Lorenz Huber (priest)

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Lorenz Huber

Lorenz Huber (born March 31, 1862 in Munich , † November 7, 1910 in Munich) was a Catholic priest. He was the founder and association president of the southern German association of Catholic workers' associations . He was also active as a promoter of further socio-political endeavors and in the Catholic press.

Life

He was a son of the district judge Andreas Huber. After graduating from the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich , he studied theology in Munich from 1880 and was ordained a priest in 1886. He initially worked as a chaplain in Siegsdorf and Freising before he came to the St. Michaels Church in Munich.

There he was also president of the Catholic workers' association in Munich-Innere Stadt in 1889. In 1891 he was instrumental in founding the South German Association of Catholic Workers' Associations. This was the first major merger of such organizations in Germany. With brief interruptions, he was the association's chief executive in the years that followed.

A social program for the association came from him in 1892. After that, he strove for a social reform by legal means. The associations should serve to cultivate religious and moral life, in addition, the workers should be trained in economic questions, the associations should secure the material situation of the workers through support funds. At that time, Huber was already working with trade unions. In Mainz there was a meeting of the presides of the workers' associations from all over Germany. With his union-friendly program, Huber was unable to assert himself against Franz Wärme from West Germany, who at that time still relied on specialist departments within the workers 'associations and rejected trade union work outside of the workers' associations. The first attempt at an all-German amalgamation thus failed.

To professionalize the association's work, Huber founded the first workers' secretariat in Munich in 1894 . He also founded comparable institutions in other places. At Huber's instigation, one of the first public employment records in Germany was founded in Munich in 1894 . In the same year he was involved in the establishment of a local workers 'electoral association to represent workers' interests in the Center Party . Also in 1894 he was a co-founder of the first workers' association. In 1895 Huber was involved in founding the workers protection association. He was also one of the main proponents and promoters of the Christian trade unions in southern Germany.

For health reasons, he resigned as association president in 1903. After his departure he became honorary chairman. During the time of his activity, the number of association members increased from 5000 (1891) to 80,000 (1903).

After his resignation as association president, he concentrated on press work. As early as 1897 he was the founder of the magazine Der Arbeiter , the newspaper Die Arbeiterin and the Sunday paper for the Catholic family , the magazine Haus und Herd for the Catholic maids' associations, the loyal comrade for Catholic youth associations and the daily newspaper the Neue Bavarian newspaper were added. Huber was also the managing director of the Münchener Zentrums-Zeitungs GmbH and the Volksschriftenverlag.

He also appeared as a promoter of building cooperatives, Christian trade unions and similar organizations. He made his paternal inheritance of around 100,000 marks available for the construction of workers' apartments.

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  1. ↑ Annual report of the k. Wilhelms-Gymnasium in Munich 1879/80. Munich 1880, p. 16
personal data
SURNAME Huber, Lorenz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION catholic priest
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH November 7, 1910
Place of death Munich