Sophie Schulz

Sophie Schulz
Member of the Landtag of Lower Austria
In office 5 November 1959 – 19 November 1964
Preceded by	Viktor Müllner [de]
Member of the Baden City Council
In office 1955–1965
Personal details
Born	Sophie Rotteneder (1905-05-23)23 May 1905
Died	24 April 1975(1975-04-24) (aged 69) Baden bei Wien, Lower Austria, Austria
Political party	Christian Social Party (c. 1930) Austrian People's Party (c. 1950–1975)
Spouse	Herr Schulz

Sophie Schulz (née Rotteneder; 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 (née Rotteneder) 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 local councilor [de] 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 Viktor Müllner [de].^[1][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.^[1][2]

Schulz died in Baden on 24 April 1975.^[1]

References

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

Further reading

• Rigler, Maria, ed. (2008). 90 Jahre Frauenwahlrecht [90 years of Women's Suffrage] (PDF) (in German). Sankt Pölten: State of Lower Austria Women's Department. p. 25.