The Orden wider den tierischen Ernst (Order for Combating Deadly Seriousness) is a carnival order that is awarded once a year by the Aachen Carnival Association to public figures.[1][2] The order of knights[2] honors people who combine "humor and humanity in office".[1] The popular order has been awarded since 1950.[3] The award ceremony traditionally takes place during a foolish ceremony (närrische Festsitzung).[3] The WDR has been recording the ceremony for the first and third programs since 1995.[4] In 2020 around 2.8 million people across Germany watched.[4]
Notable recipients
edit- 1955 August Dresbach
- 1957 Max Becker
- 1958 Carlo Schmid
- 1959 Konrad Adenauer
- 1960 Rudolf Eberhard
- 1961 Bruno Kreisky
- 1962 Rochus Spiecker
- 1964 Ewald Bucher
- 1965 Paul Mikat
- 1967 Karl-Günther von Hase
- 1968 Per Hækkerup
- 1969 Hermann Höcherl
- 1970 Denis Healey
- 1971 Josef Ertl and Franz Xaver Unertl (posthum)
- 1972 Helmut Schmidt
- 1974 Walter Scheel
- 1976 Constantin Heereman von Zuydtwyck
- 1978 Ephraim Kishon
- 1979 Hans-Dietrich Genscher
- 1980 Richard Stücklen
- 1982 Manfred Rommel
- 1983 Bernhard Vogel
- 1984 Friedrich Nowottny
- 1985 Norbert Blüm
- 1986 Johannes Rau
- 1987 August Everding
- 1988 Gertrud Höhler
- 1989 Franz Josef Strauß (posthum)
- 1990 Lothar Späth
- 1992 Jack Lang
- 1993 Ruud Lubbers
- 1994 Renate Schmidt
- 1995 Heiner Geißler
- 1997 Theodor Waigel
- 1998 Heide Simonis
- 1999 John C. Kornblum
- 2000 Edmund Stoiber
- 2001 Guido Westerwelle
- 2002 Thomas Borer
- 2003 Wendelin Wiedeking
- 2004 Henning Scherf
- 2005 Karl Lehmann
- 2006 Friedrich Merz
- 2008 Gloria, Princess of Thurn and Taxis
- 2009 Mario Adorf
- 2010 Jürgen Rüttgers
- 2011 Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg
- 2012 Ottfried Fischer
- 2013 Cem Özdemir
- 2014 Christian Lindner[5]
- 2015 Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer[6]
- 2016 Markus Söder
- 2017 Gregor Gysi
- 2018 Winfried Kretschmann
- 2019 Julia Klöckner[7][8]
- 2020 Armin Laschet[9][10]
- 2022 Iris Berben[4]
- 2023 Annalena Baerbock[11]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Orden wider den tierischen Ernst 2021". Aachener Zeitung (in German). 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Kulturpreise.de : Orden "Ritter wider den tierischen Ernst"". Handbuch der Kulturpreise – Handbook of Cultural Awards (in German). Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Orden wider den Tierischen Ernst wegen Corona verschoben". Süddeutsche.de (in German). 19 October 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ a b c "Verleihung des Ordens "Wider den tierischen Ernst" an Iris Berben verschoben". WDR (in German). 19 October 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Düsseldorf/Aachen: AKV präsentiert neuen Ritter Christian Lindner". Aachener Zeitung (in German). 14 June 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ^ "Aachen/Berlin: Kramp-Karrenbauer wird neue AKV-Ritterin". Aachener Zeitung (in German). 13 June 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Cusanuswerk: Julia Klöckner erhält Orden wider den tierischen Ernst". Cusanuswerk (in German). 18 February 2019. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ Deter, Alfons (4 October 2018). "Julia Klöckner bekommt Orden wider den tierischen Ernst". top agrar (in German). Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "2020 Armin Laschet – Aachener Karnevalsverein e.V." Aachener Karnevalsverein e.V. (in German). Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ "Armin Laschet erhält 2020 den Orden wider den tierischen Ernst". evangelisch.de (in German). Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ Burger, Reiner (7 February 2023). "Annalena Baerbock bekommt Orden wider den tierischen Ernst". FAZ.NET (in German). Retrieved 7 February 2023.