Orden wider den tierischen Ernst

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Edmund Stoiber during the awarding of the Orden wider den tierischen Ernst, March 2000

The Orden wider den tierischen Ernst (Order for Combating Deadly Seriousness) is a carnival order that is awarded once a year by the Aachen Carnival Association to public figures. [1] [2] The order of knights [2] honors people who combine "humor and humanity in office". [1] The popular order has been awarded since 1950. [3] The award ceremony traditionally takes place during a foolish ceremony (närrische Festsitzung). [3] The WDR has been recording the ceremony for the first and third programs since 1995. [4] In 2020 around 2.8 million people across Germany watched. [4]

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  2. 1 2 "Kulturpreise.de : Orden "Ritter wider den tierischen Ernst"". Handbuch der Kulturpreise – Handbook of Cultural Awards (in German). Retrieved 25 July 2021.
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