Tag: Federal Cross of Merit
Star chef Heinz Winkler in a coma after collapsing
He cooked for kings, athletes and stars, and wanted to retire after a great career. Now Heinz Winkler is fighting for his life. An incomparable career lies behind him: At…
Federal Cross of Merit for art collector Heiner Friedrich – Munich
He was one of the earliest and most important patrons of contemporary art in Munich: the gallery owner and collector Heiner Friedrich. Now he was honored in Munich with the…
Great Cross of Merit with Star for CDU politician Volker Kauder – Politics
“The awardee is silent,” says Volker Kauder. And this reluctance is typical of how the long-standing leader of the Union faction has behaved since leaving the Bundestag: He is hardly…
The Federal Cross of Merit – civic order and collector’s item – politics
It all started with Franz Brandl. The miner had saved two comrades after a flood at the risk of his life. On September 19, 1951, the then Federal President Theodor…
Criticism of federal crosses of merit for members of parliament – politics
The parliamentary group of the left demands that the current regulation for awarding federal crosses of merit to members of parliament is abolished immediately. “The regulation is a bizarre custom…
Bundestag: The Order of Proportion
Members of Parliament also get the Federal Cross of Merit? How do they deserve that? That’s not always clear. What is certain, however, is that the selection also depends on…
Support for Central Asia – “Helpful for the problems of others” – Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen
It’s a stark contrast. In Münsing, dentist Hanns-Werner Hey has had the magnificent oak tree on the meadow hill in the east of the village in front of him for…