Bettina Herlitzius (born 8 July 1960 in Bad Salzuflen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German politician, specifically a Green Party representative in the Bundestag.Herlitzius is the Bundestag representative for Kreis Aachen which is located along Germany's borders with Belgium and the Netherlands, 65 km (40 mi) west of Cologne.Her political career so far:- Like fellow party member Gerhard Schick, Herlitzius is a committed environmentalist and the pair have taken steps to introduce environmental taxes within the German Parliament.She then worked as an independent architect until 1993 when she began her Referendariat or Training programme at the State Building Authority in the Ministry of Construction and Housing.After completing her final state exams she became director of the Office of Traffic, housing, building and road construction for Aachen county.