Joachim Friedrich Martens

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Joachim Friedrich Martens (wood engraving)
Memory of Jochim Friedrich Martens ; Collective grave plaque Althamburg Memorial Cemetery (Ohlsdorfer Friedhof), Hamburg

Joachim Friedrich Martens (born December 19, 1806 in Hamburg ; † February 11, 1877 there ) was a Hamburg labor leader and member of parliament.

Life

Martens lost his parents at a young age and grew up in poor circumstances. At the age of 14 he began an apprenticeship as a carpenter, became a journeyman in 1826 and then went on a journey to Switzerland, Belgium, England and France, where he came into contact with radical craft associations. In Paris he met Ludwig Börne , Jacob Venedey and Wilhelm Weitling , was enthusiastic about their utopian socialism and became a member of the League of Outlaws and later of the League of the Just .

In 1843 he returned to Hamburg, initially working again as a journeyman and in 1849 founded a timber business which he ran until the end of his life. At the same time, he played a leading role in the Hamburg Union of the Just and in 1844/45, together with Georg Schirges, founded the educational association for workers , which was considered the most important workers' association in Hamburg until the 1860s . During the revolution of 1848/49 Martens was a member of the Hamburg Constituent Assembly and was arrested several times after the revolution failed.

In the following years he approached the ideas of Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch , he campaigned for the labor movement to merge with the liberal bourgeoisie and, above all, campaigned for the emerging cooperative movement . In 1858 he was one of the founders of an old age and disability fund for workers.

From 1859 to 1877 he belonged to the Hamburg citizenship and was considered a popular speaker. Since 1865 he was also a member of the standing committee of the Association of German Workers' Associations (VDAV). In 1868, the Hamburg workers 'education association, led by Martens, split off from the VDAV when it joined the international workers ' association.

Fonts

  • A craftsman: Without God . In: Vorwärts , Paris No. 68 of August 24, 1844. Poem
  • A craftsman: the chains . In: Vorwärts , Paris No. 71 of September 4, 1844. Poem
  • A craftsman: To the nationalists . In: Vorwärts , Paris No. 79 of October 2, 1844. Poem
  • A craftsman: About craft lessons . In: Vorwärts , Paris No. 103, December 25, 1844.
  • The guild system in Hamburg in conflict with society . Hoffmann & Campe, Hamburg 1846.
  • The guilds in Hamburg and their necessary transformation . Hoffmann & Campe, Hamburg 1847. Digitized version of the Hamburg University Library

Documents

  • Letter to Wilhelm Weitling on August 4, 1844.
  • Interrogation record. Martens on Weitling. February 1845.
  • Letter to Georg Weißenbach. February 10, 1845.

literature

  • Ulrich Bauche et al. (Ed.): “We are the power.” Labor movement in Hamburg from the beginning until 1945; Catalog book for the exhibition of the Museum of Hamburg History . VSA-Verlag, Hamburg 1988, pp. 17 f., 21, 23 f., 26 f. ISBN 3-87975-355-5
  • John Breuilly, Wieland Sachse: Joachim Friedrich Martens (1806–1877) and the German labor movement . Schwartz, Göttingen 1984. (= Göttingen contributions to economic and social history . Volume 8) ISBN 3-509-01350-6
  • Dirk Brietzke : Martens, Joachim Friedrich . In: Franklin Kopitzsch, Dirk Brietzke (Hrsg.): Hamburgische Biographie . tape 2 . Christians, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-7672-1366-4 , pp. 274-275 .
  • Jacques Grandjonc: “Forward!” 1844. Marx and the German Communists in Paris. Contribution to the emergence of Marxism . JHW Dietz Nachf., Berlin, Bonn-Bad Godesberg 1974. ISBN 3-8012-1071-5 , pp. 67, 90, 91, 242.
  • Wilhelm Heyden : The members of the Hamburg citizenship. 1859-1862 , Hamburg 1909, pp. 75-79.
  • Michael Oberstadt:  Martens, Joachim Friedrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 16, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-428-00197-4 , p. 271 ( digitized version ).
  • E. Wohlwill: JF Martens as a memorial. Speech given on February 25, 1877 at the Education Association for Workers . Hoffmann & Campe, Hamburg 1877. Digital copy of the Hamburg State Library

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Printed in: The League of Communists. Documents and materials . Volume 1. 1836-1849 . Dietz Verlag, Berlin 1970, p. 176.
  2. ↑ Printed in: The League of Communists. Documents and materials . Volume 1. 1836-1849 . Dietz Verlag, Berlin 1970, p. 177.
  3. ↑ Printed in: The League of Communists. Documents and materials . Volume 1. 1836-1849 . Dietz Verlag, Berlin 1970, pp. 208-209.
personal data
SURNAME Martens, Joachim Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Martens, JF; A craftsman (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hamburg workers leader and member of parliament
DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1806
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH February 11, 1877
Place of death Hamburg