Peter Hauptmann (publisher)

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Peter Hauptmann

Peter Joseph Hauptmann (born September 25, 1825 in Bonn ; † May 28, 1895 ibid) was a German publisher and politician ( center ).

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Hauptmann first went to school in his hometown of Bonn, later he attended the high school in Cologne and finally a Catholic educational institution, the Institut libre in Marcq-en-Barœul, France . In 1851 Hauptmann settled down as a merchant in Düren , where, among other things, he initiated the establishment of a Catholic orphanage association. In 1855/56 he moved to Bonn and co-founded the “Bonn Bank for Trade and Industry”. In the autumn of 1871, with the support of Catholic circles, Hauptmann founded the Deutsche Reichszeitung in Bonn - the first denominational daily newspaper in the city and beyond - and an associated publishing house with a book printer. Under his leadership, the newspaper made a name for itself in terms of church politics in the Kulturkampf alongside the Center Party against Old Catholicism and the Prussian state and took an extremely uncompromising line, so that Hauptmann was sentenced twice to prison terms for press offenses (including in December 1875). From 1874 he also published the weekly newspaper “Deutsches Vaterland”, which he launched. He was one of the co-founders of the "Feuerversicherungs-Gesellschaft Rheinland" in Neuss and was a board member there until his death. For the Center Party he was a member of the Prussian House of Representatives from 1885, elected in the constituency of Bonn-Rheinbach . From 1888 onwards, Hauptmann handed over the management of his publishing house to his son Carl , who continued to run it after his death.

Hauptmann was buried on May 31, 1895 in the Old Cemetery in Bonn .

family

Hauptmann was born on April 20, 1852 with Felicie. Rüttgers (also Felicitas ; 1826–1874) married. With her he had three sons: Carl (1853-1933), his successor in the publishing house and later a writer, Felix (1856-1934), who became a law professor and also worked as a center politician and as a local researcher and Robert, the court assessor.

Memberships (selection)

  • Augustine Association for the Care of the Catholic Press (co-founder and board member)
  • Marian Congregation for Men (first member)
  • Bachelor sodality (honorary member)
  • Cäcilien-Gesangverein at the Herz-Jesu-Kirche (honorary member)
  • Catholic journeyman's association (honorary member)
  • Catholic Commercial Association Bonn (extraordinary member)
  • Rhenish farmers' association (board member)

Honors

literature

  • Otto Wenig: Book printing and book trade in Bonn . Ludwig Röhrscheid Verlag, Bonn 1968, pp. 223-225.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Otto Wenig: Book printing and book trade in Bonn . Ludwig Röhrscheid Verlag, Bonn 1968, pp. 223-225.
  2. ↑ a b Ferdinand von Sturm zu Vehlingen: Our family researchers - a contribution to family history (PDF), July 1999 (revised 2010), p. 9
  3. ^ Toni Feldenkirchen: The Bonn German Reichszeitung in the Kulturkampf . W. Kleikamp, ​​Cologne 1960, p. 18.
  4. ^ Bavaria (Würzburger Abendblatt) . No. 149/1875, July 2, 1875. ( online )
personal data
SURNAME Captain, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hauptmann, Peter Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publisher and politician (center)
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1825
PLACE OF BIRTH Bonn
DATE OF DEATH May 28, 1895
Place of death Bonn