Ludwig Psenner (politician)

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Ludwig Psenner (born May 29, 1834 in Bozen ; died February 5, 1917 in Vienna ) was an Austrian civil servant, photographer, politician ( CS ), specialist writer and anti-Semitic publicist.

Life

Ludwig Psenner was the grandson of the painter Anton Psenner . He studied Jus at the University of Munich and the University of Innsbruck , where he 1861 sub auspiciis Imperatoris doctorate . From 1858–1864 he was a civil servant in the Lower Austrian Lieutenancy and from 1862 he also ran a photo studio in Vienna.

Since the 1880s, he became an important figure in political Catholicism in Austria , whose pioneering thinker Karl von Vogelsang (1818–1890) is considered to be. In 1882 Psenner became a member of the Austrian Reform Association , an anti- liberal and strongly anti-Semitic organization of the commercial middle class. In 1884 he took over from Karl von Zerboni as owner, publisher and editor of his weekly newspaper “ Volksfreund ”, which remained the only Christian social mouthpiece until the “ Reichspost ” was founded. From then on, Social Darwinist theories, underlaid with vague theological ideas, were published in this newspaper . With a Christian anti-Semitism the "corrosive" influences of the "Jewish finance capital" should be put to a halt, whereby Psenner wished back the day when there had been no "Jewish heresies" and professors and the youth, the craft and the press before the "Dirt competition" of the "Asian foreigners" would have found protection. The historian Werner Jochmann emphasizes - quoting one of Psenner's letters -:

“The priest [sic!] Ludwig Psenner had no qualms about working with the atheist Marr . On the contrary, he thanked him for the 'excellent articles, which received extraordinary applause from all sides and helped my paper forward.' "

After the failure of the Reform Association as a result of disputes with the German Nationals , Psenner founded the Christian Social Association , of which he was president, and of which the later Christian Social Party, with the politician Ernst Schneider (1850-1913) and the pastor Adam Latschka (1847-1905) has its name or from which it emerged. The new association (H. Moritz) standing on the “soil of the Catholic Church” temporarily formed the common platform for all anti-liberal forces (democrats, German nationalists, anti-Semites, Christian socials) in Vienna . At the meeting of the Christian Social Association in 1887, the Hungarian cleric Franz Komlossy (1853-1915) and the Reichsrat (and later mayor of Vienna ) Karl Lueger (1844-1910) were present, and anti-Semitic hate speeches were held. Ludwig Psenner wrote the first Christian social program recommended by the party leadership in 1896.

Due to an eye ailment, he gradually withdrew from daily politics. From 1897 to 1910 he ran the Franziskanerkeller in Vienna. From 1911 he received an honorary pension from the municipality of Vienna.

Ludwig Psenner was married and had two sons. An honorary grave was dedicated to him in the Vienna Central Cemetery .

Publications (selection)

  • Salvation from social misery. (7 volumes, 1894–1897)
  • Christian Economics for Friends of the People. 3 parts in 3 volumes. Graz and Leipzig: Ulrich Moser 1907–1908
  • Religion and national welfare or economic life since the Reformation. Graz: Ulrich Moser, 1910

See also

literature

  • H. Moritz: " Psenner, Ludwig (1834–1917), politician and specialist writer " ( Austrian Biographical Lexicon )
  • Article: "Psenner, Ludwig", in: Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie (DBE), edited by Rudolf Vierhaus. 2nd, revised and expanded edition. Volume 8: Poethes - Schlueter. 2007, p. 101
  • Inge Zelinka: The authoritarian welfare state: Gaining power through compassion in the genesis of state welfare. (Political Sociology of Austria). 2005
  • Peter GJ Pulzer: Lueger's Heritage: anti-semitism in Austrian Party Policies, p. 700 ff., In: Herbert A. Strauss (Ed.): Hostages of Modernization, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Russia: Studies on Modern Antisemitism, 1870 -1933/39. (Current Research on Antisemitism) 1993
  • Frank Olaf Luckscheiter: Matthäus Much , "Schliemann Lower Austria" and German national anti-Semite. The political and ideological coloring of his scientific work in the reflection of his time. Vienna 2012 ( online )
  • Wiard von Klopp (ed.): The social teachings of Freiherr Karl von Vogelsang. Fundamentals of a Christian social and economic theory based on Vogelsang's writings . Reinhold, Vienna et al. 1938.

Web links

References and footnotes

  1. ↑ On the advertising stamps of the Karl Vogelsang Association, for example, Ludwig Psenner and Pope Leo XIII. , Karl von Vogelsang , Wilhelm Emanuel Ketteler , Josef Deckert and Karl Lueger .
  2. ↑ cf. Michael Wladika: Hitler's generation of fathers. The origins of National Socialism in the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Böhlau, Vienna 2005, ISBN 978-3205773375 , p. 185 .
  3. ↑ cf. Martina Aicher: "The Austrian People's Friend (Austria, 1881-1897)", in: Handbuch des Antisemitismus . 2013, p. 512 f. - An older magazine called Österreichischer Volksfreund was published by the Catholic Association for Faith, Freedom and Morality and appeared in Vienna from 1848 to 1877. See also the even older company: Der Österreichische Volksfreund (Vienna, In Commission bey Franz Wimmer, 1831) on Google Books .
  4. ↑ Frank Olaf Luckscheiter: Matthäus Much, "Schliemann Lower Austria" and German national anti-Semite. Pp. 113-114.
  5. ↑ Werner Jochmann: "Structure and Function of German Antisemitism", p. 389 ff., In: WE Mosse and A. Paucker (eds.): Jews in Wilhelminischen Deutschland 1890–1914. (Series of scientific papers by the Leo Baeck Institute, Volume 33) 1998, p. 420, note 11 .
  6. ^ H. Moritz: "Psenner, Ludwig (1834-1917), politician and specialist writer" ( ÖBL )
  7. ^ Inge Zelinka: The authoritarian welfare state: gain in power through compassion in the genesis of state welfare. (Political Sociology of Austria). 2005, p. 315 (there after: Klopp: Leben und Wirken . Cf. Peter GJ Pulzer, p. 705 ).
  8. ↑ (Grave of honor for a Tyrolean in Vienna). In:  Innsbrucker Nachrichten , February 8, 1917, p. 7 (online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / ibn.
  9. ↑ Dr. Ludwig Psenner. In:  Reichspost , October 17, 1896, p. 3 (online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / rpt.
  10. ^ Writer Dr. Ludwig Psenner †. In:  Reichspost , February 6, 1917, p. 17 (online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / rpt.
personal data
SURNAME Psenner, Ludwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian politician and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH May 29, 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH Bolzano
DATE OF DEATH February 5, 1917
Place of death Vienna