
- Ursula Lehr , Bonn
- Ferdinand Lock , Bad Friedrichshall
- Georg Märtsch , Heilbronn-Neckargartach
- Anne-Sophie Mutter , Munich
- Heide Rotermund , Heidelberg
- Uta Schlegel-Holzmann , Leinfelden-Echterdingen
- Eugen Schmid , Tübingen
- Helga Solinger MdL, Stuttgart
- Alfons Stadler , Hornberg
- Heinrich Vetter , Ilvesheim
2000
The award ceremony took place on May 6, 2000 in the castle in Ludwigsburg .
- Peter Adolff , Stuttgart
- Udo Botzenhart , Ulm
- Ilse-Irmgard Dörges , Möglingen
- Günter Drews , Schrozberg
- Walter Fröhlich , singing
- Wolfgang Frühwald , Augsburg
- Honor Funk , Ochsenhausen
- Erich Hauser , Rottweil
- Dieter Thomas Heck , run
- Renate Hellwig , Munich
- Max Jaeger, Mannheim
- Wolfgang Jäger , Freiburg
- Eberhard Jüngel , Tübingen
- Hans-Jörg Kimmich , Stuttgart
- Siegfried Köder , Ellwangen
- Karl-Magnus Count Leutrum von Ertingen , Schwieberdingen
- Thomasöffelholz , Berlin
- Franz Longin , Stuttgart
- Jakob Marquardt , Rietheim-Weilheim
- Lorenz Menz , Stuttgart
- Werner Mezger , folklorist, Rottweil
- Theodor Müller , Steinheim
- Bernd Ottnad , Freiburg
- Frei Otto , Leonberg-Warmbronn
- Edith Raidt , Johannesburg / South Africa
- Erhard Richter , Grenzach-Wyhlen
- Erich Schmid , Rome / Italy
- Hermann Scholl , Stuttgart
- Dieter Spöri , Backnang
- Dieter Thoma , Hinterzarten
- Siegfried Unseld , Frankfurt / Main
- Ingrid Walz , Stuttgart
- Erna Weimar , Bad Liebenzell
- Karl Walter Ziegler , Plüderhausen
2001
The award ceremony took place on May 5, 2001 in the castle in Ludwigsburg .
- Albrecht Ade , Remseck
- Götz Adriani , Tübingen
- Marianne Allendorf , Karlsdorf-Neuthard
- Werner Baumhauer , Heidenheim
- Eleonore Beck , Tübingen
- Joël Berger , Stuttgart
- Kurt Brenner , Candillarques / France
- Willi Burth , Kressbronn
- Margarete Dörr , Oberstenfeld-Gronau
- Herbert Duffner , Ueberlingen
- Jochen Abraham Frowein , Heidelberg
- Max Gögler , Tübingen
- Alexander Heisler , Teningen
- Dietmar Freiherr von Hoyningen-Huene , Heddesheim
- Berthold Huber , Stuttgart
- Peter Hünermann , Rottenburg
- Marianne Kawohl , Gundelfingen
- Friedrich-Wilhelm Kiel , Fellbach
- Gerhard Krüger , Waldbronn
- Franz Josef Kuhnle , Ravensburg-Oberzell
- Paul Konrad Kurz , Gauting-Buchendorf
- Helmut Lachenmann , Leonberg-Höfingen
- Helmut Läpple , Weinsberg
- Rolf Lehmann , Stuttgart
- Suzana Lipovac , Stuttgart
- Gabriele Miller , Rottenburg
- Jürgen Moltmann , Tübingen
- Harald Neu , Ehingen
- Ernst Neukomm , Löhningen / Switzerland
- Helmut Ohnewald , Schwäbisch Gmünd
- Hanns-Josef Ortheil , Stuttgart
- Hans Pfeifer , Ellwangen
- Eberhardt Renz , Stuttgart
- Wendelin Ruf , Oberkirch
- Berta Schempp , Ravensburg
- Sonja Faber-Schrecklein , Esslingen
- Hans Peter Stihl , Waiblingen
- Gerhard Thiele , Houston, Texas / USA
- Gustav Wabro , Aalen
- Karl von Wogau , Freiburg
- Klaus Zehelein , Stuttgart
- Adrien Zeller , Strasbourg / France
2002
The award ceremony took place on April 27, 2002 in the New Palace in Stuttgart .
- Ann-Katrin Bauknecht , Stuttgart
- Frieder Bernius , Stuttgart
- Rolf Böhme , Freiburg
- Till Casper , Remchingen
- Eugen Dieterle , Wolfach
- Heike Drechsler , Karlsruhe
- Bruno Epple , Öhningen-Wangen
- Birgit Fischer , Päwesin
- Hermann Ganter , Rastatt
- Karlmann Geiss , President of the Federal Court of Justice a. D., Ulm
- Ernest Gillen , Howald / Luxembourg
- Steffi Graf , Mannheim
- Heinrich Haasis , Stuttgart
- Theresia Hauser , Germering
- Heinz Heckmann , Bruchsal
- Gerhard Heimerl , Stuttgart
- Martin Herrenknecht , Schwanau
- Roman Herzog , former Federal President D., Munich
- Peter Hoffmann , Montreal / Canada
- Hans-Jörg Kalmbach , Calw
- Wolfgang Ketterle , Cambridge / USA
- Peter Graf von Kielmannsegg , Laudenbach
- Horst Koehler , Washington DC / USA
- Manfred Korfmann , Ofterdingen
- Werner Kugler , Crailsheim
- Manfred Lautenschläger , Gaiberg
- Karl Cardinal Lehmann , Chairman of the German Bishops' Conference, Mainz
- Ursula Lesny , Herrenberg
- Manfred List , Bietigheim-Bissingen
- Manfred Maus , Wermelskirchen
- Ingrid Noll , Weinheim
- Dieter Rodi , Schwäbisch Gmünd
- Elfriede Roth , Amtzell
- Bertold Schmidt , Lauchringen
- Walter Scholz , Achern
- Franz Schoser , Cologne
- Dieter Schwarz , Heilbronn
- Erika Seige , Überlingen
- Kurt Sontheimer , Murnau
- Arnold Stadler , Sauldorf-Rast
- Berthold Schenk Count von Stauffenberg , Oppenweiler
- Dietz-Werner Steck , Stuttgart
- Hans Gottfried von Stockhausen , Remshalden-Buoch
- Peter Stoll , Stuttgart
- Georgette Tsinguirides , Stuttgart
- Tomi Ungerer , Strasbourg / France
- Erwin Vetter , Ettlingen
- Theodor Waigel , Ursberg-Oberrohr
- Kurt Wesch , Karlsruhe
- Harald Wohlfahrt , Baiersbronn-Tonbach
- Gabriele Wohmann , Darmstadt
2003
The award ceremony took place on May 10, 2003 in the castle in Ludwigsburg .
- Elert Bode , Stuttgart
- Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde , Au
- Manfred Bosch , Loerrach
- Rainer Brechtken , Schorndorf
- Josef Dreier , Wangen i. A.
- Manfred Erhardt , Essen
- Horst Förster , Ammerbuch
- Wolfgang Franz , Mannheim
- Swetlana Geier , Freiburg
- Wolfgang Gönnenwein , Aichwald
- Ursula Gollhofer , Fellbach-Oeffingen
- Roland Hartung , Mannheim
- Paul Kirchhof , Heidelberg
- Uta Klee , Karlsruhe-Grötzingen
- Gerhard Konzelmann , Stuttgart
- Helmut Kuhn , Heidenheim
- Hanns-Friedrich Kunz , Tübingen
- Eberhard Lämmert , Berlin
- Peter Linder , Stuttgart
- Tony Marshall , Baden-Baden
- Ruth Merckle , Blaubeuren
- Sister Marieluise Metzger , Untermarchtal
- Pastor Josef Maria Neuenhofer , La Paz / Bolivia
- Sir Roger Norrington , Wickham Heath / Great Britain
- Paul Rosenkranz , Stuttgart
- Walter Schultheiß , Wildberg
- Fany Solter , Karlsruhe
- Klaus von Trotha , Gaggenau
- Heinrich Wagner , Stockach
- Peter Wetter , Stuttgart
- Erwin Zillenbiller , Veringenstadt
2004
The award ceremony took place on May 8, 2004 in the New Palace in Stuttgart .
- Klaus-Peter Baatz , Stuttgart
- Dieter Baumann , Tübingen
- Stephen T. Cochrane , Stuttgart
- Helmut Digel , Tübingen
- Werner Endres , Meersburg
- Siegfried Haas , Rottweil
- Alma Hämmerle , Tübingen
- Jörg Menno Harms , Stuttgart
- Heinrich Hartmann , Reutlingen
- Kraft zu Hohenlohe-Oehringen , Neuenstein
- Bernhard Hurm , Burladingen-Melchingen
- Frumentia Maier , Offenburg
- Klaus Mangold , Munster Valley
- Eva Mayr-Stihl , Remseck
- Hermann Mühlbeyer , Bad Friedrichshall
- Elsbeth Nötzoldt-Janda , Heidelberg
- Siegfried Pfeiffer , Kirchheim uT
- Wolfgang Rihm , Karlsruhe
- Harald B. Schäfer , Offenburg
- Norbert Schelleis , Hömberg
- Siegfried Schiele , Stuttgart
- Werner Schweikert , Flein
- Ursula Späth , Gerlingen
- Emil Stehle , Constance
- Albert Sting , Löchgau
- Gerhard Sturm , Mulfingen
- Diemut Theato , Neckargemünd-Waldhilsbach
- Hans Tränkle , Rottenburg
- Paul Wehrle , Freiburg
- Irma Wild , Boxberg
- Anna Willi , rooms under the castle
- Hilde Witopil , Stuttgart
- Uwe Zellmer , Burladingen-Melchingen
2005
The award ceremony took place on April 8, 2005 in the New Palace in Stuttgart .
- Rudolf Baumann , Reutlingen
- August-Eduard Becker , Pfinztal
- Robert Bergmann , Neckartailfingen
- Hans Bichelmeier , Mannheim
- Guido Buchwald , Tokyo / Japan, national soccer player
- Hermann Bujard , Heidelberg
- Ursula Cantieni , Baden-Baden
- Petrus Ceelen , Tamm
- Valéry Giscard d'Estaing , Paris / France, President
- Paul Uwe Dreyer , Stuttgart
- Heinz Fenrich , Lord Mayor of the City of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
- Ulrich Frank-Planitz , Stuttgart
- Lothar Freund , Ladenburg
- Frieda Ganter , Furtwangen
- Gerlinde Hämmerle , Karlsruhe
- Rudolf Häussler , Stuttgart-Vaihingen, entrepreneur
- Eugen Hafner , Aalen
- Hartmut von Hentig , Berlin
- Otfried Höffe , Tübingen
- James EA John , Flint / Michigan / USA
- Heinz Kälberer , Lord Mayor of Vaihingen an der Enz
- Paul Kopf , Ludwigsburg
- Hans Küng , Tübingen
- Sister Anna Lioba , Heidelberg
- Roland Mack , Rust
- Gerhard Maier , regional bishop of the Evangelical Church in Württemberg , Stuttgart
- Friedemann Maurer , Hausen ob Verena
- Sister Karoline Mayer , Santiago de Chile / Chile
- Jürgen Meyer , Kirchzarten
- Hans Mohr , Kirchzarten
- Eberhardt Palmer , Stuttgart
- Walter Riester , Göppingen
- Astrid Ritter , Allensbach-Hegne
- Herbert Sausgruber , Governor of Vorarlberg, Höchst / Austria
- Herbert Schmid , Waldenbuch
- Wolfgang Schuster , Lord Mayor of the City of Stuttgart, Stuttgart
- Heinz Siebeneicher , Baden-Baden
- Berndt von Staden , Vaihingen an der Enz
- Peter Straub , Waldshut-Tiengen, President of the State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg
- Peter Ströbel , Stuttgart
- Alfons Thanner , Fronreute-Blitzenreute
- Arnold Tölg , Bad Liebenzell
- Elisabeth Volk , Sigmaringen-Laiz
- Edgar Wais , Reutlingen
- Siegfried Weishaupt , Laupheim
- Horst Weitzmann , Lautenbach
- Gerhard Zeidler , Stuttgart
2006
The award ceremony took place on April 29, 2006 in the castle in Ludwigsburg .
- Jürgen Adam , prelate, cathedral chapter i. R., Rottenburg
- Wieland Backes , TV journalist, Stuttgart
- Horst Bäuerle , former chairman of the Baden-Württemberg Civil Service Association, Freudenstadt
- Frieder Birzele , Member of the State Parliament, Deputy President of the State Parliament, Göppingen
- Rainer Bliesener , Chairman of the German Federation of Trade Unions in Baden-Württemberg, Weinstadt
- Beate Breithaupt , freelance journalist, Deputy Chairwoman of the Evangelical Youth Office in Württemberg and Vice-President of the European Federation of the YMCA , Remshalden
- Hermann Brommer , school principal i. R., Merdingen
- Otwin Brucker , retired Mayor D., former President of the Municipal Assembly of Baden-Württemberg, Pliezhausen
- Alexander Walter Bill Dehio , member of the management board of Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach an der Riss
- Martin Dolde , mechanical engineer i. R., member of the Württ. Evang. State Synod, Stuttgart
- Willi Dreßen , former head of the central office of the state justice administrations for the investigation of Nazi crimes , Ludwigsburg
- Ragni Maria Gschwend , translator, chairwoman of the Friends of the International Promotion of Scientific and Literary Translations, Freiburg
- Egon Gushurst , Chairman of the Board of the Badischer Genossenschaftsverband Karlsruhe i. R., Sinzheim
- Jürgen Hofer MdL, retired Lord Mayor D., Weinstadt
- Dieter Hundt , entrepreneur, Wangen
- Heinrich Jäger , chairman of the Society of Friends of the Badisches Staatstheater, Karlsruhe
- Edith Koerber , general manager, director, actress, Theater tri-bühne , Stuttgart
- Rolf Kurz , Member of the Bundestag, President of the Confederation of Self-Employed in Germany, Fellbach-Schmiden
- Jutta Limbach , former President of the Federal Constitutional Court and President of the Goethe Institute, Munich
- Volker Mattern , Chairman of ADAC Südbaden, Freiburg
- Bärbl Maushart , Marketing Manager , Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the Baden-Württemberg Consumer Center, Straubenhardt-Schwann
- Georg Obieglo , Rector of Reutlingen University a. D., Reutlingen
- Susanne Offenbach , journalist, Stuttgart
- Theresia Pfänder , Lahr, entrepreneur
- Rezzo Schlauch , Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Minister of Economics and Labor a. D., Stuttgart
- Hermann Seimetz , Member of the State Parliament, deputy. Group leader, Donzdorf
- Norbert Stoffels , Abbot of the Benedictine Abbey of Neresheim
- Claire Thobe-Arza , teacher, chairwoman of the association "For Romanian Orphans eV", Heidelberg
- Marion von Wartenberg , clinic / elderly pastor, former chairwoman of the State Women's Council, Stuttgart
- Hanna Wörner , district chairwoman of the district women's association Ostalb and until 2004 vice-president of the rural women's association Württemberg-Baden eV, Aalen
- Harald zur Hausen , Board Member of the German Cancer Research Center until 2003, Heidelberg
- Otmar Zwiebelhofer , entrepreneur, chairman of the Association of the Metal and Electrical Industry Baden-Württemberg (Südwestmetall), Gernsbach
2007
The award ceremony took place on April 28, 2007 in Schwetzingen.
- Hans Beerstecher , state and local politician and deputy LfK board chairman, Ludwigsburg
- Rainer Dahlem , GEW State Chairman, Schwaigern
- Karin Emmer , Head of Ecumenical Hospital Aid at the University of Heidelberg, Plankstadt
- Roland Emmerich , film director and producer, Los Angeles / USA
- Kurt Feuerbacher , former member of the regional synod of the Evangelical Church of Württemberg, Ebhausen
- Robert Häusser , photographer, Mannheim
- Günther Hecht , former President HWK Reutlingen, Pfullingen
- Reiner Heeb , District Administrator a. D., Boeblingen
- Gerd Hockenberger , former President of the Baden-Württemberg State Farmers' Association, Sinsheim
- Frank Höfle , Frank, skier and Paralympic winner, Isny
- Elke Jordan , chairwoman of the association “Citizens for leukemia and tumor patients”, Weingarten
- Henry Kissinger , former US Secretary of State (not on the State Department's list!)
- Marita Klenk , chairwoman of the "Friends of Teddybär eV", Bad Rappenau-Bonfeld
- Fritz Kuhn , Member of the Bundestag, federal and state politician, Berlin
- Horst Mehrländer , former State Secretary D., Stuttgart
- Elke Mildner , head of the OASE shared apartment, Rottenburg
- Hansi Müller , soccer player, World Cup ambassador for Stuttgart, Waiblingen
- Xavier Naidoo , pop musician, Mannheim
- Hans-Peter Repnik , politician, former State Secretary D., Radolfzell
- Annette Schavan , former Member of the Bundestag, former Federal Minister D., Ulm
- Wolfgang Schüssel , former Federal Chancellor. D., Vienna
- Silvia von Schweden , founder of the children's aid organization “World Childhood Foundation”, Stockholm
- Volker Stich , bbw regional chairman, Heidelberg
- Horst Tögel , head of the "Brenz-Band", Ludwigsburg
- Eugen Volz , former State Secretary D., Ellwangen
- Peter Voß , SWR Director, Stuttgart
- Beate Weber , retired Lord Mayor D., Heidelberg
- Wendelin Wiedeking , CEO of Porsche AG, Bietigheim-Bissingen
2008
The award ceremony took place on April 26, 2008 in Ludwigsburg. Another award ceremony to Peter Sutherland and George Weidenfeld took place on October 2, 2008 in London.
- Udo Andriof , former district president D., Dettenhausen
- Robert Antretter , Federal Chairman of the Federal Association for Life Aid for People with Mental Disabilities eV, Backnang
- Eberhard Bosch , chairman of the Evangelical Deaconess Association Siloah, Pforzheim
- Hubert Burda , publisher, Offenburg
- Gerhard Ertl , scientist and winner of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Berlin
- Benedicta Ewald , General Superior i. R., Monastery Community of the Franciscan Sisters of Eternal Adoration, Schwäbisch Gmünd
- Anna Gräßlin , art collector, St. Georgen
- Horst Guckes , Honorary Chairman of the Museum Society Tübingen, Tübingen
- Margarete Helmes , District Councilor, Leonberg
- Rukiye Kaplan , co-founder of the Turkish-German women's friendship group Ulm, Ulm
- Karlheinz Kögel , entrepreneur, Baden-Baden
- Johann Löhn , President of the Steinbeis University Berlin, Waldkirch
- Stelian Moculescu , volleyball trainer, Langenargen
- Horst Neugart , school dean i. R. and former President of the 13th Württemberg Evangelical Regional Synod , Heidenheim
- Jürgen Offenbach , former editor-in-chief of the Stuttgarter Nachrichten, Stuttgart
- Eduard Rossel , Governor of the Sverdlovsk Region, Yekaterinburg, Russian Federation
- Wolfgang Schäuble , Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister of the Interior, Gengenbach
- Reinhardt Schiller , trade unionist, federal chairman of the Christian Metalworkers Union, Sulzbach ad Murr
- Norbert Schneider , former State Secretary D., Horb
- Ingeborge Schöffel-Tschinke , Chairwoman of the Baden-Württemberg State School Advisory Board, Oberharmersbach
- Mechtild von Stauffenberg , deputy chairwoman of the Jewish children's aid organization “Kinder- und Jugend-Aliyah”, Oppenweiler
- Peter Sutherland , London, England
- Erwin Teufel , former Prime Minister D., Spaichingen
- Sven von Ungern-Sternberg , former district president D., Freiburg
- Michael Ungethüm , entrepreneur, Tuttlingen
- George Weidenfeld , London, England
- Brigitte Weyl , managing partner of Südverlag GmbH, Berg / TG, Switzerland
- Martin Winterkorn , CEO of Volkswagen AG, Lenting
2009
The award ceremony took place on April 25, 2009 in Mannheim Palace . In addition, there was another award ceremony on October 31, 2009 in the New Palace in Stuttgart to the former Bavarian Prime Minister Edmund Stoiber .
- Reid Anderson , ballet director, Stuttgart
- Marianne Anselm , President of the South Baden Rural Women's Association, Willstätt
- Hermann Bausinger , cultural scientist, Reutlingen
- Hans-Jörg Bullinger , President of the Fraunhofer Society, Stuttgart
- Sister Michaele Csordás OSB, Convent Superior in Kloster Wald, Wald
- Roland Doschka , art expert, Rottenburg
- Heinz Dürr , entrepreneur, Berlin
- Viktor Dulger , entrepreneur and Honorary Consul General, Heidelberg
- Frank Elstner , Showmaster, Baden-Baden
- Margit Fleckenstein , President of the Regional Synod of the Evangelical Regional Church Baden, Mannheim
- Martin Friz , pastor i. R., Stuttgart
- Manfred Fuchs , entrepreneur, Mannheim
- Martin Herzog , former Minister D., Friedrichshafen
- Hanna von Hoerner , astrophysicist, Oftersheim
- Nico Hofmann , film producer, Berlin
- Nina Hoss , actress, Berlin
- Michael Klett , publisher, Stuttgart
- Elke Picker , Chairwoman of the Baden-Württemberg Parents' Foundation, Tübingen
- Werner Schmidt-Lorch , managing director of the Friends of the Archabbey of St. Martin zu Beuron, Albstadt-Margrethausen
- Wolfgang Schneiderhan , General Inspector of the Bundeswehr, Bad Soden
- Werner Schretzmeier , director of the Theaterhaus, Stuttgart
- Gisela Sick , entrepreneur, Waldkirch
- Edmund Stoiber , former Bavarian Prime Minister, Wolfratshausen
- Hans Thümmel , lawyer, Gerlingen
- Peter Weibel , board member of the ZKM, Karlsruhe
- Wolfgang Weng , former member of the Bundestag, Gerlingen
- Stef Wertheimer , entrepreneur, Tefen / Israel
- Matthias Wissmann , former Federal Minister D., Ludwigsburg
2010
The award ceremony took place on May 8, 2010 in the Ordenssaal of Ludwigsburg Palace by Prime Minister Stefan Mappus.
- Horst-Michael Alt , managing director of the AMSEL regional association, Ludwigsburg
- Verena Bentele , skier and Paralympics winner, Munich
- Georg Brunnhuber , former Member of the Bundestag, Oberkochen
- Eric Carle , picture book author and illustrator, Northampton (USA)
- Nicholas Conard , archaeologist, Tübingen
- Ruth Dieterich , housewife, Schorndorf
- Annemarie Engelhardt , Education Officer, Aalen
- Hartmut Engler , pop musician, Bietigheim
- Brigitta Florian , Managing Director i. R., Ludwigsburg
- Bernhard Fritz , retired Lord Mayor D., Winnenden
- Gertrud Götz , registered nurse R., Donaueschingen
- Astrid Hahn , headmistress, Welzheim
- Ursula Hülse , managing director of the “Bund Heimat und Volksleben”, Denzlingen
- Wolfgang Ischinger , Ambassador, Berlin
- Frank Otfried July , State Bishop, Stuttgart
- Frank Knödler , President of the State Fire Brigade Association, Remseck
- Adrian Kutter , cinema operator, Biberach
- Annemarie Lindner , entrepreneur, Calw
- Kurt Salomon Maier , Librarian, Washington (USA)
- Sabine Meyer , clarinetist, Lübeck
- Gosbert Müller , State Chairman of the Weißer Ring i. R., Stuttgart
- Ludger Reddemann , former State Secretary D., Freiburg
- Helene Schneiderman , Chamber Singer, Stuttgart
2011
The award ceremony took place on April 10, 2011 in Mannheim Palace by Prime Minister Stefan Mappus. The award ceremony to Ludwig Georg Braun took place on May 10, 2011 in the Villa Reitzenstein in Stuttgart.
- Albert Berner , entrepreneur, Künzelsau
- Ludwig Georg Braun , entrepreneur, Melsungen
- Willi Burger , Police Inspector a. D., Rutesheim
- Jérôme Clément , former President of the Franco-German TV channel ARTE, Clamart (France)
- Silvius Dornier , entrepreneur, Friedrichshafen
- Wolfgang Fuhl , Chairman of the Israelite Religious Community , Lörrach
- Gabriele Geib , Deputy Managing Director of the German Children's Cancer Foundation, Spechbach
- Peter Härtling , writer, Mörfelden
- Thomas Hengelbrock , conductor, Freiburg
- Helmut Himmelsbach , Lord Mayor, Heilbronn
- Claus-Wilhelm Hoffmann , retired Lord Mayor D. and Chairman of the Oberschwaben Literature Archive Foundation, Mittelbiberach
- Jean-Claude Juncker , Prime Minister of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
- Inge Kimmerle , deaconess sister, Berlin
- Ludwig Knörzer , pensioner, Buchen-Hainstadt
- Regina Lehmann , Provincial Superior i. R., Allensbach-Hegne
- Willi Rudolf , Chairman of the State Association of Self-Help for the Physically Disabled in Baden-Württemberg, Mössingen-Öschingen
- Margarete Schrempp , member of the board of “Children's Aid Bethlehem”, Hausach
- Wolfgang Schürer , Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting Foundation on Lake Constance, St. Gallen (Switzerland)
- Tilman Todenhöfer , entrepreneur, Madrid (Spain)
- Hans Wolff , rector of Ulm University a. D., Ichenhausen
- Diane Duchess of Württemberg , artist, Altshausen
- Robert Zollitsch , Archbishop, Freiburg
- Birgit Zorniger , Hotel Manager, Mumbai (India)
2012
The award ceremony took place on April 28, 2012 in the Ludwigsburg residential palace by Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann . The presentation to Rachel Dror took place on July 5, 2012 by Minister Silke Krebs .
- Margarita Beitl , religious sister, retired ministerial advisor D., Stuttgart
- Peter Berthold , ornithologist, Owingen
- Hertha Beuschel-Menze , retired teacher D. and entrepreneur, Lichtenau
- Fred Breinersdorfer , lawyer and author, Berlin
- Bülent Ceylan , comedian and cabaret artist, Heidelberg
- Louis Costemalle , Mayor, Gurs (France)
- Pepe Danquart , director and author, Merzhausen
- Gunter Demnig , initiator of the “Stolpersteine” campaign, Frechen
- Christine Denz , special education teacher, Mosbach
- Emil Dister , Head of Institute, Kesseldorf (France)
- Rachel Dror , teacher, Stuttgart
- Karl-Josef Edelmann , pensioner, Ulm
- Doris Epple , master optician i. R., Öhningen
- Rolf Fehlbaum , entrepreneur, Basel (Switzerland)
- Joy Fleming , rock, pop and pop singer, Sinsheim
- Kinga from Gyökössy-Rudersdorf , Med.-Techn. Assistant, Weinstadt-Endersbach
- Sven Hannawald , ski jumper, Munich
- Marli Hoppe-Ritter , entrepreneur, Schwetzingen
- Ekkehard Hülsmann , Senior Director of Studies i. R., Appenweier
- Eva Luise Köhler , teacher, Berlin
- Valdo Eugen Lehari , publisher, Reutlingen
- Muharrem Satir , university professor i. R., Berlin
- Jürgen Schütz , District Administrator a. D., Heidelberg
- Ursula Sladek , Grund-u. Secondary school teacher a. D. and Michael Sladek , doctor, Schönau
- Karl-Heinz Stengel , President of the YMCA Association Germany, Remchingen
- Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker , graduate physicist and biologist, Emmendingen
- Tabea Zimmermann -Sloane, violist, Bochum
2013
The award ceremony took place on April 20, 2013 in Mannheim Palace by Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann.
- Inge Auerbacher , Jamaica, New York (USA)
- Ernst Bucher , Kreuzlingen (Switzerland)
- Brigitte Dahlbender , state chairwoman of BUND, Ulm
- Jacques Delors , European politician, Paris
- Wolfgang Drexler , local and state politician, Esslingen
- Thomas D (Thomas Dürr), musician, Üxheim
- Ursula Eid , member of the Bundestag, Berlin
- Iring Fetscher , Frankfurt
- Gebhard Fürst , Bishop, Rottenburg
- Eduardo Garcia , entrepreneur, Stuttgart
- Hans-Martin Haist , Freudenstadt
- Regina Halmich , boxer, Karlsruhe
- Hans-Werner Hector , entrepreneur, Weinheim
- Josefine Hector , Weinheim
- Mechthild Herder , Freiburg
- Inge Jens , literary scholar, Tübingen
- Emmi Kraus , singing
- Andrea Laux , Leinfelden-Echterdingen
- Ingeborg Missmahl-Grusche , Constance
- Gudrun Müller (Rosalie), set designer, Stuttgart
- Silvia Neid , national soccer coach, Wilnsdorf
- Elisabeth Nill , member of the state parliament, Esslingen
- Erika Reinhardt , Stuttgart
- Werner Sobek , architect, Stuttgart
- Gökay Sofuoǧlu , Fellbach
- Benjamin Soussan , retired state rabbi R., Kirchzarten
- Edeltraud Wetzel , Stuttgart
2014
The award ceremony took place on May 3, 2014 in the Ludwigsburg residential palace by Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann.
- Hasan Aydogan , Mannheim
- Konrad Beyreuther , scientist, Heidelberg
- Ilse Birzele , chairwoman and manager of the house of the Göppingen family, Göppingen
- Uwe Brückner , Chairman of the Human Ethics Commission at Ulm University, Heidelberg
- Elisabeth Cheauré , Freiburg im Breisgau
- Brigitte Dethier , Stuttgart
- Ulrich Fischer , Regional Bishop, Neulußheim
- Hermann Heimpel , doctor and scientist, Elchingen
- Erika Heinz , Calw
- Roland Hipp , Deputy Managing Director of Greenpeace Germany, Groß Boden
- Kang Sue-jin , chamber dancer and first soloist, Stuttgart
- Michael Kienzle , literary scholar, Stuttgart
- Vincent Klink , cook, Stuttgart
- Gisela Maass , Freiburg
- Dietrich Niethammer , pediatrician, scientist, Tübingen
- Ernst Pfister , Minister of Economic Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister, Trossingen
- Dieter Planck , President of the State Monuments Office, Stuttgart
- Volker Reimann-Dubbers , pioneer of the energy transition, Heidelberg
- Jutta Riemer , chairwoman of the Federal Association of Liver Transplanted Germany eV, Bretzfeld
- Stefanie Ritzmann , Deputy Chairwoman of the Contergan Association Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
- Annette Saur , chairwoman of the Association for Help for Cerebral Damage, Mössingen
- Martin Schmitt , ski jumper, Freiburg
- Jörg Sommer , author of books for children and young people, Bad Friedrichshall
- Sybill Storz , entrepreneur, Tuttlingen
- Therese Wieland , Ordinariate Councilor, Stuttgart
- Jochen Wollmert , disabled athlete , Wuppertal
2015
The award ceremony took place on April 25, 2015 in Mannheim Palace by Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann.
- Valeri Belenki , artistic gymnast and gymnastics trainer , Ostfildern
- Ellen Brinkmann , local politician, Bötzingen
- Reinhard Bütikofer , federal and state politician, MEP, Berlin
- Herta Däubler-Gmelin , former Federal Minister of Justice. D., Dusslingen
- Reiner Ehret , Chairman of the State Nature Conservation Association, Kirchzarten
- Barbara Endreß , voluntary social worker, Stuttgart
- Ulrich Endreß , voluntary social worker, Stuttgart
- Eric Gauthier , dancer and choreographer, Stuttgart
- Alexander Gerst , astronaut, Niedernhall
- Stefan Hell , Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, Heidelberg
- Horst Hippler , physical chemist, Karlsruhe
- Ulrich Höpfner , energy and environmental researcher, Heidelberg
- Yavuz Kazanҫ , Chairman of the Association of Islamic Cultural Centers , Stuttgart
- Erich Klemm , former Chairman of the General Works Council and Supervisory Board of Daimler AG, Calw
- Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller , CEO of Trumpf GmbH, Gerlingen
- Günther Oettinger , EU Commissioner, former Prime Minister D., Ditzingen
- Marianne Raven , former managing director of the children's aid organization Plan International, Baden-Baden
- Martin Schäfer , managing director of the working group for organic farming, Leinfelden-Echterdingen
- Inge Schöck , Chairwoman of the Regional Association of Community Psychiatry , Stuttgart
- Christoph Sonntag , cabaret artist, Stuttgart
- Barbara Spehr , volunteer social worker, Stuttgart
- Gertrud Stihler , volunteer refugee support, Karlsruhe
- Johannes Stockmeier , former President of Diakonie Germany, Pfinztal
- Daniel Strauss , Chairman of the Regional Association of German Sinti and Roma, Neulußheim
- Jacek Zieliniewicz , Holocaust survivor, remembrance and reconciliation work, Bydgoszcz (Poland)
2016
The award ceremony took place on April 23, 2016 in Ludwigsburg Palace by Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann.
- Winfried Aßfalg , Rector for Special Schools i. R., honorary citizen of the city of Riedlingen, Riedlingen
- Michael Bamberg , Professor of Radiation Oncology, Founding President of the German Society for Radiation Oncology, Tübingen
- Emilie Bauer , Stuttgart
- Daniyel Demir , Chairman of the Federal Association of Arameans in Germany, Walldorf
- Christiane Eichenhofer , founder and chairwoman of the Christiane Eichenhofer Foundation , Lorch
- Ivo Gönner , former Lord Mayor of the City of Ulm, Ulm
- Norbert Hamberger , long-time development worker in Tanzania, Neudenau
- Claus Dieter Hoffmann , Chairman of the Supervisory Board of EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG, Stuttgart
- Elisabeth Jeggle , former member of the European Parliament, Biberach an der Riss
- Jean-Baptiste Joly , director and artistic director of the Akademie Schloss Solitude Foundation, Stuttgart
- Sami Khedira , soccer player at Juventus Turin, German national team, Fellbach
- Jan Ilhan Kizilhan , psychologist, professor at the Cooperative State University Villingen-Schwenningen, Villingen-Schwenningen
- Wolfgang Marguerre , entrepreneur and patron, Heidelberg
- Karin Maßen , director of the Free Theater Tempus fugit eV Lörrach, Rheinfelden
- Renate Rastätter , former member of the Greens in the state parliament of Baden-Württemberg, Karlsruhe
- Gabriele Röthemeyer , former managing director of the media and film company Baden-Württemberg, Windeby
- Dagmar Schmieder , Managing Director of the Schmieder Stiftung & Co. KG Clinics, Constance
- Kurt Schrimm , former head of the central office of the state justice administration for the investigation of National Socialist crimes, Bondorf
- Hermann Schröder , State Fire Director, Dossenheim
- Hans-Jörg Vetter , bank manager, CEO of Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, Königstein
- Josef Wieler , director of the Stuttgart State Opera, Stuttgart
- Hannelore Wörz , President of the Wuerttemberg-Baden Women's Association, Güglingen
2017
The award ceremony took place on May 6, 2017 in Mannheim Palace by Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann.
- Hubert Bour , prelate, former cathedral capitular of the Rottenburg-Stuttgart diocese, Tübingen
- Albin Braig , Swabian dialect actor, head of the "Kommede-Scheuer" in Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Herrenberg
- Cacau , former football player of VfB Stuttgart and the German national team, basket
- Antje von Dewitz , entrepreneur, managing director of the mountain sports outfitter VAUDE, Tettnang
- Christa Fritschi , founder of Aktion Kinderherzen , Orsingen-Nenzingen
- Karlheinz Hartmann , Swabian dialect actor, Herrenberg
- Margot Hombach , Ulm
- Dieter Kosslick , Director of the International Film Festival, Berlin
- Henriette Mojem , head of the Danube Swabian House in Sindelfingen, Stuttgart
- Dorothea Moritz , educator and trade unionist, Heimsheim
- Reinhart Müller , pastor and local politician, Ulm
- Richy Müller , actor, Chiemgau
- Gabriele Müller-Trimbusch , local politician, former social mayor of the state capital Stuttgart, Stuttgart
- Werner Pokorny , sculptor, Ettlingen
- Lucia Reisch , social and economic scientist, consumer advocate, Stuttgart
- Eva Schneider-Borgmann , women's rights activist, Freiburg im Breisgau
- Willi Steul , journalist, former director of Deutschlandradio, Berlin
- Monika Stolz , former Minister of Labor and Social Affairs of Baden-Württemberg, Ulm
- Christian Stürmer , lawyer and disabled activist, chairman of the Contergannetzwerk Deutschland, Ostfildern
- Eberhard Veit , manager, former CEO of Festo AG, Göppingen
- Robert Walter , former director of the Franco-German Cultural Center in Karlsruhe, Strasbourg (Alsace)
2018
The award ceremony took place on April 28, 2018 at Ludwigsburg Palace by Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann.
- Karl Allgöwer , former soccer player at VfB Stuttgart, Gingen an der Fils
- Benno Baumeister , Father, Africa missionary, Bujumbura / Burundi
- Ellen Breckwoldt , former member of the Freiburg Municipal Council, Freiburg im Breisgau
- Ulrich Dietz , graduate engineer, manager, Stuttgart
- Klaus Fischer , entrepreneur, former general manager of the Fischer group, Waldachtal
- Ulrike Freund , managing director of the Gold Ochsen brewery, Ulm
- Werner Hacke , neurologist, senior professor of medicine at the University of Heidelberg, Mannheim
- Matthias Holtmann , musician, former moderator of the radio station SWR1 Baden-Württemberg, Leonberg
- Willi Kamphausen , former member of the local council, chairman of the “Brückenhaus” association, city guide, Kirchheim unter Teck
- Andreas Lapp , Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Lapp Group, Honorary Consul of the Republic of India, Stuttgart
- Bettina Noack , Honorary Chairwoman of the Mothers Forum Baden-Württemberg, Reutlingen
- Stephan Alois Oberle , board member of the network “Time for Psyche Baden-Württemberg”, Illmensee
- Philippe Richert , French politician, President of the Regional Council of the Grand Est region, Wimmenau / France
- Edith Rönnebeck , chairwoman of the interest group “Das Herzkranke Kind eV”, Stuttgart
- Heike Schiller , photographer, politician, chairwoman of the Heinrich Böll Foundation Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart
- Sabine Spitz , cyclist, Olympic champion in cross country, “In Via” ambassador for the Archdiocese of Freiburg, Murg
- Barbara Traub , CEO of the Israelite Religious Community of Württemberg, Stuttgart
- Eberhard Trumpp , former managing director of the Baden-Württemberg district council, Leinfelden-Echterdingen
- Thomas Weber , engineer, member of the “National Electromobility Platform”, Stuttgart
2019
The award ceremony took place on May 18, 2019 at Mannheim Palace by Prime Minister Winfried Kretschmann.
- Barbara Bosch , Lord Mayor, Reutlingen
- Edmund Brenner , CEO of Sparkasse Tauberfranken, Bad Mergentheim
- Gernot Erler , Member of the Bundestag, Freiburg im Breisgau
- Cornelia Ewigleben , director of the Württemberg State Museum, Karlsruhe
- Martina Feierling-Rombach , entrepreneur, Freiburg i. Br.
- Pavel Hoffmann , concentration camp victim, Reutlingen
- Felix Huby , journalist, screenwriter and writer, Berlin
- Uta Lüttich , Chairwoman of the East Prussian Landsmannschaft in Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart
- Waltraut Maier , Fellbach
- Wolf Ekkehard Melzer , Heidelberg
- Peter Neher , President of the German Caritas Association, Freiburg im Breisgau
- Ortwin Renn , social scientist, Potsdam
- Heide Rühle , MEP, Stuttgart
- Josef Schaut , head and soul of the Upper Swabian calendar, Fronreute
- Hans Richard Schwenninger , biologist and wild bee expert, Stuttgart
- Gerhard Stratthaus , Minister of Finance of Baden-Württemberg, Brühl
- Götz W. Werner , entrepreneur, Stuttgart
- Manfred Wittenstein , entrepreneur, Bad Mergentheim
Web links
- List of medal recipients 1975–2019. (PDF; 180 kB) State Ministry of Baden-Württemberg, accessed on June 12, 2019 .
References and comments
- ↑ State Ministry of Baden-Württemberg: Order of Merit of the state to 22 distinguished personalities
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af List of medal recipients 1975–2019. (PDF; 180 kB) State Ministry of Baden-Württemberg, accessed on June 12, 2019 .
- ↑ List of the order pretenders 2010. (PDF) Retrieved on May 16, 2017 .
- ↑ List of the order pretenders 2011. (PDF) Retrieved on May 16, 2017 .
- ↑ List of the order pretenders 2012. (PDF) Retrieved on May 16, 2017 .
- ↑ List of the order pretenders 2013. (PDF) Retrieved on May 16, 2017 .
- ↑ List of the order pretenders 2014. (PDF) Retrieved on May 3, 2015 .
- ↑ List of the order pretenders 2015. (PDF) Retrieved on May 5, 2015 .
- ↑ List of the order pretenders 2016. (PDF) Retrieved on April 23, 2016 .
- ↑ List of the order pretenders 2017. (PDF) Retrieved on May 16, 2017 .
- ↑ List of pretenders to the order in 2018 (PDF) Retrieved on June 23, 2018 .
- ↑ List of the order pretenders 2019. Accessed on May 29, 2019 .