Karl Wick

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Karl Wick (born March 6, 1891 in St. Josefen, municipality of Gaiserwald , canton of St. Gallen ; † December 22, 1969 in Lucerne ), entitled to reside in Jonschwil , Zuzwil SG , Wuppenau and Lucerne, was a Swiss journalist and politician ( KVP ) .

biography

Family and work

Karl Wick, son of the master baker and landlord Josef Karl Wick and Juliana nee Boppart, high school graduate at the Engelberg Abbey School , then devoted himself to studying law at the universities of Berlin and Freiburg , which he obtained with the academic degree of Dr. iur. completed.

Karl Wick then embarked on a journalistic career. In 1917 he took up an editor's position with the Catholic-conservative Eastern Switzerland in St. Gallen . In 1921 he moved to the Christian Social Hochwacht in Winterthur in the same position . In 1926, Karl Wick followed a call from the Lucerne fatherland , where he was given the cultural policy department and the management of the feature pages. In 1954 he was appointed editor-in-chief , and in 1966 he was retired.

Karl Wick was married to Lydia, the daughter of the math teacher Karl Ebneter. He died in 1969 at the age of 79 in Lucerne.

Political career

Karl Wick, who joined the Swiss Conservative People's Party (KVP), was a member of the Grand Council of the Canton of Lucerne from 1927 to 1951 . In 1931 the people elected him to the National Council , where he sat until 1963. From 1934 to 1950 he chaired the Christian Social Party of the Canton of Lucerne.

Karl Wick, who is one of the leading thinkers of the Christian-social movement in Switzerland and of Catholic cultural policy, took a firm stand against National Socialism and its Swiss offshoots at a time when official Catholicism was not taking a clear position . On the other hand, in his work The Position of Judaism in Modern Culture , which appeared in 1920, he represented anti-Semitic and anti-Judaistic positions, since in it he identified Jews with the “materialistic age” and from this their supposed opposition to “Christianity in the world” and “Christian culture” derives or pleads for countermeasures.

The University of Freiburg honored him with an honorary doctorate for his services to Christian social politics .

See also

Fonts

  • We Catholics and the great questions of the present, Buchdruck Ostschweiz, St. Gallen, 1919
  • The relationship between family and state with special consideration of the right of upbringing, Winterthur, 1921
  • The intervention of the state in economic and social areas: Referat, Christian-Social Workers' Union of Switzerland, St. Gallen, 1927
  • Politics and political parties, Räber & Cie, Lucerne, 1927
  • The Catholic Citizen: Principles and Responsibilities, Räber & Cie, Lucerne, 1943

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personal data
SURNAME Wick, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss journalist and politician (KVP)
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Josefen, municipality of Gaiserwald , canton of St. Gallen
DATE OF DEATH 22nd December 1969
Place of death Lucerne , Canton of Lucerne