List of holders of the Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate
This list shows the holders of the Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate .
The Order of Merit is awarded by the Prime Minister, the number of order holders is limited to 800. The President of the State Parliament and the members of the State Government are entitled to make proposals. The corresponding state law on the Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate of October 2, 1981 came into force on January 1, 1982.
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1982 (1st award)
For special services to the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, 14 women and 34 men have been awarded the newly created state order by Prime Minister Bernhard Vogel in Hambach Castle near Neustadt an der Weinstrasse .
- Ruth Baron , Gustavsburg
- Heinz Bähner , Betzdorf
- Clare Becker , Wittlich
- Friedrich Karl Becker , Dorn-Dürkheim
- Günter Becker , Mainz
- Wilhelm Becker, Liigart
- Antor Berlin , Mayen
- Margarete Bischoff , Trier
- Alfred Blaufuss , Frei-Laubersheim
- Gottfried Borrmann , Mainz
- Franz Josef Diendorf , Waldrach
- Lothar Diethelm , Mainz
- Sister Philothea Dittmer , Koblenz
- Helmut Ehrhardt , Kaiserslautern
- Friedrich Rudolf Engelhardt , Bingen
- Reinhold Franz , Thalhausen
- Jovan Gajic , Trier-Zewen
- Amely Goebel , Trier
- Friedrich Gundermann , Kaiserslautern
- Mechthild Hahn , Mainz
- Diethard Hellmann , Mainz
- Rudolf Herold , Katzenellenbogen
- Albert Hoffmann , Speyer
- Karl Holzamer , Mainz
- Walter Hück , Neustadt an der Weinstrasse
- Anton Kiefer, St. Martin
- Karl Kuhn , Bad Kreuznach
- Josef Lentz , Mannheim
- Hermann-Josef Marx , Sobernheim
- Ingrid Mickler-Becker , Zornheim
- Katharina Müller , Mayen
- Edith Peres-Lethmate , Koblenz-Oberwerth
- Herbert Presinger , Budenheim
- Maria Raether , Dorn-Dürkheim
- Albert Ries , Ludwigshafen am Rhein
- Max Rupp , Idar-Oberstein
- Ursula Sander , Zweibrücken
- Hedwig Schmadel , Landau in the Palatinate
- Wolfgang Schütz , Koblenz
- Emmerich Smola , Kaiserslautern
- Lina Staab , Kaiserslautern
- Lieselotte Stone Gods , Kaiserslautern
- Fritz Stelz , Neuwied
- Fritz Walter , Enkenbach-Alsenborn
- Philipp Weindel , Speyer
- Robert Josef Wolff , Kempenich angels
- August Wolters , Trier
- Benno Zech , Neustadt ad W.
1983 (2nd award)
1984 (3rd award)
1985 (4th award)
- Edgar Reitz , Munich
- Manfred Niehuis
1986 (5th award)
1987 (6th award)
1988 (7th award)
- Sr. Misaela (Anna Becker), Speicher
- Otto Bockmayer, Hassloch
- Prof. Dr. Gerhard Bosinski
- Hannelore Bosinski, Neuwied
- Marianne Buhle, Gleisweiler
- Christel Buß-Seinsch
- Prof. Henry Chauchoy, Boves
- Richard Deobald, Frankenthal
- Heiner Dopp , Meckenheim
- Johann Engel, Röhl
- Franz Josef Faas, Prüm
- Hermann Gradinger , Mainz
- Dr. Hans Friedrich houses, Idar-Oberstein
- Elisabeth Hoffbauer, Winningen
- Else Klein, Wachenheim
- Ernst Klement, Konz-Könen
- Hajo Knebel , Simmern
- Hannelore Kohl , Ludwigshafen-Oggersheim
- Peter Krug, Zweibrücken
- Gudrun Krug, Zweibrücken
- Helmut Müller-Späth, Bad Kreuznach
- Karoline Muscheid, Neuwied
- Ernst Neger , Mainz
- Magdalene Olschock, Meisenheim
- Klaus Peske, Neustadt / Weinstrasse
- Irene Peske, Neustadt / Weinstrasse
- Lothar Pörsch, Keidelheim
- Lothar Freiherr von Racknitz, Odernheim am Glan
- Honorary guard Hedwig Paula Baroness von Racknitz, Odernheim
- Lotte Reibold, Freinsheim
- Dr. Johannes Baptist Rösler , Bingen
- Prof. Gernot Rumpf , Neustadt / Weinstrasse
- Alexander Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein , Bendorf-Sayn
- Gabriela Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein , Bendorf-Sayn
- Erna Schiffer, Winningen
- Reinhold Schommers , St. Aldegund
- Karlheinz Steinlein, Trier
- Sr. Lukretia (Franziska Uhl), Düngenheim
- Karl-Heinz Urmersbach, Weißenthurm
- Ludwig Wahl, Kirn-Sulzbach
- Anita Wahl, Kirn-Sulzbach
- Gertrud Wald, Hoppstädten-Weiersbach
- Sr. Materna (Anna Maria Weigl), Trippstadt
- Prof. Dr. Eginhard Weißmann, Mainz
- Klara Zeimet, Trier
1989 (8th award)
- Artur Benzing
- Brigitte Gemein , Sinzig-Bad Bodendorf
- Heinz Gemein , Sinzig-Bad Bodendorf
- Rudolf Schmidt
- Father Emmanuel of Severus , Maria Laach
- Kurt Gilsbach, Boppard
1990 (9th award)
- Anna Romes , Adenau
- Gerhard Brandt
- Helene Flad
- Walter Gattow
- Bernhard Vogel
- Ferdinand Benner, Boppard
- Erich Liesenfeld, Boppard
1991 (10th award)
1992 (11th award)
1993 (12th award)
- Susanne Faschon
- Eike Pies
- Marlott Persijn-Vautz , Kaiserslautern
1994 (13th award)
1995 (14th award)
- Werner hemp yarn
- Johannes Polke
- Anni Pfeifer , Ergeshausen
1996 (15th award)
1997 (16th award)
- Gustav-Adolf Bähr , Neustadt;
- Hansgeorg Baßler , Kaiserslautern;
- Rolf Braun , Mainz;
- Rudi Brück , Thalfang;
- Gertrude Deninger-Polzer , Argenthal;
- Horst Eckel , Bruchmühlbach-Miesau ;
- Peter Eisenlohr , Weinheim;
- Karl Wilhelm Faber , Alzey;
- Gerlinde Fischer , Kigali / Rwanda;
- Theo Fischer , Münster-Sarmsheim;
- Günter Flory , Speyer;
- Elmar Funk , Kirchheimbolanden ;
- Ludwig Graf, Baden-Baden;
- Hedwig Grünen , Schweich;
- Andreas Herfurth , Offenbach;
- Daniel Hoeffel , Strasbourg;
- Dieter Korneck , Wachtberg;
- Eberhard Kreuser , Braunweiler;
- Bernhard Linvers , Speyer;
- Franz Werner Michel , Hochheim;
- Werner Michel , Hochstadt ;
- Günther Obst , Bad Ems;
- Franz L. Pelgen , Nieder-Olm;
- Georg Pfeifenroth , Speyer;
- Kurt Rocker , Rockenhausen ;
- Elisabeth Schaack-Vogel , Neuerburg;
- Meinolf Schmid , Dudenhofen ;
- Toni Schüller , Kottenheim;
- Ottmar Walter , Kaiserslautern
1998 (17th award)
1999 (18th award)
2000 (19th award)
- Klaus Bresser
- Hans-Dieter Kirschbaum
- Barbara Stehr
- Heiner Seidlitz , Neustadt an der Weinstrasse
- Paul Becker, Bingen
- Herbert Bermeitinger , Mainz
- Detlof Graf von Borries , Zellertal
- Yves-Pierre Boulongne , Paris
- Jean-Louis Brette , Dijon
- Waldemar Brümmendorf , Remagen
- Manfred Fischer, Ludwigshafen
- Robert Fournel , Meze / France
- Marlies Friedrich , Alzey
- Hannelore Glöckner , Pirmasens
- Gerhard Groß, Wachtberg-Pech
- Gilbert Hüsch , Nistertal
- Wolfgang Kikisch , Neuwied
- Oliver Kirsch , Forbach / France
- Georg Kosak , Neustadt an der Weinstrasse
- Johanna Krug , Ludwigshafen
- Anna Kuhn , Landau
- Beate Mundt , Landstuhl
- Helmut Neunzert , Kaiserslautern
- Dieter Rombach , Kaiserslautern
- Hermann Saterdag , Weinheim / Bergstrasse
- Karlfried Schander , Neuwied
- Thomas Schmitt, Trier
- Elisabeth Sprindt , Bendorf
- Franz Stalla , Ludwigshafen
- Siegfried Stappert
- Georg Daughtermann , Speyer
- Josef Wagner, Koblenz
- Günter Wetzel , Biblis
- Klaus-Peter Wyrwoll , St. Johann
- Vera Zahn , Badenheim
2001 (20th award)
- Hanns Joachim Armin , Kaiserslautern
- Dov Ben-Meir , Tel-Aviv
- Heinz Bille , Limburgerhof
- Hans-Heinrich Boegler , Worms
- Herta Brinkmann , Linz
- Elisabeth Brunett , Stetten
- Gertrude Degenhardt , Mainz
- Wanda Döhring , Flacht
- Günter Felke , Sohren
- Claudia Felser , Nieder-Olm
- Renate Fritz-Schillo , Mainz
- Brigitte Hoffmann , Frankenthal
- Siegfried Kiesselmann , Hermeskeil
- Hans-Dieter Kirschbaum , Dieblich
- Hans-Erich Klein , Bad Bergzabern
- Karl-Friedrich Krüger , Mainz
- Bernhard Liesenheimer , Rieste
- Klaus Mayer , Mainz
- Heinz Monnerjahn , Emmelshausen
- The married couple Hildtrud Morsch and Emil Morsch , Birkenfeld
- Married couple Hella Pachen and Heinz Pachen , Rockenhausen
- Gerd Paff , Mayen
- Norbert Roth , Mommenheim
- Helmut Schmitt , Kaiserslautern
- Barbara Stehl , Höhr-Grenzhausen
- Winfried Willicks , Treis-Karden
2002 (21st award)
- László Gilányi , Simmern
- Christine Gothe , Alshei
- Anita Graf , Kaiserslautern
- Manfred Gstettner , Vallendar
- Johanna Haid , Olzheim
- Carl-Peter Hanser-Strecker , Wiesbaden
- Gabriele Hartmann , Mainz
- Wolfgang Humke , Limburgerhof
- Franz Irsigler , Konz-Niedermennig
- Ursula Jachnik , Nörtershausen
- Ulrike Jahresig , Mainz
- Werner Kern (RLP) , Landau in the Palatinate
- Rolf Kilian , Birkenhördt
- Alfred Klingel , Schmalenberg
- Karl-Geert Kuchenbecker , Partenheim
- Walter Kuhfuß , Trier
- Married couple Gabriele Luy and Horst Luy , Koblenz
- Michel Marty , Daix / 1. Dijon
- Günter Meyer , Mainz
- Mrs Marlene Müller and Günter Müller , Sohren
- Heiko Müller , Neustadt an der Weinstrasse
- Rosemarie Müller , Frankenthal
- Manfred Neitzel , Kaiserslautern
- Volker Obenauer , Ludwigshafen am Rhein
- Wolfgang Ohm , Frankfurt
- Erhard Rieß , Landau in the Palatinate
- Katharina Röttig , Neuwied-Gladbach
- Wolfgang Rumpf
- Erika Schmitt-Nessler , Lahnstein
- Gerhard Schulze, Ludwigshafen
- Hans Wilhelm Stupp , Koblenz
- Ingo Weidig , Landau
- Elmar Kirst , Eppenrod
- Josef Reiter , Mainz
2003 (22nd award)
- Udo Bölts
- Wolfgang F. Dick
- Dieter Thomas Heck
- Dieter Magnus
- Gernot Meyer-Grönhof
- Karl Mildenberger , Kaiserslautern
- Jürgen Strube
- Franz Josef Welter
2004 (23rd award)
- Franz Bernhard (sculptor) , Jockgrim
- Hans Bonkas
- Gerd Breidbach , Koblenz
- Robert Breitsch , Busenberg
- Jürgen Debus , Ober-Olm
- François Decker , Niederfeulen (Luxembourg)
- Georges Delnon , Mainz
- Wolfgang Eger , Speyer
- Elisabeth Eminger , Bad Kreuznach
- Roland Hacker , Römerberg
- Helmut Heinen (Bütgenbach) , Bütgenbach-WTZ (Belgium)
- Gabriele von der Weiden , Alzey
- Michael Hofmann-von der Weiden , Alzey
- Werner Keym , Meisenheim
- Gerhard Koch , Landau
- Hein and Oss Kröher , Pirmasens
- Christiane Ludwig , Ludwigshafen
- Heinz Lukas-Kindermann , Trier
- Liselott Masgeik , Molsberg
- Claude Meyroune , Paris (France)
- Dorothea Müller-Jost , Mainz
- Gisela Müller, Andernach
- Jürgen Nehmer , Kaiserslautern
- Dieter Nelles , Kronberg (Hesse)
- Marcel Petit , Dammarie-les-Lys (France)
- Elisabeth Reckert , Ürzig
- Manfred Reimann , Ludwigshafen
- Michael Reitzel , Selzen
- Norbert Schäfer , Klingenmünster
- Mélita Soost , Mainz
- Doris Twesten , Melsbach
- Gerhard Wässa , Westheim
- Anton Heinrich Hütte , Oberwesel (December 4th)
- Margot Hütte , Oberwesel (December 4th)
2005 (24th award)
- Lea Ackermann , Boppard
- Mario Adorf
- Klaas Bergmann , Kaiserslautern
- Sucharit Bhakdi , Ober-Olm
- Diana Dietrich , Kaiserslautern
- Michael Dostal , Weinstadt-Schnait
- Franz Dötsch , Kobern-Gondorf
- Karl Eichele , Koblenz
- Georges Garrigue , Strasbourg / France
- Andreas Gestrich , Gutweiler
- Peter Greisler , Münstermaifeld
- Wolfgang Horbert , Koblenz
- Alfred Kröner , Mainz
- Peter Lipps , Trier
- Hermann-Josef Marx , Vallendar
- Karl-Heinz Meyer , Neuwied
- Petra Moske
- Elisabeth Schuh , Trier
- Ernst-Karl Müller , Mainz
- Peter Neu , Bitburg
- Karl-Heinz Ney , Föhren
- Rudi Otterstätter , Haßloch
- Lutz Raphael , Trier
- Gunda Röll , Trier
- Georg Rothöhler , Landau in the Palatinate
- Heinz Schlapkohl , Weisenheim am Sand
- Cornelia Schnug-Börgerding , Altenkirchen
- Wolfgang Spähn , Ludwigshafen
- Christa Wendling , Kastellaun
- Gerhard Weyer , Marzhausen
2006 (25th award)
- Nasrin Amirsedghi , Mainz
- Gudrun Andres , Schifferstadt
- Hans A. Becker , Undenheim
- Hans Buchheim , Mainz
- Hans-Hermann Dieckvoss , Kaiserslautern
- Rudi Gutendorf , Neustadt (Wied)
- Franz Hamburger , Mainz
- Herbert W. Hofmann , Worms
- Ulrich Kaltenbach , Kaiserslautern
- Günter Leifheit , Suvigliana / Switzerland
- Evelyn Novak , Bodenheim
- Pierre Pixius , Brussels
- Alfriedt Pohl , Kaiserslautern
- Hans H. Reich , Landau
- Mrs Inge and Hans-Dieter Ritzenhofen , Münstermaifeld
- Erwin Saile , Kaiserslautern
- Elisabeth Sander , Frechen
- Siegfried Schuch , Nierstein
- Carl-August Seibel , Hauenstein
- Hans-Joachim Spengler , Speyer
- Wolfram Wittrock , Kaiserslautern
- Harald Wolf , Rümmelsheim
2007 (26th award)
On December 4, 2007, 22 personalities were honored at the 26th award ceremony.
- Philipp Benz , Darmstadt
- Jacques Berndorf , Dreis-Brück, Lkr. Vulkaneifel
- Philipp Freiherr von Boeselager , Altenahr
- Vito Contento , Koblenz
- Fee Fleck , Mainz
- Louis Fussinger , Brou-sur-Chantereine (France)
- Georg Gölter , Dudenhofen
- Karl Kessler, Bad Marienburg
- Dagi Kieffer , Bad Dürkheim
- Hanni Knerr , Speyer
- Klaus Lehmann, Eppenbrunn , district of Southwest Palatinate
- Detlef Merten , Sankt Martin, Lkr. Südl. Wine route
- Gisela Neubauer , Dörth, Rhein-Hunsrück district
- Alois Nilles , Mainz
- Leonhard Reinirkens , Unkel, district of Neuwied
- Walter Rudolf , Mainz
- Ingrid Schlabach , Stetten, Donnersbergkreis
- Helmut G. Schmidt , Kirchsahr / Burgsahr, district of Ahrweiler
- Dieter Servatius , Koblenz
- Reiner Skischally , Bitburg
- Jonkheer Geert van Rijckevorsel-van Kessel , s'Hertogenbosch (Netherlands)
- Wolfgang Wabnitz , Mayen
- Heinz Walter, Bingen
2008 (27th award)
- Thomas Denter , Marienstatt Abbey
- Julius Grünewald , Westhofen
- Karl-Heinz Hopfensperger , Germersheim
- Elke Lütjen-Drecoll , Spardorf
- Erich Muscholl , Mainz
- Jeanette Rott-Otte , Ludwigshafen
- Sabine Schall , Neuhofen
- Gerhard Wegner , Mainz
- Ellen Wessinghage , Ingelheim am Rhein
- Erwin Wortelkamp , Hasselbach
- Corina Zolle , Heidesheim
- Reinhard Schantz Dahn, Mainz
2009 (28th award)
- Karl Adams , Neustadt an der Weinstrasse
- Helmut Fahlbusch , Mainz
- Otmar Fischer , Weisenheim am Berg , Bad Dürkheim district
- Karl Otto Götz , Niederbreitbach, Neuwied district
- Rissa (Karin Götz), Niederbreitbach
- Karl Lehmann , Mainz
- Hans-Georg Meyer , Ingelheim am Rhein, Mainz-Bingen district
- Peter Molt , Bad Honnef
- Marianne Münz , Bad Kreuznach
- Daweli Alfons Reinhardt , Koblenz
- Horst-Dieter Spitz , Gommersheim , Southern Wine Route district
- Elisabeth Zeller , Dörsdorf, Rhein-Lahn district
2010 (29th award)
- Rudi Altig , Sinzig
- Anita Burgard , Trier
- Luise-Charlotte Busch Rockenhausen
- Jacques Delfeld , Landau / Karlsruhe
- Ullrich Hellmann , Wiesbaden
- Volker Hentschel , Bad Soden
- Sibylle Kalkhof-Rose , Mainz
- Heinz Maurer , Boppard
- Axel Roeder , Trippstadt
- Burkhardt Siebert , Nisterau
- Thomas Stumm , Waldfischbach-Burgalben
- Ursel Theile
- Norbert Trautmann , Mainz
- Emil Weichlein , Essenheim
2011 (30th award)
On November 30, 2011, Prime Minister Kurt Beck was awarded the Order of Merit in the ballroom of the State Chancellery. A total of 15 women and men were honored. On behalf of all those honored, Prof. Dr. Hans Wolfgang Spiess, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, gave the acceptance speech.
- Monika Arnold , Dreikirchen
- Elisabeth Emmert , knowledge
- Herbert Jäckel , Oberwesel
- Knut Jordan , Stadecken-Elsheim
- Kurt Karst , Mainz
- Horst Kayser , Lindenberg
- Monika Kleebauer , Herxheim near Landau / Pfalz
- Astrid Sacher , Bad Ems
- Erwin Pauly , Veitsrodt
- Dieter Prätzel-Wolters , Stelzenberg
- Hans Günter Schumacher , Germersheim
- Sigune von Osten , Bad Munster am Stein
- Hans Wolfgang Spiess , Mainz
- Joachim Storck , Frankfurt am Main
- Klaus Tschira , Heidelberg
The Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker received the Order of Merit on November 15th .
2012 (31st award)
With the announcement of the State Chancellery of Rhineland-Palatinate on May 25, 2012, two Polish citizens were awarded the Order of Merit.
- Jozef Sebesta, Marshal of the Polish Voivodeship Opole / Oppeln (Upper Silesia)
- Boguslaw Wierdak , Chairman of the Sejmik of the Polish Voivodeship Opole / Opole (Upper Silesia)
With the announcement of the State Chancellery of Rhineland-Palatinate on July 3, 2012, a French citizen was awarded the Order of Merit.
- Francois Patriat , President of the Burgundy Regional Council
On December 10, 2012, 13 women and men were awarded the Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate by Prime Minister Kurt Beck in the ballroom of the State Chancellery.
- Gisela Bill , hamlet near Bingen
- Stephan Bock , Dommershausen
- Detlef Bojak , Jettenbach
- Mathias Breitschaft , Mainz
- Claude Chevalier , Metz
- Dietmar Eifler , Frankweiler
- Wolfgang Guth , Alzey
- Till Meyer , Dijon
- Ralph Rieker , Meersburg
- Günter Schmitt , Bonn
- Winfried Schmitt , Mainz
- Peter Schwenkmezger , Trier
- Karin Stock , Mainz
2013 (32nd award)
For the first time, Prime Minister Malu Dreyer presented the award to eleven women and men in the ballroom of the State Chancellery. The Prime Minister of the German-speaking Community of Belgium , Karl-Heinz Lambertz, gave the acceptance speech on behalf of all the winners. The ceremony was musically framed by the bassoonist Theo Plath, scholarship holder of the Rhineland-Palatinate Future Initiative, and the pianist Julia Kammerlander.
- Gabriele Biebinger , Hassloch
- Marita Boos-Waidosch , Mainz
- Gertrud Endres , Polch
- Peter Gilmer , Partenheim
- Prime Minister Karl-Heinz Lambertz , Eupen in Belgium
- Ilse Lang , Worms
- Ulrich Mohr , Hochstadt
- Claudine Moulin , Rameldange in Luxembourg
- Marie Weber, Bad Kreuznach
- Birgit and Josef Zierden , Prüm
2014 (33rd award)
Prime Minister Malu Dreyer presented the award to twelve women and men in the ballroom of the State Chancellery. Karin and Bertram Schmidt-Friderichs held the acceptance speech on behalf of all the winners. The ceremony was musically framed by ZIRP scholarship holders Isabelle Müller (harp) and Till Plinkert (trumpet).
- Monika Betz , Ludwigshafen
- Otto Böcher , Mainz
- Agnes Gräser , Trier
- Rudi Klug , Carlsberg
- Elisabeth Lauter , Treis-Karden
- Jörg Michaelis , Mainz
- Karin Mohr , Goerlitz
- Thomas Münzel , Mainz
- Karin and Bertram Schmidt-Friderichs , Mainz
- Dieter Wedel , Hamburg
- Silvia Zöller , Gau-Weinheim
2015 (34th award)
- Otto Boehringer , Ingelheim am Rhein
- Karin Burgemeister , Lampertheim
- Eberhard Cherdron , Speyer
- Michael Dietzsch , Bitburg
- Hans-Dieter Gassen , Brey
- Elisabeth Gateff , Mainz
- Michael Geiger, Landau in the Palatinate
- Rita Lanius-Heck , Oberwesel
- Lotte Pfeffer-Müller , Ludwigshöhe
- Elmar Rettinger , Nieder-Olm
- Dieter Römheld , Mainz
- Gerhard Trabert , Selzen
2016 (35th award)
- Hans Friderichs , Mainz
- Monika Gass-Pfannkuche , Höhr-Grenzhausen
- Bernd D. Hummel , Pirmasens
- Gerhard Meerwein , Mainz
- Johannes and Liesel Metten , Nieder-Olm
- Ulrich Sarcinelli , Landau
- Dieter Wagner , Freinsheim
- Brunhilde and Winfried Willi Weber , Hachenburg
- Alfred Wittstock , Mainz
2017 (36th award)
- Bernadette Bros-Spähn , Ludwigshafen am Rhein
- Walter Dury , Zweibrücken
- Herbert Ehlen , Blankenheim (North Rhine-Westphalia)
- Heide Princess of Hohenzollern , Namedy Castle / Andernach
- Michael Krauss, Kaiserslautern
- Brigitte Merzhäuser , Mudersbach
- Dr. Dorothea Reichert , Lustadt
- Georg Sprung , Landau in the Palatinate
- Margret Staal , Hattert
- Gernot Wilhelm , Veitshöchheim (Bavaria)
- Detlef Zühlke , Kaiserslautern (Detlef Zühlke could not be present at the award ceremony. His award was therefore presented to him at a different time.)
2018 (37th award)
- Heike Boomgarden , Erbach (Rhein-Hunsrück district)
- André Borsche , Bad Kreuznach
- Anna Bulanda-Pantalacci , Trier
- Brigitte Christoffel , Matzenbach (Kusel district)
- Dirk Hennig , Unnau (Westerwaldkreis)
- Andreas Meder , Berlin
- Marie-France Poulin , Lurcy-le-Bourg / France
- Joachim Schütze , Trier
- Gisela Textor , Lonnig (Mayen-Koblenz district)
- Veronika and Wolfgang Thomeczek , Tiefenthal / Pfalz
2019 (38th award)
- Christoph Beck (including the Rhineland-Palatinate State Theater), Rengsdorf
- Irene Dingel (including involvement in the academic field), Ober-Olm
- Clemens Dorn (including organic farming), Berschweiler near Kirn
- Martin Görlitz (including sustainability for young people), Koblenz
- Ruth Jaensch (including Commit Club Disabled People and their Friends in Mainz and Surroundings eV), Mainz
- Rudolf Merod (including parents' representatives), Trier
- Siegfried Pick (including foreigners work), Bad Kreuznach
- Nancy Poser , (including the German Brain Tumor Aid eV), Trier
- Marion Schulz-Reese ( inter alia, promoting young researchers), Kaiserslautern
- Lothar Sorger ( inter alia IG Metall), Olsbrücken
- Walter Ullrich (including the Rhineland-Palatinate State Theater), Wachtberg
- Roland Walther (including the Association of Residential Ownership Rhineland-Palatinate eV), Andernach
- Benni Over (including protection of orangutans), Niederbreitbach
- Petra Weitzel (among other things, commitment to the acceptance of transgender and intersex people in society), Mainz
Year not known
- Max Günther Piedmont (before † August 8, 1989)
- Klaus G. Adam (1999 at the latest)
- Bernhard Reul (1999 at the latest)
- Eugen Lelle , Hermersberg (1999 at the latest)
- Hans Georg Emde (before † February 15, 2013; 1999 at the latest)
Individual evidence
- ↑ "48 deserving citizens received new state medals in Hambach: Made for Rhineland-Palatinate"; in: Staats-Zeitung - State Gazette for Rhineland-Palatinate; 33rd year, No. 25; from Monday, June 28, 1982, pp. 1 and 2
- ^ NN: Program of the ceremony on the occasion of the award of the Order of Merit of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate on Tuesday, November 8, 1988, at 3 p.m. in the ballroom of the State Chancellery in Mainz . Ed .: State Chancellery of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate.
- ^ Prime Minister Kurt Beck: Role models for civil society. (No longer available online.) In: www.rlp.de. State Chancellery Rhineland-Palatinate, December 4, 2007, archived from the original on December 26, 2013 ; Retrieved December 10, 2011 .
- ↑ (awarded on March 14, 2007) State Gazette No. 11 of April 2, 2007 p. 449
- ↑ Cardinal Lehmann is a formative personality. (No longer available online.) In: www.rlp.de. State Chancellery Rhineland-Palatinate, June 19, 2009, archived from the original on December 27, 2013 ; Retrieved December 10, 2011 .
- ↑ State Gazette of July 6, 2009, awarded on June 24, 2009
- ↑ University President congratulates Mainz scientist and scholars as well as donor Sibylle Kalkhof-Rose on being awarded the State Order of Merit on www.uni-mainz.de on December 2, 2010
- ↑ 30th award of the State Order of Merit - Prime Minister Beck awards the state's highest award rlp.de State Chancellery on November 30, 2011
- ↑ Juncker receives the Order of Merit from Rhineland-Palatinate , Trierischer Volksfreund from November 15, 2011.
- ↑ State Gazette for Rhineland-Palatinate No. 20 of June 11, 2012 p. 1153f.
- ↑ State Gazette for Rhineland-Palatinate No. 25 of July 16, 2012 p. 1335f.
- ↑ State Order of Merit 2012 - Prime Minister Beck awards the state's highest award ( Memento from December 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) rlp.de from December 10, 2012
- ↑ State Order of Merit 2013 - Malu Dreyer awards the state's highest honor ( Memento from December 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) rlp.de from December 18, 2013
- ↑ State Order of Merit 2014 - Malu Dreyer awards the highest award of the state rlp.de from December 10, 2014
- ↑ State Order of Merit 2016 - Malu Dreyer awards the highest award of the state rlp.de on December 7, 2016
- ↑ State Order of Merit 2017 - Malu Dreyer awards the highest award of the state rlp.de on December 6, 2017
- ↑ State Order of Merit 2018 - Malu Dreyer awards the highest award of the state rlp.de on November 27, 2018
- ↑ State Order of Merit 2019 - Malu Dreyer awards the highest award of the state rlp.de from November 25, 2019