Sächsische Verfassungsmedaille


The Sächsische Verfassungsmedaille is awarded by the Free State of Saxony to persons who have rendered outstanding services to the liberal democratic development of the Free State.
It was founded in 1997 to mark the fifth anniversary of the final vote on the constitution of the Free State of Saxony and to commemorate the peaceful revolution in 1989 and is awarded annually by the president of the Landtag of Saxony, the state parliament. From 1997 to 2010, the medal was awarded to 102 people.
;Selected recipients
YearDateRecipient
199726 May Martin Böttgercivil rights activist
199726 May Jörg-Peter Weigleconductor
200227 May Kurt Biedenkopfpresident
20032 May Vytautas Landsbergisformer president of Lithuania
200526 May Ludwig GüttlerRestoration of the Frauenkirche
200526 May Matthias RößlerSaxon education policy
200831 May Hans-Christoph RademannEngagement for art and culture in and for Saxony
201128 May Erich Iltgenformer president of the Landtag
20122 June Roderich KreileKreuzkantor