Erna Herchenröder
Erna Herchenröder-Lohmann[1] (née Lohmann; 6 March 1903 – 3 September 1977) was a German trade unionist and politician who served in the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1953 until 1958. A member of the Social Democratic Party, she represented portions of Bochum.
Erna Herchenröder | |
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| Member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| In office 23 October 1953 – 12 July 1958 | |
| Constituency |
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| Member of the Bochum City Council | |
| In office 1946–? | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Erna Lohmann 6 March 1903 Harpen, Bochum, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire |
| Died | 3 September 1977 (aged 74) Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany |
| Political party | Social Democratic Party |
| Spouse | Alfred Herchenröder |
Biography
Erna Herchenröder-Lohmann was born on 6 March 1903 in the Harpen neighborhood of Bochum in Westphalia. She was educated at elementary and business school. From a young age, Herchenröder was active in trade unions as a member of the Socialist Workers' Youth (Sozialistische Arbeiter-Jugend) from 1918 until 1925. From 1919 until 1922, she was an accountant in the Union of Miners of Germany and was a member of the General Federation of Free Employees. When she worked as a clerical assistant for the Bochum city administration from 1923 until 1928, she was concurrently a member of the Reich Union of German Municipal Officials. She later became a housewife, and was the managing director of the Herchenröder Company from 1940 until 1942/3.[2][3]
A member of the Social Democratic Party since 1921, Herchenröder was elected to the Bochum city council in 1946, receiving 4,910 votes.[2][4] On 23 October 1953, the SPD appointed her to the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia, filling a vacant seat in the party's state list (landesliste). Herchenröder was elected for a full term in the 1954 North Rhine-Westphalia state election; standing in the Bochum-Nordost constituency, she received 49.3% of the vote (26,657 votes), a margin-of-victory of over 18%.[2][5] While in the Landtag, she was a member of the social and women's policy committee.[3] Herchenröder left office at the end of her term on 12 July 1958.[2]
Herchenröder died in Bochum on 3 September 1977.[3]
References
- Reppel, Hans (2006). Rede 100 Jahre SPD Ortsverein Bochum-Harpen am 27. Oktober 2006 [Speech on 100 Years of the SPD Local Association Bochum-Harpen on 27 October 2006] (PDF) (in German). Bochum: Bochum SPD. p. 3.
- "Detailansicht der Abgeordneten Erna Herchenröder" [Detailed view of MP Erna Herchenröder]. Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia (in German). Retrieved 2023-09-24.
- Sander, Susanne (2004). Karrieren und Barrieren: Landtagspolitikerinnen der BRD in der Nachkriegszeit von 1946 bis 1960 [Careers and Barriers: Women State Parliament Politicians in the Federal Republic of Germany in the Post-War Period From 1946 to 1960] (in German). Königstein im Taunus: Ulrike Helmer Verlag. p. 316. ISBN 978-3-89741-163-0. OCLC 56686050.
- Wagner, Johannes Volker (1989). Vom Trümmerfeld ins Wirtschaftswunderland: Bochum 1945-1955 : eine Dokumentation [From the Rubble Field to the Economic Miracle: Bochum 1945-1955] (in German). Bochum: Brockmeyer. p. 448. ISBN 978-3-88339-774-0. OCLC 22002304.
- "Landtagswahl 1954; hier: Bekanntmachung des Wahlergebnisses im Lande" [State Election 1954; Here: Announcement of the Election Results in the Country]. Ministerialblatt für das Land Nordrhein-Westfalen (in German). July 12, 1954. p. 1094.
Further reading
- Degener, Herrmann A. L.; Habel, Walter (1958). Wer ist wer? Das deutsche Who's Who [Who is who? The German Who's Who] (in German). Vol. 13. Berlin: Arani-Verlag. p. 487.
- Gärtner, Wolfgang (2006). 60 Jahre Landtag Nordrhein-Westfalen: das Land und seine Abgeordneten [60 Years of the North Rhine-Westphalia State Parliament: The Country and Its Representatives] (in German). Düsseldorf: Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia. p. 331.