Fanny Vorholz

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Fanny Vorhölzer born, Fanny Klimmer (* 24. June 1869 in Altrandsberg, Upper Palatinate , † 18 December 1941 in Stuttgart ) was a German politician of the SPD . In 1919, she was one of the small group of politically active women who were elected to the 150-seat constituent assembly in the newly formed state of Württemberg . From 1919 to 1920 she was a member of the Württemberg state parliament .

Life

Fanny Klimmer came from a humble background. In June 1869 she was born in the Upper Palatinate village of Altrandsberg, which today belongs to the municipality of Miltach , as the daughter of a mercenary . She graduated from elementary school and then worked as a domestic servant .

In 1890 she married the social democrat Karl Vorhölzer (1872–1934) from Dießen . Her husband was a plumber by trade , but had worked as an employee of the metal workers 'association in Hanover from 1902 and in 1904 became district manager of the metal workers' association for Württemberg, based in Stuttgart.

Fanny Vorhölzer also joined the SPD and, like her husband, was a union member . After the end of the First World War , she was a member of the executive committee of the Greater Stuttgart Workers' Council from November 1918 and worked in its "Nutrition" department. In 1919 she was chairwoman of the branch of the domestic workers' association in Stuttgart.

At the age of 49, Fanny Vorhölzer was elected to the state constitutional assembly in the state elections on January 12, 1919, just like her husband. From January 1919 to June 1920 she was a member of the Württemberg state parliament in the 10th legislative period . During this time she was a member of several committees, including the "Petitions Committee" and the "Economic Committee". In the following state election on June 6, 1920 , the SPD was only able to win 17 seats; Vorhölzer had little chance of re-election at number 25 on the list. She did not stand for further elections. Not much is known about the further course of her life. At the time of National Socialism after 1933 she was monitored by the Secret State Police as a pensioner .

Even after the death of her husband in December 1934, Fanny Vorhölzer continued to live until 1939 in the apartment at Vogelsangstrasse 32 in the West district of Stuttgart , which the family had already moved into in 1916. In contrast, the address book of the city of Stuttgart lists them in 1940 with the address “ Bürgerhospital Stuttgart ”, which suggests a longer hospital stay.

Fanny Vorhölzer died on December 18, 1941 at the age of 72 in Stuttgart.

literature

  • Wilhelm Heinz Schröder : Social Democratic Parliamentarians in the German Reich and Landtag 1867-1933. Biographies, chronicles, election documentation. Droste, Düsseldorf 1995, ISBN 3-7700-5192-0 , p. 785.
  • Frank Raberg : Biographical handbook of the Württemberg state parliament members 1815-1933 . On behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-17-016604-2 , p. 959 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Ina Hochreuther: Women in Parliament. Southwest German MP since 1919 . Theiss, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-8062-1012-8 , p. 98.
  2. ^ Commissions of the workers' council of Greater Stuttgart. In: landesarchiv-bw.de. Retrieved March 27, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b biography of Fanny Vorhölzer . In: Wilhelm H. Schröder : Social Democratic Parliamentarians in the German Reich and Landtag 1876–1933 (BIOSOP)
  4. ↑ Address books of the city of Stuttgart for the years 1915, 1916 and 1934 to 1939, viewed at ancestry.de on March 24, 2018.
  5. ↑ Address book of the city of Stuttgart 1940, p. 659, viewed at ancestry.de on March 24, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Forewoods, Fanny
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Klimmer, Fanny (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Württemberg politician (SPD), Member of the State Parliament 1919–1920
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH Altrandsberg
DATE OF DEATH December 18, 1941
Place of death Stuttgart