
Reinhard von Schorlemer (born April 27, 1938, inFürstenau) is afarmer,landowner andGermanpolitician forChristian Democratic Union of Germany.
His parents were Timo Clemens Freiherr vonSchorlemer (1903–1962) and Alice Elisabeth Gräfin vonMerveldt Freiin zu Lembeck. Since 1955 Schorlemer has been a member of theChristian Democratic Union of Germany political party.[1] A farmer on his own land inSchlichthorst,Lower Saxony since 1965, from 1974 to 1980 Schorlemer was a member of theLandtag of Lower Saxony and was a member of the GermanBundestag from 1980 to 2002.[2] He is member of theDeutsche Parlamentarische Gesellschaft (German Parliamentary Association) and theWaldbauernverband Weser/Ems.[3] From 1992 to 2000 he was president of organisationArbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Waldbesitzerverbände seit 1948.[4] Schorlemer is married with Monika Gatzen (born 1945) and has five children.