Gertrud Knebusch

Gertrud Knebusch (nee Meyer, * 1924 in Gehrden , † 2. July 2008 in Hannover ) was a German SPD - politician . Because of her commitment in her Hanover district, she was also called "Mother of the North City ".

Life

Gertrud Knebusch worked as a saleswoman and gave birth to four children. In 1960 she moved to Straße Im Moore in Hanover and from there began her voluntary work for “her” district of Nordstadt. After she was elected to the District Council North for the SPD in 1981 (until 1991), she co-founded the Citizens School Association in 1983, which is now the district center of Nordstadt eV in the Citizens School at Klaus-Müller-Kilian-Weg 2, at the corner of Schaufelder Straße .

In addition, Gertrud Knebusch was involved in the City Parents' Council and was awarded the Federal Order of Merit Medal on May 30, 1985 .

At an old age, Gertrud Knebusch moved to live with her daughter in Hanover's Heideviertel .

According to a resolution of the City Council of the City of Hanover on December 9, 1999, a first lexicon was created in the following year 2000 about important women in Hanover, after whom street names in the city were to be named. After initial naming, a compendium of Significant Women in Hanover was finally published in 2011, based on suggestions and research by Professor Luise F. Pusch and Annette Volland , according to which the women listed in the compendium should be taken into account in future street (re) naming. Gertrud Knebusch is also listed there. In November 2017, the Northern District Council decided to rename the Sandstrasse east of Weidendamm as Gertrud-Knebusch-Strasse ( location ).

literature

• Christine Kannenberg, Sabine Poppe (Red.): Gertrud Knebusch , transcription from the Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung , Stadtanzeiger Nord from August 21, 2008, in: 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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Christine Kannenberg, Sabine Poppe (Red.): Gertrud Knebusch (see literature)
2. ↑ ^{a b} Ulrike Brink, Sabine Schultz (Head): History / The Citizens School: A passion for construction site on the buergerschule-hannover.de page , last accessed on February 13, 2013
3. ↑ Office of the Federal President
4. ↑ Uwe Bodemann, Brigitte Vollmer-Schubert: Introduction , in: Christine Kannenberg, Sabine Poppe (Red.): Significant women in Hanover ... (see literature), p. 4f.
5. ↑ Printed matter No. 15-2721 / 2017 of the city district council north