August Hörig

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Carl August Hörig (born February 12, 1834 in Düben , † August 26, 1884 in Bitterfeld ) was a German trade unionist and social democrat .

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Hörig, who was born in Düben, completed an apprenticeship with a chimney sweep as a neglected child . Since he forced him to beg and steal, he was repeatedly sentenced to prison terms. Hörig, who later worked as a cigar worker, acquired extensive knowledge in self-study. In 1867 he moved to Hamburg , where a short time later he became an agent of the cigar workers' union and the Hamburg Lassallean . Hörig, who was considered a gifted speaker, chaired the committee for the Reichstag election in 1871.

Hörig wrote for the Hamburg-Altonaer Volksblatt , which was produced in the cooperative printing company, and also worked for a short time as the newspaper's editor. When the small state of siege came into force on October 25, 1880 , Hörig was one of the first social democrats to leave the Hanseatic city . From then on he was no longer politically active and maintained a small, not very profitable cigar trade until the end of his life.

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SURNAME Submissive, August
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hörig, Carl August (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German trade unionist and social democrat
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH Over there
DATE OF DEATH August 26, 1884
Place of death Bitterfeld