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
Year | Date | Recipient | |
1997 | 26 May | Martin Böttger | civil rights activist |
1997 | 26 May | Jörg-Peter Weigle | conductor |
2002 | 27 May | Kurt Biedenkopf | president |
2003 | 2 May | Vytautas Landsbergis | former president of Lithuania |
2005 | 26 May | Ludwig Güttler | Restoration of the Frauenkirche |
2005 | 26 May | Matthias Rößler | Saxon education policy |
2008 | 31 May | Hans-Christoph Rademann | Engagement for art and culture in and for Saxony |
2011 | 28 May | Erich Iltgen | former president of the Landtag |
2012 | 2 June | Roderich Kreile | Kreuzkantor |