Princess Christa of Thurn and Taxis

Princess Christa
Princess Christa of Thurn and Taxis
Christa Prinzessin von Thurn und Taxis on February 17, 2013 (the 150th anniversary of the Red Cross)
Born	(1941-12-14) 14 December 1941 (age 75) Heidenheim an der Brenz, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Spouse	Prince Max Emanuel of Thurn and Taxis (m. 1973)
Issue	Hubertus Raphael Philipp Gabriel
Full name German: Christa Ingeborg
House	Thurn and Taxis (by marriage)
Father	Erich Heinle
Mother	Ingeborg Wurzner
Religion	Roman Catholic
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Princely Family of Thurn and Taxis
HSH The Prince HSH The Dowager Princess HSH Princess Maria Theresia HSH Princess Elisabeth Extended family HSH Prince Max Emanuel HSH Princess Christa HSH Prince Hubertus HSH Prince Philipp HSH Prince Albrecht HSH Princess Alexandra HSH Princess Margarete HSH Princess Antonia HSH Prince Lamoral HSH Prince Max Emanuel HSH Prince Andreas HSH Princess Nina HSH Prince Benjamin HSH Prince Egmont HSH The Countess of Colloredo-Mannsfeld HSH Prince Friedrich HSH Princess Beata HSH Prince Karl Alexander HSH Princess Viola HSH Princess Alice HSH Prince Stanislaus HSH Prince Raphael HSH Prince Benedikt HSH Prince Maximilian HSH Prince Paul Ferdinand HSH Princess Elisabeth HSH Prince Karl Alexander HSH Princess Daria HSH The Duke of Castel Duino HSH The Duchess of Castel Duino HSH Prince Dimitri HSH Prince Maximilian HSH Princess Constanza

HSH The Prince

HSH The Dowager Princess

Christa Ingeborg Prinzessin von Thurn und Taxis (nee Heinle, born 14 December 1941) is the current president of the Bavarian Red Cross (BRK) and a member of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis by marriage.

Christa Heinle married Prince Max Emanuel of Thurn and Taxis, only child of Prince Raphael Rainer of Thurn and Taxis and his wife Princess Margarete of Thurn and Taxis, civilly on 14 March 1973 in Schwangau, Bavaria, Germany and religiously on 15 March 1973 at Schloss Bullachberg in Bavaria. Christa and Max Emanuel had two sons:

Beginning in 1985, Christa was the Bavarian Red Cross (BRK) vice chairman for the district of Ostallgäu and from 1989, for the region of Swabia. Christa served in these positions until 2005. Since 1989, she has been a member of the BRK-Land Board and the Committee for Social Services and since 1994, the Federal Committee for Welfare and Social Work in BRK. From 1993 to 2001, Christa was a member BRK Committee for Readiness and in 1995 she was a founding member of the Academy of the German Red Cross. From 1997 to 2000, she was a senator in the Landtag of Bavaria. In November 1999, Christa began serving as Vice President of BRK. On 8 November 2003, she became the first woman to be elected President of the Bavarian Red Cross; she had already led the organization for the past five months after the previous president scaled down his duties due to health problems. In the same year she was also member of the Council Pen (Stiftsratsvorsitzende Jutta Lowag) of the women's pen on Luitpoldpark in Munich.