List of holders of the Order of Merit of the State of Berlin

This list shows the bearers of the Order of Merit of the State of Berlin . The award was founded on July 21, 1987 and was given to 17 personalities for the first time in the same year.

Contents:
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 • Weblinks • Individual references

1987

Hans-Dieter Blaese (* 1930), President of the Berlin Chamber of Crafts a. D. (awarded November 11, 1987)
Ulrich Eckhardt (* 1934), artistic director and managing director of the Berliner Festspiele GmbH (awarded on October 1, 1987)
Rudolf Finkl (* 1937), engineer (awarded on October 1, 1987)
Irmgard Graf (* 1928), Congress Manager (awarded on October 1, 1987)
Katharina Heinroth (1897–1989), zoologist, director of the Berlin Zoo from 1945 to 1956 (awarded on October 1, 1987)
Donald Herbst (* 1939), engineer (awarded October 1, 1987)
Roland Hetzer (* 1944), physician, cardiac surgeon (awarded on October 1, 1987)
Heinz-Constantin Last (1926-2019), politician (awarded on October 1, 1987)
Ruth Mattheis (1919–2010), medical doctor, chairwoman of the ethics committee of the Berlin Medical Association (awarded on October 1, 1987)
Reinhard Mey (* 1942), singer-songwriter (awarded on October 1, 1987)
Bernd Schultz (* 1941), art dealer (awarded on October 1, 1987)
Otto von Simson (1912–1993), art historian, President of the German UNESCO Commission, victim of the Nazi regime (awarded on October 1, 1987)
Herbert Sukopp (* 1930), botanist, ecologist (awarded on October 1, 1987)
Rudolf Thiel (* 1928), structural engineer (awarded on October 1, 1987)
Emma Wahler (1906–1993), Carer (awarded October 1, 1987)
Ingo Warnke (* 1942), founder of the Synanon e. V. Berlin (awarded on October 1, 1987)
Irmgard Wirth (1915–2012), museologist, first director of the Berlin Museum (awarded on October 1, 1987)

1988

Marie-Theresia Brünner (1927–2016), Managing Director of the Berlin Consumer Center (awarded on November 11, 1988)
Luise Eickelberg (1915–2002), manager (awarded on October 1, 1988)
Brigitte Grothum (* 1935), actress (awarded October 1, 1988)
Carl Judem (1908–1995), animal rights activist (awarded October 1, 1988)
Sabine Lange (1936–1998), initiator and member of the founding board of Deutsche AIDS-Hilfe eV , nurse and street worker (awarded on October 1, 1988)
Hans-Werner Lieber (1931–2000), technologist (awarded on October 1, 1988)
Karl-Heinz Meier (* 1923), journalist (awarded on October 1, 1988)
Claus Michaletz (1933–2018), businessman (awarded on October 1, 1988)
Horst Milde (* 1938), founder of the Berlin Marathon (awarded on October 1, 1988)
Karl Heinz Pepper (1910–2003), entrepreneur, initiator and owner of the Europa-Center Berlin (awarded on October 1, 1988)
Heinz Peter (* 1930), entrepreneur (awarded on October 1, 1988)
Katharina Portner (1929–2011), social politician (awarded on October 1, 1988)
Aribert Reimann (* 1936), musician, composer (awarded on October 1, 1988)
Peter Röhle (* 1957), educator, athlete (awarded on October 24, 1988)
Kurt Schips (* 1927), engineer (awarded on October 1, 1988)
Margot Schramm (1924-2018), teacher, swimmer (awarded on October 1, 1998)
Hans-Joachim Schwarze (* 1924), journalist (awarded on October 1, 1988)
Friede Springer (* 1942), publisher (awarded on October 1, 1988)
Günter Spur (1928–2013), technical scientist (awarded on October 1, 1988)
Lothar Wirth (* 1928), Director of the Aid Foundation (awarded on October 1, 1988)

1989

Ilse Augustin (1912–1993), patroness (awarded on October 1, 1989)
Karl H. Bröhan (1921–2000), porcelain and art historian, patron (awarded on October 1, 1989)
Helga Eddington (* 1938), social worker (awarded October 1, 1989)
Klaus Fischer-Dieskau (1921–1994), conductor, composer (awarded on October 1, 1989)
Siegmund Groß (* 1912), travel agency and forwarding agent (awarded on June 28, 1989)
Maria Countess von Maltzan (1909–1997), veterinarian, resistance fighter against the Nazi regime (awarded on October 1, 1989)
Hermann Noack (* 1931), sculptor, entrepreneur (awarded on October 1, 1989)
Bärbel Reichelt (* 1947), social politician (awarded on October 1, 1989)
Elisabeth Wolff (* 1913), sports official, co-founder of the DSB women's advisory board (awarded on October 1, 1989)

1990

Vicco von Bülow (1923-2011), writer, actor (awarded October 1, 1990)
François Cann (* 1932), division general, French city commander (awarded October 2, 1990)
Robert Corbett (born 1940), major general, British city commander (awarded October 2, 1990)
Barbara Deavin (* 1924), civil employee (awarded October 2, 1990)
Rudi Fehr (1911–1999), film producer, chairman of the Berlin-Los Angeles partnership (awarded on October 6, 1990)
Raymond Haddock (born 1936), Major General, American City Commander (awarded October 2, 1990)
David Klein (* 1919), diplomat (awarded on April 4, 1990)
Stephen Rabourn (born 1935), American civil employee (awarded October 2, 1990)
Philippe Trigeault (* 1942), military (awarded October 2, 1990)

1991

Dorothea Bönsel (* 1927), nurse (awarded on October 1, 1991)
Karl-Heinz Ducke (1941–2011), Catholic theologian (awarded on October 1, 1991)
Gernot Ernst (1931-2016), banker and president of the stock exchange (awarded on December 11, 1991)
Harry J. Gilmore (1937-2015), Military (awarded August 4, 1991)
Ezard Haußmann (1935-2010), actor (awarded October 1, 1991, returned, received again in 1993)
Otto Höhne (* 1926), sports official (awarded on October 1, 1991)
Anna-Margarete Krätschell (* 1943), social worker (awarded on October 1, 1991)
Gerhard Kunze (1926–2016), lawyer (awarded on October 1, 1991)
Annelore Lange-Stümpfig (* 1930), politician (awarded on October 1, 1991)
Ruth Misselwitz (* 1952), Protestant theologian (awarded on October 1, 1991)
Kurt Mühlenhaupt (1921–2006), painter, sculptor, writer (awarded on December 11, 1991)
Martin-Michael Passauer (* 1943), Protestant theologian (awarded on October 1, 1991)
Jack Rocchio (born 1933), American flight captain (awarded October 1, 1991)
Hans Simon (* 1935), Protestant theologian (awarded on October 1, 1991)

1992

Francis Beauchataud (1932–2012), French envoy and deputy town commander (awarded August 24, 1992)
Werner Braune (* 1936), Protestant theologian (awarded on December 16, 1992)
Sir Michael Burton (born 1937), British politician (awarded December 10, 1992)
Tatjana Gsovsky (1901–1993), dancer, choreographer, dance teacher (awarded on December 16, 1992)
Ernst G. Hermann (* 1917), real estate agent, director of the German-American Chamber of Commerce (awarded on April 9, 1992)
Rainer Hildebrandt (1914–2004), publicist, founder of the Wall Museum at Checkpoint Charlie (awarded on October 1, 1992)
Keriman Kay (* 1940), social worker (awarded October 2, 1992)
Hans Koch (* 1930), Manager (awarded on October 2, 1992)
Harry Kulbe (awarded October 1, 1992)
Rudolf Matzke (1921–2005), sports official (awarded on October 2, 1992)
Hans-Joachim Reichardt (* 1925), archivist (awarded on October 2, 1992)
Käthe Reichel (1926–2012), actress (awarded on October 2, 1992)
Heinz-Jürgen Schiermann (* 1928), police officer (awarded on October 2, 1992)
Sabine Sinjen (1942–1995), actress (awarded October 2, 1992, returned)

1993

Manuela Bebber (* 1952), social worker (awarded on October 1, 1993)
Willi Daume (1913–1996), sports official (awarded on May 24, 1993)
Gertrud Franzky (* 1916), social worker (awarded on October 1, 1993)
Peter Gerwing (* 1928), entrepreneur (awarded on October 1, 1993)
Günther Gottmann (1931–2018), museologist (awarded on October 1, 1993)
Karl-Otto Habermehl (1927–2005), physician, virologist (awarded on October 1, 1993)
Johannes Heesters (1903–2011), actor (awarded December 5, 1993)
Huberta Heres (* 1934), archaeologist (awarded on October 1, 1993)
Barbara John (* 1938), educator, politician (awarded October 1, 1993)
Peter Jung (* 1946), fireworker (awarded on October 1, 1993)
Hermann Krätschell (1930–2016), Head of the European Academy Berlin (awarded on October 1, 1993)
Hans-Joachim Kunsch (* 1930), master blacksmith (awarded on October 1, 1993)

Sigrid Lehrercke (* 1925), Protestant theologian (awarded on October 1, 1993)

Robert H. Lochner (1918–2003), journalist (awarded October 1, 1993)

Jürgen Mittelstraß (* 1936), philosopher (awarded on October 1, 1993)

Werner Heubaum (1931–2018), politician (awarded on May 25, 1993)

Udo Pape (* 1943), entrepreneur (awarded on October 1, 1993)

Christine Steer (* 1947), museologist (awarded on October 1, 1993)

Recep Ümit Uygun (1926–2013), medical doctor (awarded on October 1, 1993)

1994

Konrad Bauer (* 1943), musician (awarded on October 1, 1994)
David de Gonville Bromhead (* 1944), last British Brigadier General in Berlin (awarded on September 6, 1994)
Jean Brullard (* 1938), last French Brigadier General in Berlin (awarded on September 6, 1994)
Marianne Buggenhagen (* 1953), athlete (awarded on November 23, 1994)
Matwei Burlakov (1935-2011), Russian general (awarded on August 31, 1994)
Gerhard Cyrus (* 1932), Protestant theologian (awarded on October 1, 1994)
Günter Dobritz (1934–2019), police officer (awarded on October 1, 1994)
Waltraud Ewert (1925–1999), social worker (awarded on October 1, 1994)
Klaus Goehrmann (* 1938), Manager (awarded on October 1, 1994)
Hanns-Peter Herz (1927–2012), journalist (awarded on October 1, 1994)
Harry Kupfer (1935–2019), theater director (awarded October 1, 1994)
Pilar Lorengar (1928–1996), singer (awarded October 1, 1994)
Yuri Makarow (* 1949), Russian military (awarded September 1, 1994)
Günter Pfitzmann (1924–2003), actor, cabaret artist, director (awarded on October 1, 1994)
Edith Schollwer (1904–2002), actress, cabaret artist (awarded October 1, 1994)
Gerhard Schöne (* 1952), songwriter (awarded on October 1, 1994)
Lala Süsskind (* 1946), sociologist, publicist (awarded on October 1, 1994)
Hasso Freiherr von Uslar-Gleichen (* 1935), military (awarded on October 1, 1994)
Giuseppe Vita (* 1935), entrepreneur (awarded on October 1, 1994)
Charlotte Wegener (1929-2010), politician (awarded October 1, 1994)
Walter H. Yates (* 1941), last American brigadier general in Berlin (awarded on September 6, 1994)

1995

Jürgen Baermann (* 1944), teacher (awarded on November 2, 1995)
Günter Braun (* 1928), Manager, President of Rofin-Sinar Technologies (awarded on October 1, 1995)
Michael S. Cullen (* 1939), publicist (awarded October 1, 1995)
Karen Greve (1942–2014), physiotherapist (awarded October 1, 1995)
Günter Gersdorf (1932–2013), stove fitter, entrepreneur (awarded on October 1, 1995)
Nele Hertling (* 1934), theater and musicologist (awarded on October 1, 1995)
Felicitas Hübbe-Haunert (1925–2006), teacher, founder of the Berlin Children's Choir (awarded on October 1, 1995)
Dietmar Kansy (1938-2018), engineer (awarded on October 1, 1995)
Freya Klier (* 1950), director (awarded on October 1, 1995)
Hildegard Knef (1925–2002), actress, singer (awarded October 1, 1995)
Henryk Kulczyk (1925–2013), entrepreneur (awarded October 1, 1995)
Günter Lamprecht (* 1930), actor (awarded on October 1, 1995)
Thomas Langhoff (1938–2012), director, actor, general manager (awarded on October 1, 1995)
Melvin Lasky (1920–2004), political scientist, publicist (awarded October 1, 1995)
Ingeborg Laue (* 1921), manager (awarded on October 1, 1995)
Hannelore Lehmann (1934-2004), local politician, (awarded on October 1, 1995)
Harald Mau (* 1941), physician (awarded on October 1, 1995)
Gabriele Rühling (* 1954), social politician (awarded on October 1, 1995)
Wolf Wegener (* 1933), lawyer, CEO of ADAC Berlin (awarded on October 1, 1995)
Gerhard Wettig (* 1934), historian, publicist (awarded on October 1, 1995)
Ingeborg Wilutzky (1916–1998), patroness (awarded on October 1, 1995)

1996

Hedwig Bollhagen (1907-2001), ceramist (awarded on October 1, 1996)
Patrick Brooking (1937-2014), British military (awarded October 1, 1996)
Detlef Diehn (* 1943), member of the professional fire brigade (awarded on November 7, 1996)
Friedhelm Farthmann (* 1930), politician (awarded on October 1, 1996)
Wolfgang Grummt (1932–2013), ornithologist (awarded on October 1, 1996)
Rüdiger Hoth (* 1940), civil engineer and economist (awarded on October 1, 1996)
Irene Mann (1929–1996), director, choreographer (awarded October 1, 1996)
Marianne Miksch (* 1934), architect (awarded on October 1, 1996)
Brigitte Mira (1910–2005), actress (awarded October 1, 1996)
Heinz Oestergaard (1916–2003), fashion designer (awarded on February 5, 1996)
Hans-Dieter Reinwald (* 1943), firefighter (awarded on October 1, 1996)
Manfred Freiherr von Richthofen (1934–2014), sports functionary (awarded on October 1, 1996)
Stefan Schindler (* 1938), entrepreneur (awarded on October 1, 1996)
Käte Tresenreuter (1924–2013), social worker (awarded on October 1, 1996)
Sabine Werth (* 1957), social pedagogue, initiator and head of the Berliner Tafel (awarded on October 1, 1996)

1997

Renate Altner (* 1942), art historian (awarded on October 1, 1997)
Vladimir Ashkenazi (* 1937), conductor (awarded on October 20, 1997)
Egidius Braun (* 1925), sports official (awarded on October 1, 1997)
Christiane Bretz (1939–2016), trade union official (awarded on October 1, 1997)
Harry Dietrich (* 1931), employee (awarded on October 1, 1997)
Winfried Engler (1935–2018), Romance studies (awarded October 1, 1997)
Hans Frädrich (1937–2003), zoologist (awarded October 1, 1997)
Detlev Ganten (* 1941), biomedical scientist, geneticist, CEO of the Charité (awarded on October 1, 1997)
Wolfgang Gruner (1926–2002), cabaret artist (awarded on October 1, 1997)
Helga Haftendorn (* 1933), political scientist (awarded on October 1, 1997)
Gerhard Hellwig (1925–2011), conductor, founder of the Schöneberg Boys' Choir (awarded on October 1, 1997)
Peter Hufschmied (* 1949), logistician (awarded on October 1, 1997)
Anna Kraner (* 1947), social politician (awarded on October 1, 1997)
Ursela Monn (* 1950), actress (awarded October 1, 1997)
Alfred Nimser (* 1932), stage technician (awarded on October 1, 1997)
Jutta Semmler (* 1941), medical doctor (awarded on October 1, 1997)
Jochen Sievers (* 1937), businessman (awarded on October 1, 1997)

1998

Klaus Beubler (* 1954), Police Officer (awarded on October 1, 1998)

Werner Breitschwerdt (* 1927), technician, industrial manager, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler-Benz AG ad (awarded on October 1, 1998)

Helmut Coper (1925–2013), neuropharmacologist, member of the Societies for Christian-Jewish Cooperation in Germany (awarded on October 1, 1998)

Marianne Fischer-Kupfer (1922–2008), singer, singing teacher (awarded on October 1, 1998)

Konrad Gröger (* 1936), mathematician, first Vice President of the Humboldt University in Berlin (awarded on October 1, 1998)

Ulrich Heuke (* 1956), entrepreneur (awarded on October 1, 1998)

Heinz Knobloch (1926–2003), writer, journalist (awarded on October 1, 1998)

Karlheinz Kunze (* 1943), social politician (awarded on October 1, 1998)

Gisela Oechelhaeuser (* 1944), cabaret artist, artistic director (awarded on October 1, 1998)

Kurt H. Orb (1922–2006), journalist, founding member of the Journalists' Association Berlin (West) (awarded on October 1, 1998)

Svetislav Pešić (* 1949), coach (awarded on October 1, 1998)

Elisabeth Rasch (* 1959), medical doctor (awarded on October 1, 1998)

Heinz Ruhnau (* 1929), politician, entrepreneur (awarded on October 21, 1998)

Peter Witt (* 1938), economic and industrial manager (awarded on October 1, 1998)

1999

Christa-Maria Blankenburg (* 1934), social worker, parliamentary manager (awarded on October 1, 1999)
Anneliese Bödecker (1932–2015), social worker (awarded on October 1, 1999)
Manfred Busche (* 1933), economist (awarded on October 1, 1999)
Wolf-Dieter Dube (1934–2015), art historian (awarded on October 1, 1999)
Elke Hübner (* 1941), educator (awarded on October 1, 1999)
Friedhelm Kemna (1925–2007), journalist (awarded on October 1, 1999)
Heike Kahl (* 1955), Germanist, Managing Director of the German Children and Youth Foundation (awarded on October 1, 1999)
Ingeborg Karsch (* 1927), gallery owner (awarded on October 1, 1999)
Eberhard Mayntz (* 1941), entrepreneur, patron (awarded on October 1, 1999)
Tom Schilling (* 1928), choreographer (awarded on October 1, 1999)
Jürgen Schitthelm (* 1939), general manager (awarded on October 1, 1999)
Oscar Schneider (* 1927), politician, lawyer (awarded on October 1, 1999)
Dieter Stolte (* 1934), Broadcasting Director (awarded on October 1, 1999)

2000

Helmut Engel (1935–2019), art historian, retired state curator. D. (awarded October 1, 2000)
Inge Frohnert (1924–2013), social worker, Senate Councilor at the Senator for Finance (awarded on October 1, 2000)
Erich Gerard (1937–2011), Manager of Siemens AG (awarded on October 1, 2000)
Horst Grysczyk (* 1935), lawyer, President of the Berlin State Audit Office (awarded on November 30, 2000)
Maria Häring (* 1939), Managing Director of Bürgerbräu GmbH (awarded on October 1, 2000)
Eberhard Jahn (* 1939), Manager (awarded on October 1, 2000)
Anneliese Kaminski (* 1936), Protestant theologian (awarded on October 1, 2000)
Josef Paul Kleihues (1933–2004), architect, director of the Bauakademie in Berlin (awarded on October 1, 2000)
Kerstin Lieber (* 1959), medical doctor (awarded on October 1, 2000)
Gerd Liesegang (* 1956), sports official (awarded on October 1, 2000)
Gisela May (1924-2016), actress (awarded October 1, 2000)
Christoph Poppen (* 1956), violinist (awarded on October 1, 2000)
Ernst Schmidt (* 1938), social worker (awarded on October 1, 2000)
Father Vincens Hoffmann (* 1929), Catholic theologian (awarded on October 1, 2000)
Arno Wegner (* 1929), politician (awarded on October 1, 2000)

2001

Bernhard Dombek (* 1939), lawyer (awarded on October 1, 2001)
Birgit Fischer (* 1962), canoeist (awarded on October 1, 2001)
Christine von Heinz (* 1947), patron (awarded on October 1, 2001)
Ulrich von Heinz (* 1941), lawyer, patron (awarded on October 1, 2001)
Stephan Krawczyk (* 1955), singer-songwriter, writer (awarded on October 1, 2001)
Martin Matschinsky (1921–2020), sculptor, painter (awarded on October 1, 2001)
Brigitte Matschinsky-Denninghoff (1923–2011), sculptor (awarded on October 1, 2001)
Hartwig Piepenbrock (1937–2013), businessman, patron (awarded on October 1, 2001)
Hans Helmut Prinzler (* 1938), head of the Deutsche Kinemathek Foundation, museum director (awarded on October 1, 2001)
Heinz Quermann (1921–2003), television presenter (awarded on October 1, 2001)
Dieter Sauberzweig (1925–2005), politician, art historian (awarded on October 1, 2001)
Otto Ziege (1926–2014), cyclist, honorary president of the Berlin Cycling Association (awarded on October 1, 2001)
Regina Ziegler (* 1944), film producer (awarded on October 1, 2001)
Evelyn Zupke (* 1962), curative educator (awarded on October 1, 2001)

2002

W. Michael Blumenthal (* 1926), American politician, director of the Jewish Museum in Berlin (awarded on October 1, 2002)
Ruth Cornelsen , publisher, patroness, co-founder of the Franz and Ruth Cornelsen Foundation (awarded on October 1, 2002)
Inge Deutschkron (* 1922), writer, publicist, victim of the Nazi regime (awarded on October 1, 2002)
Heinz Dürr (* 1933), CEO of Deutsche Bahn AG (awarded on October 1, 2002)
Jürgen Engert (* 1936), publicist, founding director of the ARD capital studio (awarded on October 1, 2002)
Klaus Erforth (* 1936), theater director, co-founder of the RambaZamba theater des Sonnenuhr e. V. (awarded on October 1, 2002)
Günter Gaus (1929-2004), politician, publicist (awarded on October 1, 2002)
Volker Hassemer (* 1944), politician (awarded on October 1, 2002)
Gisela Höhne (* 1949), theater director, actress, co-founder of the RambaZamba theater of the Sonnenuhr e. V. (awarded on October 1, 2002)
Maria Müller-Sommer , stage publisher, honorary president of VG Wort (awarded on October 1, 2002)
Ivan Nagel (1931–2012), theater director, founder of the Theater der Welt (awarded on October 1, 2002)
Claudia Pechstein (* 1972), athlete (awarded on October 1, 2002)
Wolfgang Völz (1930-2018), actor (awarded on October 1, 2002)

2003

Franziska van Almsick (* 1978), athlete (awarded on October 1, 2003)
Isaak Behar (1923–2011), contemporary witness, community elder of the Jewish community in Berlin, victim of the Nazi regime (awarded on October 1, 2003)
Otto Beisheim (1924–2013), entrepreneur (awarded on October 1, 2003)
Frank Castorf (* 1951), director, general manager (awarded on October 1, 2003)
Peter Dussmann (1938–2013), founder of the Dussmann Group, patron (awarded on October 1, 2003)
Sylva Franke (1922–2012), hotel owner, member of the Jewish Community in Berlin (awarded on October 1, 2003)
Götz George (1938–2016), actor (awarded October 1, 2003)
Erika Gregor , film writer, organizer of the International Film Festival (awarded on October 1, 2003)
Ulrich Gregor (* 1932), film author and producer, director of the International Film Festival (awarded on October 1, 2003)
Liz Mohn (* 1941), Manager of the Bertelsmann Group, President of the German Stroke Foundation (awarded on October 1, 2003)
Michael Preetz (* 1967), soccer player (awarded on October 1, 2003)
Monika Schärtl , board member of the Diocesan Council of Catholics in the Archdiocese of Berlin, (awarded on October 1, 2003)
Thomas Sadtler , organizer of the Ecumenical Church Congress 2003 (awarded on October 1, 2003)

2004

Renate Bremmert (* 1948), women's representative for the Neukölln district (awarded on October 1, 2004)
Alexander Brenner (1925–2015), chemist, physicist, diplomat, former chairman of the Berlin Jewish Community (awarded on October 1, 2004)
Andreas Freudenberg (* 1951), managing director of the Werkstatt der Kulturen (awarded on October 1, 2004)
Werner Gegenbauer (* 1950), entrepreneur, honorary president of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (awarded on October 1, 2004)
Gerhard Hentrich (1924–2009), publisher (awarded on October 1, 2004)
Alexander Iljinskij (1948–2009), music dramaturge, director of the Friedrichstadtpalast (awarded on October 1, 2004)
Jochen Kowalski (* 1954), Berliner Kammersänger (awarded on October 1, 2004)
Gisela Mießner (1925-2006), resistance fighter against the Nazi regime (awarded on October 1, 2004)
Anett Szabó (* 1965), teacher, co-organizer of the Carnival of Cultures (awarded on October 1, 2004)
Reinhard Uppenkamp (* 1950), CEO of Berlin-Chemie AG (awarded on October 1, 2004)
Jutta Wachowiak (* 1940), actress (awarded October 1, 2004)
Brigitte Walz (* 1955), ethnologist, main initiator of the Carnival of Cultures (awarded on October 1, 2004)

2005

Stefan Arndt (* 1961), CEO of the German Film Academy (awarded on October 1, 2005)
Renate Baumgarten (* 1938), doctor (awarded on October 1, 2005)
Hubertus Erlen (* 1943), board member of Schering AG (awarded on October 1, 2005)
Peter Fenner (* 1943), Protestant theologian, head of the Johannesstift Spandau (awarded on October 1, 2005)
Peter Hanisch (* 1935), soccer player (awarded on October 1, 2005)
Catherine Mühlemann (* 1966), media scientist, managing director of MTV (awarded on October 1, 2005)
Peter Raue (* 1941), lawyer, chairman of the Association of Friends of the National Gallery (awarded on October 1, 2005)
Ilse Rewald (1918–2005), victim of the Nazi regime (awarded on October 1, 2005)
Markus Schächter (* 1949), journalist, director of the ZDF (awarded on October 1, 2005)
Bernd Siggelkow (* 1964), Protestant theologian, founder of the Arche children's and youth welfare organization (awarded on October 1, 2005)
Judy Winter (* 1944), actress (awarded October 1, 2005)

2006

Essy Agboli-Gomado (* 1947), nurse, initiator of the Verein Brücke zu Togo e. V. (awarded on October 1, 2006)
Hany Azer (* 1949), civil engineer, project manager of the north-south connection and the train stations (awarded on October 1, 2006)
Robert Bartko (* 1975), cyclist (awarded on October 1, 2006)
Sandra Bögner , Services at the Football World Cup 2006 (awarded on October 1, 2006)
Beate Brand , management consultant, city volunteer at the 2006 Soccer World Cup (awarded on October 1, 2006)
Paul van Dyk (* 1971), disc jockey, music producer (awarded on October 1, 2006)
Jörg Gühring , entrepreneur (awarded on October 1, 2006)
Inge Keller (1923–2017), actress (awarded October 1, 2006)
Klaus-Dieter Lehmann (* 1940), President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation (awarded on October 1, 2006)
Karl-Heinz Müller (* 1957), Managing Director of the fashion fair organizer Bread & Butter (awarded on October 1, 2006)
Klaus Schütz (1926–2012), Germanist, politician, Governing Mayor (awarded on October 1, 2006)

2007

Christine Bergmann (* 1939), politician (awarded on October 1, 2007)

Eberhard Diepgen (* 1941), former Governing Mayor (awarded on October 1, 2007)

Mathias Döpfner (* 1963), CEO of Axel Springer AG (awarded on October 1, 2007)

Thomas Dörflein (1963-2008) zookeeper (awarded on October 1, 2007)

Manfred Fischer (1948–2013), pastor (awarded on October 1, 2007)

Gina Graichen , Chief Detective Officer (awarded on October 1, 2007)

Volker Ludwig (* 1937), founder of the Grips-Theater (awarded on October 1, 2007)

Rolf Dieter Müller , former CEO of AOK Berlin (awarded on October 1, 2007)

Sarah Poewe (* 1983), swimmer (awarded 2007)

Britta Steffen (* 1983), swimmer (awarded on October 1, 2007)

Günther Stock , President of the Academy of Sciences (awarded on October 1, 2007)

Katharina Thalbach (* 1954), actress (awarded on October 1, 2007)

2008

Seyran Ateş (* 1963), lawyer (awarded on October 1, 2008)
Ernst Cramer (1913–2010), CEO of the Axel Springer Foundation (awarded on October 1, 2008)
Rolf Eckrodt (1942–2019), Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Fördergesellschaft Berlin Partner (awarded on October 1, 2008)
Don Jackson (* 1956), head coach of the Eisbären Berlin (awarded on October 1, 2008)
Anna-Maria Kellen (1918-2017), philanthropist (awarded on October 1, 2008)
Gabriele Minz , founder of the young.euro.classic music festival (awarded on October 1, 2008)
Jürgen Mlynek (* 1951), President of the Helmholtz Association, former President of Humboldt University (awarded on October 1, 2008)
Lena Schöneborn (* 1986), modern pentathlete, Olympic champion 2008 (awarded on October 1, 2008)
Coco Schumann (1924-2018), jazz musician (awarded on October 1, 2008)
Peter-Klaus Schuster (* 1943), General Director of the State Museums and Director of the National Gallery (awarded on October 1, 2008)
Bernd Wilms (* 1940), curator of the Hauptstadtkulturfonds, former director of the Maxim-Gorki-Theater and the German Theater (awarded on October 1, 2008)
Jenny Wolf (* 1979), speed skater (awarded on October 1, 2008)

2009

Gabriele Camphausen (* 1957), historian (awarded on October 1, 2009)
Gudrun Erzgräber , until 2008 managing director of BBB Management GmbH Campus Buch (awarded on October 1, 2009)
Wolfgang Huber (* 1942), Bishop of the Evangelical Church Berlin-Brandenburg-Silesian Upper Lusatia (awarded on October 1, 2009)
Helke Misselwitz (* 1947), German director (awarded on October 1, 2009)
Clemens Prokop , President of the German Athletics Association since 2001 (awarded on October 1, 2009)
Christina Rau (* 1956), political scientist (awarded on October 1, 2009)
Walter Riehn, helper at the 2009 World Athletics Championships in Berlin (awarded on October 1, 2009)
Frank Schneider (* 1942), until 2009 director of the Konzerthaus Berlin and the Konzerthausorchester Berlin (awarded on October 1, 2009)
Tom Sello (* 1957), editor (awarded October 1, 2009)
Marie Tegethoff , assistant at the World Athletics Championships 2009 in Berlin (awarded on October 1, 2009)
Günther Troppmann , CEO of Deutsche Kreditbank AG since 1996 (awarded on October 1, 2009)
Willy Weiland , President of the Berlin Hotel and Restaurant Association (awarded on October 1, 2009)
Jochen Zinner (* 1943), Head of the Berlin Olympic Training Center (awarded on October 1, 2009)

2010

Gerd von Brandenstein , former President of the Association of Business Associations in Berlin and Brandenburg e. V. (awarded on October 1, 2010)
Safter Çinar (* 1946), trade unionist, spokesman for the Turkish Association of Berlin-Brandenburg (TBB), integration activist (awarded on October 1, 2010)
Christine Fischer-Defoy (* 1951), art historian and filmmaker (awarded on October 1, 2010)
Reinhart Freudenberg , Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Freudenberg Foundation (awarded on October 1, 2010)
Nina Hoss (* 1975), actress (awarded on October 1, 2010)
Kurt Lehrke , former chairman of the City Working Group (awarded on October 1, 2010)
Kai-Uwe Merkenich (* 1960), Berlin AIDS Aid (awarded on October 1, 2010)
Arend Oetker (* 1939), entrepreneur and art collector (awarded on October 1, 2010)
Heiner Pietzsch (* 1930), art collector and patron (awarded on October 1, 2010)
Ulla Pietzsch , art collector (awarded on October 1, 2010)
Dieter Scholz (* 1938), former state chairman of the DGB (awarded on October 1, 2010)
Anita Tillmann , entrepreneur (awarded on October 1, 2010)
Norbert Tillmann , entrepreneur (awarded on October 1, 2010)
Ben Wagin , action artist and theater maker (awarded on October 1, 2010)

2011

Gülşen Aktaş (* 1957), Turkish teacher and political scientist (awarded on October 1, 2011)
Jutta Allmendinger (* 1956), President of the Berlin Science Center for Social Research (awarded on October 1, 2011)
Georg Baur (* 1990) (awarded for moral courage on October 1, 2011)
Ulla Berkéwicz-Unseld (* 1948), actress, writer and publisher (awarded on October 1, 2011)
Marianne Birthler (* 1948), Federal Commissioner for the Records of the State Security Service of the former GDR (awarded on October 1, 2011)
Karin Büttner-Janz (* 1952), artistic gymnast and doctor (awarded on October 1, 2011)
Axel Ekkernkamp (* 1957), university professor and politician (awarded on October 1, 2011)
Dieter Glietsch (* 1947), Police President in Berlin (awarded on October 1, 2011)
Erika Gromnica-Ihle (* 1940), doctor (awarded on October 1, 2011)
Robert Hanning (* 1968), handball coach (awarded on October 1, 2011)
Dieter Kosslick (* 1948), Director of the Berlin International Film Festival (awarded on October 1, 2011)
Inga-Maren Otto , patron (awarded on October 1, 2011)
Regina Saeger (* 1939), Chairwoman of the Berlin State Seniors ' Advisory Board (awarded on October 1, 2011)
Gary Smith (* 1954), American philosopher and cultural manager (awarded October 1, 2011)

2012

Sven Felski (* 1974), ice hockey player (awarded on October 1, 2012)
Dieter Hallervorden (* 1935), actor and director (awarded on October 1, 2012)
Robert Harting (* 1984), athlete (awarded on October 1, 2012)
Volker Heinrich, marine on the task force supply Berlin (awarded on October 1, 2012)
Bianca Klose, social worker, mobile counseling against right-wing extremism (awarded on October 1, 2012)
Andreas Penk (* 1965), Manager (awarded on October 1, 2012)
Max Raabe (* 1962), singer and entertainer (awarded on October 1, 2012)
Daniela Schulte (* 1982), swimmer, Paralympic winner (awarded on October 1, 2012)
Czarina Wilpert , social researcher (awarded on October 1, 2012)
Frank Zander (* 1942), singer and actor (awarded on October 1, 2012)

2013

Gudrun Doll-Tepper (* 1947), sports scientist (awarded on October 1, 2013)
Eva Herlitz (* 1952), initiator of the Buddy Bear activities (awarded on October 1, 2013)
Klaus Herlitz (* 1947), businessman and initiator of the Buddy Bear activities (awarded on October 1, 2013)
Hartmann Kleiner (* 1942), Chairman of the Board of Directors of the RBB Broadcasting Council (awarded on October 1, 2013)
René Koch (* 1945), make-up artist, founder of the Camouflage working group (awarded on October 1, 2013)
Ulrich Mommert entrepreneur and trotting athlete (awarded on October 1, 2013)
Thúy Nonnemann (* 1938), member of the Migration Council Berlin-Brandenburg (awarded on October 1, 2013)
Ronald Riege (* 1963) Head of the background service of the Berlin Red Cross during the 2013 flood (awarded on October 11, 2013)
Vanessa Sassen (* 1987?), Flood helper and employee of the Malteser Aid Service (awarded on October 11, 2013)
Ute Schnur (* 1955), wheelchair-bound deputy head of the Pankow district council (awarded on October 1, 2013)
Benjamin Schoenmakers , volunteer firefighter and honorary flood helper 2013 (awarded on October 1, 2013)
Michael Sommer (* 1952), trade unionist (awarded on October 1, 2013)
Wieland Speck (* 1951), director, homosexual representative (awarded on October 1, 2013)
Bernd Thiel , honorary calligrapher of the Golden Book of the City of Berlin (awarded on October 1, 2013)
Emine Neşe Yüksel (* 1965), gynecologist, scientist, chairwoman of the Berlin Society of Turkish Medicine e. V. (BGTM) (awarded on October 1, 2013)

2014

Sister Maria Hannelore Huesmann, member of the Catholic religious order of the Franciscan Sisters of Münster-Mauritz and a nurse by profession (awarded on October 1, 2014)
Natascha Keller (* 1977), hockey player (awarded on October 1, 2014)
Matthias Koeppel (* 1937), painter (awarded on October 1, 2014)
Tina K. (* 1984), founder of the I am Jonny association (awarded on October 1, 2014)
Otfried Laur, founder of the Berliner Theaterclub e. V. (awarded on October 1, 2014)
Udo Lindenberg (* 1946), rock musician (will accept the award at a later date)
Egidio Marzona (* 1944), art collector and patron (awarded on October 1, 2014)
Maria Nooke, co-founder of the opposition newspaper Aufbruch in der GDR in 1988 . Today Deputy Director of the Berlin Wall Memorial (awarded on October 1, 2014)
Wolf-Dieter Wolf , Vice President of the Landessportbund Berlin (awarded on October 1, 2014)
Ulrika Zabel, longtime head of the competence center for intercultural opening of the elderly (awarded on October 1st, 2014)

2015

Christopher and Marc Bauder (* 1974), initiators of the temporary light installation "Light Border" on the occasion of the celebrations on November 9, 2014 (awarded on October 1, 2015)
Frank Ebert (* 1970), Robert Havemann Society (awarded on October 1, 2015)
Iris Berben (* 1950), President of the German Film Academy (awarded on October 1, 2015)
Barbara Boehm-Tettelbach, Emigrant Program for Persecuted Former Citizens of Berlin (awarded on October 1, 2015)
Johanna Hassoun, Center for Migrants, Lesbians and Gays (awarded on October 1, 2015)
Heinz-Dieter Rosenkranz , co-founder of the Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin (awarded on October 1, 2015)
Mohamed Taha Sabri , Imam in the Neukölln Meeting Center (awarded on October 1, 2015)
Hermann Simon (* 1949), director of the foundation "New Synagogue Berlin - Centrum Judaicum" (awarded on October 1, 2015)
Friederike Sittler (* 1969), “Laib und Seele”, an action by Berliner Tafel e. V., the churches and the RBB (awarded on October 1, 2015)
Wim Wenders (* 1945), President of the European Film Academy (awarded on October 1, 2015)
Jörg Woltmann (* 1947), partner of the Königliche Porzellan Manufaktur KPM (awarded on October 1, 2015)

2016

Mo Asumang (* 1963), director and television presenter (awarded on October 1, 2016)
Wolfgang Apel (1951-2017), animal rights activist (awarded on October 1, 2016)
Michael Ballhaus (1935–2017), cameraman (awarded on October 1, 2016)
Margot Friedlander (* 1921), survivor of the Holocaust, contemporary witness (awarded on October 1, 2016)
Brigitte Kupferschmidt, head of the self-help group for women with cancer (awarded on October 1, 2016)
Ahmed Mansour (* 1976), television journalist (awarded October 1, 2016)
Udo Marin, managing director of the Association of Berlin Merchants and Industrialists
Kaweh Niroomand, volleyball player
Lea Rosh (* 1936), publicist (awarded on October 1, 2016)
Fetsum Sebhat, singer and composer (awarded on October 1, 2016)

2017

Katja von der Bey (* 1962), managing director of "WeiberWirtschaft eG" (awarded on October 1, 2017)
Sigrid Falkenstein, teacher (awarded on October 1, 2017)
Peter Fissenewert (* 1961), lawyer and author (awarded on October 1, 2017)
Walter Frankenstein, contemporary witness of the Nazi era (awarded on October 1, 2017)
Dieter Hauert (* 1935), President of the basketball club ALBA Berlin (awarded on October 1, 2017)
Hardy Schmitz, Managing Director of WISTA-Management GmbH (awarded on October 1, 2017)
Patricia Schneider, qualified pedagogue, Berlin initiative against violence against women (BIG eV) (awarded on October 1, 2017)
Barbara Schöne (* 1947), actress and singer, Kuratorium der Berliner Aids-Hilfe eV (awarded on October 1, 2017)
Ingeborg Simon (* 1939), former member of the House of Representatives, State Seniors' Advisory Board (awarded on October 1, 2017)
Klaus Staeck (* 1938), former President of the Academy of Arts in Berlin (awarded on October 1, 2017)
Walter Wübben, main shareholder of the ABG Group (awarded on October 1, 2017)

2018

Dietmar Arnold (* 1964), co-founder of the Berliner Unterwelten eV association
Maria Diefenbach, founder and chairwoman of Raum der Stille eV
Walter Homolka (* 1964), rabbi and university professor
Heike von Joest, chairwoman of the Berlin Community Foundation
Anselm Lange, full-time managing director of Telefonseelsorge eV
Anna Loos (* 1970), singer, artist and filmmaker
Karin Mölling (* 1943), virologist and HIV researcher
Simon Rattle (* 1955), British conductor, 2002–2018 chief conductor of the Berliner Philharmoniker
Gisela Sdorra, patron and founder of the Gisela Sdorra Foundation
Wolfgang Templin (* 1948), GDR civil rights activist and publicist
Klaus Ulbricht (* 1938), long-time district mayor of the Berlin-Köpenick / Treptow-Köpenick district
Roland Weber, Victims Commissioner for the State of Berlin

2019

Riza Baran (1942–2020), Turkish-German vocational school teacher and politician
Annett Gröschner (* 1964), German historian, writer and journalist
Klaus Hoffmann (* 1951), actor
Sybill Knobloch, managing director of the free subscriptions for prisoners association
Hanni Lévy (1924–2019), Holocaust survivor
Christoph Links (* 1954), German publisher
Philomene Magers (* 1965), gallery owner
Gernot Moegelin (* 1943), entrepreneur and board member of the Kaiser Friedrich Museum Association
Sebastian Pflugbeil (* 1947), former Minister D. and former civil rights activist
Volker Schröder (* 1942), initiator of the preservation of history on March 18, 1848
Monika Sprüth (* 1949), German gallery owner
Christa Stolle (* 1959), federal manager of Terre des Femmes
Michael Winter, lieutenant captain and ship supply officer of the task force supply company in Berlin

Web links

Order of Merit of the State of Berlin - Berlin.de. In: berlin.de. Retrieved April 12, 2019
- 2002: AWARD OF THE MERIT ORDER OF THE LAND OF BERLIN - Berlin.de. In: berlin.de. September 30, 2002 .; accessed on April 12, 2019
- 2003: WOWEREIT AWARDED MERIT ORDER OF THE STATE OF BERLIN - Berlin.de. In: berlin.de. September 26, 2003 .; accessed on April 12, 2019
- 2004: WOWEREIT AWARDS BERLIN STATE ORDER - Berlin.de. In: berlin.de. October 13, 2004 .; accessed on April 12, 2019
- 2007: Awarded the Berlin State Order - Berlin.de. In: berlin.de. September 28, 2007 .; accessed on April 12, 2019
- 2008: Wowereit awards Berlin state medals - Berlin.de. In: berlin.de. September 29, 2008 .; accessed on April 12, 2019
- 2009: Wowereit awards Berlin state medals - Berlin.de. In: berlin.de. September 30, 2009 .; accessed on April 12, 2019
- 2011: Wowereit awards Berlin state medals - Berlin.de. In: berlin.de. September 30, 2011 .; accessed on April 12, 2019
- 2012: Awarded the Berlin State Order - Berlin.de. In: berlin.de. October 1, 2012 .; accessed on April 12, 2019
- 2013: Wowereit awards Berlin state medals - Berlin.de. In: berlin.de. September 30, 2013 .; accessed on April 12, 2019
- 2014: Rotes Rathaus: Wowereit awards Berlin state medals - Berlin.de. In: berlin.de. 29th September 2014 .; accessed on April 12, 2019
- 2015: Award of the Order of Merit of the State of Berlin - Berlin.de. In: berlin.de. October 1, 2015 .; accessed on April 12, 2019
- 2016: Order of Merit of the State of Berlin awarded - Berlin.de. In: berlin.de. October 1, 2016 .; accessed on April 12, 2019
- 2017: Award of the Berlin State Order - Berlin.de. In: berlin.de. 28th September 2017 .; accessed on April 12, 2019
- 2018: Award of the Order of Merit of the State of Berlin 2018 - Berlin.de. In: berlin.de. 1st October 2018 .; accessed on April 12, 2019
- 2019: Award of the Order of Merit of the State of Berlin 2019 - Berlin.de

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Wowereit honors eleven Berliners with Order of Merit - Berlin - Berliner Morgenpost. In: morgenpost.de. October 1, 2005, accessed April 12, 2019 .
↑ Wowereit awards the Berlin Order of Merit . In: Berliner Morgenpost , October 1, 2011, accessed on June 2, 2014.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Wowereit awards Berlin state medals . Press and Information Office of the State of Berlin, press release, September 28, 2012. Accessed November 17, 2013.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Wowereit presented state medals in 2013 - Berlin.de. In: berlin.de. October 1, 2013, accessed April 12, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Red City Hall: Wowereit awards Berlin state medals . Press release of September 29, 2014. Accessed October 1, 2014.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Awarded the Order of Merit of the State of Berlin - Berlin.de. In: berlin.de. October 1, 2015, accessed April 12, 2019 .

[:0-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Wowereit honors eleven Berliners with Order of Merit - Berlin - Berliner Morgenpost. In: morgenpost.de. October 1, 2005, accessed April 12, 2019 .

[2] Wowereit awards the Berlin Order of Merit . In: Berliner Morgenpost , October 1, 2011, accessed on June 2, 2014.

[V2012-3] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Wowereit awards Berlin state medals . Press and Information Office of the State of Berlin, press release, September 28, 2012. Accessed November 17, 2013.

[V2013-4] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o Wowereit presented state medals in 2013 - Berlin.de. In: berlin.de. October 1, 2013, accessed April 12, 2019 .

[V2014-5] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Red City Hall: Wowereit awards Berlin state medals . Press release of September 29, 2014. Accessed October 1, 2014.

[:1-6] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Awarded the Order of Merit of the State of Berlin - Berlin.de. In: berlin.de. October 1, 2015, accessed April 12, 2019 .