Hannelore (Glaser) Schmidt (1919 - 2010)

Born 3 Mar 1919 in Hamburg, Deutsches Reich

Wife of Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt — married 27 Jun 1942 in Hamburg, Deutschland

Died 21 Oct 2010 at age 91 in Hamburg, Deutschland

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Biography

Hannelore (Glaser) Schmidt is Notable.

Hannelore "Loki" Glaser was born on 3 Mar 1919 in Hamburg. She was the daughter of electrician Hermann Glaser and his wife Gertrud. Loki had a sister, Linde, and a brother, Christoph.^[1]

Loki married Helmut Schmidt on 27 Jun 1942 in Hamburg (church wedding on 1 Jul 1942 in Hambergen, Niedersachsen). They had two children:^[1]

• Helmut Walter (26 Jun 1944 - 19 Feb 1945),^[2]
• Susanne (living).

Loki worked as a school teacher from 1940 to 1972. From 1974 to 1982, her husband, Helmut Schmidt, was the Bundeskanzler of the Bundesrepublik Deutschland. During this time, Loki started getting involved in environmentalist causes, in particular in the field of botany, her lifelong passion:^[1]

• In 1976, she founded the "Kuratorium zum Schutze gefährdeter Pflanzen", which eventually became the "Loki Schmidt Stiftung".^[3][4]
• She supported the new botanical garden in Hamburg, which opened in 1979. It was renamed "Loki-Schmidt-Garten" in 2012.^[5]
• In 1980, she established the "Blume des Jahres" campaign, a public awareness campaign for the protection of endangered wildflowers in Germany.^[6]
• In 1986, she initiated the "Stiftung Internationaler Gärtneraustausch".^[7]
• In 1997, she published the book Die Botanischen Gärten in Deutschland, featuring a complete overview of German botanical gardens and collections.^[8] She also published other books about botanical topics as well as autobiographical books.^[1]
• In 2009, she became an honorary citizen of the city of Hamburg.^[9][10]

Loki passed away on 21 Oct 2010 in Hamburg and is buried at Friedhof Ohlsdorf.^[11][12]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} German Wikipedia article on Loki Schmidt
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #159158118
3. ↑ Loki-Schmidt-Stiftung
4. ↑ German Wikipedia article on Loki-Schmidt-Stiftung
5. ↑ English Wikipedia article on Loki-Schmidt-Garten
6. ↑ English Wikipedia article on Flower of the Year Campaign in Germany
7. ↑ Foundation of the International gardener exchange
8. ↑ Schmidt, Loki. Die Botanischen Gärten in Deutschland. Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe, 1997
9. ↑ Ehrenbürgerschaft für Loki Schmidt. Pressemitteilung Hamburgische Bürgerschaft, 9 Feb 2009
10. ↑ Auszeichnung 2009 Prof. Hannelore „Loki“ Schmidt (1919-2010)
11. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #60514826
12. ↑ https://grabsteine.genealogy.net/tomb.php?cem=3722&tomb=140&b=&lang=de

See also:

• Wikidata: Item Q69314
• English Wikipedia article on Loki Schmidt
• http://gedbas.de/person/show/1258844960
• https://geneee.org/hannelore/glaser?lang=de