Alfred Hüffer
Alfred Hüffer (born August 5, 1818 in Münster , † August 23, 1899 in Paderborn ) was a German judge and politician. He was one of the co-founders of the Center Party .
Life
He was a son of the publisher and mayor Johann Hermann Hüffer .
He studied law in Bonn . Then he became a district judge in Wiedenbrück . From 1879 he was a district judge in Paderborn .
He was also active as a writer. In 1838 he was the publisher of the first volume of poetry by Annette von Droste-Hülshoff .
In Paderborn in 1864 he was one of the founders of the Catholic-oriented citizens' association. Hüffer was a co-founder of the Center Party. He was a leading head of the Soest district , which met in 1864, 1865 and 1866 and from which the Center Party emerged in 1870 with the Soest program . In 1865 he formulated the considerations of founding a party that the participants would see themselves " in an open fight against the so-called Prussian traditions ". From their point of view, King Wilhelm I treaded the path of " an absolute, anti-German and Protestant Prussia ".
Between 1853 and 1855 and from 1870 to 1888 he was a member of the Prussian House of Representatives .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Barbara Stambolis : Libori. The church and folk festival in Paderborn. A study on the development and change of historical festival culture (= contributions to folk culture in Northwest Germany. 92). Waxmann, Münster et al. 1996, ISBN 3-89325-433-1 , p. 101.
- ↑ Reinhard Richter: National Thinking in Catholicism of the Weimar Republic (= Theology. 29). Lit, Münster et al. 2000, ISBN 3-8258-4991-0 , p. 57, (also: Bochum, Universität, Dissertation, 2000).
- ↑ 1848-1871 on Rhenish history
- ↑ Bernhard Mann : Biographical Handbook for the Prussian House of Representatives 1867-1918 (= Handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 3). Droste, Düsseldorf 1988, ISBN 3-7700-5146-7 , p. 992.
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SURNAME | Hüffer, Alfred |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian MP |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 5, 1818 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Muenster |
DATE OF DEATH | August 23, 1899 |
Place of death | Paderborn |