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Petra Köpping
Viola Petra Köpping (born 12 June 1958) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as Saxony's Minister of State for Social Affairs and Social Cohesion in the Second Kretschmer cabinet since 2019. Previously from the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (SED), she was a member of the Landtag of Saxony from 2009 to 2019. She served as Saxony's Minister of State for Equality and Integration from 2014 to 2019. She was a candidate in the 2019 Social Democratic Party of Germany leadership election. She was her party's top candidate in the 2024 Saxony state election. In June 2025, she became SPD Vice-President. Early life and education After Köpping completed her Abitur at the Gymnasium St. Augustine, Ernst Schneller extended high school in Grimma in 1977, she was appointed deputy mayor of the municipality of . She then worked for the Grimma district council from 1979 to 1987 and in 1980 began a distance learni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordhausen, Thuringia
Nordhausen () is a city in Thuringia, Germany. It is the capital of the Nordhausen (district), Nordhausen district and the urban centre of northern Thuringia and the southern Harz region; its population is 42,000. Nordhausen is located approximately north of Erfurt, west of Halle (Saale), Halle, south of Braunschweig and east of Göttingen. Nordhausen was first mentioned in records in the year 927 and became one of the most important cities in central Germany during the later Middle Ages. The city is situated on the Zorge (river), Zorge river, a tributary of the Helme (river), Helme within the fertile region of Goldene Aue ''(golden floodplain)'' at the southern edge of the Harz mountains. In the early 13th century, it became a free imperial city, so that it was an independent and republican self-ruled member of the Holy Roman Empire. Due to its long-distance trade, Nordhausen was prosperous and influential, with a population of 8,000 around 1500. It was the third-largest cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
