Bertha Klingberg

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Sculpture set up on the shores of the Burgsee in Schwerin in June 2010
Grave - old cemetery in Schwerin

Bertha Klingberg (born October 21, 1898 in Hamburg , † November 7, 2005 in Schwerin ) was a flower maker and honorary citizen of the city of Schwerin.

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Bertha Klingberg was born in Hamburg , but grew up with her grandparents in Bützow , in what is now Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . She discovered her love for nature early on. At the age of 14 she began an apprenticeship as a flower maker in Rostock . The death of her husband in the First World War brought Bertha Klingberg and her son to Schwerin. After the end of the war she earned her living as a flower woman at the Schwerin butcher's market. She always wore traditional Rehnaer costume, which contributed to her status as a real "original". The people of Schwerin affectionately referred to her as the “flower woman”. In 1990, now at the age of 91, she collected 17,000 signatures in Schwerin for the appointment of her beloved city to the state capital of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Because of this achievement, in 1993 she was the first and so far the only one to receive the ring of honor from the state capital Schwerin. In 2002 she was made an honorary citizen of Schwerin by the city council . Bertha Klingberg died on November 7, 2005 in a nursing home in Schwerin at the age of 107.

Awards and recognitions

  • Ring of Honor of the State Capital Schwerin (1993)
  • Honorary citizenship of the state capital Schwerin (2002)

On the occasion of the Federal Horticultural Show in 2009 , the redesigned square on the south bank of the Burgsee in Schwerin was named after Bertha Klingberg. A plaque on it commemorates the honorary citizen. On June 2, 2010, a life-size bronze statue made by Bernd Streiter was placed on the edge of the square.

Web links

Commons : Bertha Klingberg  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Article in NDR Nordmagazin , June 2, 2010
  2. ↑ Roses for the honorary citizen . In: Schweriner People's Newspaper . October 9, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Aunt Bertha would have been very happy" . In: Schweriner People's Newspaper . June 3, 2010, p. 17 .
personal data
SURNAME Klingberg, Bertha
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German flower maker and honorary citizen of the city of Schwerin
DATE OF BIRTH October 21, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH November 7, 2005
Place of death Schwerin