Medal for special services to Bavaria in a United Europe

The medal for special services to the Free State of Bavaria in Europe and the world (European medal ) has been awarded regularly since 1990 by the Bavarian State Minister for Federal and European Affairs in the Bavarian State Chancellery . From 1990 to 2012 a total of 247 people received the award.

The European medal has a diameter of 50 mm and is made of gold-plated fine silver . On the front it bears the Bavarian state coat of arms with the inscription "Bayerische Staatskanzlei", on the back the inscription "For special services to the Free State of Bavaria in Europe and the world". The medal is awarded together with a pin in gold-plated fine silver. This has a diameter of 14 mm, it shows the large Bavarian state coat of arms and the inscription "European medal of the Bavarian State Chancellery". A certificate is also issued for the award.

As a rule, no more than eight people should be honored each year. The European medal is not an order or badge of honor in the sense of Art. 118 Paragraph 5 of the Constitution of the Free State of Bavaria and is not intended to be worn in public.

Awards (selection)

(all information on profession, functions, etc. corresponds to the status at the time of award)

2019

Wolfgang Friedrich Ischinger , lawyer and diplomat

Laura Dahlmeier , biathlon world champion

Professor Dr. Carl Beierkuhnlein , geoecologist, holder of the chair for biogeography and head of the master's program “Global Change Ecology” at the University of Bayreuth

Dr. Eberhard Biesinger , ENT doctor

Jakob Prechtl , entrepreneur, development of a mobile surgical microscope for use in developing countries

Professor Dr. Eugénia Viana da Conceição-Heldt , political scientist, reform rector of the Munich School of Politics and founding dean of the TUM School of Governance at the Technical University of Munich

Veronica Ferres , actress

Ludwig Meier , Ministerial Commissioner a. D., initiator of the Czech language initiative at secondary schools in Upper Palatinate

Emilia Müller , former Minister of State D.

Professor Dr. Anthony Rowley , linguist, head of the dialect research committee at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences

Rémy Simon , formerly deputy Mayor of Courseulles-sur-Mer

Winfried Streblow , Chairman of the Goldbach Partnership Committee, co-initiators of the town twinning between Goldbach and Courseulles-sur-Mer / Normandy

Dr. Tanja Wagensohn , political scientist, founding director of the Bavarian University Center for Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe BAYHOST

Rosemarie Weber , lawyer, chairwoman of the association Festival European Weeks Passau

Elisabeth Wicki-Endriss , actress, founder of the “Bernhard-Wicki-Gedächtnisfonds e. V. "

2017

Ingeborg Berggreen-Merkel , former ministerial director D.

Susanne Breit-Keßler , regional bishop, senior church councilor in the parish of Munich and permanent representative of the regional bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Church in Bavaria

Dirk Ippen , publisher

Carola Jungwirth , President of the University of Passau

Marlies Kirchner , operator of the Theatiner Film Theater in Munich

Rolf-Dieter Krause , TV journalist, former head of the ARD studio in Brussels

Leslie Mandoki , musician and record producer

Armin Schmidtke , Senior Professor of the Psychiatric Clinic of the University of Würzburg and former Chairman of the National Suicide Prevention Program for Germany

Jutta Speidel , actress, founder and first chairwoman of the association “HORIZONT e. V. "

Karl Steininger , Governor of the Federation of Bavarian Mountain Rifle Companies

Edmund Stoiber , former Bavarian Prime Minister D.

2016

Gabrijela Dreo Rodošek , Chair " Communication Systems and Network Security " at the Bundeswehr University in Munich
Joschka Fischer , former Federal Foreign Minister D.
Nikolaus Hipp , entrepreneur, Honorary Consul of Georgia
Diana Iljine , Managing Director of the Internationale Münchner Filmwochen GmbH, Director of the Munich Film Festival and the International Festival of Film Schools
Julian Nida-Rümelin , former Minister of State D., holder of the chair for philosophy and political theory at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich
Rachel Salamander , literary scholar, managing director of "Literaturhandlung"
Birgit Schmitz-Lenders , head of the European Academy of Bavaria
Gerd Sonnleitner , former President of the European , German and Bavarian Farmers' Association
Horst Teltschik , political scientist and former head of the Munich Conference for Security Policy
Katharina Wagner , opera director, director of the Bayreuth Festival
Jens Weidmann , President of the Deutsche Bundesbank

2015

Stephanie Czerny, managing director of DLD Media GmbH
Kai Frobel , head and initiator of the "Green Belt" project
Nora-Eugenie Gomringer , director of the “Villa Concordia” in Bamberg
Maria Höfl-Riesch , former Bavarian ski racer, Olympic and World Cup winner, world ski champion
Michaela Kezele , film director and screenwriter
Max Mannheimer , chairman of the Dachau camp community
Günther Oettinger , member of the European Commission responsible for the digital economy and society
Christian Springer , cabaret artist and founder of the "Orienthelfer" association
Juliane Staltmaier, founder of the association “Project Anna - Children's Aid Kaliningrad e. V. "
Otto Waldrich, entrepreneur, founder of the "European Museum for Modern Glass" in Rödental
Maria Freifrau von Welser , publicist and TV journalist, second chairwoman of the Deutscher Akademikerinnenbund e. V.

2014

Roger Arcambal, former chairman of the Chamalières - Geretsried partnership committee

Peter Baumgardt , Artistic Director and Managing Director of the European Weeks Passau

Senta Berger , actress and film producer

Friedrich Bernhofer , President of the Upper Austrian Landtag a. D.

Joseph Daul , Chairman of the Group of the European People's Party (EPP) in the European Parliament

Marita Eisenmann-Klein, professor, specialist in plastic and aesthetic surgery

Claudia Küng, managing director of WISO SE Consulting GmbH

Elyas M'Barek , actor

Gerhard Memminger, retired ministerial director D., former head of the European department in the Bavarian State Chancellery

Rosi Mittermaier-Neureuther , former Bavarian ski racer, Olympic, World Cup and overall World Cup winner

Christiane Raabe , Director of the International Youth Library in Munich

Rudolf Schwarz, Professor, Chairman of the Management Board IABGmbH

Regine Sixt , Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the Regine Sixt Children's Aid Foundation, Head of International Marketing at Sixt AG

Lisa Unger-Fischer, managing director of the Europaeum at the University of Regensburg

Jürgen Vocke , Professor, President of the Bavarian Hunting Association e. V.

2013

Henning Arp, Head of the Regional Representation of the European Commission in Munich
Heinz Badewitz , director of the Hof International Film Festival
Angelika Galata, first chairwoman of the association Die Freunde von Dinard e. V.
Maria Gazzetti, managing director of the Lyrik Kabinett Munich
Anja Harteros , Bavarian Chamber Singer
Gerda Haugg, first chairwoman of the Ichenhausen partnership
Konrad Kobler , member of the Bavarian State Parliament, district chairman of the Europa-Union Niederbayern
Silke Mader, Executive Chairwoman of the European Foundation for the Care of Newborn Infants (EFCNI)
Jean-Claude Mahé, Former Chairman of the Amis de Starnberg, partner of Dinard
Henri Ménudier, French political scientist and Germany expert
Harald Sachers, former member of the Geretsried city council, maintains the city partnerships
Christiane Schlötzer, foreign correspondent for Greece and Turkey at Süddeutsche Zeitung
Gabriel Silagi, historian
Walter de Silva , Head of Group Design at Volkswagen AG
Richard Sparrer, senior director of studies a. D. Werner-von-Siemens-Gymnasium Regensburg
Innegrit Volkhardt , managing general partner Hotel Bayerischer Hof

2012

Roland Berger , entrepreneur, business and policy advisor, Honorary Consul General of Finland
Jonas Kaufmann , opera and concert singer
Juliane Köhler , actress
Chantal Meslin-Perrier, General Director of the National Museum of Porcelain Musée de Porcelaine - Adrien Dubouché
Josef Rauch, Rector of the Trautwein Elementary and Middle School in Moosbach
Jaroslava Seidlmayer, volunteer work for international understanding between the Czech Republic and the Free State of Bavaria
Constanze Stelzenmüller , political scientist and journalist, honorary chairwoman of Women in International Security Deutschland eV
Pierre Wolff, President of the Montgelas Society
Max Wratschgo , Honorary President of the European Federalist Movement Austria
Johann Zelzner, former mayor of Regenstauf

2011

Anton Freiherrn von Cetto, Deputy State Chairman of the Europa-Union Bayern eV
Elizabeth Corley , CEO Allianz Global Investors Europe
Klaus Engel, director of the Evangelical secondary school in Ortenburg
Bernd B. Fabritius , Federal Chairman of the Association of Transylvanian Saxons in Germany
Jean-Claude Juncker , Prime Minister of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and President of the European Commission
Stephan Keicher, editor at Bayerischer Rundfunk
Ewa Klamt , member of the German Bundestag
Walter Kolbow , President of the German-Macedonian Society
Norbert Kugel, founding president of the Association National Le Saillant de St Mihiel
Ruth Lapide , theologian
András Masát, Rector of Andrássy University, Budapest
Kent Nagano , General Music Director of the Bavarian State Opera
Adelheid Puttler, Dean of the Law Faculty of the Ruhr University Bochum
Mireille Schmich-Faurie, music teacher
Steffen Strobel, computer science student at the Technical University of Munich

2010

Angelika Demmerschmidt, radio presenter at Antenne Bayern
Bernd Eichinger , film producer
Hans-Jürgen Göbel, district chairman of the Europa-Union Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen
Hannemor Keidel MA, CEO of the Bavarian-French University Center
Sadija Klepo, journalist and managing director of the association "Hilfe von Mensch zu Mensch eV"
Franz Olbert, Ackermann municipality, board member of the German-Czech Future Fund
Thomas Urban , Eastern Europe correspondent for the Süddeutsche Zeitung
Klaus Werner, lawyer, honorary consul of the Kingdom of Sweden in Munich
Simon Wittmann , District Administrator of the Neustadt ad Waldnaab district

2009

Franz-Hermann Brüner , Director General of the European Anti-Fraud Office OLAF
Josef Clemens , Curia Bishop, Secretary of the Pontifical Lay Council
Hannah Herzsprung , actress
Charlotte Knobloch , President of the Central Council of Jews in Germany
Gottfried Langenstein , President of ARTE, Director of the European Satellite Programs at ZDF
Johannes Pausch, prior of the Benedictine monastery Gut Aich , St. Gilgen
Helga Schmid , Head of the Political Staff of the High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy , Javier Solana , in the EU Council Secretariat
Tilmann Schöberl , moderator
Katja Sträßer, scientist at the gene center of the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich
Cyril Svoboda , Czech Minister
Katrin Wendland , scientist at the Chair for Analysis and Geometry, Institute for Mathematics at the University of Augsburg

2008

Jürgen Brand, district chairman of the Europa-Union Nürnberg, Nürnberg

Bertram Brossardt , Vice President and General Manager of the Association of Bavarian Business, Munich

Diana Damrau , soprano, Bavarian chamber singer, Munich

Father Dietger Demuth CSsR, General Manager of Renovabis , Freising

Detlef Drewes, journalist (Head of Politics / Economics at the Augsburger Allgemeine , as well as the Brussels European Office for a pool of German daily newspapers), Etterbeek - Belgium

Roland Fleck, City Councilor and Economic Officer for the City of Nuremberg, Nuremberg

Horst Göbbel, Chairman of the House of Homeland eV Nuremberg, Nuremberg

Sigmund Gottlieb , editor-in-chief of television for Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich

Wolfgang Hoderlein , MdL; Stadtsteinach

Herbert Kahnert, Member of the State Board of the Europa-Union Bayern, Emmerting

Paul-Jochen Kubosch, Head of the Munich Information Office of the European Parliament, Munich

Anne Lallemand, manager of the Limoges and Limousin house in Fürth, Fürth

Caroline Link , director, Oscar winner, Munich

Erika von Mutius , scientist (pediatrician and epidemiologist at the Dr. von Haunersche Children's Clinic at LMU), Munich

Angelika Niebler , MEP, Ebersberg

Erwin Pröll , Governor of Lower Austria, St. Pölten - Austria

Thomas Reiter , astronaut, board member of DLR, Cologne

Anja Weisgerber , MEP, Schweinfurt

Franz Xaver Werkstetter , district chairman of the Europa-Union Berchtesgadener Land, Freilassing

Alf Zimmer , Rector of the University of Regensburg, Regensburg

2007

Edeltraud Böhm-Amtmann, retired ministerial director D., Munich

Angelika Diekmann , publisher ( Verlagsgruppe Passau ), Passau

Michl Ebner , MEP, publisher, Brussels

Ján Figeľ , EU Commissioner for Education, Culture and Youth, Brussels

Regina Fischer, chairwoman of the European Contacts Sinzing eV, Sinzing

Alois Glück , Member of the State Parliament, President of the Bavarian State Parliament, Munich

Ivan Liška , director of the Bavarian State Ballet, Munich

Heribert Mohr, senior director of studies a. D., Bruck

Zvonko Plećaš, Consul General a. D. the Republic of Croatia, Zagreb

Alain Pompidou , President of the European Patent Office, Munich

Elisabeth Schosser, Member of the City Council of the City of Munich, Munich

Peter Schwaiger, Deputy Head of Cabinet at the EU Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Brussels

Rudolf Strohmeier , Head of Cabinet at EU Commissioner Viviane Reding, Brussels

Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker , Secretary General of the European Research Council (ERA), Munich

2006

Klemens Fischer , envoy at the Permanent Representation of Austria to the EU, Brussels
Hajo Friedrich, journalist and correspondent for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in Brussels, Brussels
Günter Gloser , Minister of State and Member of the Bundestag, Minister of State for Europe and Commissioner for Franco-German relations in the Foreign Office, Berlin
Marian Baron von Gravenreuth , farmer and forester, 1st chairman of the Bavarian Forest Owners Association e. V., Affing
Regina Hellwig-Schmid, Art Node Regensburg e. V., project office donumenta Regensburg e. V., Regensburg
Ursula Männle , Member of the Bundestag and former Minister of State D., Chair of the Committee for Federal and European Affairs, Tutzing
Gerhard Stahl, Secretary General of the Committee of the Regions, Brussels
Rainer Taubert, lawyer, district chairman and member of the regional executive committee of the European Union, Lichtenfels
Konrad Weckerle , professor at the Technical University of Munich, former CEO of Rhein-Main-Donau AG and Bayernwerk Wasserkraft AG, Landshut
Hedda von Wedel , Member of the European Court of Auditors, Luxembourg

2005

Franz Fischler , Austrian agricultural and European politician, member of the European Commission (1995-2004)
Michael Glos , Member of the Bundestag, Federal Minister for Economics and Technology (2005–2009)
Stavros Kostantinidis, lawyer, press spokesman for the Europa-Union Bayern, board member of the Bavarian Economic Attaché Club, vice-president of the Greek Academy e. V. in Munich
Helmut Lang, senior director of studies, head of the Nuremberg State Vocational School
Bernd Posselt , MEP, Federal Chairman of the Sudeten German Landsmannschaft
Josef Pühringer , Governor of Upper Austria
Volker Schimpff , historian, German legal and European politician
Maria Christina von Sachsen, board member of the European Weeks Passau

2004

Wilfried Anton, President of the Bavarian Music Council eV, Managing Director of the Hofer Symphoniker, Munich
Franz Hölzl, district chairman of the Europa-Union Oberbayern, Germering
Klaus Hofbauer , Member of the Bundestag, Cham
Franz Xaver Mayer , Member of the European Parliament, Pilsting
Gisela Müller-Brandeck-Bocquet , Institute for Political Science-Philosophical Faculty of the Bavarian Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg, Würzburg
Barbara Stamm , 1st Vice President of the Bavarian State Parliament, Würzburg
Gisela Stuart , MP MP, Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, London (England)
Cornelia Bolesch , Brussels correspondent for Süddeutsche Zeitung , Brussels
Robert Savy , President of the Limousin Region, Limoges (France)
The President of the Czech Senate Petr Pithart rejected the honor that was offered to him.

Previous honors

Martin Purtscher , Governor of the Austrian State of Vorarlberg (1997)
Irmtraud Richardson , European correspondent for Bayerischer Rundfunk in Brussels (1993)
Nikolaus Fiebiger , retired holder of the chair for experimental physics, long-time rector and president of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (1991)
Otto von Habsburg , publicist, MEP, President of the International Paneuropean Union (1990)
Theodor Berchem , former President of the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg
Heinz Koehler
Heinrich Oberreuter , political scientist, professor at the University of Passau, director of the Academy for Political Education in Tutzing

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ European Minister Dr. Florian Herrmann awards Wolfgang Ischinger with the Bavarian European Medal. Bavarian State Government, December 2, 2019, accessed December 6, 2019 .

↑ Press release of May 8, 2019

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[1] European Minister Dr. Florian Herrmann awards Wolfgang Ischinger with the Bavarian European Medal. Bavarian State Government, December 2, 2019, accessed December 6, 2019 .

[2] Press release of May 8, 2019