Karl Gustav Rümelin

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Karl Gustav Rümelin (later Charles Reemelin ; born May 19, 1814 in Heilbronn , † January 16, 1896 in Cincinnati , Ohio ) was an American politician , farmer, writer , lawyer and insurance salesman of German origin.

Life

Karl Gustav Rümelin was the son of the " specialty dealer " Benjamin Rümelin. He immigrated to the United States when he was 18. With the American brig "Isabella" he arrived in Philadelphia after 87 days .

After emigrating in 1832, Rümelin changed his name to Charles Reemelin. He was a pioneer for Carl Schurz and politically active as a supporter of the Democratic Party . He was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives in 1844 , became a member of the Ohio Senate in 1846, and a member of the Convention for the new state constitution in 1850.

“With him, the Germanness of America lost one of its most important representatives, the United States lost a citizen whose outstanding qualities and loyalty to his adopted home even the Anglo-American press recognized without reservation. Von Rümelin was rightly said that hardly any of the Germans who emigrated to the United States fought the conflict between two souls, the conflict between attachment to the old country and love for their new home, with such equanimity as he did. It was granted to him to bring the best Swabian culture into harmony with a new environment. If anyone, he has refuted the heresy, as if Germany had only given inferior natures, those who failed at home, to abroad, and Swabia can proudly underline what the New York state newspaper wrote on the day of Rumelin's death: Karl Rumelin is to be counted among the best men in German-American history . "

- Reinhold Scholl

literature

  • The old aristocratic origin of the name and status of the Rümelin , Verlag JF Steinkopf , Stuttgart 1917, publisher Pastor Gustav Rümelin, Hausen am Bach
  • Ohio History , Ohio Historical Society, University of Michigan, 1929
  • Michael Rehs: Roots in foreign soil: On the history of the Southwest German emigration to America DRW-Verlag, 1984, ISBN 3-8718-1231-5 (page 123–125: The political trailblazer)
  • Charles Reemelin: Life of Charles Reemelin: In German, Carl Gustav Rumelin, from 1814-1892 ; Indypublish.Com, 2008, ISBN 1-4371-3195-6 ( digitized ).
  • Annette R. Hofmann: From Rümelin to Reemelin - In the land of unlimited possibilities. Carl Rümelin (1814-1896) . In: Christhard Schrenk , Heilbronn City Archives (ed.): Heilbronner Köpfe. Life pictures from four centuries. Volume 4, Heilbronn 2007 (Small series of publications from the Heilbronn Archives, 52), ISBN 9783928990998 , pp. 179–198.

Works

  • All Offersrated Treatise on Vineyards and Wine-Making 1855
  • The Vine-dresser's Manual , 1859, New York ISBN 1-5570-9519-1
  • Important Correspondence Friendly Discussion of Party Politics in 1860-1 , 1865
  • The Wine-Maker's Manual , Robert Clarke & Co., 1868, ISBN 1-4995-4169-4
  • Treatise on Politics as a Science , 1875
  • A CRITICAL REVIEW OF AMERICAN POLITICS , University of Michigan, TRUBNER & CO, 1881, ISBN 1-4367-2363-9
  • Historical Sketch of Greene [!] Township , Hamilton County, Ohio, 1882
  • Charles Reemelin Family Papers , 1849–1973
  • Speech of Chas. Reemelin , 1884

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Books.Google-PDF
personal data
SURNAME Rümelin, Karl Gustav
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reemelin, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 19, 1814
PLACE OF BIRTH Heilbronn
DATE OF DEATH January 16, 1896
Place of death Cincinnati , Ohio