Kunigunde Bachl

{{Short description|German physician and politician (1919–1994)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| image = KAS-Bachl, Kunigunde-Bild-7606-1.jpg

| caption = Bachl in 1979

| office = Member of the
Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein

| termstart = 4 November 1980

| termend = 2 October 1987

| termstart1 = 19 January 1978

| termend1 = 26 May 1979

| termstart2 = 24 May 1971

| termend2 = 24 May 1975

| party = {{ubl|Nazi Party (1940–1945)|Christian Democratic Union (1969–1994)}}

| birth_name = Kunigunde Triptow

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1919|7|29|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kiel, Free State of Prussia, Germany

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1994|10|16|1919|7|29|df=y}}

| spouse = Herr Bachl

| children = 3

| alma_mater = {{ubl|German Sport University Cologne|University of Munich|University of Marburg (Dr. med.)}}

}}

Kunigunde Bachl ({{nee|Triptow}}; 29 July 1919 – 16 October 1994) was a German physician and politician who served in the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein non-consecutively from 1971 until 1987. A member of the Christian Democratic Union, she advocated for car safety while in the state parliament, and was a member of the Federal Assembly in 1974. In 1973, Bachl became the president of the Schleswig-Holstein branch of the {{Ill|German Association of Female Doctors|de|Deutscher Ärztinnenbund}}.

Biography

Kunigunde Bachl was born in the city of Kiel on 29 July 1919. After receiving her Abitur in 1938, she began studying physical education at the German Sport University Cologne, graduating the following year.{{Cite web |date= |title=Bachl, Kunigunde Dr. med. |url=http://lissh.lvn.parlanet.de/cgi-bin/starfinder/0?path=samtflmore.txt&id=fastlink&pass=&search=R=546&format=WEBVOLLLANG |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161219235215/http://lissh.lvn.parlanet.de/cgi-bin/starfinder/0?path=samtflmore.txt&id=fastlink&pass=&search=R=546&format=WEBVOLLLANG |archive-date=2016-12-19 |access-date=2023-07-24 |website=Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein}}{{cite book |title=Wer ist wer?: Das Deutsche who's who |date=1989 |publisher={{ill|Arani-Verlag|de}} |isbn=978-3-7950-2009-5 |page=37 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lwAMAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Bachl%20kunigunde%22 |language=de |volume=28 |trans-title=Who is Who?: The German Who's Who}} On 1 September 1940, Bachl joined the Nazi Party;[https://invenio.bundesarchiv.de/invenio/direktlink/569ea69b-5dc0-4d10-b1f7-4f8d320e43fb/ Bundesarchiv R 9361-II/1145928] historian {{Ill|Uwe Danker|de}} classifies her as "NS-socialized", which refers to party members who grew up after the Nazi seizure of power.{{Cite book |last1=Danker |first1=Uwe |url=https://www.landtag.ltsh.de/infothek/wahl18/drucks/4400/drucksache-18-4464.pdf |title=Geschichtswissenschaftliche Aufarbeitung der personellen und strukturellen Kontinuität nach 1945 in der schleswig-holsteinischen Legislative und Exekutive |last2=Lehmann-Himmel |first2=Sebastian |publisher=University of Flensburg |year=2016 |location=Flensburg |pages=379 |language=de |trans-title=Historical Research of the Personnel and Structural Continuity After 1945 in the Schleswig-Holstein Legislature and Executive}}{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-05-13 |title=So braun war die Nachkriegspolitik in Schleswig-Holstein |trans-title=Post-war Politics in Schleswig-Holstein was so Brown |url=https://www.shz.de/deutschland-welt/politik/artikel/so-braun-war-die-nachkriegspolitik-in-schleswig-holstein-41565978 |access-date=2023-07-24 |website=Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag |language=de}} She worked as a physical education teacher from 1940 until 1941, when she began studying medicine. She attended the University of Munich in 1942 and 1943.{{Cite book |url=https://epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de/9732/1/pvz_lmu_1942_sose.pdf |title=Universität München Studenten-Verzeichnis Sommer-Halbjahr |publisher=Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |year=1942 |location=Munich |pages=41 |language=de |trans-title=University of Munich Student Directory Summer Semester}}{{Cite book |url=https://epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de/9734/1/pvz_lmu_1943_sose.pdf |title=Universität München Studenten-Verzeichnis Sommer-Halbjahr |publisher=Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich |year=1943 |location=Munich |pages=67 |language=de |trans-title=University of Munich Student Directory Summer Semester}} In 1947, Bachl graduated from the University of Marburg with a Doctor of Medicine degree.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=1947 |title=Knochenmetastasen bei Mammacarcinom |trans-title=Bone Metastases in Breast Cancer |url=https://portal.dnb.de/opac/simpleSearch?reset=true&cqlMode=true&query=auRef=1093252863&selectedCategory=any |access-date=July 24, 2023 |website=German National Library |language=de}} She later began working as an assistant physician, and became a general practitioner in 1964.

In 1969, Bachl joined the Christian Democratic Union. She was a member of the Kiel school and health committees from 1970 until 1971. In 1971, she became a member of the local CDU board and the {{Ill|Landesfrauenrat|lt=state women's council|de}}. Bachl was elected to the Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein in the {{Ill|1971 Schleswig-Holstein state election|lt=1971 state election|de|Landtagswahl in Schleswig-Holstein 1971}} on the {{Ill|Landesliste|lt=state list|de}}, becoming one of five women elected to the state parliament.{{Cite news |date=1972-04-07 |title=Politikerin muß klug und hübsch sein: Weibliche Landtagsabgeordnete berichten über ihre Arbeit |language=de |trans-title=Politicians Must Be Smart and Pretty: Female Members of Parliament Report on Their Work |pages=9 |work=Volkszeitung-Tribune |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/volkszeitung-tribune-politikerin-mu-klu/128706184/ |access-date=2023-07-24}} During this term, she was a member of the Social Committee, the Municipal Investment Fund Committee, and a special committee investigating a women's clinic in Kiel. In 1972, following an increase in car-related fatalities among young men in the state, Bachl advocated for seatbelt regulations and blamed the increase on machismo, stating that cars "must remain a means of transport and must not become a status symbol".{{Cite book |url=https://www.landtag.ltsh.de/export/sites/ltsh/aktuelles/landtagszeitschrift/zeitschrift_download/derlandtag-2023-01.pdf |title=Das Rad neu erfinden: Verkehrspolitik im Fokus |publisher=Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein |year=2023 |location=Kiel |pages=10–11 |language=de |trans-title=Reinventing the Wheel: Transport Policy in Focus |access-date=July 24, 2023}} The following year, she became a member of the state CDU board, and was named president of the Schleswig-Holstein branch of the {{Ill|German Association of Female Doctors|de|Deutscher Ärztinnenbund}}. Bachl was a member of the 6th Federal Assembly on 15 May 1974.{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T6LqOKp88uEC&q=%22Frau+Dr.+Bachl%22 |title=Die Bundesversammlungen, 1949-1979 |date=1984 |publisher=Bundestag |isbn=978-3-924521-00-4 |location=Bonn |pages=197 |language=de |trans-title=The Federal Assemblies, 1949-1979}} She left the Landtag at the end of her term on 24 May 1975. In 1977, she became the deputy chairman of the state health advisory board.

On 19 January 1978, Bachl was appointed to the Landtag. She served on the Youth Committee, and left office at the end of her term on 26 May 1979. On 4 November 1980, Bachl was again appointed to the Landtag. She was re-elected in the {{Ill|1983 Schleswig-Holstein state election|lt=1983 state election|de|Landtagswahl in Schleswig-Holstein 1983}}. In both terms, she was a member of the Finance Committee and the Social Committee. Bachl left office at the end of her term on 2 October 1987.

Bachl was an evangelical, and was married with three children. She died on 16 October 1994.

Honors

Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany (14 April 1975)
Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany (9 August 1983)

Publications

{{cite book |last1=Bachl |first1=Kunigunde |title=Knochenmetastasen bei Mammacarcinom |date=1947 |publisher=University of Marburg |location=Marburg |url=https://portal.dnb.de/opac/simpleSearch?reset=true&cqlMode=true&query=auRef%3D1093252863&selectedCategory=any |language=de |trans-title=Bone Metastases in Breast Cancer}} (Thesis)