Culture women
Culture women were women who practiced reforestation in the forests of Lower Saxony from 1945 to 1948 as " rubble women " .
Historical term
Many residents of the Söhredörfer in the north Hessian district of Kassel found their livelihood as forest workers and "culture women". However , they were not allowed to exercise their hunting rights .
General recognition of the achievements of cultural women
When the Deutsche Mark was introduced in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949, the design of the new 50-pfennig pieces was one of the first appreciations. The reverse of the coins showed an image of an oak planter . This was intended to remind both of the forest workers who work in reforestation and of the women in ruins.
The achievements of the rubble women were recognized in ceremonies, with the erection of monuments, the organization of exhibitions and the presentation of awards.
See also
Web links
- “The forest would not exist without culture women” on ndr.de on April 8, 2016
- Culture women - The "rubble women" of the forest on landesforsten.de on October 19, 2015
- Culture women - The "rubble women" of the forest. In the post-war years they planted trees where there were previously only bare areas on arboristik.de on October 26, 2015
- Neustadt. Culture women plant trees at Dammkrug on haz.de on April 8, 2016
- Lower Saxony: State Forests honor the work of the former culture women on forstpraxis.de on April 9, 2016