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Ludwig Windthorst was a German politician and leader of the Catholic Centre Party, who opposed Prussia and Bismarck in the unification of Germany and the Kulturkampf. He was born in 1812 in Hanover, studied law, and became a minister of justice and a member of the Reichstag.
Ludwig Windthorst war ein deutscher Politiker der katholischen Zentrumspartei, der aus Hannover stammte und sich gegen Bismarck stellte. Er war ein fleißiger und zähiger Jurist, der sich für die Rechte der Katholiken einsetzte.
Ludwig Windthorst was a prominent German Roman Catholic political leader of the 19th century. He was one of the founders of the Centre Party, which aimed at the unification of German Catholics and the defense of Roman Catholic interests.
Learn about the life and career of Ludwig Windthorst, the greatest parliamentarian in Germany's history. He led the Center Party, defended minority rights, opposed Bismarck, and shaped the Reichstag's balance of power.
(1812–91), German Catholic politician. He held high office in Hanover. After the union of Hanover with Prussia in 1866, he became a member of the N. German Diet and later of the German Reichstag. In 1871 he helped to found the Centre Party; he was its leader until his death.
Baron Ludwig von Windthorst was a German politician and leader of the Catholic Centre Party and the most notable opponent of Chancellor Otto von Bismarck during the Prussian-led unification of Germany and the Kulturkampf.
LUDWIG WINDTHORST (1812-1891), German politician, was born on the 17th of January 1812 at Kaldenhof, a country house near Osnabruck. He sprang from a Roman Catholic family which for some generations had held important posts in the Hanoverian civil service.
