Emma Frede

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Emma Frede , actually Selma Frede , (born May 19, 1916 in Friedrichsort , † February 8, 2005 in Hanover ) was a German who was recognized for her voluntary work.

Life

Street sign Emma-Frede-Weg with a short vita on the Ihme near the Johann-Jobst Wagener Foundation

At an advanced age, Emma Frede lived in the residential complex of the Johann-Jobst Wagener Foundation from 1983 , which had been established around 1900 to accommodate poor women. After Emma Frede initially only occasionally represented the foundation supervisor due to temporary bottlenecks in the foundation, her commitment to the benefit of all residents eventually developed into "full-time work" in the service of the foundation for over 15 years. So she took almost all phone calls for the foundation and then arranged the necessary. On her own initiative she hired craftsmen, for example, called the emergency doctor or rescue workers, locked the front doors at night and accompanied the helpers to the homes of the sick elderly. The tenants of the foundation building, 95% of whom were very old at the time, found their only reliable contact person at all times in Emma Frede.

Honors

  • The commitment of Emma Fredes was recognized by the Lower Saxony state government in 2000 with the award of the Medal of Merit for exemplary service to one's neighbor .
  • After Emma Frede's death, city ​​councilor Heidi Ritzer-Bruns ( Bündnis 90 / Die Grünen ) applied to Sabine Eick, the district mayor of Hannover-Mitte , to posthumously name a path after Emma Frede. In the following, the district council supplemented the plan adopted in 1999 for the desired naming of streets, according to which, for reasons of gender and equality , the names of important women should be given preference in future street names in the state capital of Hanover.
  • At an estimated cost of 2,800 euros, the foot and bike path that runs in the Calenberger Neustadt on the eastern bank of the Ihme as an extension of the Peter-Fechter-Ufer to the Justus-Garten-Brücke and due to the proximity to the Johann- Jobst Wagner's Foundation at Theodor-Krüger-Straße 3 can establish a direct local connection, named Emma-Frede-Weg . In addition to the street sign, a legend board with a brief biography of Emma Frede was attached.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Name in the district of Calenberger Neustadt / suggestion according to. Section 55c (5) NGO of the city district council center , printed resolution 0906/2006 on the e-government.hannover-stadt.de page
  2. ↑ a b c Heidi Ritzer-Bruns: Application to the district mayor Sabine Eick dated February 25, 2006 on the e-government.hannover-stadt.de page
  3. ↑ Christine Kannenberg, Sabine Poppe (Red.): Important women in Hanover. A help for future naming of streets, paths, squares and bridges after female personalities , ed. from the state capital Hanover, Lord Mayor, Department for Women and Equal Opportunities, Department of Planning and Urban Development, Hanover: August 2011, p. 43; downloadable as a PDF document
  4. ↑ For example, see this photo - documentation
personal data
SURNAME Frede, Emma
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Frede, Selma (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lady who was awarded for her voluntary work
DATE OF BIRTH May 19, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Friedrichsort
DATE OF DEATH February 8, 2005
Place of death Hanover