Karin Wolff
Wolff in 2013
Deputy Minister-President of Hesse
In office
April 2003 – 4 April 2008
Preceded byRuth Wagner
Succeeded byVolker Bouffier
Hessian Minister of Education
In office
7 April 1999 – 4 April 2008
Member of the Landtag of Hesse
for Darmstadt-Stadt II
In office
5 April 1995 – 19 November 2008
Personal details
Born (1959-02-23) 23 February 1959 (age 65)
Darmstadt, West Germany
Political partyCDU
Alma materJohannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Philipps-Universität Marburg
Occupationteacher

Karin Wolff (born 23 February 1959 in Darmstadt) is a German politician and former deputy minister president of Hesse.

Wolff studied history, evangelical theology and philosophy at Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz and Philipps-Universität Marburg. She finished university and worked as a teacher in Darmstadt.

In 1976 Wolff became a member of the conservative Christian Democratic Union. In 1995 she became a member of parliament in Hesse and became minister in Hesse on 7 April 1999.

Wolff has written two books on children and education. She lives in Darmstadt in an openly lesbian relationship.[1]

Works by Wolff

Criticism

She is a creationist.[2] In 2006 she made the following remark in an article in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung:[3]

"Ich halte es für sinnvoll, fächerübergreifende und -verbindende Fragestellungen aufzuwerfen, dass man nicht einfach Schüler in Biologie mit der Evolutionslehre konfrontiert und Schüler im Religionsunterricht mit der Schöpfungslehre der Bibel. Sondern dass man gelegentlich auch schaut, ob es Gegensätze oder Konvergenzen gibt."[4][5]

("I think it makes sense to bring up multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary problems for discussion, that you do not just confront students with the theory of evolution in biology, and with the theology of creation in religious education. But that you also occasionally look whether there are differences or convergences.")[6]

References

  1. ^ Feddersen, Jan (7 May 2007). "Gegen die Schöpfung?". Die Tageszeitung (in German). Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  2. ^ Graebsch, A.; Schiermeier, Q. (2006). "Anti-evolutionists raise their profile in Europe". Nature. 444 (23 November 2006): 406–407. Bibcode:2006Natur.444..406.. doi:10.1038/444406a. PMID 17122815. S2CID 4411996. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  3. ^ Steinberg, Stefan (17 July 2007). "Hessian culture minister calls for creationism to be discussed in German schools". World Socialist Web Site. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Kreationisten im hessischen Biologie-Unterricht". Die Welt (in German). 1 November 2006. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Kultusministerin fällt auf Kreationisten herein". Der Spiegel (in German). 31 October 2006. Archived from the original on 28 April 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  6. ^ DW staff (jen) (2 November 2006). "German Scientists Concerned About Rise in Creationist Belief". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 10 April 2022.

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