Pour le Mérite (civil class)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Pour_le_Mérite_(civil_class)
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:order_of_merit
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Pour_le_Mérite_für_Wissenschaften_und_Künste
gptkbp:awardedFor outstanding contributions to science, arts, and literature
gptkbp:country gptkb:Kingdom_of_Prussia
gptkbp:established 1842
gptkbp:founder gptkb:King_Frederick_William_IV_of_Prussia
gptkbp:governingBody gptkb:Chancellery_of_the_Order
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Berlin,_Germany
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pour le Mérite (civil class)
gptkbp:insignia blue-enameled Maltese cross
gptkbp:languageOfName gptkb:French
gptkbp:membership limited to 40 German members and 30 foreign members
gptkbp:notableRecipient gptkb:Albert_Einstein
gptkb:Max_Planck
gptkb:Richard_Strauss
gptkb:Theodor_Mommsen
gptkbp:post-World_War_I_status continued as a civil order after abolition of monarchy
gptkbp:purpose recognition of achievements in the arts and sciences
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Pour_le_Mérite_(military_class)
gptkbp:status still awarded
gptkbp:type gptkb:state_order
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:August_Wilhelm_Schlegel
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5