Overview
- President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will confer the awards at Schloss Bellevue in Berlin on October 1.
- The Federal President’s Office confirmed 25 honorees selected for exemplary service to the common good.
- The cohort comprises 16 women and nine men from fields including sport, culture and research.
- Former Germany captain Philipp Lahm is noted for leading the 2014 World Cup team and for his charitable foundation.
- Actress-singer Anna Loos is honored alongside sociologist Wilhelm Heitmeyer and writer Emine Sevgi Özdamar with the Federal Republic’s highest civilian award.