Kurt Bittel

Decorations and awards

• Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts
• Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
• Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg
• Grand Cross of Merit with Star and Sash of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

• Honorary member of the İstanbul Enstitüsü, Turkish Historical Society, Royal Irish Academy, Société de Yougoslavie Archéologique, German-Turkish Association, Society for Pre- and Early History in Württemberg and Hohenzollern , Honorary Member of the German Archaeological Institute
• Honorary Corresponding Member of The Prehistoric Society
• Honorary Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London
• Foreign Honorary Member of the Archaeological Institute of America, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

• Honorary Citizen of the city of Heidenheim
• Honorary doctorates from the University of Istanbul, Anadolu University