Hertha Peters

Hertha Peters , b. Karsten, (born April 21, 1905 in Peine , † September 1, 1987 in Peine) was a German local politician and the first district administrator in Lower Saxony .

Life

Hertha Peters, who came from a working-class family in Peine, attended the Bodenstedt School from 1911 to 1919 and then completed a commercial apprenticeship. After several years of employment in Hamburg and Holstein , she returned to Peine in 1926 and worked here in the office of the Peiner Konsumgenossenschaft . On June 3, 1933, she married the master printer Kurt Peters (1906-2002). From 1939 to 1965 she was employed by the city of Peine and from 1946 she was also chairwoman of the staff council almost continuously .

Hertha Peters joined the SPD at the age of 18. On March 12, 1933 she was elected to the municipal council of the city of Peine. The National Socialists , however, dissolved the first council meeting and forbade it from any political activity.

After the Second World War, she picked up on the beginning of her communal political commitment in the Weimar years . Hertha Peters belonged to the district council of the Peine district from 1948 to 1952 and from 1961 to 1976 . From 1964 to 1972, she was the district administrator's highest representative. As the first district administrator in Lower Saxony and at times the only incumbent district administrator in Germany, Hertha Peters also set supra-regional standards. She described the construction of the Pein district hospital, which opened in 1971, as her greatest political success.

Honors

Coat of arms plate of the city of Peine

In 1965 she received the coat of arms plate of the city of Peine for her services.
On January 19, 1977 she was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany .
The bridge over the Mittelland Canal to the district hospital and the local recreation area Gräwig , inaugurated on June 29, 1988, is named "Hertha-Peters-Brücke".
On September 1st, 2012 the Women's Council of Lower Saxony opened the FrauenORT Hertha Peters in Peine .

literature

Larissa Thiele, Pia Westphal: Hertha Peters - The first district administrator in Lower Saxony. In: Festschrift on the occasion of the opening of the FrauenORTES Hertha Peters on September 1, 2012 in Peine.
Karin Ehrich: FrauenORTE Lower Saxony. Hertha Peters. Torment. First district administrator in Lower Saxony. Brochure for the individual city tour, ed. vd Equal Opportunities Officer d. District of Peine, Peine 2012.

References and footnotes

^ History of the Bodenstedt School , accessed on March 21, 2016.
^ An Extraordinary Woman , accessed March 20, 2016.
↑ Peine - FrauenORT Hertha Peters , accessed on March 20, 2016.
↑ ^a ^b Obituaries for Hertha-Peters; in: Peiner Allgemeine Zeitung of September 4, 1987.
↑ "Hertha-Peters-Brücke" passed the first test. In: Peiner Nachrichten of June 30, 1988.
^ Streets in Germany , accessed on February 19, 2018.
↑ Hertha-Peters-Brücke: New construction will be advertised throughout Europe, accessed on April 29, 2018.
↑ woman places Lower Saxony , accessed on 18 March 2016th

personal data
SURNAME	Peters, Hertha
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German local politician (SPD)
DATE OF BIRTH	April 21, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH	Torment
DATE OF DEATH	September 1, 1987
Place of death	Torment

[1] History of the Bodenstedt School , accessed on March 21, 2016.

[2] An Extraordinary Woman , accessed March 20, 2016.

[3] Peine - FrauenORT Hertha Peters , accessed on March 20, 2016.

[PAZ-4] Obituaries for Hertha-Peters; in: Peiner Allgemeine Zeitung of September 4, 1987.

[5] "Hertha-Peters-Brücke" passed the first test. In: Peiner Nachrichten of June 30, 1988.

[6] Streets in Germany , accessed on February 19, 2018.

[7] Hertha-Peters-Brücke: New construction will be advertised throughout Europe, accessed on April 29, 2018.

[8] woman places Lower Saxony , accessed on 18 March 2016th