Paul Kirchhof - Honours and Awards

Honours and Awards

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.

• Great Cross of Merit with Star and Sash of the Federal Republic of Germany (1999)
• Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class (1999)
• Commander's Cross of the Order of St. Sylvester (Vatican, 2002)
• Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg (2003)
• Lichtenberg Medal of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences (2004)
• Bavarian Order of Merit (2006)
• Honorary doctorates (Dr. iur. Hc) from the University of Osnabrück (2006) and the Ukrainian Free University in Munich (2008)

Kirchhof has been awarded the following prizes:

• Heinrich Braun Award (2000)
• Ludwig Erhard Prize (2000)
• Hanns Martin Schleyer-Prize (2001)
• Eugen-Bolz-Prize (2001)
• Georg von Hertling Medal of Kartellverband katholischer deutscher Studentenvereine (2001)
• Oswald von Nell-Breuning-Prize (2003)
• Reformer of the year. (Readers of FAS and the INSM, 2005)
• Jacob Grimm Prize for his contributions to German language the language of law and the German language rights (2005)
• German Business Award (2005) of the 'market-intern' publishing in part due to his courageous commitment to honesty and practicality in the tax
• Pforzheim University Business Science Award for 2006 (www.hs-pforzheim.de)
• Ludwig Erhard Medal for Meritorious Service to the Social Market Economy (2007)
• Heinz-Herbert Karry award for achievement in the growth and expansion of free, democratic and welfare state (2007)
• Friedrich August von Hayek Prize (2009)
• Augustin Bea Prize (2009)
• "Mastermind 2011", Award of financial consulting firm Plansecur
• Schader Award (2012)