The Bayerischer Verfassungsorden (Bavarian Constitution Order) is an award by the German state Bavaria, which is awarded annually by the Bavarian state parliament to persons who have rendered outstanding services to the Bavarian constitution. It was founded as the before being upgraded to an order in 2011.
The medal was established on 1 December 1961, donated by the then president of parliament , as the necessity arose to honour long-serving members of parliament. The inscription on the medal is "Bayerische Verfassung" (Bavarian constitution) with the Roman year figures MDCCCXVIII (1818), MCMXIX (1919) and MCMXLVI (1946), the obverse shows the Coat of arms of Bavaria. The medal was given in Silver and Gold.
On 20 July 2011, the medal was elevated to the rank of an order.
Recipients
Many politicians received the medal, including Franz Götz and Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger. Members of the Bavarian parliament receive it usually after three legislative periods (formerly 12 years, now 15 years of service), ministers typically after one term (formerly 4 years, now five years). The medal has been awarded also to artists such as ballerina Konstanze Vernon, and clerics such as Joseph Alois Ratzinger, the later pope.
2001
Kurt Faltlhauser Ingo Friedrich Erwin Huber
2002
Reinhold Bocklet Josef Deimer Franz Götz Karl Freller
2004
Johannes Friedrich Christian Ude
2005
Karl Freller Charlotte Knobloch Ernst Pöppel
2006
Manfred Christ Heinz Donhauser Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker
2007
Otmar Bernhard Ruth Drexel Mieczysław Pemper Gisela Stein Klaus Dieter Breitschwert Peter Radtke Siegfried Schneider (politician)
2008
Herbert Ettengruber Ingrid Fickler Heidi Lück Marion Schick Jutta Speidel
2009
Dieter Dorn Max Mannheimer Horst Seehofer Ludwig Stiegler Dieter Borchmeyer Walter Kolbow Bernd Posselt
2010
Michael Glos Theodor W. Hänsch Gerda Hasselfeldt Ludwig Schick Siegfried Schneider Senta Berger Renate Dodell Peter Maffay Angelika Niebler
2011
Reinhard Marx Waltraud Meier Iris Berben Wolfgang Kreissl-Dörfler Peter Landau Eduard Oswald Claudia Roth
2012
Franz Beckenbauer Peter Lerche Ilse Aigner Verena Bentele Max Stadler
2013
Hans-Jürgen Buchner Mahbuba Maqsoodi Marcus H. Rosenmüller
2017 Jacques Chagnon Philipp Lahm
2018 Gerd Müller
2019 Helmut Brunner
2020 Markus Söder
2021 Angela Merkel
2022 Felix Neureuther
2023 Eva-Maria Beck-Meuth Thomas Müller
2025
Eva Umlauf
References
External links Informationen des Bayerischen Landtages zur Bayerischen Verfassungsmedaille