Erna Herchenröder-Lohmann (; 6 March 1903 – 3 September 1977) was a German trade unionist and politician who served in the

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from 1953 until 1958. A member of the

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, she represented portions of

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Erna Herchenröder-Lohmann was born on 6 March 1903 in the Harpen neighborhood of

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. 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 () 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. A member of the

since 1921, Herchenröder was elected to the Bochum city council in 1946, receiving 4,910 votes. On 23 October 1953, the SPD appointed her to the

, filling a vacant seat in the party's state list (). 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%. 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.

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