The Karl Valentin Order was established by the Carnival club Munich Society Narrhalla e.V. on the occasion of its 80th anniversary. It was awarded for the first time in 1973. The Karl Valentin Order commemorates the legendary Bavarian humorist Karl Valentin (1882–1948). According to the foundation's protocol, the medal is awarded to a personality from art, politics, science, literature or sport for a humorous and profound comment or deed, for extraordinary work as an artist or to an outstanding figure in public life. The award ceremony takes place at the beginning of each year as part of the Narrhalla Soirée in the Deutsches Theater Munich.
Recipients
1973: Werner Finck 1974: Vicco von Bülow (Loriot) 1975: 1976: Gert Fröbe 1977: Franz Josef Strauß 1978: Luis Trenker 1979: August Everding 1980: Bruno Kreisky 1981: Sir Peter Ustinov 1982: Hans-Dietrich Genscher 1983: 1984: Helmut Kohl 1985: Ephraim Kishon 1986: Emil Steinberger 1987: Norbert Blüm 1988: Rudi Carrell 1989: Joseph Kardinal Ratzinger 1990: Aenne Burda 1991: Peter Weck 1992: Jürgen Möllemann 1993: Harald Juhnke 1994: 1995: Otto Schenk 1996: Edmund Stoiber 1997: Mario Adorf 1998: Senta Berger 1999: Christian Ude 2000: Roman Herzog 2001: Thomas Gottschalk 2002: Christiane Hörbiger 2003: Alfred Biolek 2004: Fritz Wepper 2005: Helmut Dietl 2006: Sir Peter Jonas 2007: Iris Berben 2008: Günther Beckstein 2009: Hape Kerkeling 2010: Maria Furtwängler 2011: Michael Herbig 2012: Vitali Klitschko and Wladimir Klitschko 2013: Til Schweiger 2014: Horst Seehofer 2015: Heino 2016: Miroslav Nemec and 2017: Dieter Reiter 2018: Philipp Lahm 2019: Andreas Gabalier 2020: Markus Söder 2021: Dieter Hallervorden 2023: Monika Gruber 2024: and 2025: Günther Jauch 2026: Christoph Maria Herbst
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