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Leopoldine Glöckel
Leopoldine Glöckel (12 November 1871, in Vienna – 21 May 1937, in Vienna) was an Austrian politician. She was one of the first women to become a member of the Municipal Council and Landtag of Vienna, City Council of Vienna. She was chairwoman of the Municipal Council and Landtag of Vienna, City Council Committee for Welfare spending, Welfare Institutions, Youth Welfare and Health Care. She married Otto Glöckel in 1897. Biography Leopoldine Glöckel, née Pfaffinger, was born the daughter of the director of the telephone and telegraph administration in Vienna, Joseph von Pfaffinger. After the early death of her mother, she grew up with her wealthy grandparents. She attended eight-year elementary school, then received private lessons and finally graduated from the teacher training college. From 1893 to 1934 she worked as a needlework and vocational school teacher in Vienna. In 1897 she married the social democrat, teacher and educational reformer Otto Glöckel. Leopoldine Glö ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Municipal Council And Landtag Of Vienna
As Vienna, the capital of Austria is both a city and a state, the 100 members of the Municipal Council (''Gemeinderat'') of the city of Vienna also act as members of the Landtag (legislative assembly) of the state of Vienna. Members serve for five years. While the municipal council and the state parliament consist of the same members, they meet separately, complete with separate presiding officers: the chairman of the Municipal Council and the . This is because the Vienna City Constitution requires city and state business to be kept separate. When the deputies meet as the Municipal Council, they can only deal with matters of the city, but not the affairs of the state. When the deputies meet as the Landtag, they may only deal with the matters of the state, but not the affairs of the city. Thus, the legal situation in Vienna is different to that in other city-states such as Berlin, Moscow, or Singapore. Gemeinderat of Vienna The Gemeinderat, formed for the first time after the revol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |