Honours and Awards
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- 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)
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