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 .

Web links

Alfred Hüffer in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors

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.

personal data
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

[1] 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.

[2] 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).

[3] 1848-1871 on Rhenish history

[4] 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.