19 April 2024, Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart: Group photo of the new recipients of the Order of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg. From l-r: Wolfgang Faißt, Mayor of Renningen-Malmsheim, Bettina Bernadotte, Managing Director of Mainau GmbH, Gudrun Sidrassi-Harth, Baden-Württemberg State Commissioner for Political Refugees, Sasa Stanisic, author, Carmen Stadelhofer, Paul Maar, children's book author, Ewald Schrade, artist, Almut Arneth, Professor at KIT Karlsruhe, Werner Knubben, long-time police chaplain of the Rottenburg-Stuttgart diocese, Ernst Rieger, Founder of the Rieger-Hofmann seed company, Rotraut Berner, children's book author, Winfried Kretschmann (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), Minister President of Baden-Württemberg, Gert Aldinger, winegrower, Edmund Baur, Ulrike Cress, psychologist, Maria Furtwängler, actress, Egon Oehler, Volker Schwender, Karin Derks, co-founder of the MuT Center in Kandern, Kurt Schellenberg, Waltraud Eschelbach, Matthias Ginter, professional soccer player and Sonja Blattmann, co-founder of the MuT Center in Kandern. Photo: Christoph Schmidt/dpa