List of holders of the Order of Merit of the State of Schleswig-Holstein

This list shows the holders of the Order of Merit of Schleswig-Holstein in chronological order. The award was donated on November 7, 2007 by the Prime Minister Peter Harry Carstensen and was given to eleven personalities for the first time the following year on the occasion of Schleswig-Holstein Day . Holders of the Schleswig-Holstein Medal are considered to be holders of this Order of Merit.

Schleswig-Holstein Medal

• Alfred von Rosenberg , MdL
• Jens Exler , amateur theater actor
• Erna Gravert , chairwoman of the Wilstermarsch rural women's association
• Hans Hansen , sports official, President of the German Sports Confederation
• Wilhelm Hoffmann , General Manager of the Pomeranian Landsmannschaft
• Manfred Ritter (1931–2009), Rector and Chairman of the Culture Committee of the Federation of German North Schleswig-Holstein
• Gerhard Schmidt , main chairman of the Association of German North Schleswig-Holstein
• Fritz Wempner , actor
• Klaus Gundelach , Publishing Director, Journalist (awarded 1978)
• Hans Peter Johannsen , library director (awarded 1978)
• Heinz Klinke , MdL (awarded 1979)
• Peter Guttkuhn , editor of the Lübeck cultural history magazine "Vaterstädtische Blätter" (awarded in 1980)
• Fritz Latendorf , MdL (awarded 1980)
• Walter Hase , forest historian (awarded 1981)
• Hermann Harms , local researcher (awarded 1981)
• Max Steen , local history researcher (awarded on June 12, 1981)
• Hans-Alwin Ketels , farmer and politician (awarded on June 14, 1981)
• Magnus Feddersen , Mayor of Langenhorn (awarded 1981)
• Brunhild Wendel , Member of the State Parliament, Mayor (awarded 1983)
• Hans-Jürgen Wille , music teacher, choir director (awarded 1983)
• Hanna Jäger , artist (awarded 1985)
• Gerda Peschke , referee (awarded 1990)
• Uwe Bürner , member of the board of the Schleswig-Holstein Singing Association (awarded in 1992)

2000

• Linde Fröhlich from Lübeck, director of the Schleswig-Holstein Film Forum (awarded on September 23, 2000)
• Herbert Gerisch from Neumünster, chairman of the DRK district association Neumünster (awarded on September 23, 2000)
• Karl-Heinz Groth from Goosefeld, writer (awarded on September 23, 2000)
• Hans-Jürgen Hay from Neustadt, folk dancer (awarded on September 23, 2000)
• Gundula Hubrich-Messow from Sterup, narrative researcher (awarded on September 23, 2000)
• Manfred Kamper from Husum, chairman of the Foundation to grow old with dignity (awarded on September 23, 2000)
• Heinz Lassen from Flensburg-Tarup, representative in the Presidium of the German People's Sports Association (awarded on September 23, 2000)
• Mathilde Wilhelmine Lorenzen , translator, reporter (awarded on September 23, 2000)
• Roland Reche from Plön, City Councilor, Chairman of the German-Polish Society in Kiel (awarded on September 23, 2000)
• Klaus Schnaase from Holtsee, head of the schoolmaster's stage (awarded on September 23, 2000)
• Matthäus Weiß from Kiel, chairman of the first Sinti association (awarded on September 23, 2000)

2002

• Johannes Brodersen (Langenhorn) (awarded on August 31, 2002)
• Ilse Gertz (Osterhever) (awarded on August 31, 2002)
• Gerd Gramlow (Hollingstedt) (awarded on August 31, 2002)
• Irmgard Harder (Kiel) (awarded on August 31, 2002)
• Klaus Jacobsen (Büchen) (awarded on August 31, 2002)
• Helga Jessen (Heikendorf) (awarded on August 31, 2002)
• Imre Sallay (Altenholz) (awarded on August 31, 2002)
• Hans-Jürgen Schwark (Neumünster) (awarded on August 31, 2002)
• Uwe Tschanter (Horstedt), Chairman of the Refugee Council (awarded on August 31, 2002)
• Günter Weitling (Padborg / Denmark), theologian (awarded on August 31, 2002)
• Hans-Joachim Wohlenberg (Tornesch) (awarded on August 31, 2002)
• Magnus Wislander , handball player (awarded on November 27, 2002)

2004

• Harald Kracht (Fahrdorf), long-term commitment to Schleswig-Holstein Day (awarded on August 14, 2004)
• Eckart Besch (Heide) (awarded on August 14, 2004)
• Marianne Gymnopoulos (Flensburg) (awarded on August 14, 2004)
• Anne Kämper (Husby) (awarded on August 14, 2004)
• Jutta Kürtz (Kiel) (awarded on August 14, 2004)
• Horst Petersen (Langwedel) (awarded on August 14, 2004)
• Lothar Scheunemann (Schwarzenbek) (awarded on August 14, 2004)
• Wolfgang Schlüter (Schacht-Audorf) (awarded on August 14, 2004)
• Ekkehard Schmidt (Eckernförde) (awarded on August 14, 2004)
• Herwig Brandstetter (Graz) (awarded on August 14, 2004)

2006

• Henning Bachmann from Westerholz (awarded on May 20, 2006)
• Gisela and Bodo Daetz from Harrislee (awarded on May 20, 2006)
• Marianne Ehlers from Kellinghusen, librarian (awarded on May 20, 2006)
• Wolfgang Laur from Schleswig, philologist (awarded on May 20, 2006)
• Marcus Rothbart from Klein Bennebek (awarded on May 20, 2006)
• Jakob Schäfer from Rastorf / Rosenfeld (awarded on May 20, 2006)
• Gisela Terheggen from Husum (awarded on May 20, 2006)

2008

• Christiane Bahr , former Deputy State Chairwoman of the DLRG Youth and State Representative for Education (awarded on July 12, 2008)
• Ilona Dudek , Chairwoman of the North Plant Fire Brigade Association (awarded on July 12, 2008)
• Michael Eckstein , founder of the association "Friends of the Ahrensburg Civic Foundation", co-founder of the Schleswig-Holstein Foundation Day Foundation, head of the Schleswig-Holstein volunteer network (awarded on July 12, 2008)
• Johann Haecks , co-founder of the Stork Protection Working Group in the Nature Conservation Union (awarded on July 12, 2008)
• Hans-Joachim Jobs , director of the Holstein Chamber Orchestra (awarded on July 12, 2008)
• Geschke Kern , former chairwoman of the rural youth association (awarded on July 12, 2008)
• Ginger Nommensen , Chairman of the Frisian Council and former President of the International Frisian Council (awarded on July 12, 2008)
• Harm Paulsen , founder and chairman of the Viking Club Opinn-Skjold e. V. (awarded on July 12, 2008)
• Inke Reinecker , former chairwoman of the Schleswig-Holstein Youth Gymnastics Youth (awarded on July 12, 2008)
• Helmut Riemann , Chairman of the Schleswig-Holstein Monument Council (awarded on July 12, 2008)
• Axel Strehl , honorary coordinator for the field of gastronomy at the celebrations for the Day of German Unity 2006 in Kiel (awarded on July 12, 2008)
• Otto-Dietrich Steensen , President of the Schleswig-Holstein Farmers' Association (awarded on August 27, 2008)

2009

• Dennis Snower , President of the Institute for World Economy at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (awarded on January 21, 2009)
• Ekkehard Wienholtz , President of the Schleswig-Holstein State Sports Association (awarded on May 12, 2009)
• Herwig Guratzsch , Head of the Schleswig-Holstein State Museums Foundation at Gottorf Castle (awarded on May 29, 2009)
• Stephan Richter , Editor-in-Chief (awarded on July 13, 2009)

2010

• Heinz-Werner Arens , former President of the Schleswig-Holstein State Parliament (awarded on June 5, 2010)
• Eberhard Dall'Asta , member of the state parliament, chairman of the consumer association Schleswig-Holstein (awarded on June 5, 2010)
• Hans Heinrich Driftmann , President of the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Honorary Consul of Venezuela (awarded on June 5, 2010)
• Peter Herzig , founding chairman of the Institute for Marine Sciences in Kiel (IFM-Geomar) (awarded on June 5, 2010)
• Deborah di Meglio , state chairwoman of the Federal Association of Visual Artists in Schleswig-Holstein (awarded on June 5, 2010)
• Eva Albers , member of the foundation board of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival (awarded on August 15, 2010)
• Birgit Comberg , Member of the Foundation Board of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival (awarded on August 15, 2010)
• Christoph Eschenbach , Artistic Director of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival (awarded on August 15, 2010)
• Justus Frantz , initiator and director of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival (awarded on August 15, 2010)
• Carl Hermann Schleifer , Member of the Foundation Board of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival (awarded on August 15, 2010)
• Ulrich Urban , Member of the Foundation Board of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival (awarded on August 15, 2010)

2011

• Friedel Anderson , painter (awarded 2011)
• Felix Droese , artist (awarded 2011)
• Tobias Duwe , painter (awarded 2011)
• Klaus Fußmann , painter (awarded 2011)
• Peter Nagel , painter (awarded 2011)
• Hans-Julius Ahlmann , Managing Director of the ACO Group (awarded in 2011)
• Ulrich Schulte-Wülwer , Director of the Museum Mountain in Flensburg (awarded on May 5, 2011)
• Carsten Köthe , radio presenter (awarded on July 5, 2011)
• Rosemarie Kilian , actress (awarded 2011)
• Karl Ernst Laage , Director of Studies, President of the Theodor Storm Society (awarded in 2011)
• Heinrich Schultz, Marktmeister von Heide (awarded 2011)

2012

• Hermann Langness (awarded on January 24, 2012)
• Gerhard Lütje (awarded on January 24, 2012)
• Fritz Süverkrüp (awarded on January 24, 2012)
• Angelika Volquartz (awarded on January 24, 2012)
• Reimer Bull from Langwedel (awarded on February 28, 2012)
• Konrad Hansen from Heikendorf (awarded on February 28, 2012)
• Knut Kiesewetter from Garding (awarded on February 28, 2012)
• Carl Holst , Regional President, Region Syddanmark (awarded on March 26, 2012)
• Bettina Horn , Head of the Rolf Horn Foundation (awarded on April 17, 2012)
• Lü Zushan , Hangzhou (China)

2013

• Marlis Halft from Kiel (awarded on August 23, 2013)
• Gabriele Wachholtz from Neumünster (awarded on August 23, 2013)
• Henning Kramer from Kronshagen (awarded on August 23, 2013)
• Reinhard Unruh from Schleswig (awarded on August 23, 2013)

2014

• Jens Oddershede , Munkebo (Denmark)
• Gerhard Fouquet , Flintbek

2015

• Peter Schütt, Mönkeberg (awarded on September 14, 2015)

2016

• Toshizō Ido , Kobe (Japan) (awarded on May 12, 2016)
• Michael Behrendt, Brunsbüttel (awarded on September 19, 2016)
• Erk Hassold , Bredstedt (awarded on September 19, 2016)
• Mojib Latif , Schönberg (Holstein) (awarded on September 19, 2016)
• Christoph Andreas Leicht , Sierksdorf (awarded on September 19, 2016)
• Marga Trede , Bokel (Pinneberg district) (awarded on September 19, 2016)

2017

• Henrik Becker-Christensen , Vejle / Denmark (awarded August 2017)
• Joachim Litz , Grömitz (awarded November 2017)

2018

• Lorenz Marckwardt , Eckernförde (awarded on February 20, 2018)
• Jürgen Miethke , Molfsee (awarded on February 20, 2018)
• Wilfried Saust , Kiel (awarded on February 20, 2018)
• Peter Albers , Meldorf (awarded on November 27, 2018)
• Otto Bernhardt , Rendsburg (awarded on November 27, 2018)
• Rolf Granow , Klein Wesenberg (awarded on November 27, 2018)

2019

• Holger Hübner, Hamburg, founder of the Wacken Open Air Festival (awarded on December 10, 2019)
• Thomas Jensen, Husum, founder of the Wacken Open Air Festival (awarded on December 10, 2019)
• Gerd Jürgen "Shanger" Ohl , Schwabstedt (awarded on December 23, 2019)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.hier-luebeck.de/2011/05/verdienstorden-des-landes-an-professor-dr-ulrich-schulte-wulwer- Einsatz-fur-kunst-und-kulturgeschichte-in-schleswig- holstein -worthy /
2. ↑ http://www.schleswig-holstein.de/STK/DE/Service/Presse/PI/2012/MP/120326_stk_mp_landesverdienstorden_holst.html  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Prime Minister Daniel Günther honors Holger Hübner and Thomas Jensen. shz.de, December 10, 2019, accessed December 11, 2019.

Web links

• Foundation of the Order of Merit of the State of Schleswig-Holstein
• They received the country's Order of Merit (with biography)