Order of Merit of the Free State of Thuringia

Order of Merit of the Free State of Thuringia
Insignia of the Order of Merit of the Free State of Thuringia
Awarded by the Free State of Thuringia
Country	Germany
Type	Order of merit
Statistics
Established	19 September 2000
First awarded	22 November 2000
Ribbon bar of the order

The Order of Merit of the Free State of Thuringia (German: Verdienstorden des Freistaats Thüringen) is the highest order which is bestowed by the Free State of Thuringia. The number of living holders of the order is limited to 300 persons.^[1]

Notable recipients

• Andreas Birkmann^[2]
• Tankred Dorst^[2]
• Josef Duchac^[2]
• Sarah Kirsch^[2]
• Hilmar Kopper^[2]
• Reiner Kunze^[2]
• Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann^[2]
• Lothar Späth^[2]
• Bernhard Vogel^[2]
• Günter Weiler^[2]

References

Orders, decorations, and medals of the states of Germany
Orders of merit of the states of Germany	Federal Republic  Baden-Württemberg  Bavaria  Berlin  Brandenburg  Hesse  Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Lower Saxony  North Rhine-Westphalia  Rhineland-Palatinate (Medal)  Saarland  Saxony  Saxony-Anhalt  Schleswig-Holstein  Thuringia
Other	Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art [...]