Heidi Lück
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Heidi Lück née Pfeifer, born April 6, 1943 in Strokele/Zwittau
in Bohemia
–Moravia
(present day Czech Republic
), Roman Catholic, resident since 1978 in Kempten
/Allgäu
, divorced, one adult son, is a German politician, social-democratic party of Germany (Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands SPD), and member of the Bavarian state parliament (Bayerischer Landtag)
in the Sonthofen-Lindau electoral constituency. The boundaries and descriptions of the electoral areas (constituencies) were not, for the first two legislative periods, the same as today's. The once smallest constituency in Bavaria was known as "Oberallgäu"; after the Bavarian electoral boundary reform this was somewhat enlarged and renamed as "Sonthofen-Lindau".
Heidi's parents had their property expropriated and Heidi, together with her mother (Anna Pfeifer) and her 3 brothers and sisters (Herbert, Helma and Horst), were resettled in Allmendingen
in Baden-Württemberg
after being expelled from their hometown of Zwittau in Bohemia (now Svitavy, Czech Republic). Heidi later graduated from school and was trained as a retail saleswoman. Always very involved in sport, Heidi became, at 18, the then youngest member of the board (Kreisjugendturnwart) of the Ehingen
sports district in Baden-Württemberg, with responsibility for young people.
After working as a retail saleswoman, she married Willi Lück in 1967 and subsequently moved to Altusried
in the Allgäu
where she worked for many years with her husband in their own business in the Swabia
n region - as well as being an active mother.
in 1994, Heidi Lück worked full-time in the political arena and was responsible for the SPD district branches Oberallgäu
, Kempten
, Lindau
(Bodensee), Neu-Ulm
and Günzburg
.
Heidi Lück has been a member of the Bavarian SPD since 1980 and has been active in almost all party functions. Amongst other activities, she worked for 16 years as district federation chairman for the SPD Oberallgäu until 2005 and as a chairman of the working-group of social democratic women (Arbeitsgemeinschaft sozialdemokratischer Frauen AsF), Swabian district, until 2004. In addition she has been chairmen of the AsF subdistrict Oberallgäu up to 2007 and a Delegate to various other branches and districts up to the present time, as well as being SPD subdistrict chairman, a local councillor in Durach
/Allgäu and a district councillor in the Oberallgäu
up until June 1998.
for the first time and was narrowly unsuccessful - failing by only 95 votes.
At 1994 she was a candidate in the parliamentary elections for a second time and was elected as a member of the Bavarian state parliament (Landtag in the 13th Legislative period) due to the district-list (Landesliste) of the SPD Swabia
(proportional representation voting system). She is currently still a member of the parliament, now in the 15th legislative period (in all 3 electoral periods: 1994, 1998
and 2003
(note: starting from 1998, the Bavarian legislative period was increased from 4 to 5 years))
She represents the SPD
state parliament faction in the committee for "agriculture, nutrition and forestry". Heidi Lück is agriculture and forestry spokeswoman and chairman of the SPD faction working group "agriculture, nutrition and forestry". As well as being a member of the working groups "women", "youth" and "sport" she is also the official representative of the SPD state parliament faction in the "Bodensee parliamentary commission" and member of the "Socialist Bodensee-International" (SBI) since 1994.
Besides her own electoral constituency, Sonthofen-Lindau, Heidi Lück additionally looks after the electoral constituencies Kempten
/Oberallgäu
, Kaufbeuren
and Marktoberdorf
/Ostallgäu
(Füssen
to Buchloe
) due to the lack of other delegates in this areas.
BRK (Bavarian Red Cross) district federation, she is also a member of the board of the "Foundation for handicapped people in Allgäu" as well as a member of the board of trustees of the university of applied sciences, Kempten, likewise she has been a lay associate judge for juveniles (Jugendschöffe) for many years. She is member of the prison advisory board (Gefängnisbeirätin) of the correctional facility "JVA Kempten" (Justizvollzugsanstalt) and is active in the volunteer helpers organisation (Straffälligenhilfe).
She has been an active member for many years of the following organisations (and of others, not listed here):
On July 5, 2006 Heidi Lück was decorated by the Bavarian Prime Minister
(Ministerpräsident Edmund Stoiber
) as "an indication of honor and grateful acknowledgment of outstanding services to the Free State of Bavaria and the Bavarian people" with the Bavarian service medal (Bayerischer Verdienstorden), the highest honor of the Free State of Bavaria.
Svitavy
Svitavy is a town in the Svitavy District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. The town has a population of 18,000 and is also the district administrative centre...
in Bohemia
Bohemia
Bohemia is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands. It is located in the contemporary Czech Republic with its capital in Prague...
–Moravia
Moravia
Moravia is a historical region in Central Europe in the east of the Czech Republic, and one of the former Czech lands, together with Bohemia and Silesia. It takes its name from the Morava River which rises in the northwest of the region...
(present day Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
), Roman Catholic, resident since 1978 in Kempten
Kempten im Allgäu
Kempten is the largest town in Allgäu, a region in the south-west of Bavaria, Germany. The population was ca 61,000 in 2006. The area was possibly settled originally by Celts, but was later overtaken by the Romans, who called the town Cambodunum...
/Allgäu
Allgäu
The Allgäu is a southern German region in Swabia. It covers the south of Bavarian Swabia and southeastern Baden-Württemberg. The region stretches from the prealpine lands up to the Alps...
, divorced, one adult son, is a German politician, social-democratic party of Germany (Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands SPD), and member of the Bavarian state parliament (Bayerischer Landtag)
Landtag of Bavaria
The Landtag of Bavaria is the unicameral legislature of the state of Bavaria in Germany. Between 1946 and 1999 there was an upper house, the Senate of Bavaria. The parliament meets in the Maximilianeum....
in the Sonthofen-Lindau electoral constituency. The boundaries and descriptions of the electoral areas (constituencies) were not, for the first two legislative periods, the same as today's. The once smallest constituency in Bavaria was known as "Oberallgäu"; after the Bavarian electoral boundary reform this was somewhat enlarged and renamed as "Sonthofen-Lindau".
Childhood, education and early adult years
At the age of 2, Heidi Lück was involved in the turmoil and absolute chaos surrounding the end of WW2. As a result of the Beneš decreesBeneš decrees
Decrees of the President of the Republic , more commonly known as the Beneš decrees, were a series of laws that were drafted by the Czechoslovak Government-in-Exile in the absence of the Czechoslovak parliament during the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in World War II and issued by President...
Heidi's parents had their property expropriated and Heidi, together with her mother (Anna Pfeifer) and her 3 brothers and sisters (Herbert, Helma and Horst), were resettled in Allmendingen
Allmendingen, Germany
Allmendingen is a municipality in the Alb-Donau district, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany....
in Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg
Baden-Württemberg is one of the 16 states of Germany. Baden-Württemberg is in the southwestern part of the country to the east of the Upper Rhine, and is the third largest in both area and population of Germany's sixteen states, with an area of and 10.7 million inhabitants...
after being expelled from their hometown of Zwittau in Bohemia (now Svitavy, Czech Republic). Heidi later graduated from school and was trained as a retail saleswoman. Always very involved in sport, Heidi became, at 18, the then youngest member of the board (Kreisjugendturnwart) of the Ehingen
Ehingen
Ehingen is a town in the Alb-Donau district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, situated on the left bank of the Danube, approx. 25 km southwest of Ulm and 67 km southeast of Stuttgart.-Statistics:...
sports district in Baden-Württemberg, with responsibility for young people.
After working as a retail saleswoman, she married Willi Lück in 1967 and subsequently moved to Altusried
Altusried
Altusried is a municipality in the district of Oberallgäu in Bavaria in Germany....
in the Allgäu
Allgäu
The Allgäu is a southern German region in Swabia. It covers the south of Bavarian Swabia and southeastern Baden-Württemberg. The region stretches from the prealpine lands up to the Alps...
where she worked for many years with her husband in their own business in the Swabia
Swabia
Swabia is a cultural, historic and linguistic region in southwestern Germany.-Geography:Like many cultural regions of Europe, Swabia's borders are not clearly defined...
n region - as well as being an active mother.
Career in politics
After her divorce and re-entry into professional life in 1978, she worked part-time as an administrator for the SPD and also as an assistant to the MP Günter Wirth (Bavarian state parliament 1970-1994) in Kempten. From 1992 up to the date of her own election to the Bavarian state parliamentLandtag of Bavaria
The Landtag of Bavaria is the unicameral legislature of the state of Bavaria in Germany. Between 1946 and 1999 there was an upper house, the Senate of Bavaria. The parliament meets in the Maximilianeum....
in 1994, Heidi Lück worked full-time in the political arena and was responsible for the SPD district branches Oberallgäu
Oberallgäu
Oberallgäu is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Unterallgäu and Ostallgäu, the Austrian states Tyrol and Vorarlberg, the district of Lindau, and the state of Baden-Württemberg...
, Kempten
Kempten im Allgäu
Kempten is the largest town in Allgäu, a region in the south-west of Bavaria, Germany. The population was ca 61,000 in 2006. The area was possibly settled originally by Celts, but was later overtaken by the Romans, who called the town Cambodunum...
, Lindau
Lindau
Lindau is a Bavarian town and an island on the eastern side of Lake Constance, the Bodensee. It is the capital of the Landkreis or rural district of Lindau. The historic city of Lindau is located on an island which is connected with the mainland by bridge and railway.- History :The name Lindau was...
(Bodensee), Neu-Ulm
Neu-Ulm
Neu-Ulm is a town in Bavaria, capital of the Neu-Ulm district. Neighbouring towns include Ulm, Senden, Pfaffenhofen an der Roth, Holzheim, Nersingen and Elchingen. The population is 51,110 .-History:...
and Günzburg
Günzburg
Günzburg is a Große Kreisstadt and capital of the district of Günzburg in Swabia, Bavaria. This district was constituted in 1972 by combining the city of Günzburg—which had not previously been assigned to a Kreis —with the district of Günzburg and the district of Krumbach.Günzburg lies...
.
Heidi Lück has been a member of the Bavarian SPD since 1980 and has been active in almost all party functions. Amongst other activities, she worked for 16 years as district federation chairman for the SPD Oberallgäu until 2005 and as a chairman of the working-group of social democratic women (Arbeitsgemeinschaft sozialdemokratischer Frauen AsF), Swabian district, until 2004. In addition she has been chairmen of the AsF subdistrict Oberallgäu up to 2007 and a Delegate to various other branches and districts up to the present time, as well as being SPD subdistrict chairman, a local councillor in Durach
Durach
Durach is a municipality in the district of Oberallgäu in Bavaria in Germany.The village came into international media attention in August 2008 when a light aircraft hit power lines in its vicinity and the pilot and passenger, who had survived inside the plane dangling on high-tension power cables,...
/Allgäu and a district councillor in the Oberallgäu
Oberallgäu
Oberallgäu is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Unterallgäu and Ostallgäu, the Austrian states Tyrol and Vorarlberg, the district of Lindau, and the state of Baden-Württemberg...
up until June 1998.
Bavarian State Parliament
In 1990 Heidi Lück campaigned for a seat in the Bavarian state parliamentLandtag of Bavaria
The Landtag of Bavaria is the unicameral legislature of the state of Bavaria in Germany. Between 1946 and 1999 there was an upper house, the Senate of Bavaria. The parliament meets in the Maximilianeum....
for the first time and was narrowly unsuccessful - failing by only 95 votes.
At 1994 she was a candidate in the parliamentary elections for a second time and was elected as a member of the Bavarian state parliament (Landtag in the 13th Legislative period) due to the district-list (Landesliste) of the SPD Swabia
Swabia
Swabia is a cultural, historic and linguistic region in southwestern Germany.-Geography:Like many cultural regions of Europe, Swabia's borders are not clearly defined...
(proportional representation voting system). She is currently still a member of the parliament, now in the 15th legislative period (in all 3 electoral periods: 1994, 1998
Bavaria state election, 1998
The Bavaria state election, 1998, was conducted on September 13, 1998, to elect members to the Landtag of Bavaria.-Results:-Post-election:...
and 2003
Bavaria state election, 2003
The Bavaria state election, 2003, was conducted on September 21, 2003, to elect members to the Landtag of Bavaria.-Results:-Post-election:...
(note: starting from 1998, the Bavarian legislative period was increased from 4 to 5 years))
She represents the SPD
Social Democratic Party of Germany
The Social Democratic Party of Germany is a social-democratic political party in Germany...
state parliament faction in the committee for "agriculture, nutrition and forestry". Heidi Lück is agriculture and forestry spokeswoman and chairman of the SPD faction working group "agriculture, nutrition and forestry". As well as being a member of the working groups "women", "youth" and "sport" she is also the official representative of the SPD state parliament faction in the "Bodensee parliamentary commission" and member of the "Socialist Bodensee-International" (SBI) since 1994.
Besides her own electoral constituency, Sonthofen-Lindau, Heidi Lück additionally looks after the electoral constituencies Kempten
Kempten im Allgäu
Kempten is the largest town in Allgäu, a region in the south-west of Bavaria, Germany. The population was ca 61,000 in 2006. The area was possibly settled originally by Celts, but was later overtaken by the Romans, who called the town Cambodunum...
/Oberallgäu
Oberallgäu
Oberallgäu is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Unterallgäu and Ostallgäu, the Austrian states Tyrol and Vorarlberg, the district of Lindau, and the state of Baden-Württemberg...
, Kaufbeuren
Kaufbeuren
Kaufbeuren is an independent city in the Regierungsbezirk of Schwaben, southern Bavaria. The city is completely enclaved within the district of Ostallgäu.- Culture and Objects of Interest :* Townhall * Crescentiakloster...
and Marktoberdorf
Marktoberdorf
Marktoberdorf is the capital of the Bavarian district of Ostallgäu in the Regierungsbezirk of Swabia.Marktoberdorf is near Kempten, Füssen, known for the castle Neuschwanstein, Bad Wörishofen, and Schongau. The nearest larger city is Kaufbeuren, eleven kilometers away.Marktoberdorf plays host to a...
/Ostallgäu
Ostallgäu
Ostallgäu is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Oberallgäu, Unterallgäu, Augsburg, Landsberg, Weilheim-Schongau and Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and by the Austrian state of Tyrol...
(Füssen
Füssen
Füssen is a town in Bavaria, Germany, in the district of Ostallgäu situated from the Austrian border. It is located on the banks of the Lech river. The River Lech flows into the Forggensee...
to Buchloe
Buchloe
Buchloe is a community raised to city status in 1954, lying in Ostallgäu district in Bavaria. Together with the neighbouring communities of Jengen, Lamerdingen and Waal, Buchloe belongs to the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft of Buchloe.-Geography and transport:Buchloe lies right on Bundesautobahn 96 ...
) due to the lack of other delegates in this areas.
Honorary offices and membership of associations and federations
Since 2001, now in her second electoral period, Heidi Lück has been voluntary chairman of the OberallgäuOberallgäu
Oberallgäu is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by the districts of Unterallgäu and Ostallgäu, the Austrian states Tyrol and Vorarlberg, the district of Lindau, and the state of Baden-Württemberg...
BRK (Bavarian Red Cross) district federation, she is also a member of the board of the "Foundation for handicapped people in Allgäu" as well as a member of the board of trustees of the university of applied sciences, Kempten, likewise she has been a lay associate judge for juveniles (Jugendschöffe) for many years. She is member of the prison advisory board (Gefängnisbeirätin) of the correctional facility "JVA Kempten" (Justizvollzugsanstalt) and is active in the volunteer helpers organisation (Straffälligenhilfe).
She has been an active member for many years of the following organisations (and of others, not listed here):
- "Sozialverband VdK Deutschland" (Sozial association VdK Germany) formerly "Verband der Kriegsbeschädigten" (Association of war wounded)
- "Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Bayern" (BUND, Environmental and nature conservation association)
- "Arbeiterwohlfahrt AWO" (Labor welfare association)
- "Gewerkschaft Handel, Banken und Versicherungen HBV" (Labor union for commerce, banking and insurance)
- "Verkehrswacht" (Organization for promoting road safety)
- "Naturfreunde" (Association for friends of nature)
- Schützenverein (Marksmens' federation)
- Sports clubs
- "Kleingartenverein" (Allotment association)
- Founder member of the cabaret association "Kleinkunstverein Klecks", organizers of the international big event "Kemptener Jazz Frühling" (Kempten jazz in the spring) with up to 350 artists from 70 nations
- "Bayerische Akademie ländlicher Raum" (Bavarian academy for rural areas)
- "Allgäuer Hilfsfonds" (Allgäu aid fund)
- "Holzforum Allgäu" (Allgäu wood forum)
Honors
On October 7, 2005 Heidi Lück was decorated with the "Protektor insignia" by the Bavarian sports marksmens' federation (Bayerischer Sportschützenbund), under the patronage of His Royal Highness Duke Franz of Bavaria, in "appreciation of services concerned with the promotion of shooting sports in Bavaria" (Würdigung der Verdienste um das Bayerische Schützenwesen), a very great honor.On July 5, 2006 Heidi Lück was decorated by the Bavarian Prime Minister
Minister-President
A minister-president is the head of government in a number of European countries or subnational governments, in which a parliamentary or semi-presidential system of government prevails, who presides over the council of ministers...
(Ministerpräsident Edmund Stoiber
Edmund Stoiber
Edmund Rüdiger Stoiber is a German politician, former minister-president of the state of Bavaria and former chairman of the Christian Social Union...
) as "an indication of honor and grateful acknowledgment of outstanding services to the Free State of Bavaria and the Bavarian people" with the Bavarian service medal (Bayerischer Verdienstorden), the highest honor of the Free State of Bavaria.
External links
- Official Website of the member of the Bavarian state parliament Heidi Lück (partially English/German)
- Quick information of the member of the Bavarian state parliament Heidi Lück (German)
- Bavarian state parliament (partially English/German)
- Delegates of the Bavarian social-democratic party SPD (German)
- Cabaret association Klecks (German)
- BRK Oberallgäu (Bavarian Red Cross Oberallgäu (German))
- Bavarian service medal (Bayerischer Verdienstorden (German))