Ludwig von Rochau

August Ludwig von Rochau ( born August 20, 1810 in Wolfenbüttel, † October 15, 1873 in Heidelberg ) was a German journalist and politician.

Curriculum vitae

August Ludwig von Rochau was born in 1810 in Wolfenbüttel and studied law, history and political science in Jena and Göttingen. In 1833, he worked as a fraternity (1829: fraternity Teutonia Göttingen, 1830 Jenaische fraternity, 1831 Burschenschaft Germania Jena) involved in the storming of the Frankfurt main station. After the failure of the company, he was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment. Therefore, he escaped with the help of friends to France, where he worked as a correspondent for liberal German newspapers.

The Revolution of 1848 he experienced as a journalist in Germany, was later expelled from Berlin and spent two years in Italy. In 1853 he settled in Heidelberg and published his most famous work, the principles of realpolitik.

From 1860 to 1866 he worked as an editor for the weekly journal of the German National Association, which he co-founded. On February 25, 1870, he was elected in a by-election in the Reichstag of the North German Confederation and 1871 in the first Reichstag of the German Empire. He represented the constituency as a Member Duchy of Brunswick 2 ( Helmstedt - Wolfenbüttel ). August Ludwig von Rochau died in 1873 in Heidelberg at the effects of a stroke.

Works

• Ludwig August von Rochau: Principles of Realpolitik. Applied to the political conditions in Germany. Edited and introduced by Hans -Ulrich Wehler. Ullsteinhaus, Frankfurt am Main [u a ] 1972, ISBN 3-548-02915-9