Sophie Schulz (; 23 May 1905 – 24 April 1975) was an Austrian politician who served in the

Landtag of Lower Austria The Landtag of Lower Austria is the state parliament of the Austrian state of Lower Austria. It exercises the state legislation (legislature). The seat of the Landtag is in St. Pölten in the Landhausviertel. The Lower Austrian Parliament is comp ...

from 1959 until 1965 as a member of the

Austrian People's Party The Austrian People's Party ( , ÖVP ) is a Christian-democratic and liberal-conservative political party in Austria. Since January 2025, the party has been led by Christian Stocker (as an acting leader). It is currently the second-largest p ...

. During her tenure, she introduced revised regulations for the state's

spa A spa is a location where mineral-rich spring water (sometimes seawater) is used to give medicinal baths. Spa health treatments are known as balneotherapy. The belief in the curative powers of mineral waters and hot springs goes back to pre ...

s and

health resort A destination spa or health resort is a resort centered on a spa, such as a mineral spa. Historically, many such spas were developed at the location of natural hot springs or mineral springs. In the era before modern biochemistry and pharmaco ...

Biography

Sophie Schulz () was born on 23 May 1905. A resident of

Baden bei Wien Baden (Central Bavarian: ''Bodn''), unofficially distinguished from Baden (disambiguation), other Badens as Baden bei Wien (Baden near Vienna), is a spa town in Austria. It serves as the capital of Baden (district of Austria), Baden District in t ...

, she was a member of the Christian Social Party during the

Interwar period In the history of the 20th century, the interwar period, also known as the interbellum (), lasted from 11 November 1918 to 1 September 1939 (20 years, 9 months, 21 days) – from the end of World War I (WWI) to the beginning of World War II ( ...

. After the war, she joined the

. Schulz was elected a in 1950, and served as a member of the Baden city council from 1955 until 1965. Prior to entering politics, she was a housewife. On 5 November 1959, Schulz became a member of the

, succeeding . During her tenure, she introduced a bill which would update regulations to the state's

s and

s, superseding a 1930 law which had become redundant due to scientific advances in

balneology Balneotherapy ( "bath") is a method of treating diseases by bathing, a traditional medicine technique usually practiced at spas. Since ancient times, humans have used hot springs, public baths and thermal medicine for therapeutic effects. While ...

. Specifically, the law clarifies when a spa can be considered a health resort, prevents towns without spas from calling themselves

spa town A spa town is a resort town based on a mineral spa (a developed mineral spring). Patrons visit spas to "take the waters" for their purported health benefits. Thomas Guidott set up a medical practice in the English town of Bath, Somerset, Ba ...

s, and establishes construction and sanitation regulations. Schulz left the landtag at the end of her term on 19 November 1964. Schulz died in Baden on 24 April 1975.

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