Elisabeth Hoffmeier
Elisabeth Hoffmeier (born August 19, 1878 in Hanover ; † January 15, 1979 there ) was a local politician in the Weimar Republic.
Life
Elisabeth Hoffmeier's father was a poor carer and, as district chairman in the old town of Hanover, a representative of the citizens at district or neighborhood level. Here Elisabeth grew up as the youngest of seven siblings and attended the old town school. She later married a master mason and contractor.
During the First World War , Hoffmeier was active in the Fatherland Women's Association and in the Hanoverian branch of the Reich Association for Women's Suffrage , which she joined in 1917. In 1918 she participated in the founding of the local branch of the German Democratic Party (DDP). In 1919 Hoffmeier was elected as mayor (BV) in Linden until Linden was incorporated into Hanover on January 1, 1920. In 1924 she was re-elected, now as BV for Hanover. In 1929 she was re-elected, first for the DDP, then for the German State Party , which emerged from the DDP in 1930 , which formed a so-called "Working Group of the Mitt" in the Hanoverian Citizenship Board with the German-Hanoverian Party , the Center Party , the Business Party and the Christian people's social service .
Elisabeth Hoffmeier was the women's political spokesperson in the Hanoverian Citizens Committee and was interested not only in questions of welfare , but also in economics and finances.
After the Second World War , Hoffmeier was in 1947 on the board of the newly founded Lower Saxony regional association of the FDP . In 1954 she was involved in founding the Hanover women's ring .
Hoffmeier held numerous honorary positions. At the age of 90 she was a member of the advisory board of the Hedwig Heil School in Hanover.
Elisabeth Hoffmeier belonged
"To the most prominent local politicians of the Weimar Republic ."
Honors
- Federal Cross of Merit on Ribbon (June 22, 1954)
- City badge Hanover , as the first woman (December 9, 1959) the newly created
- Elisabeth-Hoffmeier-Weg in Linden-Mitte (2003)
literature
- Karin Ehrich: Strengthening the influence of women in community life. The mayor women of Hanover 1919–1933 . In: Karin Ehrich, Christiane Schröder (eds.): Nobles, workers and ... - Women's life in the city and region of Hanover. Bielefeld 1999, pp. 181-210. ISBN 3-89534-292-0 .
- Klaus Mlynek : Hoffmeier, Elisabeth. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , pp. 304f.
Web links
Mentioned in Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon
Individual evidence
- ^ Klaus Mlynek: City plaque. In: Stadtlexikon Hannover , p. 592
- ↑ Office of the Federal President
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hoffmeier, Elisabeth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German women's rights activist and local politician in Hanover, director of the Lower Saxony FDP |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 19, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |
| DATE OF DEATH | 15th January 1979 |
| Place of death | Hanover |