Gertrud Goppel

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Gertrud Goppel (born September 4, 1908 ; † August 27, 1989 ; born Gertrud Wittenbrink ) was Alfons Goppel's wife from December 1962 to November 1978, First Lady in the Free State of Bavaria.

Life

Gertrud Goppel came from Lower Saxony (Bad Bentheim). In 1935 she married the then public prosecutor Alfons Goppel. She gave birth to and raised six sons, including the former Bavarian State Minister Thomas Goppel .

She was awarded the Bavarian Order of Merit for her services to cultural issues and the cultivation of folk and customs as well as her personal commitment in the charitable and social area .

Gertrud Goppel and her husband are buried in the forest cemetery in Munich , the tomb was designed by the sculptor Joseph Michael Neustifter .

literature

  • Bernhard, Christoph, Ludger, Michael and Thomas Goppel (eds.): What would he be without you. Festschrift for Gertrud Goppel. Bruckmann Verlag, Munich 1988.
personal data
SURNAME Goppel, Gertrud
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wittenbrink, Gertrud (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician's wife, wife of Alfons Goppel, First Lady in the Free State of Bavaria
DATE OF BIRTH 4th September 1908
DATE OF DEATH August 27, 1989