Hilde Pesch

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Hilde Pesch , nee Hilde Schabel , (born May 2, 1899 in Bönnigheim , † April 10, 1984 in Stuttgart ) was a German nurse and local politician. She was the founder of Catholic family care for the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart and a member of the city council of Stuttgart.

Life

Hilde Pesch attended the Froebel seminar at the Swabian Women's Association in Stuttgart, where she received modern training as an educator and youth leader. She initially worked in Linz for three years , after which she headed the child and youth work at St. Fidelis in the west of Stuttgart. From 1930 to 1944 she worked as a kindergarten teacher in the children's clinic of the municipal skin clinic in Bad Cannstatt . In 1944 she married in Aachen. When her husband was transferred back to Stuttgart, she became politically active here: in 1951 she became a member of the CDU , in 1954 a member of the Degerloch district council and in 1958 a member of the Stuttgart municipal council, of which she was a member until 1969.

Hilde Pesch was long-time chairwoman of the Elisabeth Conferences (formerly Caritas Conferences) in Germany. In 1957 she founded the Catholic Family Care in Stuttgart, from which in 1960 the family care for the entire diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart emerged. From 1957 to 1983 she was in charge of family care in Stuttgart, and from 1960 to 1972 she was in charge of family care for the entire diocese. In 1966 Pesch was involved in the establishment of the Neighborhood Aid, an initiative of the Degerlocher Frauenkreis eV

Honors

  • 1972 Silver badge of honor from the German Caritas Association
  • 1980 the Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Stuttgart City Archives (ed.): Trümmerfrauen der Kommunalpolitik. Women in the Stuttgart municipal council 1945–1960. Stuttgart 2013, p. 31f.
  2. ^ Degerlocher Frauenkreis eV - History. Retrieved August 10, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Pesch, Hilde
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schabel, Hilde (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German nurse and local politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 2, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH Bönnigheim
DATE OF DEATH April 10, 1984
Place of death Stuttgart