Green politician Husen died in a cycling marathon

Created: 06/28/2022, 18:15

Katja Husen (Bündnis90/Die Grünen) is standing in her office.

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Katja Husen, a longtime Green Party politician and former member of parliament, died in a racing bike accident at the age of 46.

“Katja Husen was literally ripped out of life.

Her far too early death stunned us," said Hamburg's Green party leader Maryam Blumenthal and her deputy Leon Alam on Tuesday.

Hamburg - "Just a few days ago, she was enthusiastically talking about the planned cycling marathon, where she had the fatal accident at the weekend." Husen leaves behind a daughter and a partner.

According to the police, Husen had a bad fall on her racing bike on Sunday morning at the 29th Rosenheim Cycle Marathon in Bavaria at Sudelfeld on the B 307 federal road in the direction of Bayrischzell.

Despite wearing a bicycle helmet, she sustained severe head injuries, according to the Miesbach Police Inspectorate.

Husen was flown to a hospital by helicopter, where she died on Tuesday.

"Katja's energy would have been enough for three, she was full of life and empathy," explained Blumenthal and Alam.

She looked particularly at those who were not seen enough and not heard enough in our society.

It was very important to her to systematically resolve injustices.

According to the party, the biologist and managing director of the Center for Molecular Neurobiology (ZMNH) at the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) has been active in a wide variety of functions for the Greens for more than 20 years.

Whether as a citizen representative, member of the federal board, member of the state board, designated district office manager or candidate for the Bundestag: "We are losing a very smart, combative person with the heart in the right place and a good friend." dpa