Marlies Krämer, a German feminist activist and politician, died on February 4, 2026, at the age of 88.
Born in Illingen in 1937, she began an apprenticeship in retailing after World War II, married in 1958 and had four children. She served on the city council of Sulzbach from 1987 to 1994.
Krämer was also a force behind the 1996 renaming of low-pressure areas in Germany, which led to a system in which female names are used one year and male names the next.
Marlies Krämer (28 December 1937 – 4 February 2026) was a German feminist and politician. In 1996 she was a force in initiating the renaming of low-pressure areas in Germany, from formerly female names to a new naming system. Since 1998 these have been given female names one year and the following year male names are used instead.