Christian Minkus

Christian Minkus (* May or June 1770 in Klein-Lassowitz ; † November 20, 1849 in Marienfeld ) was a member of the Frankfurt National Assembly as a member of the Silesian constituencies of Rosenberg OS and Kreuzburg .

Life

Christian Minkus was born in May or June 1770 in Klein-Lassowitz (Province of Silesia) as the son of a farmer. He traveled through Upper Silesia as a traveling merchant and got to know the needs of the rural population. Due to his fame, Christian Minkus was elected to the Frankfurt National Assembly from May 29, 1848 to May 26, 1849 as a member of the districts of Rosenberg OS and Kreuzburg OS. He was one of the oldest members of the first German National Assembly and belonged to the faction of the political Left Deutscher Hof and from November 21, 1848 of the March Association . Minkus stood up for the concerns of the Silesian farmers, among other things by introducing a motion for the reformation of hunting law. Christian Minkus is considered to be the author of the book “The German Hunger and the German Princes”. Minkus elected Friedrich Wilhelm IV. As Emperor of the Germans. From October 1848, an investigation was in progress against him with pre-trial detention for incitement to high treason, defense of regicide and justification for the murder of MPs Felix Lichnowsky and Hans von Auerswald during the September riots . The extradition request of the Rosenberg City Court was rejected by the National Assembly in January 1849. Christian Minkus died on November 20, 1849 in Marienfeld (Province of Silesia). Ulrich Minkus is a descendant of Minkus.

On March 7, 1849 Christian Minkus wrote in the parliament album:

“The moment is blessed, which rarely only appears, where a benevolent fate unites us with like-minded people, where we are ready for noble work, the men's hearts find and then join in friendship for all subsequent times. This happiness was richly shared with me: I may call some friends friends, friendship does not sell me for gold.- Soon we must part. Drumm may this apply as a memorial sheet for all the honest ones who dare to be in the beautiful Maines city joined me.
Frankfurt am Main, March 7th 1849, Christian Minkus from Marienfeld in Upper Silesia, Member of the German National Assembly "

Minkus affair

On October 16, 1848 Christian Minkus filed against u. a. the deputy Carl Heinrich Juergens an indictment. He was represented by the lawyer Maximilian Reinganum . The content of the lawsuit was the defamation of Minkus in a series of leaflets published by Jürgens u. a. were published, literally "incite Minkus too early to murder in Silesia". Using the timing, Reinganum made it clear that Minkus could not have committed the crimes attached to him (see above). A criminal trial required the approval of parliament and in the ensuing discussion, Reich Minister Hermann von Beckerath , among others, stood up for Minkus. Minkus won the vote, which exemplified the left's reaction to the rhetoric and behavior of the Conservatives after the September riots in parliament.

Web links

https://www.christian.minkus.org/

Literature / individual references

^ Veit Valentin: History of the German Revolution 1848-1849 . S. 315 .
^ Deutsches Historisches Museum Object database: German hunger and the German princes
^ Heinrich Best , Wilhelm Weege: Biographical Handbook of the Members of the Frankfurt National Assembly 1848/49. Droste, Düsseldorf 1998, ISBN 3-7700-0919-3 .
↑ Wilfried Fiedler (Ed.): The first German National Assembly 1848/49, handwritten testimonials from its members . Athenaeum, 1980, ISBN 3-7610-8085-9
^ Rüdiger Moldenhauer: Jürgens, Karl Heinrich. Retrieved March 16, 2019 .
^ Heinrich Albert Zachariä: Negotiations of the German constituent imperial assembly . Ed .: Conrad-Dietrich Hassler. S. 549 ( [1] ).
^ Franz Wigard (ed.): Stenographic report on the negotiations of the German constituent national assembly in Frankfurt am Main . S. 4002-4011 ( [2] ).

personal data
SURNAME	Minkus, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician of the German Revolution 1848/49
DATE OF BIRTH	May 1770 or June 1770
PLACE OF BIRTH	Klein-Lassowitz
DATE OF DEATH	November 20, 1849
Place of death	Marienfeld

[1] Veit Valentin: History of the German Revolution 1848-1849 . S. 315 .

[2] Deutsches Historisches Museum Object database: German hunger and the German princes

[3] Heinrich Best , Wilhelm Weege: Biographical Handbook of the Members of the Frankfurt National Assembly 1848/49. Droste, Düsseldorf 1998, ISBN 3-7700-0919-3 .

[4] Wilfried Fiedler (Ed.): The first German National Assembly 1848/49, handwritten testimonials from its members . Athenaeum, 1980, ISBN 3-7610-8085-9

[5] Rüdiger Moldenhauer: Jürgens, Karl Heinrich. Retrieved March 16, 2019 .

[6] Heinrich Albert Zachariä: Negotiations of the German constituent imperial assembly . Ed .: Conrad-Dietrich Hassler. S. 549 ( [1] ).

[7] Franz Wigard (ed.): Stenographic report on the negotiations of the German constituent national assembly in Frankfurt am Main . S. 4002-4011 ( [2] ).