List of holders of the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
This list shows the holders of the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia with the year of award (complete from 2006).
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A.
- Rolf Abrahamsohn 2020
- Elisabeth Achenbach 1995
- Karlheinz Achenbach 1986
- Rolf Ackermann , Bonn 2000
- Heinz Adria 1996
- Heino Ahr , Wuppertal 1999
- Georg Aigner 1996
- Horst Albach (economist) 2008
- Helga Albert-Schulz 2011
- Brigitte Albrecht , Kaarst 2013
- Maria Alex 1991
- Walter Alfen 1995
- Juan Allende-Blin 2009
- E. Martyn Allies 1992
- Götz Alsmann 2019
- Jürgen Althaus , Kreuztal 2017
- Adolf Althoff (circus director) 1995
- Maria Althoff (artist) 1995
- Stella Ananiadou 2007
- Erwin Angreß 1997
- Hilmar Ankerstein (Chairman of the Cologne Society for Christian-Jewish Cooperation) 1986
- Ursula Maria Ansorge , Dorsten 2000
- Helmut Antoni 1990
- Franz-Josef Antwerpes 2020
- Günter Apsel 1991
- Max Hermann Archimowitz 1987
- Walter Arendt 1986
- Heinrich Aretz , Gangelt 2004
- Ersoy Arik , Duisburg 1999
- Benjamin Armon 1995
- Gottfried Arnold , Düsseldorf 2003
- Hans-Dieter Arntz , Euskirchen 2015
- Helmut Arntz , Elsdorf 2009
- Helmut Arntzen , Emmerich 2009
- Bruno Asshoff 1988
- Ingeborg Asshoff 1988
- Johannes Asshoff 1989
- Werner Audretsch , Düsseldorf 2001
- Karl Auffenberg 1989
B.
- Achim Bachem 2007
- Ilse Baden 1995
- Kurt R. Baden 1995
- Egon Bahr 2010
- Rudi Bahr 1996
- Fatmire Bajramaj (soccer player) 2012
- Bernd-Stephan Baldin , Aachen 2012
- Klaus Balkenhol 1997
- Manfred Baller , Breckerfeld 2001
- Fred Balsam , Cologne 2013
- Hans Bange 1989
- Ulrich Banken , Siegen 2018
- Helmut Bantz 1986
- Dietmar Bär , Berlin 2015
- Lidia Barejko-Knops , Rösrath 2012
- Rainer Barzel 1992
- Herta Bautendistel 1986
- Clemens Bauer 2009
- Helene Bauer 1997
- Gerhart Baum (politician) 2017
- Jürg Baur 1990
- Mustafa Bayram 2019
- Bernd Becher 1991
- Hilla Becher 1991
- Franz Beckenbauer (soccer player and soccer official) 2009
- Erwin Becker 1995
- Franz Becker (entrepreneur) 2007
- Helmuth Becker 2010
- Joseph Becker 1987
- Richard Becker 1989
- Wilhelm Becker, Arnsberg 2000
- Albert Beckers 1987
- Ilse Beckers , Düsseldorf 2001
- Thomas Beckmann (cellist) 2007
- Wilhelm Beermann , Bochum 2017
- Klaus J. Behrendt , Berlin 2015
- Fritz Behrens (politician) 2007
- Konrad Beikircher , Bonn 2001
- Uwe Beimfohr , Bad Salzuflen 1999
- Berthold Beitz 1986
- Else Beitz 1994
- Brunhilde Belau 1990
- Josef Bellerich , Heek 2018
- Hans Bender , Cologne 1991
- Otto Benesch 1988
- Dov Ben-Meir 1988
- Rudolf von Bennigsen-Foerder 1989
- Christian Fürst zu Bentheim and Steinfurt 1988
- Iris Berben , 2020
- Andrea Berg , Aspach 2018
- Burckhard Bergmann , Hattingen 2004
- Fritz Bergmann 1994
- Karl van Berk 1990
- Horst Bessel, Viersen 2018
- Werner Bessel 1989
- Roswitha and Erich Bethe , Bergisch Gladbach 2012
- Hermann-Josef Beu , Leverkusen 2001
- Karl Bewerunge 1987
- Lothar Bewerunge 1986
- Alfred Beyer , Mülheim an der Ruhr 2015
- Margarete Bick 2011
- Ernest Stephen Bieberfield 1990
- Kurt Biedenkopf (politician) 2017
- Christoph Biemann , Cologne 2019
- Helmut Bienk 1994
- Rudolf Biermann , Kreuztal 2017
- Mechtild Bierschbach 2007
- Edith Biewend 1990
- Fritz Bilz , Cologne 2016
- Alfred Biolek 1994
- Diether Bischoff 1994
- Friedrich Bischoff, Hattingen 2000
- D. Klaus von Bismarck 1986
- Joseph-Theodor Blank 2007
- Walter Blassat 1987
- Heinz-Josef Blastik , Rheinberg 1999
- Rudd Bleijerveld , Amsterdam / Netherlands 2004
- Gertraude and Helmut Bleks 1995
- Dieter Blumenberg 1997
- Helmut Bockhoff 1986
- Friedrich Böckmann 1992
- Ernst Boekels , Tönisvorst 2016
- Karin Boekler 1997
- Klaus Otto Böhlhoff , Düsseldorf 2001
- Horst Bohlmann , Hüllhorst 2014
- Willi Bokel 1997
- Johann Bolten, Mönchengladbach 2001
- Fahriye Bolulu 2011
- Henrik Bonde-Henriksen 1988
- Jochen Borchert , Bochum 2018
- Heinrich Borge , Baesweiler 2000
- Hugo Borger 1992
- Walter Borger , Velbert 2001
- Hans Günter Borgmann 1997
- Dankward Börngen 1993
- Kurt Bornhoff 1987
- Brigitte Borsdorf 2009
- Bettina Böttinger 2009
- Horst Bourmer 1997
- Aran Bozkurt 1993
- Serdar Bozkurt , Duisburg 2015
- Karl Dietrich Bracher 1993
- Dietrich Bracht 1997
- Harald Brand (journalist) 2007
- Heiner Brand (German national handball coach and former handball player) 2007
- Claudia Brandt , Bonn 2003
- Ilona Brandt , Bonn 2003
- Jürgen Brandt 1997
- Richard Brandt 1993
- Bruno Otto Braun 2007
- Egidius Braun (former DFB President) 1995
- Sabine Braun , Bochum 2001
- Eugenie Brecher 1995
- Eberhard Brede , Bad Neuenahr 2003
- Karl Breer , Iserlohn 1999
- Theo Breider 1986
- Heinrich Breloer (director) 2006
- Johannes Breloer 1986
- Wilfried Brennecke 1992
- Linda Bresonik (soccer player) 2011
- Agnes Breuer 1996
- Michael Breuer (former Minister of State), Erftstadt 2018
- Annemarie Brinckmann 1988
- Hermann Brinkmann 1989
- Edna Brocke (Judaist) 2006
- Anna Maria Brockmann 1990
- Elmar Brok , Bielefeld 2017
- Peter Bronnenberg 2006
- Till Brönner , Berlin / Witten 2019
- Heinrich Bross 1991
- Erich Brost 1986
- Günther Broszeit , Bottrop 2000
- Hans Brox 1994
- Ernst Brücher 1991
- Kurt Brumme 1993
- Anke Brunn (former Minister of State), Cologne 2015
- Christa Bruns 1991
- Ilse Brusis , Dortmund 2013
- Herbert Brüster 1991
- Lothar Bub , Kreuztal 1999
- Karl Heinz Büchel 1993
- Peter Buchholz 1994
- Adelheid and Stephan Buchkremer 1987
- Ludwig Budde 1994
- Willi Budde , Mülheim an der Ruhr 2003
- Hiltrud Buddemeier-Ennenbach , Herne 2013
- Norbert Bude (former chairman of the North Rhine-Westphalia City Council and retired mayor), Mönchengladbach 2018
- Georg Budke (politician) 1991
- Hermann Bühlbecker , Aachen 2018
- Gisela Bueren 1993
- Günter Buhlmann , Mönchengladbach 2003
- Reinhard Bulitz , Duisburg 2000
- Bernhardt Bünck , Duisburg 2003
- Klaus Bungert (politician) 1986
- Wilhelm Bungert 1995
- Christa Burghardt (Managing Director of the German Child Protection Association Hagen) 2008
- Herta Burghardt 1993
- Margot Burmann, Meschede 2018
- Kurt Busch , Essen 2001
- Thomas Busch , Solingen 2019
- Hermann Buschfort (politician) 1989
- Alfred Bussmann 1992
- Rolf Buttler (journalist) 1995
C.
- Hugo Cadenbach (private banker and diplomat), Aachen 1992
- Fredi Camminadi (Former Mayor of Hemer) 2001
- Luise Carson , Düsseldorf 2018
- Claus Hinrich Casdorff 1991
- Albert Caspers 1996
- Erol Celik 2012
- Gustav Chalupa , Baden / Austria 2000
- Bodo Champignon (politician) 2012
- Samy Charchira 2020
- Remigius Chmurzynski (theologian) 1995
- Friedrich Wilhelm Christians 1987
- Hans-Otto Christiansen , Düsseldorf 2001
- Roberto Ciulli 1994
- Hilde Claussen , Münster 2000
- Wolfgang Clement
- Esra Cohn (Chairman of the State Association of the Jewish Community of North Rhine) 2007
- Karl Otto Conrady (literary historian) 2003
- Gérard Corboud , 1807 Blonay 2012
- Walter Cordes 1987
- Anthony Cragg , Wuppertal 2018
- Albrecht von Cossel 1986
- Ludwig Creder 1991
- Gerhard Cromme 2007
D.
- Helmut Dahm (historian and archivist) 1990
- Margaret and Günter Danek 2011
- Hans Daniels (politician) 1987
- Michael Ulrich Dardenne (medical doctor) 1994
- Willy Decker 2007
- Johann Deckers 1987
- Erwin Degen , Bottrop 2000
- Manfred Degen , Marl 2013
- Heinz-Horst Deichmann (entrepreneur) 1989
- Hans Demmer 1999
- Gunter Demnig 2019
- Diether Deneke (politician) 1987
- Volrad Deneke (journalist and politician) 1994
- Erika Denker , Wilnsdorf 2017
- Karl Josef Denzer (President of the State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia) 1986
- Anneliese Dersen , Krefeld 2001
- Walter Derwald 1992
- Manfred Deselaers (pastor) 2013
- Günther Detert , Wesel 2001
- Richard Deutsch 1997
- Fritz Deutzmann 1994
- Josef Peter Devers , Rheinberg 2000
- Luise Dick 1986
- Jochen Dieckmann (politician) 2007
- Karl Diekmann 1995
- Lieselott Diem (sports teacher) 1986
- Erika Margarete Dienstl , Stolberg 2001
- Jürgen Dietrich , Lüdenscheid (Mayor) 2004
- Regina van Dinther 2005
- Siegfried Dißmann 1986
- Titus Dittmann 2009
- Karl Dlugos 1992
- Werner Doede 1989
- Johannes Doehring (theologian) 1986
- Richard Dohse 1988
- Hilde Domin (writer) 1988
- Klaus Dönecke , Düsseldorf 2016
- Albert Donnepp 1989
- Inge Donnepp 1996
- Friedrich Dopheide 1989
- Heinz Döring 1992
- Frieda Luise Dornberg 1987
- Ernst Dossmann (architect) 2007
- Nikolaus Johann Dott , Hürth 2003
- Laura Dreischärf 1992
- Kurt Dreist , Düsseldorf 1999
- Hermann Drese 1986
- Heinz Dresing 1986
- Heinz Dressel 1989
- Kurt Dressel , Herdecke 2000
- Franz-Josef Dreyhaupt 1996
- Wilhelm Droste 1995
- Felicitas Drummen 1995
- Thomas Druyen , Düsseldorf 2018
- Irmgard and Volker Dudek , Duisburg 2019
- Erwin Düker 1997
- Theresia Dullen 1996
- Hermann-Josef Dusend (local politician) 2006
- Helga Dwinger 1995
E.
- Dieter Ebert 1997
- Julius-Moritz Freiherr and Sitta Freifrau von Eckardstein 1995
- Hanna Eckardt 1996
- Heide Ecker-Rosendahl 1989
- Helmut Eckert , Alsdorf 2001
- Friedrich Wilhelm Eckhoff 1997
- Curt Edeling 1991
- Hans Ehlers 1994
- Ludwig Eichhorn (politician) 1992
- Johanna Eichmann (Sister St. Ursula) 2006
- Hermann-Josef Eicker , Geldern 2017
- Hans-Helmut Eickschen , Moers 2014
- Wilhelm von Eiff 1994
- Heinz Eikelbeck 1995
- Riad El-Assil , Dortmund 2016
- Helmut Elfring 1993
- Fritz Eller (architect) 1993
- Carolin Emcke 2020
- Vural Emre 1992
- Martha Engfeld 1993
- Walter Erasmy (journalist) 1988
- Manfred Erdtmann , Kamen (Mayor) 2003
- Kornelius and Lieselotte Erdweg 1987
- Alberto Erede 1991
- Wilhelm Erfurt , Schwelm 2017
- Joseph Franz Ernst , Paderborn 2001
- Elisabeth Ernsting , Coesfeld 2001
- Kurt Werner Ernsting , Coesfeld 2001
- Richard Erny 1989
- Ferdinand Esser , Rosenheim 2004
- Judith Esser Noon 2009
- Aletta Paula Essler 1988
- Hans Günter Ettrich , Castrop-Rauxel 1999
- Wilhelm Eubel , Troisdorf 1999
- Barbara Eufinger , Solingen 2017
- Johannes Eulering 2008
- Wilhelm Evers, Ratingen 2001
- Walter Eversheim 1988
- Egon Evertz , Solingen 2012
- Hans Lorenz Ewaldsen (industrial manager) 1988
- Gerhard Wilhelm Eyckers 1991
F.
- Christoph Faber 1993
- Willi Fährmann 2011
- Fairgrieve Hall William 2001
- Paul Falk
- Franz Falke, Senden 2001
- Hartmut Falkenberg , Krefeld 2004
- Ellen Falout 1995
- Helmut Falter 2005
- David Faran-Frankfurter 1988
- Friedhelm Farthmann (politician) 2006
- Heribert Faßbender , Leverkusen 2001
- Herbert Faust (politician) 1993
- Jens Feddersen 1987
- Wolfgang Fehl 1996
- Heinz Feldhege (politician) 1993
- Ulrich Feldhoff (sports official)
- Anni-Elisabeth Felmecke 1995
- Heinz Fennekold , Dortmund 2013
- Bergit Felsenfeld, Velbert 2015
- Cataldo Don Ferrarese 1997
- Heinz-August Feuerbaum 1994
- Angela Feuerstein , Dortmund (computer scientist) 1999
- Eckhardt Fiedler 2007
- Hilde Fiedler 1995
- Werner Figgen 1990
- Eberhard Firnhaber 1994
- Birgit Fischer (politician) 2017
- Karl Fischer 1986
- Guntram Fischer 1989
- Walter Fischer 1996
- Norbert Fischer 1997
- Fritz Emil Fischer , Iserlohn 2003
- Ingeborg Fischer 2008
- Josef Fitzek , Cologne 2000
- Hermann Flieger 1993
- Jürgen Flimm (theater and opera director) 2006
- Katharina Focke (politician) 1993
- Helmut Foerster 1987
- Walter Först 1986
- Else Förster 1989
- Sir Norman Foster 1995
- Theodor Wilhelm Frank 1986
- Martha Franken 1996
- Philomena Franz , Bergisch Gladbach 2013
- Gisela Freier , Adenau-Reifferscheid 2014
- Dagmar Freitag , Member of the Bundestag, Iserlohn 2014
- Eberhard Fricke , Wesel 2000
- Ingeborg Friebe 1990
- Otto Friesike 1992
- Johannes Fröhlings 1997
- Heinrich Frommknecht 1994
- Hannelore Fuchs 1990
- Peter Fuchs 1995
- Ilona Füchtenschnieder-Petry 2011
- Clemens Fuhrmann , Duisburg 2000
- Heinz Fuhrmann , Witten 2019
- Otto Fuhrmann 1987
- Franz-Ludwig Fuhrmeister , Herzogenrath 2000
- Rolf Füllgränke (politician) 1992
- Heinz Peter Funcke , Essen 2004
- Liselotte Funcke 1986
- Alexander Funke 1989
- Hubertus von Fürstenberg , Olsberg 2018
G
- Kurt Gabriel 1995
- Hildegard Gahlen 1992
- Eberhard Galley 1992
- Leopold Gallien 1988
- David Garrett 2011
- Marcel Gärtner 1989
- Günter Garz 1990
- Hans Garwer 1986
- Rolf D. Gassen (politician), Langenfeld 1999
- Karl Gatzweiler 1993
- Hans Michael Gaul , Düsseldorf 2004
- Astrid Gehlhoff-Claes 1990
- Ulrich Gehre 1996
- Karl Friedrich Gehring 1990
- Fred Werner Gehrke 1987
- Helmut Geiger 1994
- Minna Geiling 1994
- Gershon Gelman 2014
- Konrad Gelzer 1994
- Mevlüde Genç , Solingen 2015
- Angela Genger , Ratingen 2015
- Hans-Dietrich Genscher (politician, former Foreign Minister of the Federal Republic of Germany) 2007
- Walter Gensior 1988
- Götz George 1996
- Konrad Gerasch 1994
- Gotthard Gerber , Iserlohn 2000
- Anton Gerdemann 1989
- Rudolf Gerhartz 1989
- Hans Gerhold 1996
- Helmut Siegfried Gerigk 1991
- Helga Germakowski 2009
- Manfred Germar (athlete) 1988
- Eugen Gerritz , Krefeld 2003
- Alexander Gerst , Cologne 2019
- Karen Gesierich 1997
- Johannes Michael Geuenich 1991
- Karlheinz Gierden 1997
- Peter Giesen , Jüchen 2000
- Friedhelm Gieske 1992
- Eberhard Gilles 1997
- Helmut Ginko 1990
- Alexander Ginsburg (General Secretary of the Central Council of Jews in Germany) 1986
- Ralph Giordano 1992
- Wilhelm Glösekötter , Rheine 2001
- Karl-Detlev Göbel , Hilden 2004
- Ulrich Göbel , Hilden 2015
- Hubert Göbels 1995
- Gerd Goch 1986
- Curt Göckus 1995
- Carina Gödecke (President of the State Parliament) 2012
- Roger Goepper 1991
- Daniel Goeudevert 1991
- Leonid Goldberg 2012
- Werner Goling 1989
- Bruno Goller (painter) 1988
- Hubertus Gollnick 1993
- Horst Dieter Gölzenleuchter , Bochum 2018
- Andrzej Górak , Witten 2018
- Robert Gossink 2005
- Arnold Gottfried 2003
- Karl Otto Götz (painter) 1989
- Sophie Götzke 1995
- Mario Götze 2020
- Herbert Gövert 2019
- Jannis Goudoulakis 1996
- Volker Grabow , Witten 2001
- Jürgen Gramke 1992
- Martin Grasznick 1993
- Anita Graumann 1992
- Franz Grave (auxiliary bishop emeritus in Essen) 2006
- Ilse Gräve 1991
- Helga Grebing 1991
- Hans-Ulrich Greffrath 1994
- Franz Greiß 1986
- Horst Griese (politician) 1995
- Gabriela Grillo , Mülheim an der Ruhr 2001
- Ulrich Grillo (business leader) 2008
- Helga Grimberg 1991
- Edelgard Berta Gringel , Datteln 2000
- Inka Grings (soccer player) 2011
- Hans van der Grinten 1992
- Franz Joseph van der Grinten 1992
- Thomas Grochowiak (painter) 1988
- Ella Große-Wächter 1995
- Horst Grosspeter 2010
- Elfriede Grote 1986
- Karl Peter Grotemeyer 1991
- Claus Groth 1994
- Leo Fritz Gruber (founding member of the German Society for Photography) 1995
- Rainer Gruenter 1986
- Max von der Grün 1991
- Peter Grünberg (physicist, Nobel Prize winner) 2008
- Karl Heinz Gruneke 1996
- Brunhilde Gruner 1986
- Dirk Grünewald (former IHK President) 2006
- Richard Grünschläger , Witten 2019
- Joseph Grueter 1986
- Eleonore Güllenstern 1992
- Onur Güntürkün 2011
- Hildegard Guth 1989
H
- Walter Haas (trade unionist) 2006
- Elisabeth Haase 1991
- Chaim Haberfeld 1994
- Heinz Haep 1996
- Wilfried Hagebölling , artist, 2012
- Friedrich Hagemeier 1991
- Adelheid Countess vom Hagen , Olfen 2003
- Ulla Hahn , Hamburg 2010
- Karl-Heinz Hahne , Mülheim 2001
- William Fairgrieve Hall , Goch 2001
- Friedrich Halstenberg 1989
- Hans Werner Hamacher , Cologne 2003
- Marie-Luise Hambücker 2005
- Arnold Hammes 1992
- Wilhelm Haneke 1991
- Ursula Happe (swimmer) 1996
- Heinz Hardt , Düsseldorf 2017
- Wilhelm Hartkopf (politician) 1990
- Helga Hartmann , Neuss 2000
- Margret Hartmann 1996
- Ulrich Hartmann 2005
- Eva Maria Haruna , Essen 2001
- Friedrich Haßbach , Düsseldorf 2003
- Thekla Hasselhuhn 1996
- Erivan Haub (entrepreneur) 2007
- Rolf Hauch 2005
- Herbert Hauck 1997
- Hansheinz Hauser (politician) 1997
- Bernhard Hausmann 1992
- Dunja Hayali , Berlin 2016
- Bernd Hebbering 1996
- Erich Heckelmann , Grevenbroich 2001
- Peter Heesen (Federal Chairman of the German Association of Civil Servants) 2009
- Ute Heid , Wachtberg 2014
- Günter Heidecke 1988
- Ursula Heiderich , Syke 2001
- Ursula Heindrichs 1992
- Heinz-Richard Heinemann (chocolate producer) 2009
- Arno Heinrich 1997
- Barbara Heinz , Dortmund 2016
- Wolfgang Heinz 1993
- Otto Wilhelm Heinze 1987
- Udo Heinze , Kamen 2004
- Engelbert Heitkamp 1996
- Anneliese Hellbeck , Hamm 2003
- Paul Josef Hemmert , Oberhausen 2004
- Karin Hempel-Soos (writer) 2009
- Johann Hemrich 1988
- Augustinus Heinrich Count Henckel von Donnersmarck 1996
- Florian Graf Henckel von Donnersmarck (film director) 2007
- Barbara Hendricks , politician, 2012
- Renate Maria Hendricks , Bonn 2003
- Werner Henke, Paderborn 2004
- Gabriele Henkel 2009
- Heike Henkel 1997
- Margarete Hennig , Voerde 2000
- Margret Hennigs , Bielefeld 2003
- Ernst Dieter Hens , Cologne 2003
- Lothar Hentschel 2001
- Hermann Henze 1995
- Leni Henze-Lohmar 1995
- Peter Herkenrath (painter) 1987
- Heinz-Willi Hermanns , Erkelenz 2003
- Gertrud Herold 1996
- Heinz Karl Herrtrampf , Cologne 2000
- Wiltrud Herrtrampf , Cologne 2000
- Ingeborg Hesse , Hamm 2019
- Wilhelm Adolf Hesse , (Willy), Arnsberg 2017
- Wolfgang Hesse (politician) 1991
- Gerd Heusch , Neuss 2017
- Dieter Heuskel , Ratingen 2003
- Hansgünther Heyme 1996
- Hermann Hibbeler , location 2014
- Werner Hick , Hamminkeln 2000
- Joseph Franz Peter Hilbrand , Herten 2001
- Werner Hildebrand 1990
- Heinz Hilgers , Dormagen 2015
- Heinrich Carl Hille 1996
- Peter Hillebrand , Bergisch Gladbach 2017
- Heinz Himmels 2007
- Helmut Hirsch 1988
- Heinz Hitpaß 1987
- Günther Hochgartz 1990
- Werner Höcker 1991
- Matthias Hoeren 1990
- Hermann Hofberg 1989
- Günter Hofer 1993
- Horst Hoferichter , Unna 2004
- Heinrich Höffken 1994
- Christel Annemarie Hoffmann 2005
- Frank Hoffmann 2019
- Heinz Hoffmann 1990
- Hilmar Hoffmann (cultural functionary) 2007
- Almuth Höfker 1993
- Mechthildis Höflich 1993
- Bärbel Höhn (former Minister of State), Oberhausen 2018
- Wolfgang Hölker (publisher) 2010
- Ursula Holl (soccer player) 2011
- Wildor Hollmann (sports medicine specialist) 1993
- Margarethe Holtermann 1990
- Herbert Wilhelm Hölters , Krefeld 2001
- Fritz Holthoff 1987
- Ralf Holtmeyer , Dortmund 2001
- Uwe Holtz 2001
- Berthold Holzgreve , Bochum 2001
- Heinrich Homann 1997
- Bodo Hombach (SPD politician) 2006
- Petra Anna Homberg , Menden 2013
- Rudolf Hönerhoff 1987
- Cornelis van Honk , Düsseldorf (Consul General) 2004
- Werner Hoppe (legal scholar and lawyer) 1992
- Heinz Horn 1988
- Heinz Horn 1995
- Hedvika Hornstein 1986
- Helmut Horst 1990
- Axel Horstmann , Enger (politician) 2013
- Walter Hostert 1993
- Hans Houben 1991
- Waldtraut Hoven (environmental activist) 2009
- Helmut Hoyer , Hagen 2017
- Horst Hrubesch 2019
- Christoph Huebner , Witten 2003
- Gabriele Huebner-Voss , Witten 2003
- Gertrud Hudenborn (Professor of Nursing and Nursing Science) 2008
- Jürgen-Benedikt Hüffer , Münster 2018
- Wolfgang Hufschmidt , Essen 2015
- Klaus Hülshoff 1991
- Barbara Hümer 2011
- Alan Charles Hunt 1995
- Rosa Huppertz 1986
- Franz Huppertz 1987
- Hanns Dieter Hüsch 1988
- Heinz Günther Hüsch 2007
- Karl Hüske 1990
- Ilse Huett 1992
I.
- Klaus Imhoff 1992
- Hans Imhoff 2004
- Anton Immendorf 1996
- Teruyoshi Inagawa 1995
J
- Gertrud Jabs 1986
- Franz Jacoby 2019
- Annette Jäger 2012
- Sigrid Jäger 1986
- Ulla Hunter 1994
- Hajo Jahn (journalist and chairman of the Else-Lasker-Schüler-Gesellschaft ) 2010
- Bruno Jäkel 1986
- Annette and Ernst Jansen-Winkeln , Mönchengladbach 2019
- Hermann Jansen , Mönchengladbach 2001
- Kurt Janusch 1993
- Manfred Jenke 1991
- Ruth Joachim , Bochum 2017
- Margarethe Jochimsen 1997
- Reimut Jochimsen 1991
- Arno Jochums
- Hermann-Josef Heinrich Johanns 2007
- Wilfried Johnen , Düsseldorf 2017
- Hans Jonas 1987
- Horst Jordan 1987
- Georg Jöstingmeier 1986
- Friedrich Joussen , Duisburg 2015
- Rudolf Judith 1991
- Jean Jülich (resistance fighter and innkeeper)
- Johann Josef Jülich , Cologne 1999
- Elfriede Jung 1996
- Hilde Junker-Seeliger 1986
- Jochen Jurettko , Düsseldorf 2003
- Jenny Juergens , Düsseldorf 2017
- Karl-Theodor Juergens , Dortmund 2003
- Gerhard Jussenhoven 1995
K
- Günter Kaebe 1992
- Theresia Kaesler 1994
- Mauricio Kagel 1993
- Eduard Kaiser 1988
- Gert Kaiser , Mettmann 2001
- Roland Kaiser , Münster 2012
- Clemens Kaiser-Breme 1987
- Michael Johannes Kalka , Cologne 2003
- Gerda Kalle-Menne , Marl 2017
- Heinz Kaminski 1996
- Helmut Kamulski 1987
- Werner L. Kanthak 1996
- Robert Karas 1992
- Hans-Jürgen Karpe , Algiers / Algeria 2003
- Walther Kaschlun 2011
- Alexandra Kassen (director of the Senftöpfchen theater in Cologne) in 1993
- Hans Katzer 1989
- Horst Katzor 1994
- Hugo Ernst buyer (writer) 2007
- Pierre Kauffmann 1988
- Franz-Xaver Kaufmann , Bielefeld 2001
- Johann Kauhsen 2005
- Gerhard Kegel (lawyer) 2005
- Friedhelm Kegelmann , Rhede 2017
- Hans-Peter Keitel , Essen 2004
- Horst Walter Keller 1987
- Maite Kelly , Cologne 2012
- Tayfun Keltek (SPD politician) 2008
- Franz-Josef Kemper , Paderborn 2004
- Karl Heinz Kenn 1993
- Hape Kerkeling (comedian and entertainer) 2007
- Margarete Kersten , Gelsenkirchen 2004
- Ralf Kersting , Olsberg 2017
- Mechthild Kesting , Essen 1999
- Gerhard Kienbaum 1990
- Paul Kieras 1990
- Erich Kilian 1990
- Gustav Kilian 1986
- Hugo Hyon Kim 1997
- Otto Winfried Kimmel , Ibbenbüren 2001
- Friedel Kinner , Büren 2000
- Jochen F. Kirchhoff 1987
- Elfriede Kirsch 1990
- Wilfried Kisker 1995
- Adam Wilhelm Klein 2012
- Marianne Kleiner 1989
- Brigitte Klesse 1995
- Bernhard Klever 1996
- Claas Kleyboldt , Cologne 2001
- Maria Kliegel (cellist) 1999
- Ingrid Klimke , Münster 2016
- Reiner Klimke 1986
- Hermann Klingler 1991
- Carl Klinkhammer 1992
- Christine Klissenbauer 1991
- Hans-Ulrich Klose (politician) 1990
- Heinrich Kloten 1992
- Peter Klug , Leverkusen 2001
- Wilma Klüners , Meerbusch 2000
- Wilhelm Knabe (forest scientist and politician) 2007
- Hugo Knauer (politician) 1997
- Franz-Josef Knieps , Cologne 2017
- Friedhelm Knops 1994
- Paul Kobus 1989
- Hans Koch 1986
- Harald Koch 1987
- Heiner Koch (auxiliary bishop in Cologne) 2007
- Heinz Paul Koch 2007
- Hermann Koch 1989
- Rolf Koch , Bottrop 2000
- Fritz-Joachim Kock , Willich 2014
- Manfred Kock (ev. Theologian) 2007
- Helmuth Koegel-Dorfs 1995
- Josef Kohaus 1990
- Wilhelm Kohl (historian) 1990
- Paul-Reiner Koerfer (heart surgeon) 2005
- Edeltraud Koehler 1986
- Herbert Willy Köhler (politician) 1989
- Joseph Köhler (politician) 1986
- Wolfram Köhler 1999
- Fritz Kohlmeier (politician) 1986
- Julie Kolb 1989
- Fritz Kollorz 2009
- Dorothea Konrad 1987
- Walter Kopperberg , Marienheide 2018
- Josef Koppenburg 1995
- Hilmar Kopper (bank manager) 1992
- Reiner Körfer (heart surgeon) 2005
- Bernhard Korte (mathematician) 1993
- Heinz Kossek 1986
- Heinz Kossiek 1986
- Margarete Köster 1986
- Paul Köster 1989
- Thomas Köster (economic and association politician) 2008
- Heinrich Köstering 1993
- Anna Kottenstedt 1993
- Bernhard Kötting (church historian) 1986
- Monika Kracht , Düsseldorf 2012
- Katharina Kraemer , Frechen 2003
- Konrad Kraemer (politician) 1988
- Paul R. Kraemer and Käthe Kraemer (entrepreneurs)
- Ernst Kraft 1995
- Hannelore Kraft
- Peter Kraft , Ratingen 2001
- Annike Krahn (soccer player) 2011
- Karl Krahn , Bielefeld 2013
- Heinrich-Josef Kramer , Essen 2014
- Hugo Kramer 1986
- Hans-Peter Krämer , Brühl 2004
- Herbert Krämer 2011
- Herma Kramm 1987
- Hans Dieter Krampe , Bottrop 2001
- Gerda Kratz 1987
- Wilfried Kratzsch , Düsseldorf 2018
- Ursula Kraus (politician) 1993
- Alfred Krause (trade unionist) 1993
- Hans Krause 1987
- Karl Krause, Oberhausen 2000
- Herta Kraussel 1997
- Henning Walter Krautmacher , Pulheim 2013
- Joseph Krautwald (sculptor) 1997
- Rolf Krebs 2019
- Jörn Kreke , Hagen 1999
- Rainer Kreke , Cologne 2016
- Kurt Peter Kremer (architect) 1997
- Herbert Krille (lawyer) 1988
- Margret Krimitsas (local politician from Vlotho)
- Gerda Krimshandl 1994
- Josef Krings (educator and politician) 1997
- Bernd Krispin (founder and 1st chairman of Kinderglück Dortmund eV), Dortmund 2018
- Susanne Krispin (founder of Kinderglück Dortmund eV), Dortmund 2018
- Johannes Kroker 1988
- Georg Kroll (entrepreneur) 1992
- Manfred Kroll 1996
- Enrique Krombach , Buenos Aires / Argentina 2004
- Manfred Kronen 1996
- Janusz Kroszel 1990
- Irmgard Kroymann 1993
- Elisabeth Krumbein 1990
- Rolf Krumsiek (lawyer and politician) 2007
- Hedwig Kruse 1994
- Waltraut Kruse , Aachen 1999
- Leonhard Kuckart , Schwelm 2004
- Kenan Küçük , Lünen 2013
- Hans Joachim Kuhlmann 1990
- Albert Kuhlmann 1993
- Heinz-Robert Kuhn 1988
- Heinz Kühn (former Prime Minister) 1986
- Harald Kühnen (banker) 1991
- Dietmar Kuhnt , Essen 2004
- Wolfgang Kuhr 2011
- Fritz Kulins 1991
- Ferdinande Kullmann 1988
- Elisabeth Küper (CDU local politician) 1986
- Helmut Kupski , Frankfurt / Main 2004
- Josef Kürten (former Lord Mayor of Düsseldorf) 2006
- Gisela Kurth , Düsseldorf 2000
- Wolfram Kuschke , Lünen 2018
- Theo Kutsch , Herzogenrath 2018
- Ernst Kuzorra (soccer player) 1986
L.
- Ludwig Ladzinski , Bottrop 2018
- Augoustinos Lambardakis 1992
- Barbara Lambrecht-Schadeberg 2009
- Otto Friedrich Wilhelm von der Wenge Graf Lambsdorff (FDP politician) 2006
- Norbert Lammert (President of the Bundestag) 2008
- Günter Lamprecht 2001
- Anton Landmann 1991
- Heinz Landré (politician) 1989
- Helmar Lange 1986
- Herwig Lange 1986
- Wilhelm Langenhorst 1990
- Leonard Lansink , Berlin 2017
- Anne-Marie Lapsien 1991
- Armin Laschet 2017
- Anita Lasker-Wallfisch 2018
- Simone Laudehr (soccer player) 2011
- Eberhard Laue 1994
- Martin Lauer (athlete) 1993
- Moshe P. Lauer 1988
- Waltraud Lauer (politician) 1992
- Karl-Josef Laumann , Hörstel-Riesenbeck 2016
- Ingeborg Lauterborn , Dortmund 2016
- Klaus Ernst Lefringhausen 2006
- Claus Leggewie , Giessen 2017
- Anton Legner 1991 (art historian)
- Ellen Lehmann 1988
- Paul Lehmann 1989
- Ursula Lehr , Bonn 2019
- Adalbert Leidinger 1993
- Albert Anton Leifert , Drensteinfurt 2004
- Lotte Lemke (Chairwoman of the Workers' Welfare Association) 1986
- Georg Wilhelm Lemki 1992
- Karl Theodor Lemmen 1987
- Florian Lensing-Wolff (newspaper publisher) 1989
- Johannes Lentschik , Bottrop 2000
- Wilhelm Lenz (politician) 1986
- Erika Leske 1986
- Ulrike Letschert 2010
- Hedwig Levermann , Iserlohn 2000
- Carl Heinrich Lichtenstein 1989
- Lioba Lichtschlag 2019
- Jacob Lidar-Lipschitz 1990
- Rosemarie Liedschulte 2008
- Klaus Liesen 2001
- Helmut Limpert 1996
- Peter Lindbergh , Paris 2003
- Adelheid Lindemann-Meyer zu Rahden (President of the German Rural Women's Association) 1986
- Jürgen Linden 2019
- Udo Lindenberg 2010
- Elisabeth Lindner 1989
- Helmut Linssen 2019
- Anneliese Lissner 1991
- Hans Litterscheid , Langenfeld 2003
- Ernst Löchelt , Bottrop 2004
- Katrin Löffelhardt , Bielefeld 2016
- Karl Lohaus 1989
- Heinrich Lohmer 1994
- Dieter Lohmeyer 1996
- Heinz Loos 1991
- Ursula Loos 1997
- Antje Lorenz and Rainer Lorenz 2010
- Wilhelm Loschelder 1988
- Wolfgang Löwer , Bonn 2017
- Gustav Lübbe 1988
- Irmgard Lubjuhn 1991
- Ingolf Lück , Cologne 2016
- Antje Lücke 1996
- Theo Lücker 1992
- Peter Ludwig 1987
- Herbert Ludwig , Essen / Düsseldorf 2019
- Irene Ludwig 1990
- Ernst Dieter Lueg 1995
- Bernhardine Lüke 1994
- Elisabeth Lünenbürger 1989
- Hartwig Lürick 1989
- Reimar Lüst 1989
- Adolf Luther 1989
- Alfons Lütticke , Drolshagen 1990
- Heinrich Lützeler 1987
M.
- Klaus Jürgen Maack 1995
- Jacqueline van Maarsen-Sanders , Amsterdam 2016
- Theo Maas 1986
- Heinz Mack (artist) 1987
- Ilse Mademann 1990
- Heinz-Dieter Mahlberg , Bad Münstereifel 1999
- Horst-Werner Maier-Hunke 2006
- Armin Maiwald , Cologne 2019
- Kurt Malangré 2005
- Helge Malchow 2010
- Hans-Georg Malitz , Mettmann 2004
- Ruziye Malkus 2012
- Hubert Mallmann (politician) 1987
- Robert Malone 1992
- Lovro Mandac (CEO Galeria Kaufhof) 2007
- Jürgen von Manger , Hagen, actor, 1990
- Marie-Luise Marjan , Hamburg / Cologne 2014
- Margarete Martin 1993
- Siegfried Maruhn (editor-in-chief of WAZ) 1987
- Gisela Marx (film and television producer) 2003
- Jacques Marx 2011
- Henry Maske (former world boxing champion) 2008
- Helga Masthoff , Düsseldorf 2001
- Ehrhard Matschke , Krefeld 2000
- Hildegard Matthäus , Oberhausen 2003
- Karl-Heinz Maurer 1999
- Cemil Mayadali , Moers 2012
- Albert Mayer, Meerbusch 2004
- Manfred Ludwig Mayer , Düsseldorf 2001
- Renate Mayntz 2011
- Angelika Mechtel (writer) 1994
- Eberhard Freiherr von Medem (administrative lawyer) 1989
- Udo van Meeteren (entrepreneur and art patron) 1993
- Artur August Mehring 1989
- Irmgard von Meibom 1989
- Maren Meinert (soccer player) 2011
- Adrien Meisch , Luxembourg 2003
- Georg Meistermann 1986
- Heinz-Joachim Melzner (works council) 2004
- Walter Mennekes , Kirchhundem 2004
- Fritz-Theodor Mennicken , Erkrath 2003
- Lucia Mennicken , Roetgen 2001
- Ulf Merbold (astronaut) 1988
- Helmut Merkel 2007
- Yael Meroz , Jerusalem / Israel 1999
- Johann Baptist Metz 2018
- Christoph Metzelder 2011
- Josef Metzen 1992
- Wilhelm Metzer 1990
- Heinrich Meuffels , Geilenkirchen 2000
- Carl Meulenbergh 2019
- Harald Meurer , Alfter 2019
- Johannes Walter Meven 1987
- Heinz-Werner Meyer 1987
- Irmgard Meyer 1991
- Maria-Franziska Meyer 1989
- Josef Meyer zu Schlochtern , Paderborn 2017
- Franz Meyers (politician) 1986
- Andreas Meyer-Lauber , Hagen 2017
- Gerhard Meyer-Schwickerath 1986
- Klaus Meyer-Schwickerath 2000
- Hartmut Meyer-Truelsen 1996
- Fritz Michael , Dortmund 1999
- Hans Michaelis 1993
- Klaus Michel 2011
- Peter Michels 1986
- Agnes-Maria Middendorf 1995
- Frank Middermann , Iserlohn 2000
- Wolfgang Miehle 2005
- Gertrud Mierke 1986
- Paul Mikat 1986
- Hartmut Miksch , Düsseldorf 2015
- Willy Millowitsch (folk actor) 1989
- Wilhelm Minartz 1987
- Johanna Mirschel 1991
- Erich Mittelsten Scheid 1987
- Jörg Mittelsten Scheid 1996
- Walter Möbs 1996
- Egbert Möcklinghoff (politician) 1996
- Ralf Moeller (actor) 2010
- Hans-Joachim Möhle , Bonn 2000
- Elisabeth Mohn (President of the German Stroke Foundation ) 2006
- Heinz Mohnen (lawyer and city director of Cologne) 1994
- Frieda Mohr , Rheda-Wiedenbrück 2000
- Gerda Molkenthin 1997
- Wilhelm Möller 1986
- Franz Möller , Sankt Augustin 1999
- Hans Möller, Mönchengladbach 2000
- Ernst Mommertz , Cologne 2017
- Hans Mommsen 1988
- Mieke Monjau 1993
- Carl Richard Monday 2009
- Werner Monday 1987
- Hermann Moog 1989
- Marie-Luise Morawietz (politician) 1996
- Edgar Moron , Erftstadt 2017
- Reinhold Mosch 1990
- Armin Mueller-Stahl (actor) 2010
- Günter Müggenburg (journalist) 1995
- Walter Mühlhausen , Wuppertal 2000
- Aloysius Muhmann 1990
- Bernhard Mülbrecht 2009
- Therese Müllejans 1997
- Anna-Maria Marianne Müllenborn (sister Stefanie) 2008
- Adolf Josef Müllender 1987
- Karl Josef Müllender 1987
- Egon Erwin Müller 1996
- Heinz Müller 1986
- Konrad Rufus Müller (photographer) 2006
- Kurt Müller 1992
- Volker-Martin Müller 2009
- Werner Müller April 17, 2018
- Helmut Müller-Brühl , Brühl 1999
- Franz Müller-Heuser (concert singer) 1993
- Rudolf Gerhard Müller-Knapp , Herford 2000
- Roswitha Müller-Piepenkötter , Cologne 2018
- Helmut Müller-Reinig (journalist) 1990
- Karl Eugen Mummenhoff , Münster 2000
- Friedemann Freiherr von Münchhausen 1986
- Hans-Joachim Münzner , Waltrop 2000
- Hans Wolf Muschallik (internist) 1993
- Wilhelm Müser (politician) 1991
- Bernhard and Anna Mussmann 1987
N
- Karl Nagel (politician) 1996
- Ulrike Nasse-Meyfarth (high jumper and Olympic champion) 1996
- Alfred Naumann 1989
- Helmut Naunin , 1990
- Reiner Nause , Oberhausen 2001
- Karl Heinz Nawarotzky , Moers 2014
- Silvia Neid (soccer player) 2011
- Gerhard Neipp , Essen 2000
- Hans-Joachim Neisser , Düsseldorf 2003
- Maria Neiteler 1990
- Paul Arnold Nelles (lawyer and politician) 1994
- Steffi Nerius (athlete) 2008
- John van Nes Ziegler (politician) 1986
- Herbert Neseker (lawyer and director of the Regional Association of Westphalia-Lippe) 1991
- Dietrich Graf von Nesselrode 2011
- Bernd Nettelbusch 1997
- Günter Netzer (former soccer player) 2008
- Friedel Neuber (bank manager and politician) 1987
- Ilse Neuberger 1988
- Rupert Neudeck 2007
- Manuel Neuer (athlete) 2019
- Egbert Heinrich Josef Neuhaus 2010
- Günter Neuhaus 1995
- Friedrich August Neumann 1986
- Helmut Neumann, Herzogenrath 1999
- Edgar Neutzer , Münster 2000
- Kurt Neuwald , Gelsenkirchen 1986
- Alfred Franz August Neven DuMont (publisher) 1986
- Hedwig Neven DuMont 2009
- Van Ri Nguyen , Mönchengladbach 2013
- Wolfgang Niedecken 1995
- Wolfgang Nielsen (Wuppertaler Tafel) 2006
- Walter Nienhagen , Siegen 2001
- Gustav Niermann 1986
- Horst Niggemeier 1991
- Karl Nolden 1991
- Hermann Nolte 1989
- Margret Nölting 2010
- Anna Eleonore Hildegard Nordsieck 1987
- Harald Norpoth (middle distance runner) 1991
- Walter Nowoczin 1994
- Friedrich Nowottny (journalist) 1986
- Dieter Nuhr , Ratingen 2017
- Franz Nuscheler , Duisburg 2001
O
- Günter Oberpenning , Rödinghausen 2001
- Masao Oda 2000
- Barbara Oertel-Burduli 1997
- Richard Oetker 2011
- Hans Henning Offen , Groß Hansdorf 2003
- Dieter Offergeld , Münster 2001
- Minoru Ohnishi 1992
- Ute-Henriette Ohoven , Düsseldorf 2004
- Osman Okkan (journalist and filmmaker) 2012
- Ilse Oldendorf 1988
- Heinz Olives 1992
- Johanna Oller 1991
- Wolfgang Franz Friedrich Opferkuch , Bochum 2001
- Dietrich Oppenberg 1986
- Alfred Freiherr von Oppenheim , Cologne 2004
- Gerd Osenberg (athletics trainer) 1995
- Friedhelm Ost (journalist, former member of the Bundestag, government spokesman) 2006
- Rolf Ostermann , Witten 2017
- Erika Ostermeier 1991
- Fritz Ostermeyer 1992
- Hermann Otto , Siegen 2017
- Ingeborg Otto , Hagen 2018
- Christel Ottowski 1995
- Wolfgang Overath , Cologne 2019
- Egon Overbeck (Manager) 1987
- Bernhard Overhues 1992
P
- Frank Paetzold, Mönchengladbach 2015
- Hans-Georg Paffrath 1994
- Helmut Pakulat 1995
- Siegfried Palm 1989
- Spyridon Papaspyrou 2007 (posthumous)
- Christiane Pape 2007
- Ernst Pappermann , Cologne 2001
- Olivo Pastorelli , Kerpen 2000
- Bernhard Paul (ringmaster and clown) 1994
- Wolfgang Paul 1993
- Helene Paulsen 1993
- Klaus Pavel Belgium 2018
- Heinz Pensky 1992
- Hans-Joachim Peters , Mönchengladbach 2004
- Johannes Peters 1986
- Klaus Peters , Wuppertal 2003
- Fritz Petersdorff 1988
- Oswald Petersen 1987
- Plato Petrides 1992
- Harald von Petrikovits (archaeologist) 1992
- Hilarion Petzold , Erkrath 2017
- Friedel Pfeiffer 1995
- Hubert Pfeiffer 1996
- Otto Piene (artist) 1987
- Gerd Pieper (entrepreneur), Herne 2003
- Karl Pieper 1987
- Paul Pieper (art historian) 1997
- Mechthild Pierick (Sister Mary Prema) 2009
- Karl Jakob Pierotti 1987
- Bernhard Piltz 2010
- Raimund Pingel (retired senior district director), Borken 2013
- Andreas Pinkwart ( former Minister of State), Alfter 2012
- Alfred Piperek 1997
- Klaus Pistor , Alps 2016
- Rudolf Plate , Remscheid 2000
- Fritz Pleitgen (journalist and former director of the WDR ) 2007
- Hans Poetschki (politician) 1996
- Ottmar Pohl (politician) 1990
- Ulrich Pohl, Bielefeld 2018
- Wilhelm Pohlmann (politician) 1993
- Pauline A. Pokolm (Lazarus Aid Organization) Hürth / Cologne 1986
- Manfred Pollert , Münster 2018
- Alexandra Popp (soccer player) 2011
- Niels Pörksen , Bielefeld 2015
- Rudolf Pörtner 1990
- Wilhelm Poetter 1986
- Edeltraud Preuß, Niederkassel 2015
- Alfred Preussner (FDP politician) 2008
- Reiner Priggen (politician) 2017
- Hellmuth Primke 1986
- Avi Primor 2011
- Werner Probst 1989
- Karl Prüßner (politician) 1990
- Leo Pünnel 1995
- Irmtraut Pütter 1992
- Erika Pütz , Stolberg 2000
R.
- Robert Rademacher 2011
- Harry Radzyner 2009
- Theo Rangs 1995
- Isolde Rasem 1996
- Hildegard Rath 1986
- Johannes Rau (former Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia and Federal President)
- Sabine Rau , Nettetal 2016
- Hans-Joachim Rauch , Petershagen 2004
- Josef Rauen 1996
- Johannes Read 1993
- Bruno Recht 1991
- Ilse Redemann 1996
- Otto Rehhagel , Essen 2018
- Renate Reimann 1992
- Heinz Reintges 1992
- Hans Reischl , Cologne 2003
- Hildegard Reitz 1995
- Helene Reklat 1995
- Harro Remmert , Pulheim 2001
- Annemarie Renger (SPD politician and former President of the Bundestag) 1995
- Karl Heinrich Rengstorf (Protestant theologian), Münster 1989
- Gertrud Reske , Voerde 2017
- Franco rest 2006
- Johannes Revis 2000
- Henny and Werner Reyersbach 1989
- Christine Richerzhagen 2010
- Peter Richrath , Leverkusen 2003
- Annegret Richter (sprinter and Olympic champion) 1988
- Karl Richter 1995
- Elsbeth Rickers (CDU politician), Wenden 2001
- Karl Wilhelm Ridderbusch 1986
- Ilse Ridder-Melchers (SPD politician) 2008
- Karl Riebe 1991
- Gretel Rieber-Wicke 1994
- Anton Riederer (SPD politician) 1994
- Adelheid Rieffel , Bielefeld 2017
- Wilhelm Rieger, Wuppertal 2003
- Franz Riehemann (CDU politician) 1990
- Heinrich Riemenschneider 1995
- Horst Ludwig Riemer 1995
- Detlev Riesner , Düsseldorf 2017
- Wilfried Ring , Remagen 2001
- Jürgen Rink , Meerbusch ( RWTH Aachen ) 1999
- Wolfgang Riotte (lawyer and administrative officer) 2012
- Thorwald Risler 1994
- Albert Ritter, Essen 2018
- Heinz Ritter-Schaumburg (private scholar and author) 1989
- Herbert Ritzeler 1988
- Walter Ritzenhofen 1994
- Otto Roche (school director) 1994
- Achim Rohde , Neuss 2003
- Hans Rohe (SPD politician) 1995
- Alfred Rohmeis (SPD politician) 1993
- Detlev Karsten Rohwedder (manager and politician) 1990
- Hergard Rohwedder 2007
- Bernd Rombach , Neuss 2000
- Hans Wolfgang Rombach (administrative lawyer) 1987
- Elisabeth Roock 1991
- Gisela and Ulrich Ropertz, Berlin 2004
- Luise Röseler 1991
- Eberhard Rosslenbroich 1994
- Anni Rost 1992
- Hermann Josef Roth , Bonn 2014
- Hermann Josef Rübben 1987
- Herbert Rubinstein , Düsseldorf 1999
- Willi Rückert , Brühl 2018
- Josef Rudnick (entrepreneur and politician)
- Karl Ruhrberg (museum director and author) 1989
- Johannes Ruland (entrepreneur) 2008
- Jörn Rüsen 2008
- Theodor Rutt (German and linguist) 1992
- Manfred Rütten , Monheim 2001
- Jürgen Rüttgers
S.
- Otto Saarbourg , Neuss 2001
- Günther Sabetzky 1994
- Marie Therese Princess zu Salm-Horstmar 1986
- Günter Samtlebe (SPD politician) 1988
- Maria van de Sand 1992
- Werner Saure 2019
- Botho Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein (CDU politician) 1987
- Markus Schächter 2008
- Hanns Schaefer, Cologne 2008
- Gaby Schäfer , Sprockhövel 2016
- Heinz Schäfer 1992
- Hubert Schäfer 1987
- Ute Schäfer 2019
- Willi Schäferdiek (writer) 1988
- Hermann Schalück 2010
- Tana Schanzara (theater actress, "Ruhrpott-Duse") 1994
- Harald Schartau , politician, 2012
- Rolf Schaufelbühl 1997
- Rudolf Schaumann 1987
- Heinrich Scheinmann 1990
- Walter Scheel 2009
- Werner Schell , Neuss 2017
- Helmut von Schemm 1989
- Anna Schepers 1989
- Eberhard Scherer 1990
- Peter Scherer, Essen 2001
- Inge Klara Schild 1997
- Konrad Schilling 1991
- Herbert Schindler 1992
- Bernd Rainer Schindowski , Gelsenkirchen 2003
- Anneliese and Herbert Schlabach 1991
- Simon Schlachet 1987
- Ingeborg Schladot , Dortmund 2000
- Helga Schlapka 2006
- Karl-Heinz Schlechtriem , Leverkusen 2001
- Theresia Schlechtriem , Leverkusen 2001
- Hildegard Schleithoff , Steinfurt 2001
- Walter Schlenkenbrock , Ratingen 2000
- Elsbeth Schlick 2011
- Hans-Jürgen Schlieker 1989
- Hans-Werner Schlipköter 1991
- Norbert Schlottmann (administrative officer and CDU politician) 1994
- Hubert Schlun , Aachen 2000
- Werner Schmalenbach 1980
- Johannes Schmelzer 1993
- Adolf Schmerer , Bad Berleburg 2000
- Adolf Schmidt (SPD politician) 1986
- Alfred Schmidt 1987
- Ernst Schmidt 1996
- Gerhard Schmidt 2019
- Heinz Schmidt 1987
- Helmut Schmidt, Wuppertal 2000
- Joachim Schmidt 1997
- Marianne Schmidt 1986
- Ulla Schmidt , Member of the Bundestag, Aachen 2018
- Ulrich Schmidt (SPD politician) 1992
- Wilhelmine Schmidt 1994
- Regina Schmidt-Zadel 2011
- Johann Schmiedl , Recklinghausen 2000
- Ilona Schmiel , Starnberg 2017
- Georg Wilhelm Schmiele , Ahlen 2000
- Adolf Jakob Schmitt , Meckenheim 2001
- Hubert Schmitt-Degenhardt (administrative lawyer) 1990
- Carl Hinderich Schmitz 1991
- Elisabeth Schmitz 1997
- Hans Arno Schmitz , Mönchengladbach 2000
- Margarete Schmitz 1989
- Paul Schmitz (CDU politician) 1990
- Walter Schmitz-Valckenberg , Cologne 2013
- Hubertus Schmoldt 2011
- Jürgen Schmude , Moers 2019
- Manfred Schnabel 1993
- Wilhelm Schneemelcher 1986
- Christian Schneider 1991
- Hans Wilhelm Schneider 1990
- Klaus-Eberhard Schneider , Hamm 1999
- Nikolaus Schneider 2009
- Rolf Schneider, Essen 2000
- Herbert Schnoor (administrative officer and politician of the SPD) 1997
- Kurt Schober (economist, publisher and CDU politician) 1990
- Barbara Schock-Werner 2011
- Elisabeth Schoepke 1992
- Eberhard Schöler (table tennis player) 1992
- Hedwig and Herbert Scholz 2005
- Heinz Karl Schön 1987
- Kurt Schoop 1989
- Helmut Schorsch , Duisburg-Walsum, 2015
- Annegret Ursula Schrader , Herne 2012
- Fritz Schramma , Cologne 2018
- Annemarie Schraps 2006
- Margarete Schrey 1995
- Werner Schriefers 1996
- Brigitte Schröder 1993
- Irma Schröder 1993
- Vera Schröder 1996
- Rolfrafael Schröer (writer) 1988
- Annette Schücking-Homeyer , Detmold 2003
- Franz Schulenberg 1986
- Manfred Schüler (finance and administrative officer and politician of the SPD) 1990
- Georg Schulhoff (CDU politician) 1986
- Wolfgang Schulhoff (CDU politician) 2012
- Reinhold Schulte , Dortmund 2012
- Hubert Schulte-Kemper 2006
- Karl-Friedrich Schulte-Uebbing , Recklinghausen 1999
- Wilhelm Schultheis (dressage rider and trainer) 1992
- Bernard Schultze (painter) 1989
- Ludwig Schulze-Erdel 1993
- Christoph Schulze-Stapen (CDU politician) 1991
- Elke Schumacher 2011
- Emil Schumacher (painter) 1987
- Rolf Schumacher 1995
- Heinrich Schupler 1989
- Reiner Schütte 1993
- Wilhelm Wolfgang Schütz (publicist), Nettersheim 1999
- Horst Schwabe , Mettmann 1999
- Hans-Joachim Schwager (theologian and educator) 1994
- Theodor Schwedmann , Dülmen 2019
- Kurt Schweinberger 1996
- Gisela Schwerdt (FDP politician) 1994
- Theodor Schwerdt 2000
- Heinrich Schwettmann , Hüllhorst 2015
- Irmgard Schwaetzer , Berlin 2018
- Werner Seelig 1991
- August Seeling (SPD politician and Lord Mayor of Duisburg) 1986
- Oscar Seeling 1991
- Hans Segschneider (local politician) 2008
- Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Sell (director of the WDR ) 1986
- Reinhard Selten (mathematician and Nobel laureate in economics) 1996
- Faruk Şen (Head of the Foundation Center for Turkish Studies in Essen) 2007
- Gertrud Servos, Neuss 2015
- Peter Seven 1989
- Günter Sieber 1989
- Helene Siebert 1989
- Hans Wilhelm Siegel 1989
- Britta Siegers (disabled athlete) 1994
- Werner Siekmann 1994
- Edgar Siemkes , Duisburg 2018
- Wilfried Sieper 1993
- Elfriede Sievers 1995
- Alphons Silbermann (sociologist and publicist) 1995
- Agnes Simon 1996
- Eleonore and Helmut Simon 1989
- Ernst Simons (educator, religion teacher and survivor of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp) 1990
- Anthony Robert Skipper 1997
- Franz Peter Skorzak , Ahaus 2000
- Ilse Skropke 1990
- Marie-Luise Smeets (SPD politician and Lord Mayor of Düsseldorf) 2007
- Joachim Sobotta (journalist) 1987
- Günther Sohn 1993
- Emil Solke (CDU politician) 1987
- Herbert Sommer , Bielefeld 1999
- Horst Sommerfeld (SPD politician), Castrop-Rauxel 1999
- Friedrich-Helmut Sonnenschein 1989
- Kazuro Sonoda 1996
- Ludwig Soumagne (dialect poet) 1988
- Friedrich Späth , Essen 2001
- Maximilian Graf von Spee 1992
- Gotthard Speer 1996
- Bernhard Spellerberg , Mönchengladbach 2001
- Marga Spiegel , (Holocaust survivor) Münster 2013
- Paul Spiegel 1993
- Walter Spiegel 2013
- Hansjörg Spies 1995
- Werner Spies (art historian) 2007
- Edmund Spohr (architect) 2009
- Kurt Stähler , Düsseldorf 2001
- Eugen Stahlhacke 1987
- Fritz Stallberg 1990
- Agnes Stangier 1991
- Claus Stauder , Essen 2001
- Klaus Steilmann (entrepreneur) 1994
- Willy Stein 1997
- Peer Steinbruck
- Werner Steinem 1989
- Otto Ferdi Steiner 1986
- Waltraud Steinhauer
- Lothar Steinhaus , Paderborn 2001
- Otto Stenger 1993
- Jochen Stemplewski , Unna 2017
- Peter Stenmans 1990
- Günter Stephan (trade unionist) 1992
- Klaus Stern (legal scholar) 2000
- Anton Sterzl (journalist) 1991
- Frank Stewart 1995
- Wilfried Stichmann , Möhnesee 2017
- Elfriede Stichnoth 1988
- Fritz Stiller 1995
- Karl-Heinz Stiller 2007
- Gertrud Stock 1986
- Anna Stöcker 1995
- Karin Stöckermann 1991
- Karlheinz Stockhausen 1992
- Karl Stockhofe 1995
- Otto Hubert Stollenwerk , Simmerath 2000
- Julia Stoschek 2011
- Herbert F. Straeten 1993
- Herbert Strate 2000
- Dorita Sträter 1986
- Ludger Stratmann , Bottrop 2017
- Lena Strothmann 2019
- Gertrud Strauch 1988
- Friedrich Wilhelm Streckert 1997
- Wolfgang Streeck 2011
- Gertrud Stroetges , Nettetal 2001
- Käthe Stroetges 1997
- Lieselotte Ströhmann 1996
- Käthe Strohwald 1997
- Horst von Stryk 1990
- Karl Stüker 1989
- Werner Stump , Kerpen 2013
- Vilma Sturm 1987
- Charlotte Stüve 1995
- Klaus Südhofer , Recklinghausen 2004
- Hans-Peter Sültenfuß 1996
- Rita Süssmuth 2011
- Israel Szabo 1997
T
- Anny Tackenberg 1988
- Turgay Tahtabas , Essen 2018
- Yasuo Tanaka (astronomer) 2010
- Horst Tappert (actor) 1996
- Coşkun Taş , Cologne 2013
- Johann Tauber 1986
- Ilona Tegtmeyer , Essen 2001
- Georg-Heinz Teller 1988
- Kurt Templin 1986
- Emmanuel Tesch 1993
- Bruno Tetzner 1997
- Gerhild Theis 1986
- Ioannis Theophanopoulos 1990
- Gilles Thibault 2009
- Michael Thiele 1989
- Heinz Thielen 1989
- Ellen Thiemann 2011
- Christa Thoben ( former Minister of State), Bochum 2012
- Dieter Thoma (moderator) 1991
- Helmut Thoma 1995
- Gabriele Thomayer , Dülmen 2017
- Konrad Thur , Düsseldorf 2003
- Wolfgang Tietze , Ascheberg 2003
- Hans Tilkowski , Herne 2000
- Joseph Timmermann (Father) 1987
- Maria Timmler 1991
- Norbert and Sylvia Titel 1990
- Lolke Tjerkstra 1991
- Heinrich Tölke 2014
- Heinz Tolzmann 1995
- Wolfgang Tomiak 2006
- Klaus Töpfer , (former Federal Minister) Höxter 2015
- Elmar Tophoven (translator) 1988
- Karl Trabalski 1987
- Eduard Trier (art historian) 1991
- Hann Trier 1989
- Reinhold Trinius , Porta Westfalica 2001
- Walther Tröger , Frankfurt am Main 2012
- Helmut Troitzsch 1987
- Helmut Tromm 1995
- Jörg Twenhöven 2008
- Anne Marie Tzschachmann (SPD politician) 1989
U
- Günther Uecker 1989
- Heinz Robert Uhlemann 1993
- Eckhard Uhlenberg
- Wolfgang Ullrich, Lünen 2018
- Christiane Underberg 2009
- Oswald Mathias Ungers (architect) 2006
- Hermann Josef Unland 1996
- Katharina Unland 1996
- Nicole Uphoff-Becker (dressage rider) 1997
- Günter Urban , Roetgen 2001
- Hans-Eberhard Urbaniak (SPD politician) 1991
V
- Youri Vámos 2007
- Heinrich Varenholz 1986
- Astrid Varnay (opera singer) 1993
- Erhard Väth ( former director of the local court), Königswinter 2012
- Thomas Vehoff , Hagen 2018
- Brunhilde Verheyen 1989
- Isa Vermehren 2005
- Michael Vesper (former Minister of State), Cologne 2012
- Hans-Joachim Vetter
- Heinz Oskar Vetter (trade unionist and politician of the SPD) 1988
- Paul Vienken 1991
- Peter van Vlodrop 1992
- Enno Vocke 2010
- Christian Vogedes , Gelsenkirchen 2001
- Karl-Heinz Vogelsang 1989
- Karl-Heinz Vogt (prelate), Cologne 2012
- Paul Vogt, Essen 2001
- Albrecht Voigt 1997
- Wilfried Voigt (CEO of Johannes Seniorendienste) 2006
- Harry Voigtsberger (former Minister of State), Raeren 2018
- Franz Vollberg 1986
- Rudi Völler (soccer coach) 2008
- Hans-Christian Vollert 2005
- Ernst Vollmer 1989
- Günter Vollmer , Bonn 2003
- Günter Volmer (CDU politician and trade unionist) 1994
- Hermann Vomhof 2007
- Joseph Theo Vonderweiden 1996
- Hans-Karl Vorndamme 1987
- Manfred Voss, Willich 2001
- Alfred Vossschulte 1993
- Anna de Vries 1993
W.
- Fritz Wacker 1995
- Sigbert Wagener 1988
- Franziska Elisabeth Wagner 1987
- Willi Wahl , Krefeld 2001
- Johanne Walhorn , Münster 1992
- Heinz-Günter Wallberg 1988
- Anna and Wilhelm Wallbruch 1988
- Fritz Walter , Leverkusen 2003
- Roswitha Warkus , Weeze 2004
- Walter Warnach (philosopher) 1987
- Gerhard Wattenberg , Vlotho 2001
- Doris Weber 1986
- Hans-Dieter Weber , Herdecke 2003
- Heinz-Georg Weber 1990
- Heinz-Günther Weber , Düsseldorf 2003
- Maria Weber (trade unionist) 1986
- Georg Wilhelm "Willi" Weber, Cologne 2003
- Helmut Weck 1994
- Hermann Wedekind (actor, opera singer, director and theater manager)
- Rolf Wedewer 2001
- Heinz-Wilhelm Wehrmann (civil engineer; founder of the Order of Saint Martin) 2001
- Bruno Weinberger (administrative lawyer) 1992
- Erika Weingärtner 1994
- Christian Weisbrich , Nettetal 2018
- Eberhard Weise, Monheim 2003
- Hans Georg Bernhard Weiss , Monschau 2001
- Ingrid Weiss 1986
- Gerhard Weisser (social scientist) 1987
- Hans Welbers 1993
- Heinz Wellerdiek 1993
- Dieter Wellershoff (writer) 1995
- Cord Wellhausen , Meerbusch 2000
- Willem Welling 1991
- Herbert Weltrich (lawyer), Düsseldorf 2001
- Gotthard Welzel, Sankt Augustin 1999
- Wolfgang Wende 1987
- Wim Wenders (filmmaker) 2004
- Magdalene Wendt 1986
- Gerhard Wendzinski (SPD politician), Dortmund 2003
- Otto Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von der Wenge Graf von Lambsdorff (politician of the FDP) 2006
- Wilhelm Werhahn , Neuss 2004
- Elisabeth Werhahn-Adenauer 2007
- Helmut Werner , Stuttgart 2001
- Kurt Werner 1990
- Marianne Werner-Ader 1995
- Hans Wernery (Ministerial Officer ) 1989
- Isabell Werth 2007
- Hiltrud Wessling , Münster 2005
- Liesel Westermann 1990
- Guido Westerwelle (former Federal Minister; Chairman of the Westerwelle Foundation ), Cologne 2015
- Klaus Westkamp , Bonn 2004
- Else Westmeyer 1988
- Günter Wewel 1996
- Heinz Wewering (trotting athlete) 1993
- Willi Weyer (FDP politician) 1986
- Lieselotte Wicke (SPD politician) 1986
- Ellen Wiederhold 1986
- Paula Wiegers 1990
- Bettina Wiegmann (soccer player) 2011
- Heinrich Wieking 2005
- Reinhard Wiesemann , Essen 2017
- Johan Gerhard Wilbrenninck 1994
- Gerhard Wilczek 1989
- Klaus von Wild , Münster 2018
- Marga Wilden-Hüsgen (mandolist and music researcher) 1991
- Jürgen Wilhelm 2011
- Günther Wilke (chemist) 1997
- Ernst Wille (painter) 1997
- Reinhard Wilmbusse , Lemgo 2001
- Dorothee Wilms , Cologne 2018
- Jakow Windisch 1987
- Adolf Winkelmann 1996
- Wilhelm Winkelmann , Münster 2000
- Richard Winkels 1991
- Hans Günter Winkler 1991
- Woldemar Winkler 1987
- Borgi Winkler-Rohlfing (1st chairwoman of the Lupus Erythematosus Self-Help Association) 2007
- Lieselotte Winnacker-Spitzl , Wuppertal 2016
- Heinrich Winter (mathematician) 1988
- Maria Wirth 1991
- Michael Wirtz , Stolberg 2018
- Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski (SPD politician) 1992
- Karlheinz Wissmer , Düsseldorf 2001
- Wilhelm Wissing (President of the Papal Missionary Organization) 1996
- Ruth H. Witteler-Koch (FDP politician) 2003
- Hedwig Wittmann 1996
- Margot Wittram 1987
- Udo Wloka 1995
- Hasso Wolf , Cologne 2003
- Ingo Wolf (former Minister of State), Euskirchen 2018
- Werner Wolf, Mönchengladbach 2001
- Arnold Peter Wolff , Cologne 2001
- Erich Wolfram (SPD politician) 1986
- Artur Woll (economist) 1990
- Karl-Heinz Wöllner , Meerbusch 2004
- Joseph Wolter 1993
- Emil Eduard Wörmann 1987
- Geesken Wörmann , Soest 2004
- Bernhard Worms 2007
- Sönke Wortmann (actor and director) 2007
- Theodor Wüllenkemper 2009
- Joachim Wüllenweber , Mönchengladbach 2001
- Gisela Wüllner 1992
- Günter Wüllner 1996
- Kurt Wüster (SPD politician) 1997
Y
- Ranga Yogeshwar , Hennef 2017
Z
- Hans-Jürgen Zacher 2011
- Heinz Zahrnt , Soest 2000
- Gualtiero Zambonini 2008
- Benno Zander 1996
- Renate Zanders 1994
- Marianne Zauter , Leverkusen 2000
- Luise Zeitzen 1994
- Johannes Zielinski (university professor) 1990
- Herta Zilly 1992
- Charlotte Zimmer 1997
- Monika Zimmermann, Kaarst 2018
- Stefan Zimmermann (lawyer) 2010
- Tabea Zimmermann-Sloane 2009
- Reinhard Zinkann , Gütersloh 2019
- Christoph Zöpel , Bochum 2017
- Frauke Zottmann-Neumeister , Königswinter 2017
- Hildegard Zumach 1993
- Klaus Zumwinkel (former CEO of Deutsche Post AG ) 2007
Official sources
- State merit medals 1986 to 2015 This list in pdf format is officially made available for download by the State Chancellery of North Rhine-Westphalia (accessed on March 11, 2017).
- Awarded the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for 1986 (MBl. NW. 1986 p. 1954)
- Awarded the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for 1987 (MBl. NW. 1987 p. 1178)
- Awarded the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for 1987 (MBl. NW. 1987 p. 1728)
- Awarded the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for 1988 (MBl. NW. 1988 p. 441)
- Awarded the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for 1988 (MBl. NW. 1988 p. 1730)
- Awarded the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for 1989 (MBl. NW. 1989 p. 671)
- Awarded the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for 1989 (MBl. NW. 1989 p. 1291)
- Awarded the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for 1990 (MBl. NW. 1990 p. 553)
- Awarded the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for 1990 (MBl. NW. 1990 p. 1636)
- Awarded the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for 1991 (MBl. NW. 1991 p. 878)
- Awarded the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for 1991 (MBl. NW. 1991 p. 1822)
- Awarded the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for 1992 (MBl. NW. 1992 p. 871)
- Awarded the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for 1992 (MBl. NW. 1993 p. 6)
- Awarded the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for 1993 (MBl. NW. 1993 p. 1238)
- Awarded the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for 1993 (MBl. NW. 1994 p. 43)
- Awarded the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for 1994 (MBl. NW. 1994 p. 712)
- Awarded the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for 1994 (MBl. NW. 1995 p. 63)
- Awarded the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for 1995 (MBl. NW. 1995 p. 517)
- Awarded the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for 1995 (MBl. NW. 1995 p. 1634)
- Awarded the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for 1996 (MBl. NW. 1996 p. 1276)
- Awarded the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for 1996 (MBl. NW. 1997 p. 26)
- Awarded the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for 1997 (MBl. NW. 1997 p. 796)
- Awarded the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for 1997 (MBl. NW. 1998 p. 27)
- Awarded the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for 1999 (MBl. NW. 1999 p. 1269)
- Awarded the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for 2000 (MBl. NRW. 2000 p. 458)
- Awarded the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for 2001 (MBl. NRW. 2001 p. 1022)
- Awarded the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for 2001 (MBl. NRW. 2002 p. 129)
- Awarded the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for 2003 (MBl. NRW. 2003 p. 411)
- Awarded the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for 2003 (MBl. NRW. 2003 p. 643)
- Awarded the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for 2003 (MBl. NRW. 2003 p. 1551)
- Awarded the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for 2004 (MBl. NRW. 2004 p. 620)
- Awarded the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for 2004 (MBl. NRW. 2005 p. 65)
- For 2005 press release of the state government of December 20, 2005
- For 2006 press release of the state government of March 16, 2006
- For 2006 press release of the state government of December 12, 2006
- For 2007 press release of the state government of March 20, 2007
- For 2007 press release of the state government of August 27, 2007
- For 2007 press release of the state government of October 23, 2007
- For 2008 press release from the state government of February 18, 2008
- For 2008 press release of the state government of August 20, 2008
- For 2009 press release of the state government of April 22, 2009
- For 2009 press release from the state government of October 5, 2009
- For 2010 press release of the state government of January 14, 2010
- For 2011 press release of the state government of April 7, 2011
- For 2011 press release of the state government of November 7, 2011
- For 2012 press release of the state government of August 24, 2012
- For 2012 press release of the state government dated December 7, 2012
- For 2013 press release of the state government of April 19, 2013
- For 2013 press release of the state government of June 27, 2013
- For 2013 press release from the state government of November 7, 2013
- For 2014 press release of the state government of June 23, 2014 ,
award of the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, announcement by the Prime Minister of June 25, 2014 ( MBl. NRW. 2014 p. 396 ) - For 2014 press release of the state government of August 26, 2014
- For 2015 press release of the state government of April 15, 2015
- For 2015 press release of the state government of September 16, 2015
- For 2016 press release from the state government of November 17, 2016
- For 2017 press release from the state government of January 18, 2017
- For 2017 press release of the state government of 23 August 2017
- For 2017, press release from the state government dated December 5, 2017
- For 2018 press release from the state government of July 2, 2018
- For 2018 press release of the state government of 23 August 2018
- For 2018 press release of the state government of December 15, 2018
- For 2019 press release of the state government of May 14, 2019
- For 2019 press release of the state government of 23 August 2019
Remarks
- ↑ Holocaust survivor Lasker-Wallfisch receives Order of Merit. Süddeutsche Zeitung , May 31, 2018, accessed on August 26, 2020 .
- ↑ Unfortunately, an error was made when archiving Ministerialblatt No. 2 from 1997. The pdf file contains a copy of page 28 instead of the relevant page 26.
Web links
Commons : List of the bearers of the Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia - collection of images, videos and audio files
