Order of Merit of Brandenburg

The Merit of the State of Brandenburg is the highest award in the state of Brandenburg. He was on 10 July 2003 with the Law on the Order of Merit of the Federal State of Brandenburg ( Brandenburg religious law - BbgOrdG ) donated and first awarded on 14 June 2005, the Brandenburg Constitution.

Foundation content

The full Foundation Wording is:

  • § 1: As a token of appreciation and gratitude for outstanding service to the State of Brandenburg and its population of Merit of the State of Brandenburg is donated. It can be awarded to deserving individuals.
  • § 2: The Order of Merit is awarded in a class. In a calendar year to be awarded usually no more than twenty of Merit. The number of religious holders should not exceed three hundred. The Prime Minister is by virtue of office holders of the Order of Merit. Separating a person through death or any other reason from among the holders of the Order, this circuit can be supplemented accordingly. (Note: A doping is not connected with the ceremony. )
  • § 3: The religious character has the shape of a Maltese cross. The front is enamelled. The centerpiece is a round, pure white and provided with a narrow silver enamel border medallion, which bears on the front of the Brandenburg red eagle. The arms of the cross are red enamel and provided with a narrow silver enamel border. The back of the Order is smooth and silvery, and provided with a centrally disposed lettering BRANDENBURG. Under the lettering will be the year of the award, milled under him the serial number of the awarded Order. The cross of the Order is supported at one, white with red borders ribbon of women below the left shoulder on a tape loop of men around the neck. Instead of the Order of the Cross, a miniature of women on a corresponding ribbon bow are worn by men on a tape.
  • § 4: The Order of Merit is awarded by the Prime Minister. Vorschlageberechtigt are the President of the Landtag for the state legislature and members of the state government for its divisions.
  • § 5: The Vorschlageberechtigten and the Prime Minister may be proposed without the knowledge of individuals with regard to other bodies or persons collect personal information on the store this data and transmit them to third parties if this is necessary to examine the Ordenswürdigkeit. Any use of the data for other purposes is not permitted. Public authorities of Brandenburg are required in the case of paragraph 1, to provide the necessary information.
  • § 6: Entrusted receive a certificate of the award. The certificate bears the great seal of the country. The ceremony will be announced in the Official Journal of Brandenburg. The Order and the certificate shall become the property of Beliehenen. His survivors are not obliged to return.
  • § 7: the Order owner proves unworthy by his behavior, in particular by committing a dishonorable crime, the award or is such behavior later known as the Prime Minister may revoke the award. The Order and the award certificate are to be returned in this case.
  • § 8: The function and other designations used in this Act shall apply to women and men. The administrative provisions necessary for the implementation of this Act shall, to the Prime Minister.
  • § 9: This act shall take effect on the day following its promulgation.

Others

The colloquial name Red Eagle Order refers to the Brandenburg coat of arms in the middle piece of the Order and is a reference to an earlier Prussian award.

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