Erna Herchenröder Explained

Office:	Member of the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia
Termstart:	23 October 1953
Termend:	12 July 1958
Office1:	Member of the Bochum City Council
Termstart1:	1946
Termend1:	?
Birth Name:	Erna Lohmann
Birth Date:	6 March 1903
Birth Place:	Harpen, Bochum, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Death Place:	Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Spouse:	Alfred Herchenröder
Party:	Social Democratic Party

Erna Herchenröder-Lohmann^[1] (; 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.

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 (German: {{Ill|Sozialistische Arbeiter-Jugend|de) 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.^[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 (German: {{ill|landesliste|de). Herchenröder was elected for a full term in the 1954 North Rhine-Westphalia state election; standing in the constituency, she received 49.3% of the vote (26,657 votes), a margin-of-victory of over 18%.^[5] While in the Landtag, she was a member of the social and women's policy committee. Herchenröder left office at the end of her term on 12 July 1958.

Herchenröder died in Bochum on 3 September 1977.

Further reading

• Book: Degener . Herrmann A. L. . Habel . Walter . Wer ist wer? Das deutsche Who's Who . 1958 . . Berlin . 487 . de . Who is who? The German Who's Who . 13.
• Book: Gärtner . Wolfgang . 60 Jahre Landtag Nordrhein-Westfalen: das Land und seine Abgeordneten . 2006 . . 331 . Düsseldorf . de . 60 Years of the North Rhine-Westphalia State Parliament: The Country and Its Representatives.

Notes and References

1. Book: Reppel, Hans . Rede 100 Jahre SPD Ortsverein Bochum-Harpen am 27. Oktober 2006 . . 2006 . Bochum . 3 . de . Speech on 100 Years of the SPD Local Association Bochum-Harpen on 27 October 2006.
2. Web site: Detailansicht der Abgeordneten Erna Herchenröder . Detailed view of MP Erna Herchenröder . 2023-09-24 . . de.
3. Book: Sander, Susanne . Karrieren und Barrieren: Landtagspolitikerinnen der BRD in der Nachkriegszeit von 1946 bis 1960 . 2004 . . 978-3-89741-163-0 . Königstein im Taunus . 316 . de . Careers and Barriers: Women State Parliament Politicians in the Federal Republic of Germany in the Post-War Period From 1946 to 1960 . 56686050.
4. Book: Wagner, Johannes Volker . Vom Trümmerfeld ins Wirtschaftswunderland: Bochum 1945-1955 : eine Dokumentation . 1989 . Brockmeyer . 978-3-88339-774-0 . Bochum . 448 . de . From the Rubble Field to the Economic Miracle: Bochum 1945-1955 . 22002304.
5. News: July 12, 1954 . Landtagswahl 1954; hier: Bekanntmachung des Wahlergebnisses im Lande . de . State Election 1954; Here: Announcement of the Election Results in the Country . 1094 . .