Franz Hülskamp
Franz Hülskamp (born March 14, 1833 in Essen / Oldenburg , † April 10, 1911 in Münster ) was a Catholic German clergyman, editor, literary and political organizer in various Catholic associations and the German Center Party .
As the son of the weaver Gerhard Hülskamp, Hülskamp came from a poor background. After two years of preparation by the village chaplain, he was able to attend the Carolinum grammar school in Osnabrück from 1849 to 1852 and then studied theology, history and literature in Münster, Munich and Bonn until 1858, where he became a member of the Unitas student association after his ordination in 1859 . He was very involved in the resulting association and was instrumental in founding the Unitas-Münster in 1859. From the scientific meetings of the Unitas Association , the review magazine Literarischer Handweiser was founded in 1862 with Hülskamp and Hermann Rump as editors, which earned him the name "dictator of Catholic literature". He was also a co-founder of the family journal Hausschatz .
For his work in the translation and publication of the universal history of the Catholic Church by the French Réné François Rohrbacher , the theological faculty of the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg awarded him a doctorate in theology honoris causa in 1868 . But he did not get the desired teaching position at a university in Prussia. At the end of 1869 he was appointed President of the Heerde Foundation, a family alumnate for students at the Paulinum Grammar School , which he remained until his death.
In 1868 Hülskamp was elected secretary of the Catholic Pius Association. Hülskamp was also a founding member of the Görres Society and from 1894 chairman of the Westphalian group of the Augustinus Society . In the Westphalian Center Party he played an important role without special offices until 1906 and wrote the Soest program for the party in 1870 , which was decisive for the further development of political Catholicism in Germany. In 1886 he became papal secret chamberlain and later worked as house prelate. He also supported Hedwig Dransfeld until his death in 1911 in the editorial work of the journal Die Christian Frau des Katholischer Deutschen Frauenbundes .
literature
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Franz Hülskamp. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 2, Bautz, Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-032-8 , Sp. 1125-1126.
Web links
- Landesarchiv NRW on Franz Hülskamp
- Franz Hülskamp in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
- Literature by and about Franz Hülskamp in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hülskamp, Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Catholic clergyman and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 14, 1833 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Essen / Oldenburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 10, 1911 |
| Place of death | Muenster |