Toni Menzinger
Toni Menzinger (born March 17, 1905 in Düsseldorf as Toni Hammelrath ; † December 27, 2007 in Karlsruhe ) was a German politician ( CDU ).
Life
Toni Menzinger studied psychology at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn and completed training for teaching at grammar schools; then she worked as a teacher. Since her marriage to Willy Menzinger in 1931, she lived in Karlsruhe. In the Third Reich she was monitored by the Gestapo because of her church involvement.
Toni Menzinger raised three sons (Will, Klaus and Bernd) with her husband. She was the sister of Willi Hammelrath as well as Leo Hammelrath, who died in World War I , and Maria (called Mia ) Theissen, née. Hammelrath.
Act
Her political career began in 1953 when she was elected to the Karlsruhe city council for the CDU. In 1970 she moved to the state parliament of Baden-Württemberg as a successor for the newly elected mayor of Karlsruhe, Otto Dullenkopf . There she and Hanne Landgraf were one of only two women from 1970 to 1972. In 1976 she acted as age president. The focus of their parliamentary work was school and educational policy. For reasons of age, she left the state parliament in 1980.
Toni Menzinger, who was shaped by Catholicism , never gave up her critical spirit; At the age of 95, she publicly protested against Helmut Kohl's “financial tricks” and shared her protest with birthday guests such as Roman Herzog and Erwin Teufel .
In March 2015, a Karlsruhe bridge was named after her in the presence of Mayor Frank Mentrup and her sons Bernd and Will.
Individual evidence
- ↑ StadtZeitung No. 14, April 2, 2015, p. 2.
honors and awards
- Pontifical Order " Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice "
- Cross of Merit on ribbon
- Cross of Merit, First Class (1975)
- Medal of Honor of the City of Karlsruhe (1979)
- Great Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1980)
- Honorary Senator of the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences
- Honorary Citizen of the City of Karlsruhe (March 2, 1993)
Web links
- Toni Menzinger in the Stadtwiki Karlsruhe
- StadtZeitung Karlsruhe: "Personal data: Reception for Toni Menzinger" , 2005
- ka-news: "Toni Menzinger died at the age of 102"
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Menzinger, Toni |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hammelrath, Toni (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician (CDU), MdL |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 17, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 27, 2007 |
| Place of death | Karlsruhe |