Maria Scholz (politician)

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Maria Scholz (* 4. February 1925 in Lower Hermsdorf , Kreis Neisse / Silesia ; † 9. October 2010 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German local politician of the CDU .

Life

In 1945 she came to Bad Homburg as a displaced person with her father . She trained as an elementary school teacher and from 1948 worked for 17 years as a teacher at the Ketteler-Franke-Schule in Kirdorf . In 1965 she passed the examination to become a secondary school teacher and worked at the secondary school and later comprehensive school in Oberursel .

As a staunch Catholic, she was heavily involved in church work. In 1969 she was elected to the parish council of St. Johannes in Kirdorf, where she was chairperson and deputy chairperson from 1972 to 1995.

She initiated the establishment of the Rapid Help in Need e. V., who helps people in financial distress.

As a CDU member, she was city councilor from 1960 to 1972, from 1972 to 1977 and from 1993 to 1997 honorary city councilor and city councilor from 1977 to 1993 in Bad Homburg.Scholz received the letter of honor from the State of Hesse in 1974 and was named city ​​elder from 1978 .

In 1985 she was awarded the Bad Homburg vd Höhe plaque of honor . She was a member of the political forum Germany and Europe. In 2010 she was the first woman to receive honorary citizenship of Bad Homburg .

At the beginning of 2002 she received the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for "her extraordinary social commitment in all areas of life and the fact that she is always ready to help while deferring her own interests".

On August 1, 2015, a regular primary school with a special school branch was opened as the Maria Scholz School in Bad Homburg.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Bad Homburg: School gets new name , hochtaunuskreis.de, November 2014
  2. ↑ Mourning Maria Scholz , Frankfurter Rundschau , 2010
  3. ↑ a b Honor for Maria Scholz: Bad Homburg's first honorary citizen , Frankfurter Rundschau, July 10, 2010
  4. ^ History of the city of Bad Homburg vor der Höhe: Awakening, Tradition, Growth, 1948–1990, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe (Germany). Magistrat, Kramer, 2007, p. 89 [1]
  5. ↑ Communications of the Sudetendeutschen Archiv , issues 82–85, Sudetendeutsches Archiv, 1986, p. 9 [2]
  6. ↑ Home - Maria Scholz School Bad Homburg. Accessed March 31, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Maria Scholz School: Name tag revealed and visible to everyone , hochtaunuskreis.de, April 15, 2015
  8. ↑ We are now going to the Maria Scholz School! , Frankfurter Neue Presse , April 16, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Scholz, Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German local politician (CDU)
DATE OF BIRTH February 4, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Niederhermsdorf , Neisse district , Upper Silesia
DATE OF DEATH October 9, 2010
Place of death Frankfurt am Main