Karl Freiherr von Vogelsang
Karl Freiherr von Vogelsang, completely Ludolph Hermann Carl Emil von Vogelsang ( born September 3, 1818 in Liegnitz ( Legnica today, Poland), Silesia, † November 8, 1890 in Vienna) was a Catholic journalist, politician and social reformer.
Life and work
Karl was born the son of Karl von Vogelsang and Ida, born of the Liihe. He studied in Bonn, Berlin Rostockund law and political sciences. In Bonn, he was a member of the Corps Borussia, in Rostock the Corps Vandalia. After completing his studies, he entered the Prussian judicial service. He was with Franz Chassot of Flore Court, editor of the in Rostock " North German correspondents " friends. After the March Revolution of 1848, he inherited the estate Alt- Guthe village near Rostock, Mecklenburg, which he farmed now; he was elected there to the knights nomic Office deputies in the Mecklenburg stalls representation.
He met in Berlin the provost of St. Hedwig's Cathedral, and later Bishop of Mainz, Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler know. This acquaintance encouraged him in 1850 and a group of friends (Franz Chassot of Flore Court, Friedrich Maassen, Emil Bülow) for the conversion from the Protestant to the Catholic faith. Iwan von Glöden was already a few months earlier Catholic. Vogelsang therefore had to resign from the parliament of Mecklenburg. He is now employed as a publicist with current religious issues and the problem of a just social society.
In 1852 he married Bertha Sophie von der Linde, with whom he eleven ( including the prematurely deceased 13) had children. After living in Cologne, Sigmaringen and Fußberg in Munich, where he had contact with the " Eoskreis " by Guido Gorres, the son of the famous Joseph Gorres and where his family still lived longer, he accompanied from 1859 professionally the young prince John II of Liechtenstein to travel through Europe, which he was able to get in touch with important people. As a reward he was given the title Baron.
In 1864 he came to Austria, where he emerged again with writing activities: These include products in the " Historical- political Scroll " (Munich ) and longer involvement in " Catholic" and "right" in Bratislava. In 1875, he was senior editor of the Vienna conservative Catholic newspaper " The Fatherland ". That " conservative " for him as much as " life-enhancing " meant, is clear when he says: " Only that which progresses alive, may be conservative. " ( Fatherland, November 20, 1887). In 1878 he founded the "Austrian monthly for social science and economics ", the " monthly magazine for Christian social reform " later called himself.
Through this article, and especially by his publication "The material situation of the working class in Austria " sparked Vogelsang a Christian social economics and reform movement with the demand for social reforms, which led to the reign of Count Eduard Taaffe against the resistance of the Liberal Party, a number of social laws was decided: the maximum working hours, Sunday rest, accident and health insurance and cooperative law. These were partly to be exemplary in Europe and formed the basis of the Austrian social legislation. Even an ( almost ) universal suffrage would have been planned, but was prevented by the radical nationalist party.
Vogelsang organized from 1888/1889 in Vienna a discussion group for social reformer, became known as the "Duck evenings " (Study round of Catholic social reformer ), and coordinated the international cooperation of the social reformer at a meeting in Haid ( today boron, tschech. Republic). Vogelsang is regarded as the spiritual founder of the " Christian Socialist movement " from the 1893 emerged the Christian Social Party. His ideas influenced Karl Lueger († 1910), Franz Martin Schindler ( † 1922) and Prince Aloys of Liechtenstein († 1920). Seemingly paradoxically, he represented certain ideas of Marxism, such as the rejection of free movement of capital and free trade. Due to its significant activity in the " Union de Fribourg " he also encouraged the encyclical Rerum Novarum which. , 1891, a year after his death, by Pope Leo XIII was issued. He should have said:
This is based on the view based on class antagonisms could be organized by a bottom, cancel social partnership corporate state order. The later attempt to apply this view failed; see also: Austro-fascism.
Aftermath
In 1901 in Vienna Margaret ( 5th district ) was named the Vogelsanggasse after him.
The Austrian post office was in 1990 a special stamp on his 100th death anniversary out.
The " Karl von Vogelsang Institute for the Study of the History of Christian Democracy in Austria " with its headquarters in Vienna from 1983 to 1996 was a quarterly magazine Christian Democracy out and published works on the history of Christian Democracy in Austria. Since 1997, a yearbook entitled Democracy and History appears.
" The Karl von Vogelsang National Award " is an Austrian State Prize for the History of Science Society. It is awarded every two years by the Federal Minister for Science and Research.
Writings
- The peasant movement in the Austrian Alps countries. 1881
- The competitiveness in the industry. 1883
- The material situation of the working class in Austria. 3 parts. 1883-84
- Interest and usury. 1884
- Austrian. Monthly Journal of social science, for economic and related issues; later under the name: Austrian. Monthly Journal of christl. Social reform, for social science, economic and related issues. Edited and author of numerous articles. From 1878 to 1890.
He wrote down his ideas especially in articles in the daily press and in magazines. Parts of it can be found in:
- Collected essays on social policy and related themes. Huttler, Augsburg 1886