Hermann Hug

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Hermann Hug (born July 2, 1825 in Karlsruhe , † September 30, 1888 in Plainpalais , today part of the city of Geneva ) was a German revolutionary .

Life

Hermann Hug was born in Karlsruhe as the son of the courier François Simon Hug and Ernestine (née Nicola). He attended the local polytechnic and became a member of the Teutonia fraternity in the winter semester of 1843/44 .

Hermann Hug was involved in the Baden revolution . He was elected President of the Volksverein in Zell im Wiesental and took part as a member of the People's Assembly in Offenburg . Hermann Hug was a captain or banner leader of the vigilante group in Zell. He then became the commandant of the Schönau district armed forces . On June 29, 1849, he led the armed exodus to Freiburg im Breisgau , under the orders of civil inspector Maier.

Because of his participation in the revolution, Hermann Hug was wanted on a wanted list. In 1850 he was deprived of his citizenship. On October 12, 1850, he was sentenced by the Freiburg Court of Justice to three and two years in prison for high treason .

Hermann Hug fled to Geneva and worked there as an engineer . In 1856 he was naturalized in Switzerland . He built the building of the Masonic Lodge Temple Unique . This was later converted into the Catholic Sacré-Cœur Church. In 1866 he married Jeanne Marie Monachon.

swell

  • Jacques Barrelet: Hermann Hug. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  • André Corboz: Palmyre à Plainpalais? Sur les sources formelles de l'Église du Sacré-Cœur . In: Genava No. 52, 2004.
  • Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Volume 7: Supplement A – K. Winter, Heidelberg 2013, ISBN 978-3-8253-6050-4 , pp. 492-493.
  • Heinrich Raab: Revolutionaries in Baden 1848/49 . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-17-015373-0 , p. 425.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Georg Kirschner: Directory of Members of the Karlsruhe Burschenschaft Teutonia , 1966.
personal data
SURNAME Hug, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German revolutionary
DATE OF BIRTH July 2, 1825
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlsruhe
DATE OF DEATH September 30, 1888
Place of death Plainpalais , now part of the city of Geneva