Ruth Schmidt-Niemack

Gravestones at the Hartmann and Niemack family graves at the Engesohde city cemetery in Hanover

Ruth Schmidt-Niemack (born October 24, 1927 in Hanover ; † February 20, 2011 in Marquartstein ) was a German clerk and local politician for the CDU . From 1989 to 1994 she was mayor of the city of Bonn .

Life

Ruth Schmidt-Niemack studied in Hannover, Freiburg and Munich Business Administration . In 1957 she came to Bonn, joined the CDU in 1966 and was involved in local politics. From 1979 she was a member of the Bonn city council and was the first woman to be mayor from 1989 to 1994. From 1990 to 1994 she was also a member of the main committee of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions.

Schmidt-Niemack was a member of the Women's Union, fought for the compatibility of work and family, was among other things local chairman of the CDU Mehlem , chairwoman of the women's union Bad Godesberg , chairwoman of the international economic commission of the European Women's Union as well as city district and district board member of the Bonn CDU .

Attached tombstone for Ruth Schmidt-Niemack with reservation for “Dr. Herbert B. Schmidt "(* April 23, 1931)

Schmidt-Niemack was buried in the Engesohde city cemetery in Hanover .

Awards

1996: Federal Cross of Merit on ribbon
City elder of Bonn

literature

Association for Heimatpflege und Heimatgeschichte Bad Godesberg eV : Heimatblätter , several entries, some with pictures, see finding aid ( memento from July 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

Commons : Ruth Schmidt-Niemack - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b obituary, in: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung of February 23, 2011, p. 19
↑ Mourning for the former mayor Schmidt-Niemack ( Memento of the original from December 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , in: General-Anzeiger online, Bonn, February 22, 2011, accessed on February 23, 2011 @1@ 2

^ Mourning the former mayor of Bonn Ruth Schmidt-Niemack , website of the CDU district association in Bonn from February 21, 2011, accessed on February 23, 2011

personal data
SURNAME	Schmidt-Niemack, Ruth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German businesswoman and local politician (CDU), mayor of the city of Bonn
DATE OF BIRTH	October 24, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hanover
DATE OF DEATH	February 20, 2011
Place of death	Marquartstein

[HAZ110223-1] tuary, in: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung of February 23, 2011, p. 19

[2] Mourning for the former mayor Schmidt-Niemack ( Memento of the original from December 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , in: General-Anzeiger online, Bonn, February 22, 2011, accessed on February 23, 2011 @1@ 2

[3] Mourning the former mayor of Bonn Ruth Schmidt-Niemack , website of the CDU district association in Bonn from February 21, 2011, accessed on February 23, 2011