Frolinde Balser

Frolinde Balser (born September 6, 1924 in Ingelheim am Rhein , † November 4, 2012 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German politician ( SPD ).

education and profession

After graduating from high school in 1942, she was employed in the Reich Labor Service and military service. After the war she finished her studies in 1949 as a qualified librarian . In 1951 she spent three months in the United States thanks to a Fulbright scholarship . Until 1961 she worked at the University of Heidelberg . It was here that she received her doctorate to become a Dr. phil. with the work The beginnings of adult education in Germany from the end of the 18th century to 1848/49 . She then worked for the Hessian State Association for Adult Education in Frankfurt am Main until 1969 . From 1969 to 1986 she worked at the University of Frankfurt with a focus on adult education. She was a member of the Frankfurt Historical Commission .

Frolinde Balser is buried in Frankfurt's main cemetery.

MPs

From 1964 to 1985, Balser, who had joined the SPD in 1957, was a city councilor in Frankfurt. From 1968 to 1972 she was chairwoman of the culture and leisure committee. From 1976 until the local elections in Hesse (lost by the SPD) in 1977 , she was the (first female) city councilor in the Römer .

On August 14, 1979 she stood up for the late MP Hermann Schmitt-Vockenhausen in the German Bundestag . She was then a member of the German Bundestag until 1980 .

Balser entered the Bundestag via the Hesse state list.

Honors

• 1991: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
• Wilhelm Leuschner Medal
• Honor plaque and Roman plaque in bronze, silver and gold
• From 1989 she was the city ​​elder in Frankfurt am Main.

Publications

• Frolinde Balser : From ruins to a European center: History of the city of Frankfurt am Main 1945–1989 . Ed .: Frankfurter Historical Commission (=  publications of the Frankfurter Historical Commission . Volume XX ). Jan Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1995, ISBN 3-7995-1210-1 .

literature

• Rudolf Vierhaus , Ludolf Herbst (eds.), Bruno Jahn (collaborators): Biographical manual of the members of the German Bundestag. 1949-2002. Vol. 1: A-M. KG Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-23782-0 , pp. 33-34.

Web links

• Literature by and about Frolinde Balser in the catalog of the German National Library
• FEDERAL ARCHIVE - Central database for estates In: nachlassdatenbank.de . Retrieved on August 30, 2016 (information about the estate of Frolinde Balser in the Frankfurt Institute for Urban History).
• Balser, Frolinde. Hessian biography. (As of July 13, 2020). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).