Nail smiths revolt
The nail smiths' revolt was a protest movement against the social consequences of mechanization in the industrial revolution in the Saxon Ore Mountains .
background
The transition from manual to industrial production in the 19th century also led to political unrest in the Kingdom of Saxony . Often the destruction of machines or newly built factories was an attempt to prevent factory owners from replacing skilled workers with unskilled workers or to protest against deterioration in wages and working conditions. The reform plans of the Saxon government in the 1830s only solved the pent-up conflict potential for a short time.
history
The uprising of the nail smiths in the upper Ore Mountains on March 29, 1848 brought a storm on nail factories in Elterlein and in Mittweida near Markersbach with looting and destruction. It was modeled on the here Luddites in the countries of the German and other parts of Europe . In Elterlein it concerned the Leinbrocksche factory and in Mittweida the machine nail factory of Gustav Jahn , which had emerged from a wire hammer.
Web links
- Jonny Hielscher: All Saints Church Raschau 800 years of church history , limited preview , Berlin 2012 ISBN 978-3-8442-1647-9
- Literature from and about the nail blacksmith's revolt in the Saxon Bibliography
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Wetzel: The Erzgebirge in the course of history , in: Martina Schattkowsky (Ed. With the collaboration of Andreas Peschel): Erzgebirge. Cultural Landscapes of Saxony Volume 3 , Edition Leipzig, Leipzig 2010, ISBN 978-3-361-00645-4 , p. 64
- ↑ Gustav Jahn: The destruction of the machine nail factory in Mittweida near Scheibenberg by rebellious workers from the area , Leipzig, CH Hoßfeld, 1848 ( urn : nbn: de: bvb: 12-bsb10389011-5 ); ders .: The destruction of the machine nail factory in the village of Mitweida near Scheibenberg by rebellious nail smiths, manual workers and farmers from the area . Kretschmar: Chemnitz 1848. ( urn : nbn: de: bsz: 14-ppn3220809758 )