Georg Jung (politician, 1814)

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Georg Gottlob Jung (born January 2, 1814 in Rotterdam , † October 8, 1886 in Berlin ) was an initially democratic and later a national liberal Prussian politician.

Georg Jung

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Jung studied law in Bonn and Berlin between 1834 and 1836 . Then he entered the Prussian judicial service. Because of a conflict with the Minister of Justice, he resigned from the civil service at his own request. Jung was a Young Hegelian and author of democratically oriented political writings.

In 1838 he married Pauline Stein, a daughter of the banker Johann Heinrich Stein.

In 1842, Jung was one of the founders of the Rheinische Zeitung . In a self- portrait that appeared in the Vossische Zeitung in 1848 and in his election call he stated that he had taken part in every decisive movement in Prussia since his earliest youth. After that he was also an employee of the Halleschen and later of the German Citizens Register of 1845 .

Georg Jung's election manifesto for the election to the Prussian National Assembly

During the revolution of 1848/49 he was a leader in the Berlin democratic movement. Already in pre-March Jung was president of the political clubs in Berlin and was involved in the conversion to the May 1848 Democratic Club involved. On March 22, 1848, he was one of the keynote speakers at the funeral of those who died in March . Heinrich von Treitschke later characterized him as a "beautiful and wealthy bohemian who, in Heine's way, pursued the opposition like an entertaining sport."

Jung was a member of the Prussian National Assembly in 1848 . He formulated the political objective in the Vossische Zeitung before the election. “ I am not of the opinion, which is often voiced, that our affairs would be decided in Frankfurt, and that Germany should receive everything from this central point. (…) 1. Prussia does not allow a constitution to be imposed on itself, but regulates it itself. - As soon as a strong federal constitution is in prospect, it is ready to sacrifice sovereign rights to it, without which a federal state is impossible. 2. The constituent assembly in Berlin is the organ of the sovereign Prussian people until the constitution is completed by it. "

Jung, like other leftists, demonstratively stayed away from the opening of the National Assembly in the Berlin City Palace by Friedrich Wilhelm IV . Together with Eduard von Reichenbach , Jung belonged to the most determined left . So she demanded: the absolute sovereignty of the people, a unicameral system, no veto possibility for the king and the sole competence of the drafting of the constitution by the parliament.

In Parliament, he was less characterized by really constructive speeches than by a drastic and radical expression. At times this earned him great popularity among the lower classes in Berlin. This later subsided after Jung, as a member of parliament, largely severed ties to the Democratic Club and was then accused of treason.

With his inquiry about the military activities around the Zeughaus , Jung contributed to the aggravation of the political mood in Berlin, which later culminated in the Berlin Zeughaussturm .

In 1849 Jung was elected to the second chamber of the Prussian state parliament. Politically, he was on the extreme left there too. After the end of the reaction era , he became politically active again. Between 1863 and 1867 and again between 1869 and 1876 he was a member of the Prussian House of Representatives . He was a member first of the Progress Party and since 1867 of the National Liberal Party .

Works

  • The Berlin Cavaingnac. A reply to the German central violence and the Prussian army. Reuter & Stargardt, Berlin 1848.
  • The magistrate of Berlin. His concept of honor, his courage, his understanding. Adolf, Berlin 1848.
  • Candidate speech by Mr. Assessor Jung, held on January 30th in the electoral assembly of the third major electoral district of Berlin. Printed by Harth and Schultze, Spandauerstr. 76 (Berlin 1849).
  • Three speeches to my constituents and farewell to them. Adolf, Berlin 1849.
  • History of the oppression of women and their gradual self-liberation up to the appearance of Christianity. Literary establishment, Frankfurt am Main 1850.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Dieter Dowe: German biography - Jung, Georg. In: German biography. Retrieved February 11, 2020 .
  2. ↑ His only article in this newspaper: On the last day of the publication of the "Rheinische Zeitung" on March 31, 1843. See Melis, p. 370
  3. ↑ On the reform of the Prussian marriage laws. Pp. 313-325.
  4. ^ Herdepe, p. 131
  5. ↑ Herdepe p. 95
  6. ↑ Herdepe, p. 128
  7. ^ Rüdiger Hachtmann , Berlin 1848, p. 649
  8. ↑ Herdepe, p. 216
  9. ↑ Bernhard Mann (arrangement) with the assistance of Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh , Thomas Kühne: Biographisches Handbuch für das Prussische Abrafenhaus 1867–1918 (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 3). Droste, Düsseldorf 1988, ISBN 3-7700-5146-7 , p. 202; for the various constituencies and the election results see Thomas Kühne: Handbook of elections to the Prussian House of Representatives 1867–1918. Election results, election alliances and election candidates (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 6). Droste, Düsseldorf 1994, ISBN 3-7700-5182-3 , p. 870.
personal data
SURNAME Jung, Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jung, Georg Gottlob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 2, 1814
PLACE OF BIRTH Rotterdam
DATE OF DEATH October 8, 1886
Place of death Berlin