Hans Kudlich
Hans Kudlich | |
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Lithograph by Eduard Kaiser , 1848 | |
Personal details | |
Born |
Lobenstein, Austria Eastern Silesia | October 23, 1823
Died |
November 10, 1917 94) Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S. | (aged
Spouse(s) | Louise Vogt |
Occupation | Political activist, member of the Austrian Parliament, writer, physician |
Hans Kudlich (October 23, 1823[1][2] – November 10, 1917[2] ) was an Austrian political activist, Austrian legislator, writer and physician.
Early life
Kudlich was born in Úvalno Lobenstein near Opava, the Czech Republic (what has been a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at that time) on October 23, 1823 in to a peasant family.
Political life
He is noted for being a leader of the movement to end the feudal policies of the Austrian government. The Austrian government enforced a law known as the Robot Patent which required farmers to provide labor without compensation to the noble landowners. Kudlich was elected to the Austrian Reichstag (parliament) in early 1848 at the age of 25. He introduced a bill to end forced servitude and the bill was approved by the legislature.
The parliament was dissolved by force on March 7, 1849 when the rebellion that had briefly taken control of Vienna was crushed. Kudlich up to the time of the dissolution of the parliament had worked to rally support for the revolution. After the dissolution of the parliament he fled first to Germany and then to Switzerland.
Death
Kudlich died November 11, 1917 in Hoboken, New Jersey. USA. There is a memorial to him in Poysdorf, Austria. The memorial reads in part (English translation), "Dr. Hans Kudlich, peasant liberator, thanks to his memory, from the Austrian Silesian Hans Kudlich Committee, built in the year 2000".
Books by Hans Kudlich
- Rückblicke und Erinnerungen [Flashbacks and memories]. 3 vols Vienna-Leipzig-Budapest 1873 (Volume 1)
- Die Revolution des Jahres 1848 [The Revolution of 1848]. Leitmeritz 1913
References
- ↑ Hans (John) Kudlich passport application
- 1 2 "New York Times Hans Kudlich obituary". The New York Times. November 11, 1917. Retrieved 2010-10-13.
External links
Media related to Hans Kudlich at Wikimedia Commons
- http://www.germanheritage.com/biographies/atol/kudlich.html
- http://www.ohio.edu/chastain/ip/kudlich.htm
- Hans Kudlich papers