Johann Baptist von Hofstetten

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Johann Baptist von Hofstetten (* July 12, 1847 , † January 15, 1887 in Berlin ) was an early promoter of the German socialist workers' movement .

Life

He came from a southern German aristocratic family and served as an officer in the Bavarian army. At times he was even planned to accompany the later King Ludwig II during his studies. He gave up this position to live as a writer and journalist. He moved to Berlin and married a Countess Strachwitz, who brought a certain fortune into the marriage. He frequented the upper classes of Berlin society.

He became a supporter of Ferdinand Lassalle and joined the General German Workers' Association (ADAV). Also for Countess Hatzfeld was the godmother for a daughter Hofstettens consisted relationships. At the request of Lassalle, he came to his fatal duel with Rakowitza in Geneva and acted as a referee. In his will, Lassalle Hofstetten bequeathed his weapons collection, among other things.

Together with Johann Baptist von Schweitzer , in 1864 he founded the newspaper “ Der Social-Demokratie ”, the central organ of the ADAV. Both together were owners and editors of the paper. The newspaper was not viable simply because of its relatively small number of subscribers and von Hofstetten ensured the newspaper's survival through his own fortune. This was used up by 1867. His wife separated from him and then lived in Paris. Von Hofstetten later married the seamstress Mathilde Schultz (* July 12, 1847).

For Karl Marx , he aroused indignation as plagiarist when Hofstetten in a speech at the General Assembly of the General Association of German Workers 1,867 points from the capital reproduced verbatim without the copyright to mention and to distort even the meaning of the points. Marx criticized this in the anonymously published article Plagiarism.

August Bebel reported how von Schweitzer wanted to deport von Hofstetten to Vienna at the beginning of 1868, where he was supposed to found a social democratic paper, but failed. On his return, von Schweitzer refused to allow his partner to return to the editorial office and since then has run the newspaper alone. Von Hofstetten gave a sharp indictment speech against von Schweitzer at the general assembly of the ADAV in 1869. He published a paper about the break with von Schweitzer. Hofstetten was a delegate in 1869 when the SDAP, which competed with the ADAV, was founded .

Von Hofstetten subsequently made a modest living as a reporter for several newspapers. Still, he was not completely forgotten, as it turned out at his funeral. Hundreds of workers and some leaders of the labor movement attended his funeral in the cemetery of the free religious community of Pappel-Allee . Socialist MPs were not among them. Wreaths came from various organizations. In view of the socialist law , the funeral was also a demonstration for the socialist labor movement.

Works

  • My relationship with Mr. von Schweitzer and the “Social Democrat” . Reichardt & Zander, Berlin 1869

literature

  • Franz Mehring : History of the German Social Democracy. Vol. 3. Stuttgart, 1909 p. 193
  • Gustav Mayer : Johann Baptist von Schweitzer and the social democracy. A contribution to the history of the German labor movement . Gustav Fischer, Jena (Reprint: Detlev Auvermann, Glashütten im Taunus 1970)
  • Marx-Engels Complete Edition . Department III. Vol. 13. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 2002, p. 131 ff.
  • Marx-Engels Complete Edition. Department I. Vol. 21. Works, Articles, Drafts. September 1867 to March 1871. Akademie, Berlin, 2009, p. 2338

Letters / archives

  • IISG estate Johann Philipp Becker six letters 1864 and 1865 Signature: DI 1048-1053
  • IISG estate of the General German Workers' Association / Hatzfeldt Archives. Report against v. Schweitzer and von Hofstetten with the Royal Public Prosecutor at the Berlin City Court. Signature: 189
  • Central and State Library Berlin . Hofstetten to unknown March 7, 1866. Signature: Kuc8-8-39 to 8-8-40
  • Central and State Library Berlin. Announcement of the publication of the newspaper "Der Social-Demokratie" December 12, 1864 Signature: Kuc8-8-39 to 8-8-40
  • Central and State Library Berlin. Contract on the “Social Democrat” by Hofstetten, Schweitzer and August Perl dated July 1, 1866. Signature: Kuc8-8-142
  • RGASPI, Moscow. Hofstetten to Friedrich Engels December 28, 1864 Signature: F. 1 op. 5. d. 1506
  • RGASPI, Moscow. Hofstetten to Karl Marx December 28, 1864 Signature: F. 1 op. 5. d. 1505

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Vorwärts , Berlin July 12, 1922 and July 12, 1927
  2. ^ The Reichstag election in Elberfeld-Barmen. Count v. Bismarck, Max v. Forchenbeck, Dr. from Schweitzer. A contribution to the history of the parties in Wuppertal. Sam. Lucus in Komm., Elberfeld 1867, p. 29.
  3. ↑ Adolph Kohut : Ferdinand Lassalle's Testament and Heirs. With unprinted letters from Countess Sophie Hatzfeldt, Wilhelm Rustow , Aurel Holthoff and others. A memorial sheet for the 25th anniversary of Lassalle's death on August 31, 1889 . Baumert & Ronge, Großenhain / Leipzig 1889
  4. ↑ “At the same general assembly a matter came up which showed that Schweitzer's private character is just as pathetic as his political one - I mean his relationship with Mr. von Hofstetten, who gave the money to found the 'Social Democrats', and his friend Schweitzer has been made a beggar. (“ Wilhelm Liebknecht : Report on the German workers 'movement at the congress of the International Workers' Association in Basel . Quoted from: The First International in Germany (1864-1872). Documents and materials . Dietz Verlag, Berlin 196 + 4, p. 421) .
  5. ↑ International Scientific Correspondence on the History of the German Labor Movement 1986, p. 191 and Mathilde von Hofstetten ( Memento of the original from May 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / archiv.spd-berlin.de
  6. ^ Marx-Engels works. Vol. 16. Dietz Verlag, Berlin. 6th edition unchanged. Reprint of the 1st edition 1962, Berlin 1975, pp. 221–225
  7. ↑ August Bebel: From my life. Berlin, 1946 part 2 p. 49f. Digitized version , compare with a little more understanding of Schweitzer's approach: Franz Mehring: History of German Social Democracy. Vol. 3. Stuttgart, 1909 p. 351
  8. ↑ He represented 52 party members from Dresden . (Dieter Fricke: The German Labor Movement 1869-1914. A handbook on their organization and activities in the class struggle . Dietz Verlag, Berlin 1976, p. 10.)
  9. ↑ Hofstetten to Engels December 28, 1864 and Hofstetten to Marx December 28, 1864.
personal data
SURNAME Hofstetten, Johann Baptist von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Editor of the Social Democrat
DATE OF BIRTH July 12, 1847
DATE OF DEATH January 15, 1887
Place of death Berlin