Ursel Kerstein

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Ursel Kerstein (1994)

Ursel Kerstein (born February 4, 1931 in Bremen as Ursula Fascher , † November 10, 2013 ibid) was a German politician ( SPD ) and engaged in parliamentary and extra-parliamentary roles. From 1975 to 1981 she was a member of the Bremen citizenship and from 1982 to 1994 the first women's representative of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen .

biography

Family, education and work

Ursel Kerstein was one of five children from the marriage of the commercial clerk Friedrich Fascher and the music teacher Edith Fascher, geb. Borm. She attended the Waldorf School and was for a study of the social as a social worker active in Bremen. Her first marriage was to Kurt Lampe; from this marriage a son was born. In her second marriage she was married to the architect Thomas Kerstein; together they had a daughter.

Political and civic engagement

Kerstein joined the SPD in 1966 and was active in the SPD local association Bremen-Altstadt and at the same time in several citizens' initiatives , for example in an initiative against the later nuclear power plant in Unterweser . From 1973 she got involved together with Olaf Dinné (SPD, later member of the citizenship for the Bremen Green List ) and others in the resistance against the so-called "Mozart Route" planned by the SPD-led Bremen Senate and thus prevented the destruction of the Bremen residential area " Viertel " .

In 2009 the Ostertorsanierung working group received the "Bremen Award for Building Culture". With this award, the Bremen Senator for the Environment, Building, Transport and Europe and the Bremen Center for Building Culture honored citizens “who stand out for their commitment to the historic cityscape, to urban and architectural development and to conveying architectural values ​​- especially in Bremen - have earned ". Among the 13 honored personalities were Ursel Kerstein, her husband Thomas Kerstein and her long-time colleagues Olaf Dinné and Hans-Martin Sixt .

From October 13, 1975 to December 31, 1981, Kerstein was an SPD member of the Bremen parliament for the 9th and 10th electoral periods . There she worked, among other things, in the deputations for social welfare , for the administration of justice and the penal system and for environmental protection .

State women's representative

In 1982, the Bremen Central Office for the Realization of Equal Rights for Women (FZS) was founded and located at the Senate Chancellery , the authority of the President of the Senate and Mayor Hans Koschnick (SPD). Kerstein was elected on December 9, 1981 by the Bremen citizenship as the first women's representative of the state of Bremen and took up her office on January 1, 1982. In her function, she headed the FZS and took part in the meetings of the Bremen Senate in an advisory capacity. The FZS caused a sensation with an exhibition on the subject of “misogyny in advertising” and a study on “violence against women” led, among other things, to the introduction of a special department at the Bremen public prosecutor's office . In Kerstein tenure and the adoption of the falls Land Equality Act of 20 November 1990, stipulates that women's advancement plans and tenders for the public service provides that women are to be given priority if they have the same qualifications have as men. In 1994 Kerstein resigned from the office of the women's representative, her successor on September 1, 1994 was Ulrike Hauffe .

Commitment to helping offenders

From 1976 to 1982 Kerstein was the managing director of the Bremen Criminal Care Association. During this time, together with Hans-Christoph Hoppensack , the then head of the Office for Social Services in Bremen, she set up the Central Office for Criminal Assistance as a cooperation project for quick and unbureaucratic help for criminals, released prisoners and their relatives. Since 1982 she has been involved in the board of this association, after her resignation from the office of the regional women's representative she acted as chairwoman from 1994.

Web links

Commons : Ursel Kerstein  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

  • Romina Schmitter: Kerstein, Ursel, b. Fascher . In: Women's history (s) , Bremer Frauenmuseum (ed.). Edition Falkenberg, Bremen 2016, ISBN 978-3-95494-095-0 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Died: Ursula Kerstein. In: Der Spiegel No. 47/2013. November 18, 2013, p. 159 , accessed August 15, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Bastienne Ehl: Robinson’s parents. In: Weser-Kurier digital. November 4, 2010, accessed August 15, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Monika Felsing: The legacy of the Mozart route. In: Weser-Kurier digital. March 8, 2012, accessed August 15, 2017 .
  4. ↑ press release. Bremen Center for Building Culture, accessed on August 15, 2017 .
  5. ^ Law on the establishment of the Bremen Central Office for the Realization of Equal Rights for Women. In: Brem.GBl. 1980. December 30, 1980, p. 399 , accessed August 15, 2017 .
  6. ↑ Establishment of the Bremen Central Office for the Realization of Equal Rights for Women; here: proposal of the Senate to the citizenship (state parliament) for the election of the state commissioners. (PDF; 5.5 MB) In: Plenary minutes 10/51. Bremische Bürgerschaft (Landtag), December 9, 1981, pp. 3902–3915 , accessed on August 15, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Law on equality between women and men in the public service of the State of Bremen (State Equality Act) In: Brem.GBl. 1990. November 29, 1990, p. 433 , accessed August 15, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Kerstein, Ursel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German politician (SPD), member of the Bremen citizenship (1975–1982)
DATE OF BIRTH February 4, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen
DATE OF DEATH November 10, 2013
Place of death Bremen