Background
She was born in Nordhausen, Thuringia, and was Bürgermeister of that city from 1994 to 2012.
She was born in Nordhausen, Thuringia, and was Bürgermeister of that city from 1994 to 2012.
2005: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (Officer"s Cross, or Merit Cross 1st Class).