Julius Knorr

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Julius Knorr
Bust of Julius Knorr in the grave monument of the Knorr family in the Old Southern Cemetery .
Grave of Julius Knorr in the old southern cemetery in Munich location

Julius Knorr (born March 3, 1826 in Munich ; † July 28, 1881 ibid) was a German newspaper publisher of the latest news and a Bavarian politician .

Life

His parents were Elise and the businessman Ludwig Knorr . His brother was the merchant Angelo Knorr (1820–1872). His daughter was Elise Knorr, who later became Georg Hirth's wife . His son was Thomas Knorr Julius Knorr took over the publishing house of his brother-in-law Hirth to Knorr & Hirth-Verlag . He was married to Josefine Rottmanner, a niece of the coffee house owner in the bazaar on Odeonsplatz in Munich, Johann Evangelist Rottmanner.

After graduating from the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich in 1843 , Julius Knorr studied law in Munich . Then he was a vinegar and spirits manufacturer. In 1848, when Ludwig I was overthrown , he was a member of the Munich student association Rhenania and met August N. Vecchioni (1826–1908). In 1860 Otto (Bavaria) and Julius Knorr made a considerable contribution to the renovation and extension of the Knorrhütte .

In 1863 he was a co-founder of the Bavarian Progress Party . As their member of parliament, he represented the constituency of Munich I in the Bavarian state parliament from 1869 to 1871 , at that time Prannerstraße 8.

In 1866 he and Arnold Zenetti were among the founders of the Munich volunteer fire brigade after the Turner fire brigade, founded in 1848, was disbanded in 1850.

On July 15, 1862, Knorr bought the newspaper Neue Nachrichten for 90,000 guilders . In 1865 he was the editor-in-chief of the Latest News Vecchioni, who renamed it Münchner Latest News . He remained the newspaper's publisher until his death. Under Vecchioni and Knorr, this newspaper became a liberal and anti- ultramontanist newspaper in Bavaria with a large circulation .

From 1870 the newspaper spoke out against the political activity of Catholic priests:

“Raw fanaticism, disgusting zealotism, decay of customs and the poverty of the people were the achievements which priestly rule brought to states and peoples, while it increased in wealth and power as the people and government lost them. ... We need and want pastors, true priests, but not passionate and politically active clergy. ... priests, as we mean and want them, abuse ... neither the pulpit nor the confessional for political outpouring and intrigues. "

- Munich latest news

Julius Knorr died on July 28, 1881 in his hometown.

tomb

The tomb of Knorr is on the old southern cemetery in Munich (wall right place at 126/127 cemetery 6) Location . His bust adorns the grave monument.

literature

Web links

Commons : Julius Knorr  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The New York Times , December 14, 1911, Thomas Knorr, publisher of the Munich Neuste Nachrichten was aprominent art collector
  2. ^ Entry by Knorr and Hirth at the Deutsche Fotothek
  3. ↑ Thomas Mann, Heinrich Mann, Hans Wysling: Letters of Heinrich and Thomas Mann, 1900-1949 . University of California Press, 1998, ISBN 978-0-520-07278-7 , pp. 339 (American English, limited preview in Google Book Search).
  4. ^ Max Leitschuh: The matriculations of the upper classes of the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich , 4 volumes, Munich 1970-1976 .; Vol. 4, p. 26
  5. ↑ 9th Landtag: 1842–1843 (5th electoral period 1839–1845). House of Bavarian History , accessed on August 31, 2015 .
  6. ^ Paul Hoser: Munich Latest News. In: Historical Lexicon of Bavaria . Retrieved August 31, 2015 .
  7. ^ Gunnar Anger:  Knorr, Julius. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 24, Bautz, Nordhausen 2005, ISBN 3-88309-247-9 , Sp. 945-952.  ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
personal data
SURNAME Knorr, Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German newspaper publisher
DATE OF BIRTH March 3, 1826
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH July 28, 1881
Place of death Munich