Karol Marcinkowski

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Statue of Marcinkowski in Poznan

Karol Marcinkowski (born June 23, 1800 in Poznan , † November 6, 1846 in Dąbrówka Ludomska, Province of Poznan ) was a Polish doctor and reformer. In Warsaw he took part in the November uprising against Russian rule in Congress Poland . He later initiated cultural, scientific and economic institutions in the Prussian province of Posen.

Life

Marcinkowski studied medicine at the Friedrich-Wilhelms University in Berlin and received his doctorate in 1823 for Dr. med. After that he worked as a doctor in Poznan. After the November Uprising he emigrated to England and later to Paris . In 1835 he returned to Poznan. Because of his illegal border crossing in 1830, he was sentenced to imprisonment in a fortress in 1837 , but was soon pardoned.

After Friedrich Wilhelm IV ascended to the throne, the freedom of the Polish minority in the Kingdom of Prussia temporarily improved . After Eduard von Flottwell was replaced as Chief President , there were concessions on the language issue.

In this situation, some of the politically active large landowners and intellectuals, including Marcinkowski, refused to seek to forcefully expel the partitioning powers. Instead, they opted for the Organic Labor program . The aim was to strengthen the Polish population, particularly in the areas of economics and education.

Marcinkowski founded a society for scientific assistance (Polish Towarzystwo Pomocy Naukowej ) in 1841 , which was called the Marcinkowski Association or Marcinkowski Foundation in colloquial German . It awarded scholarships to poor Polish students. The Marcinkowski Association played a key role in creating a Polish middle class in Poznan . In addition, he tried to promote the economy. With the so-called Poznan Bazaar , a business center and hotel emerged, which became a social center of the Polish elite in Poznan . A Polish national theater and an agricultural school could not be realized.

The Poznan University of Medical Sciences bears his name since 1984th Other facilities and streets are also named after him.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Krzysztof Makowski: The Grand Duchy of Posen in the revolutionary year 1848 , in: Rudolf Jaworski, Robert Luft (ed.): 1848/49 Revolutionen in Ostmitteleuropa . Oldenbourg, Munich 1996, p. 150 partially digitized
  2. ^ William W. Hagen: National Solidarity and Organic Work in Prussian Poland 1815-1914 . In: Journal of Modern History . tape 44 , 1972, pp. 44 .

literature

  • Manfred Alexander: Small history of Poland . Bonn 2005. ISBN 3-89331-662-0 , p. 212
  • Protocols of the Prussian cabinet, Vol 8 / II, p 590.. Digitalisat (PDF; 2.3 MB)

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personal data
SURNAME Marcinkowski, Karol
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish doctor and reformer
DATE OF BIRTH June 23, 1800
PLACE OF BIRTH Poses
DATE OF DEATH November 6, 1846
Place of death Dąbrówka Ludomska, Poznan Province