Hanna Walz

Johanna "Hanna" Walz , b. Kegel (born November 28, 1918 in Templin , † December 17, 1997 in Fulda ) was a German lawyer and politician ( CDU ).

Life and work

After graduating from the Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster in Berlin in 1937 , Walz began studying law and political science at the universities in Tübingen and Berlin , which she completed in 1940 with the first state examination in law. From 1940 to 1943 she worked as a research assistant at the University of Berlin . In 1941 she had the theologian Dr. Hans Hermann Walz married, with whom she had three children.

After 1945, Walz worked in the editorial department of the German General Sunday Gazette in Stuttgart . She received her PhD in 1948 at the University of Tübingen to Dr. jur. and worked as a librarian at the World Council of Churches in Geneva from 1950 to 1954 , among other things as an assistant to Bishop Johannes Lilje . She then moved to Fulda, where she began her political career.

Political party

Walz joined the CDU in 1955, was elected to the party's state executive committee in 1958 and was deputy state chairwoman of the CDU Hessen from 1967 to 1979 . From 1965 to 1975 she was state chairwoman of the Evangelical Working Group of Hessian Christian Democrats.

MPs

Walz was a councilor for the city of Fulda from 1956 to 1959. In 1958 she was elected to the Hessian state parliament, to which she belonged until 1969. Here she was primarily involved in cultural and university policy. She was a member of the German Bundestag from 1969 to 1980. It was always drawn into parliament via the Hesse state list.

Walz was a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and the Western European Union (WEU) from 1970 to 1973 . From 1973 to 1984 she was a member of the European Parliament and from 1978 to 1984 chaired the Committee on Energy and Research.

In 1959 she was a member of the 3rd, 1964 the 4th, 1969 the 5th, 1974 the 6th and 1979 the 7th Federal Assembly .

Honors

• Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class , 1973
• Large Federal Cross of Merit, 1978
• Wilhelm Leuschner Medal , 1982
• Large Federal Cross of Merit with Star, 1984

Fonts

• Protestant cultural policy. 1964.
• Protestant positions. 1972.

literature

• Jochen Lengemann : The Hessen Parliament 1946–1986 . Biographical handbook of the advisory state committee, the state assembly advising the constitution and the Hessian state parliament (1st – 11th electoral period). Ed .: President of the Hessian State Parliament. Insel-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1986, ISBN 3-458-14330-0 ( hessen.de [PDF; 12.4 MB ]).
• Rudolf Vierhaus , Ludolf Herbst (eds.), Bruno Jahn (collaborators): Biographical manual of the members of the German Bundestag. 1949-2002. Vol. 2: N-Z. Attachment. KG Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-23782-0 , p. 920.

Web link

• Entry on Hanna Walz in the Members' database of the European Parliament