Cyprián Lelek

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Cyprián Lelek (born October 20, 1812 in Beneschau , † April 28, 1883 in Hochkretscham / Leobschütz district , Silesia ) was a Catholic priest and leading representative of the Czech national movement in Silesia. During the revolution of 1848/49 he was a member of the Frankfurt National Assembly .

Life

He studied philosophy and catholic theology in Breslau . He was ordained a priest in Poznan in 1835 . After various chaplain positions he was pastor of the poor in Vodka between 1855 and 1883.

Since the 1840s he has contributed to various Czech newspapers and magazines as an author. In 1846 he was editor of the monthly magazine "Holubice" (dt. Dove). In the years 1843 and 1856 he went on research trips through the Silesian region together with František Sušil in search of Czech songs, fairy tales, proverbs and other linguistic relics. He was the author of numerous historical, scientific, economic, religious and fiction writings.

He belonged from March 12, 1849 to May 19, 1849 for the constituency of Ratibor of the Frankfurt National Assembly. He did not belong to a political group. He mostly voted with the right-wing center and elected Friedrich Wilhelm IV as Emperor of the Germans.

His on the one hand Moravian and on the other hand Prussian sentiment shows him to be a convinced federalist and bridge builder between Germans and Czechs, if not a visionary of a future united Europe. In 1849 he wrote in the legacy book of the Frankfurt parliament. “One has now come to the conviction that all nations must unite in order to jointly promote the purposes of humanity and human happiness. This is all the more necessary where two or more nationalities are united in a state. Here the stronger (Germany) does not have the right to inflict injustice on the weaker (Polish and Czech minorities in Silesia). ”(Source: The first German National Assembly 1848/49 handwritten testimonials from its members. Ed. W. Fiedler Aheneum)

Effect:

Cyprian Lelek's political impact on the Moravian-speaking part of Silesia, which became the focus of world politics as the Hultschiner Ländchen from 1919 at the latest , is still controversial. With the rise of Prussia to a leading military power during the Bismarckian era and the increasing strength of German nationalism, the “Moravian identity” was pushed back more and more. A large part of the population stuck to the bilingualism, but politically they felt like Prussians and Germans. When the Allied victorious powers implemented Cyprian Lelek's “legacy” by force in 1919 after the Treaty of Versailles and struck the Hultschiner Ländchen of the newly founded Czechoslovakia, they encountered bitter resistance also on the part of the Slavic population. Over 94 percent rejected this limit adjustment. There were uprisings, strikes and a wave of emigration. Although streets and squares are named after Cyprian Lelek in northern Moravia, most of the admirers of his work are likely to be in Prague. (Source: www.hultschiner-soldaten.de)

literature

  • Heinrich Best , Wilhelm Weege: Biographical handbook of the members of the Frankfurt National Assembly 1848/49 (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and the political parties. Volume 8). Droste, Düsseldorf 1996, ISBN 3-7700-5193-9 .
  • Josef Jungmann: Historie literatury české. Řiwnáč, Prague 1849
  • František Doucha: Douchův Knihopisný slovník česko-slovenský. Kober, Praha 1865
  • Frant. Lad. Rieger: Slovník naučný. Kober & Markgraf, Praha 1865
  • Ottův slovník naučný . Otto, Prague 1900
  • Masarykův slovník naučný. Československý kompas, Prague 1929
  • Gracian Černušák, Bohumír Štědroň and Zdenko Nováček: Československý hudební slovník osob a institucí. Státní hudební vydavatelství, Praha 1963
  • J. Vopravil: Slovník pseudonymů v české a slovenské literatuře. Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, Praha 1973
  • Viktor Ficek: Biografický slovník širšího Ostravska. Slezský ústav ČAV, Opava 1975 (with picture)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bach systems sro: Digital Archive - Regional Archives Opava. Accessed December 14, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Lelek, Cyprián
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech author and member of the Frankfurt National Assembly
DATE OF BIRTH October 20, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH Beneschau
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 1883
Place of death Głubczyce