National Committee (1848)

The Committee of St. Wenceslas of 1848 (Czech: Svatováclavský výbor roku 1848 ) was a pro-Slav parliamentary assembly formed in the revolutionary year of 1848 in Prague , the capital of the then Habsburg Kingdom of Bohemia .

Surname

He was also known as Výbor pražského měšťanstva ("Prague Citizens Committee" or "Prague Citizens Comité"). The National Committee established on March 11, 1848 was renamed in April in Národní výbor (German: "National Committee").

The most important tasks were overseeing public safety and national and social affairs.

The first meeting was convened via leaflets that were distributed primarily to and by members of the secret organization Repeal . In the first meeting, a petition written by František August Brauner to the emperor was accepted, in which eleven points called for the creation of an independent state structure in Bohemia / Czech Republic. In this so-called Prague Citizens' Petition one demanded in addition

• equality between Czechs and Germans in all areas of public life,
• Abolition of serfdom ,
• Introduction of local self-government ,
• Freedom of the press and assembly ,
• Freedom of belief and
• the establishment of independent courts and civil guards .

The petition was supported with a signature by thousands of citizens but also by cities. The petition was not funded by Austrian Silesia and Moravia .

Others

This body experienced a renaissance when the Czechoslovak National Committee was later named in 1918.

source

• Svatováclavský výbor roku 1848 - a publication of the Národní archiv (National Archives), Prague 2005, online at: document.tips , accessed on May 26, 2017