Bertha Klinberg ( German: Bertha Klingberg ; October 21, 1898 , Hamburg - November 7, 2005 , Schwerin ) is a flower girl and honorary citizen of the German city of Schwerin , one of the so-called "city originals".
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| Date of Birth | October 21, 1898 |
| Place of Birth | Hamburg |
| Date of death | November 7, 2005 (107 years old) |
| Place of death | Schwerin |
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Biography
Berta Klinberg was born in Hamburg, but grew up with her grandparents in Butzow , the modern federal state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern . Her love for nature was manifested in her from an early age. At the age of 14, she began to study the art of arranging bouquets in Rostock . After the death of her husband at the front of the First World War, the widowed Berthe Klingberg and her son moved to Schwerin. After the war, for decades she earned a living by selling flowers grown in her own garden at the Schwerin market. Berta Klingberg was always dressed in a traditional Renish costume, which contributed to her getting the status of a “city original” among the people. Schwerin affectionately called her "flower frau". In 1990, at the age of 91, she collected 17,000 signatures in Schwerin for the proclamation of her beloved city as the administrative center of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, which ultimately happened (Schwerin was a rival to Rostock , the situation was connected with the reunification of Germany , before which Rostock and Schwerin were in the GDR ). For this activity, Berta Klingberg received in 1993 the first and so far the only honorable ring in history from the city of Schwerin. In 2002, the city council awarded her the title of honorary resident of the city. On November 7, 2005, Berta Klinberg died in a Schwerin nursing home at the age of 107.
Rewards and memory
- Honorary ring from the city of Schwerin (1993);
- Honorary citizenship from the city of Schwerin (2002).
In 2009, as part of the Federal Garden Festival , held that year in Schwerin, a part of the space off the southern shore of Castle Lake (Burgsee) opposite Schwerin Castle was reconstructed and named after Berta Klinberg. A memorial plaque was erected in her honor. On June 2, 2010, on the edge of this site, her bronze statue of the sculptor Berndt Straiter [1] [2] was set up for voluntary donations. The figure is made in full growth, life-size, a pedestal is a stone bench bordering the lake embankment. The figure is made in a naturalistic manner and is distinguished by the detail details.
Gallery
View of the lake and the castle from behind the monument.
View of the monument from a different angle.
Notes
- ↑ Beitrag im NDR Nordmagazin , 2. Juni 2010
- ↑ Site of sculptor Streiter
Links
- In Russian
- In German
- Obituary Berthe Klingberg from the mayor (mayor) of Schwerin (PDF-Datei; 22 kB, German)