Erfurt (dpa/th) - Five Thuringians will be honored with the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in the coming week. The award goes to Heinrich von Berlepsch from Meiningen, Jürgen Dawo from Hörselberg-Hainich, Elke Holzapfel from Mühlhausen, Gottfried Hunold from Breitenworbis and Thomas Seidel from Weimar, as the State Chancellery announced on Friday in Erfurt. Prime Minister Bodo Ramelow (left) will carry out the ceremony on behalf of Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier next Wednesday in the Augustinian monastery.