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Award of Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Award
Order of Merit of Baden-Wurttemberg
(German:
Verdienstorden des Landes Baden-Wurttemberg
) is the highest
award
of the
German State
of
Baden-Wurttemberg
. Established 26 November 1974, it was originally called the Medal of Merit of Baden-Wurttemberg (
Die Verdienstmedaille des Landes Baden-Wurttemberg
). Effective 26 June 2009, the medal assumed its current name.
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The order is awarded by the
Minister-President
of Baden-Wurttemberg for outstanding contributions to the state of Baden-Wurttemberg, in
politics
,
society
,
culture
and
economics
. The order is limited to 1,000 living holders, and has been awarded 1,923 times, as of 30 April 2018.
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History
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The form of the Order of Merit was fundamentally changed by an amendment to the foundation announcement on 3 February 2016. Since then, the Order of Merit is no longer awarded as a
medal
, but in the form of a stylised
cross
with a medallion in the middle, on which the large
state coat of arms
with the lettering ?Baden-Wurttemberg“ is depicted.
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Notable recipients
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References
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