Sophie Schulz Explained

Office:Member of the Landtag of Lower Austria
Termstart:5 November 1959
Termend:19 November 1964
Office1:Member of the Baden City Council
Termstart1:1955
Termend1:1965
Birth Name:Sophie Rotteneder
Birth Date:23 May 1905
Death Place:Baden bei Wien, Lower Austria, Austria
Spouse:Herr Schulz

Sophie Schulz (; 23 May 1905 – 24 April 1975) was an Austrian politician who served in the Landtag of Lower Austria from 1959 until 1965 as a member of the Austrian People's Party. During her tenure, she introduced revised regulations for the state's spas and health resorts.

Biography

Sophie Schulz was born on 23 May 1905. A resident of Baden bei Wien, she was a member of the Christian Social Party during the Interwar period. After the war, she joined the Austrian People's Party. Schulz was elected a in 1950, and served as a member of the Baden city council from 1955 until 1965. Prior to entering politics, she was a housewife.[1] [2] [3]

On 5 November 1959, Schulz became a member of the Landtag of Lower Austria, succeeding .[4] During her tenure, she introduced a bill which would update regulations to the state's spas and health resorts, superseding a 1930 law which had become redundant due to scientific advances in balneology. Specifically, the law clarifies when a spa can be considered a health resort, prevents towns without spas from calling themselves spa towns, and establishes construction and sanitation regulations.[5] Schulz left the landtag at the end of her term on 19 November 1964.

Schulz died in Baden on 24 April 1975.

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sophie Schulz . 30 April 2024 . . de-AT.
  2. Book: Biographisches Handbuch des NÖ Landtages und der NÖ Landesregierung, 1921 – dato . Lower Austrian State Parliament Directorate . 2013 . 978-3-85006-127-8 . Sankt Pölten . 122 . de . Biographical Handbook of the Lower Austrian State Parliament and the Lower Austrian State Government, 1921 – present.
  3. Book: Bezemek . Ernst . Politische Eliten in Niederösterreich: ein biographisches Handbuch 1921 bis zur Gegenwart . Dippelreiter . Michael . 2011 . . 978-3-205-78586-6 . Vienna . 313 . de . Political Elites in Lower Austria: A Biographical Handbook 1921 to the Present.
  4. Book: Riepl, Hermann . Fünfzig Jahre Landtag von Niederösterreich . 1972 . Office of the Lower Austrian State Government . 2 . Vienna . 274 . de . Fifty years of the Lower Austrian Parliament . 938213.
  5. 30 May 1963 . Redner: Frau Abg. Schulz . Speaker: Mrs. representative Schulz . Stenographisches Protokoll . de . 14 . 333–334.