Gustav Zimmermann (politician, 1808)

Gustav Zimmermann (born March 7, 1808 in Gotha , † August 1, 1874 in Hanover ) was a German politician and publicist .

Life

Zimmermann had studied constitutional law with Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann in Göttingen. In 1838 he was appointed to Hanover by Minister Georg von Schele , "with the task of representing the government's violent measures in the 'Hamburger Korrespondenten' and to fight the supporters of the constitution."

His career began when he took sides against his teacher in the affair of the Göttingen seven in favor of the Hanover government. He became an influential political publicist in the civil service. His political sermons, held in 1843 on various roofs of the capital , are directed primarily against Hanover's accession to the Zollverein and discuss the question of whether German unity can be achieved politically via the German Confederation or economically via the Zollverein. His rejection of the Zollverein was widely shared in Hanover, where one was " filled with a deep aversion to Prussia and everything that came from there from the beginning of the century ".

Zimmermann had nothing but ridicule for ethnic nationalism :

"The modern disciples of so-called nationality , who test the blood of the residents and do not want to include anyone in Germany who does not descend entirely from Teutons with flax-colored hair and blue eyes, as described by Tacitus , and on the other hand, count everything to Germany that is German or a German daughter language speaks: - we act right if we count them among the fools of this time. "

literature

Bernhard von Poten : Zimmermann, Gustav . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 45, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1900, p. 265 f.
Wilhelm Rothert : General Hannoversche Biography Volume 1: Hannoversche men and women since 1866 , Sponholtz, Hannover 1912, pp. 175–186 ( (Zimmermann, Meding and) Klopp. )

Individual evidence

↑ Andreas Etges: From the “presented” to the “real” community of feelings and interests? Nation and nationalism in Germany from 1830 to 1848. In: Jörg Echternkamp and Oliver Müller: (Ed.): The politics of the nation. German nationalism in war and crises 1760 to 1960 . Oldenbourg, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-486-56652-0 , pp. 60–80, here p. 66 (accessed via De Gruyter Online).

personal data
SURNAME	Zimmermann, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German politician and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH	March 7, 1808
PLACE OF BIRTH	Gotha
DATE OF DEATH	August 1, 1874
Place of death	Hanover

[1] Andreas Etges: From the “presented” to the “real” community of feelings and interests? Nation and nationalism in Germany from 1830 to 1848. In: Jörg Echternkamp and Oliver Müller: (Ed.): The politics of the nation. German nationalism in war and crises 1760 to 1960 . Oldenbourg, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-486-56652-0 , pp. 60–80, here p. 66 (accessed via De Gruyter Online).