Ruth Kolb-Lünemann

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Ruth Kolb-Lünemann (born June 7, 1924 in Elberfeld ; † June 1, 1999 ) was a German social politician ( SPD ) and city ​​councilor in Wuppertal .

Life

Ruth Kolb-Lünemann came from a social democratic family in Wuppertal. The youth were shaped by the resistance against the National Socialist regime. Her father Karl Lünemann, long-time chairman of the Elberfeld SPD, lost his job in 1933. Ruth Kolb-Lünemann later reports how the picture of August Bebel hanging on the wall as a likeness of an uncle was passed on during a house search . In 1943, at the age of fifty, his father was called up for military service. Ruth Kolb-Lünemann was shaped in her political actions during the first two decades of her life.

In autumn 1945 she supported Alfred Dobbert in an attempt to found a newspaper for Wuppertal . In the post-war period she played a key role in building up the falcons , the union youth and the young socialists. In 1950 she moved into the Elberfeld district council . In 1952 , according to the stenographic report of the council meeting on November 25, 1952, Miss Lünemann was elected to the council of the city of Wuppertal, to which she belonged until 1994 as a member of the SPD parliamentary group.

She was involved in many areas of local politics. She fought against totalitarianism and fascism through social politics. Her hobby horse was youth welfare, the construction of many children and youth facilities goes back to the initiative of Ruth Kolb-Lünemann. The conversion of the Barmer Hall of Fame, which was destroyed in the war, to the House of Youth - with joint use by the Barmer Kunstverein - is an example of this. As chairwoman of the youth welfare committee and later the youth welfare committee , she represented the interests of young people in Wuppertal.

Honors

Ruth Kolb-Lünemann was awarded the Ring of Honor of the City of Wuppertal in 1972. On December 16, 1998, she was the first woman to be granted honorary citizenship of the city of Wuppertal . She was also the recipient of the Federal Cross of Merit, First Class . The AWO house in Wuppertal Friedrichschulstraße 15 was named after her ( Ruth-Kolb-Lünemann-Haus ), as was the kindergarten in Gutenbergstraße .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of winners of the ring of honor of the city of Wuppertal ( Memento from February 21, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) Werner-Steinbach.de, accessed May 2008
  2. ↑ Ruth Kolb-Lünemann honorary citizen ( memento of the original from January 1, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Barmen-200-Jahre.de, accessed May 2008 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.barmen-200-jahre.de
  3. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Projekt 50 , Projekt50.de, accessed May 2008@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.projekt50.de
  4. ^ SPD: Kindergarten is named after Ruth Kolb-Lünemann, February 14, 2001 Lokalseiten.de, accessed May 2008
personal data
SURNAME Kolb-Lünemann, Ruth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SPD)
DATE OF BIRTH June 7, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Elberfeld
DATE OF DEATH June 1, 1999