Laurids Skau
Laurids Pedersen Skau (born May 22, 1817 in Sommerstedt near Hadersleben ; † May 11, 1864 at Mariegård farm near Hadersleben) was a Schleswig-Holstein farmer and politician .
Life
Laurids Skau was the son of the farm owner Jens Lauritzen Skau (1795–1863) and his wife Bodil Kjestine, née Raun (1788–1861). He had a brother named Peder Skau , who was also a politician and farmer.
Laurids Skau was the owner of a farm in Houdst. Despite his rural origins, he was promoted to office administrator. As a result of the March Revolution in Denmark , a constitution was passed and a parliament ( Folketing ) was established. From 1849 to 1852 Skau belonged to this Folketing. From 1853 to 1864 he was a member of the Estates Assembly and in 1854 of the Reichsrat . He was an extremely gifted public speaker and one of the most famous Danish MPs of his time.
After the suppression of the Schleswig-Holstein uprising , he was elected as a representative of the smaller landowners in constituency 3 (Hadersleben) in the Schleswig State Assembly in 1853 , where he became the spokesman for the Danish-speaking minority. In particular when it comes to languages, he strongly advocated Danish as the official language in North Schleswig.
memory
His name is also listed on the obelisk on Skamlingsbanken south of Kolding , and a little further away in the forest there is also a single memorial to him. In Copenhagen, Laurids Skaus Gade is named after him.
Web links
- Laurids Skau on graenseforeningen.dk
- Laurids Skau on nomos-dk.dk
- Laurids Skau in Den Store Danske Encyklopædi
Individual evidence
- ↑ Abel Koch-Klose: Skau, Peder . in: Schleswig-Holstein Biographical Lexicon . Volume 2. Karl Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1971, p. 222.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Skau, Laurids |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Skau, Laurids Peddersen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Danish politician, member of the Folketing |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 22, 1817 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sommersted near Hadersleben |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 11, 1864 |
| Place of death | Mariegård farm near Hadersleben |