Gudila Baroness of Pölnitz
Gudila Freifrau von Pölnitz , b. Kehr, (born November 17, 1913 in Rome ; † January 11, 2002 in Ebermannstadt ) was a forestry and farmer , monument protector and member of the Bavarian Parliament from 1970 to 1982.
Life
Gudila Freifrau von Pölnitz was the daughter of the historian Paul Fridolin Kehr and his wife Doris Kehr, née vom Baur. She studied history and art history from 1932 to 1936, first in Göttingen and then in Munich . In 1937 she married Götz Freiherr von Pölnitz . The marriage resulted in a daughter, Gisela Freifrau von Pölnitz (* 1938 † 2016), who had four children (Elisabeth, Kurt, Christiane and one other daughter) and 8 grandchildren.
On April 5, 1945, she and her husband witnessed the complete destruction of Wässerndorf Castle , in which many valuable cultural assets, including the relocations of Würzburg museums and Franconian family archives, perished.
In the post-war years, she looked after refugees mainly in the Forchheim district , was heavily involved in setting up the kindergarten and a nurses' station in Leutenbach and supported her husband, for example, in rebuilding the Fuggerei in Augsburg and the television series From the Bavarian Treasury .
After the death of her husband in 1967, she devoted herself to completing the deceased's scientific work (including Anton Fugger , 4th vol.), Family possessions, in particular the establishment of the Hundshaupten wildlife park , and politics.
She was strongly committed to monument protection, for example she was a founding member of the Alt-Bamberg Protection Association (1968), on whose board she remained until her election to the state parliament in 1970. She made rooms in her private house, the Böttingerhaus , available to this registered association . She also awarded selected building owners decorative bricks for exemplary, typical regional building in Franconia, an idea that the Franconian-Switzerland Association continued after her death .
She also devoted herself to cultural and historical issues. For example, she was appointed to the cultural committee of the Franconian Switzerland Association, Department of Costume Renewal, became an electoral member of the Society for Franconian History and received the Golden Altenburg Medal in Bamberg in 1969 for services to Franconian cultural interests.
She was Commander Lady with Star of the Order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem .
She was politically active in the CSU, was elected to the state parliament for the first time in 1970 on the CSU list of Upper Franconia and then represented the constituency of Forchheim in the Bavarian state parliament for two periods as a direct candidate from 1974 to 1982 .
She built the Hundshaupten Wildlife Park on her agricultural and forestry business, Schloss Hundshaupten near Egloffstein. In 1991 she donated the property to the Forchheim district .
She died on January 11, 2002 in Ebermannstadt and was buried in the family cemetery near Hundshaupten Castle.
She was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class, the Bavarian Order of Merit , the Bavarian State Medal for Social Merit , the Medal of Honor of the District of Upper Franconia, the Ring of Honor of the District of Forchheim in gold, the honorary citizenship of Leutenbach and von Egloffstein-Hundshaupten.
literature
- Peter Jakob Kock: The Bavarian State Parliament. A chronicle.
Archival documents
Bamberg State Archives, estate of Gudila Freifrau von Pölnitz
Bamberg City Archives, D2033 No. 200.125
See also
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pölnitz, Gudila Baroness of |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (CSU), MdL and monument protector |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 17, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rome |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 11, 2002 |
| Place of death | Ebermannstadt |