Heinrich Kampschulte

Heinrich Johann Kampschulte (28 March 1823 – 30 April 1878) was a German Roman Catholic priest, a Catholic Centre Party politician and an historian.[1]

Life

Kampschulte was born into a prosperous family in Wickede, a small town on the banks of the Ruhr. He attended secondary school in Paderborn, and went on to study Theology at Münster. In 1846 he was ordained into the priesthood at Paderborn.[1] As a priest his first job was as a chaplain with the Fürstenberg family at Castle Körtlinghausen near Warstein. He then got a position as a chaplain at Brilon, where he also taught in the local secondary school. Some time later he became a Vicar at Geseke, before returning to Brilon as a priest in the town's Alme district. In 1860 he moved to Höxter, taking a post as a Dean.[1]

Even before the Church-state power struggle ("Kulturkampf") became a defining feature of German politics in the 1870s, Heinrich Kampschulte was one of those advocating a more visibly defined presence for The Church in the country's political structure. In 1871 his was one of the first signatures on the founding declaration for the Catholic Centre Party. He sat as a member the Prussian House of Representatives, representing the new party, between 1870 and 1873.[2]

Heinrich Kampschulte's most lasting importance comes from his work as a church historian, notably of the important Westphalian region. He also published theological works on his own account, and translated "Pensées" [Thoughts on Religion] (1861) by Blaise Pascal into German.

Family

The historian Franz Wilhelm Kampschulte was Heinrich Kampschulte's younger brother.

Publications (not a complete list)

References

  1. 1 2 3 Franz Heinrich Reusch (1882). "Kampschulte: Heinrich K., ein älterer Bruder Fr. Wilhelm Kampschulte's (s. u.), war geboren zu.....". Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig & Wikisource. p. 64. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  2. Bernhard Mann (ed.) : Biographisches Handbuch für das Preußische Abgeordnetenhaus. 1867–1918 (= Handbücher zur Geschichte des Parlamentarismus und der politischen Parteien : Vol. 3) Mitarbeit von Martin Doerry, Cornelia Rauh und Thomas Kühne. Droste Verlag, Düsseldorf 1988, p. 205; zu den Wahlergebnissen siehe Thomas Kühne: Handbuch der Wahlen zum Preußischen Abgeordnetenhaus 1867–1918. Wahlergebnisse, Wahlbündnisse und Wahlkandidaten (= Handbücher zur Geschichte des Parlamentarismus und der politischen Parteien : Vol. 6). Droste Verlag, Düsseldorf 1994, pp. 635–637.
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