Michael Kockel

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Michael Johannes Kockel ( Upper Sorbian Michał Jan Kokla ; born October 25, 1840 in Räckelwitz ; † August 29, 1922 in Crostwitz ) was a Sorbian landowner from Crostwitz and a member of the Saxon state parliament .

Life

He was born on October 25, 1840 in Räckelwitz (Worklecy), married Maria Nazdalek (Nasdala) from Piskowitz on May 31, 1870 in Nebelschütz , had five children and died on August 29, 1922 in Crostwitz. In 1866 he took over a farm in Crostwitz for 2100 thalers. In the 18th century the farm belonged to the "Lißak" family known in Crostwitz, so that it was often mentioned in writing as Michał Kokla-Lissak.

The farmer and politician Jakob Spittank was his son-in-law.

Political activity

Michael J. Kockel was a member of the Conservative State Association , a conservative political group in the Kingdom of Saxony . He was one of the main organizers of rural Sorbian club life in the last third of the 19th century.

Kockel was a permanent member of the Saxon state parliament for constituency 8 from 1885 until the revolution in 1918. In November 1918, he signed the proclamation of his parliamentary and faction colleague Arnošt Bart-Brězynčanski calling for state-guaranteed minority rights for the Sorbian people. They used the debate about new forms of government to criticize the Saxon school policy towards the Sorbs.

Kockel maintained friendly contact with Adolf Černy , the founder of the Czech-Wendish association Adolf Černý , which was renamed the Society of Friends of Lusatia in 1932 . Since 1881 he was a member of the Maćica Serbska .

literature

  • Elvira Döscher, Wolfgang Schröder : Saxon parliamentarians 1869–1918. The deputies of the Second Chamber of the Kingdom of Saxony in the mirror of historical photographs. A biographical handbook (= photo documents on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 5). Droste, Düsseldorf 2001, ISBN 3-7700-5236-6 , p. 409.
  • Hartmut Zwahr : Kokla, Michał [1] . In: Jan Šołta, Pětr Kunze, Franc Šěn (eds.): Nowy biografiski słownik k stawiznam a kulturje Serbow [New biographical dictionary on the history and culture of the Sorbs] . Ludowe nakładnistwo Domowina, Budyšin [Bautzen] 1984, p. 266 f.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kockel's membership in the 28th Ordinary Landtag (1899–1900) is missing in the overview , in which, however, according to the protocol, he also participated.
personal data
SURNAME Kockel, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kockel, Michael Johannes; Kokla, Michał (Sorbian); Kokla, Jan Michał (Sorbian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Sorbian landowner and member of the Saxon state parliament
DATE OF BIRTH October 25, 1840
PLACE OF BIRTH Räckelwitz
DATE OF DEATH August 29, 1922
Place of death Crostwitz