Susanne Hermans

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Susanne "Susi" Hermans , b. Hillesheim (born August 26, 1919 in Güls ; † September 6, 2013 in Koblenz ) was a German social worker and politician ( CDU ).

Life and work

Hermans was the daughter of Güls carpenter and local politician Wilhelm Hillesheim . After graduating from high school in 1938, Abitur at Hilda-Gymnasium Koblenz, she completed a degree at the social women's school in Aachen, which she completed in 1943 as a state-recognized social worker (at that time: people's nurse). In 1946 she joined the CDU and was successfully involved in the Junge Union for a law on aid for homeless young people. She was a member of the CDU regional executive committee for 22 years from 1948. Susanne Hermans worked as a welfare worker at the youth welfare office in Koblenz and was chairwoman of the Social Service of Catholic Women (SkF) Koblenz for over 20 years , then honorary chairwoman . Since May 1953 she was married to Hubert Hermans , the federal representative of Rhineland-Palatinate, who died in 1989 . The couple had two daughters. Hermans was Berti Hahn's aunt .

MPs

Hermans was a member of the Rhineland-Palatinate Landtag from 1951 to 1983 for eight terms and served as its vice-president from 1981 to 1983. In the first legislative period, she was the only female member of the CDU parliamentary group alongside Mathilde Gantenberg and, until 1963, the youngest member of parliament. In the state parliament she was chairman of the petitions committee and the prison commission. Her political focus was social policy. Among other things, it achieved a better supply of midwives in rural areas and a reduction in the infant mortality rate. After leaving the state parliament, she worked for a long time as an advisor to the Minister-President of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Honors

Foundation, endowment

After the death of Susi Hermans, her family set up the “Susi Hermans Foundation”. The foundation enables the Social Service of Catholic Women (SkF) Koblenz e. V., to award people from Koblenz and the surrounding area with the "Susi Hermans Prize for Social Commitment" every year. This award honors people who are quietly doing voluntary work. The foundation also supports the SkF in helping families in need.

literature

  • Susanne Hermans: My parliamentary work. In: Sparkassen- und Giroverband Rheinland-Pfalz (Hrsg.): Rhineland-Palatinate Personal. Memories and encounters. Mainz 1987, ISBN 3-87439-144-2 , pp. 105-119.
  • Wolfgang Schütz: Koblenz heads. People from the city's history - namesake for streets and squares. Verlag für Werbung Blätter GmbH Mülheim-Kärlich, Ed .: Bernd Weber, 2005 (2nd revised and expanded edition).
  • Elisabeth Weiler: Susanne Hermans (born 1919), social worker, member of the state parliament, Koblenz. In: Hedwig Brüchert (Ed.): Rhineland-Palatinate women. Women in politics, society, economy and culture in the early years of Rhineland-Palatinate . v. Hase & Koehler, Mainz 2001,  ISBN 3-775-81394-2 , p.196 - 199th
  • Alois Pickel, Andreas Neisius: Bombs, rubble, human sacrifice - Güls in World War II. Ortsring Güls (Ed.) 2004, 2nd edition, pp. 160–1 62.
  • Karl Brehmer: Contemporary witnesses of the economic miracle: Susanne Hermans, Karl Lösch, Dr. Walter Roth; Post-war period and reconstruction in Rhineland-Palatinate . ILF, Mainz 1998.
  • Petra Weiß: The city administration of Koblenz under National Socialism . Dissertation at the Fernuniversität Hagen, Koblenz 2011, 676 pp.
  • Heidi Mehl-Lippert, Doris Maria Peckhaus (arrangement): Members of Parliament in Rhineland-Palatinate 1946 - 1987. Biographical manual. Landtag Rhineland-Palatinate (ed.): Mainz 1991

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary from the SkF ( Memento of the original from January 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / skf-koblenz.de
  2. ↑ Landtag Rhineland-Palatinate: Joachim Mertes on the death of Susanne Hermans
  3. ↑ "Networker from the very beginning". (No longer available online.) In: bistum-trier.de. September 17, 2016, archived from the original on September 17, 2016 ; accessed on September 17, 2016 . 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bistum-trier.de
  4. ↑ JPEG file. In: hofmanngoettig.de: Obituary by the Lord Mayor of Koblenz. Retrieved October 15, 2016 .
  5. ↑ JPEG file. In: hofmanngoettig.de: Report on the funeral service in the Rheinzeitung. Retrieved October 15, 2016 .
  6. ^ Heinrich Küppers: Hubert Hermans (1909-1989). Authorized representative of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate in Bonn. In: Yearbook for West German State History. 16. 1990, pp. 521-535.
  7. ↑ 60 years capital city resolution of the state parliament. In: edoweb-rlp.de. February 23, 2007, accessed September 17, 2016 .
  8. ↑ [1] Women from the very beginning. Rhineland-Palatinate state parliament politicians 1946-1955 (PDF file)
  9. ↑ Entry on Susanne Hermans in the Rhineland-Palatinate personal database , accessed on March 19, 2017 .
  10. ^ Rhein-Zeitung: Always committed to the socially disadvantaged
  11. ↑ Old Town Prize Koblenz 2011
  12. ↑ "Susi Hermans Prize" awarded. In: blick-aktuell.de. June 4, 2016, accessed April 6, 2016 .
  13. ↑ "Working in secret for your neighbor". In: bistum-trier.de. September 17, 2016, accessed September 17, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Hermans, Susanne
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hillesheim, Susanne (until 1953); Hermans-Hillesheim, Susanne (1953–1967)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (CDU), MdL
DATE OF BIRTH August 26, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Guls
DATE OF DEATH September 6, 2013
Place of death Koblenz