Johann Friedrich Hohlfeld
Johann Friedrich Hohlfeld (born February 16, 1809 in Posen , † August 16, 1861 in Springfield , Illinois ) was a German politician , editor and publisher . He was a member of the Frankfurt National Assembly and the Saxon State Parliament .
Live and act
In 1832 Hohlfeld took over the Löbauer printing company and newspaper publisher on Theaterplatz from his father-in-law and became editor of the daily “ Sächsischer Postillon ”, the most widely read newspaper in Upper Lusatia , neighboring Bohemia and Prussia. In 1840 he bought the Hähnelsche lithography and in 1846 the Jauernick estate near Löbau.
At that time, Hohlfeld became the intellectual initiator of the democratic revolution of 1848/49 in Upper Lusatia. In Löbau he was a city councilor and city councilor. As a representative of the 7th, 8th and 9th constituencies, he belonged to the first chamber of the Saxon state parliament in 1849 and took over the office of secretary of the chamber. From May 30 to June 18, 1849 he was a non-attached member of the second Saxon constituency (Löbau) in the “rump parliament” of the Frankfurt National Assembly.
Hohlfeld was secretary of the Provisional Government of Saxony in 1849 and took part in the Dresden May uprising on the barricade. After the failure of the revolution, Hohlfeld was persecuted like the other revolutionaries. He fled to Switzerland, then to North America. There he became a farmer, studied medicine and eventually served as a field doctor in the wars of secession in the United States. In 1861 he was seriously wounded in a battle near Springfield, Illinois and died on August 16.
The criminal proceedings for rioting against him were conducted in his absence before the district court of Löbau. As a "traitor to the fatherland" he lost his civil rights and all of his property in Saxony. His wife who remained behind remained the owner of the property he had acquired in Löbau.
source
- Article in the Biographical Lexicon of Upper Lusatia Literature in the Saxon Bibliography
- Löbauer Journal, Issue 9, Löbauer Museumsgesellschaft 1999
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hohlfeld, Johann Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German politician, editor and publisher, MdNV, MdL |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 6, 1809 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Poses |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 16, 1861 |
| Place of death | Springfield , Illinois |