Maria Probst
Maria Probst (née Mayer; * July 1, 1902 in Munich ; † May 1, 1967 there ) was a German politician of the CSU .
Life
Maria Probst - daughter of the German diplomat Wilhelm Mayer - studied history and German in Freiburg im Breisgau , Zurich and Munich after graduating from high school . She received her doctorate in 1930 . From her marriage to the member of parliament Alfons Probst , two daughters were born. Alfons Probst fell at the end of the Second World War . It was not until 1949 that Maria Probst was officially informed of her husband's death. At the end of the war she had no apartment of her own and had to look after two children by herself. After the war she worked as a teacher and editor in Hammelburg , where she began her political career.
politics
As early as 1946 Probst became a member of the Bavarian State Parliament for the CSU .
Maria Probst was a member of the German Bundestag from its first election in 1949 until her death in 1967. As a member of parliament that was always directly elected, she represented the Karlstadt constituency . The constituency included the then districts of Neustadt / Saale , Bad Brückenau , Gemünden , Hammelburg , Karlstadt , Lohr , Marktheidenfeld and then also Alzenau . From October 1, 1952 to June 26, 1953, she headed the Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry into the inadequate recruitment of severely disabled persons in the federal agencies . From 1957 to 1965 she was the deputy chairwoman of the Bundestag Committee on War Victims and Homecoming Issues. From December 9, 1965 until her death, she was the first woman to hold the office of Vice President of the Bundestag . The Bundestag commemorated her in a memorial session on May 10, 1967.
In 1961, together with some group colleagues, she submitted a motion to change the fundamental right to freedom of teaching (Article 5, Paragraph 3, Clause 2 of the Basic Law ), which was intended to establish that freedom of teaching does not release from loyalty to the constitution and only applies within the framework of general moral order. However, the motion was not passed.
In addition to her work on social issues, Probst was committed to reconciliation with France and equal rights for women.
From February 27, 1958 to December 21, 1965, she was also a member of the European Parliament .
Nicknames
Probst's commitment to social causes was notorious. In what is known as the “most expensive lunch in world history”, she persuaded Federal Finance Minister Franz Etzel to double the budget for war victims to half a billion Deutschmarks. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer therefore called her the “most expensive woman in the Bundestag”. While the population called her “Maria Hilf” because of her achievements, the ministries referred to her as “Maria Visitation” because of her efforts to obtain funds for social benefits.
Honors
On July 3, 1959, she received the Bavarian Order of Merit , which the State Parliament had founded on June 11, 1957. At least ten Franconian communities, including Gemünden am Main , Hammelburg and Karlstadt , made her honorary citizens .
After Maria Probst are named:
- Dr.-Maria-Probst-Halle in Wasserlosen
- Maria Probst Secondary School in Munich
- Dr. Maria Probst Technical School for Curative Educational Care and Curative Educational Nursing Aid (Würzburg)
- Dr. Maria Probst retirement home of the Heß'schen Foundation Hammelburg
- Dr.-Maria-Probst-Strasse in 97082 Würzburg (Zellerau)
- Maria-Probst-Strasse in 80939 Munich (Euro industrial park)
- Maria-Probst-Straße in 69151 Neckargemünd (Wiesenbacher Tal)
- Maria-Probst-Strasse in 69123 Heidelberg (Wieblingen)
- Aktion Maria Probst eV (Regensburg).
On October 16, 1997, a stamp in honor of Maria Probst appeared in the Deutsche Post definitive series "Women of German History".
literature
- Walter Henkels : 99 Bonn heads , reviewed and supplemented edition, Fischer-Bücherei, Frankfurt am Main 1965, p. 201ff.
- Ursula Männle: Probst, Maria. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , p. 735 ( digitized version ).
- 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 , pp. 657-658.
Web links
- Literature by and about Maria Probst in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biography ( Memento from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Hans Kratzer: Maria Heimsuchung , Süddeutsche Zeitung, May 30, 2017 , accessed on May 31, 2017.
- ↑ Dr.-Maria-Probst-Straße on WürzburgWiki , accessed on August 2, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Probst, Maria |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mayer, Maria (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (CSU), MdL, MdB, MdEP |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 1, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 1, 1967 |
| Place of death | Munich |