Theanolte Bähnisch
German lawyer, civil servant and politician (SPD), co-founder of the German Women's Ring
About Theanolte Bähnisch
Lived 1899 – 1973 (aged 74). Theanolte Bähnisch was a German jurist, politician, lawyer and chairperson.
Dorothea Nolte (Theanolte Bähnisch, her married name), (born 25 April 1899 in Beuthen; died 9 July 1973 in Hanover) was a German lawyer, administrative officer and politician (SPD). After attending school, she studied law at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität in Münster. Together with her husband, she opened a law firm in Berlin in 1933 and then sat down as a lawyer for the politically persecuted, including for the photographer Lotte Jacobi. Bähnisch was the president of the Regierungsbezirk Hannover from 1946 to 1959, thus, she was the first woman in Germany, who held the office of a government president.
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German lawyer, civil servant and politician (SPD), co-founder of the German Women's Ring (1899–1973)
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Theanolte Bähnisch was born on 25 April 1899 in Bytom.
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Theanolte Bähnisch died on 9 July 1973 in Hanover.
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Theanolte Bähnisch was a jurist, politician, lawyer and chairperson.
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Theanolte Bähnisch was German.
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