Johann Rittig

Johann Rittig (born March 26, 1829 in Prague ; † June 17, 1885 ) was an American journalist of German origin.

Rittig studied law in his hometown and took part in the March Revolution as a student in 1848 . In 1848 he joined the German Student Union Teutonia Prague , in 1849 the fraternity Montania Prague and the fraternity Markomannia Prague . He was arrested in the late autumn of 1848, but was able to escape pretrial detention and fled to Switzerland.

Through mutual acquaintances Rittig made the acquaintance of the natural scientist Carl Vogt , whose secretary he became in Nice in 1851 . Rittig also met Michail Bakunin and Pierre-Joseph Proudhon through Vogt in Nice .

The following year Rittig emigrated to the USA. In Austria he had been sentenced to death in absentia ( in contumaciam ) and he did not want to expose himself to the risk of a possible extradition.

In the year of his arrival in 1852 Rittig founded the German-language newspaper The Independent in Cincinnati , Ohio . Rittig also wrote for the New York state newspaper from 1857 to 1861 . Then Rittig founded the New Yorker Journal in 1862 , which he headed for the first five years as editor-in-chief. After resigning from this position, he wrote for several major German-language newspapers and magazines in Baltimore , Ml., Louisville , Ky., And St. Louis , Miss. For nearly ten years .

In 1873 Rittig got a job in the editorial office of the Sunday paper of the New York state newspaper . Rittig worked for this newspaper until his death on June 17, 1885.

Rittig was a master of the feature pages ; a collection of it, which he was able to publish shortly before his death, was highly praised by his contemporaries.

Works (selection)

Pen-and-ink drawings from American city life . E. Steiger & Co., New York 1884, OCLC 7569251 .

literature

Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 5: R – S. Heidelberg 2002, ISBN 3-8253-1256-9 , pp. 82-83.

Individual evidence

^ Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 5: R – S. Winter, Heidelberg 2002, ISBN 3-8253-1256-9 , p. 82.

personal data
SURNAME	Rideable, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German-American journalist and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	March 26, 1829
PLACE OF BIRTH	Prague
DATE OF DEATH	June 17, 1885

[1] Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 5: R – S. Winter, Heidelberg 2002, ISBN 3-8253-1256-9 , p. 82.