August Reichensperger (22 March 180816 July 1895) was a German Catholic politician from the city of

Koblenz Koblenz (; Moselle Franconian language, Moselle Franconian: ''Kowelenz''), spelled Coblenz before 1926, is a German city on the banks of the Rhine and the Moselle, a multi-nation tributary. Koblenz was established as a Roman Empire, Roman mili ...

Life

Reichensperger studied law and entered government service, becoming counsellor to the court of appeal (''Appellationsgerichtsrat'') at

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western States of Germany, state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 m ...

in 1849. He was a member of the German parliament at Frankfurt in 1848, when he attached himself to the Right, and of the

Erfurt Parliament The Erfurt Union (german: Erfurter Union) was a short-lived union of German states under a federation, proposed by the Kingdom of Prussia at Erfurt, for which the Erfurt Union Parliament (''Erfurter Unionsparlament''), lasting from March 20 to ...

in 1850, when he voted against the

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n-dominated union of the German states. From 1850 to 1863 he sat in the Prussian Lower House, from 1867 to 1884 in the Reichstag, and from 1879 onwards also in the Prussian Chamber of Deputies. Originally of

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tendencies, he developed from 1837 onwards

ultramontane Ultramontanism is a clerical political conception within the Catholic Church that places strong emphasis on the prerogatives and powers of the Pope. It contrasts with Gallicanism, the belief that popular civil authority—often represented by th ...

opinions, founded in 1852 the

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group which in 1861 took the name of the Centre Party and became one of its most conspicuous orators. He died at Cologne. He published a considerable number of works on art and architecture, including ''Die christlich-germanische Baukunst'' (Trier, 1852, 3rd ed., 1860); ''Fingerzeige auf dem Gebiete der christlichen Kunst'' (Leipzig, 1854); and ''

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, der Neubegründer der christlichen Kunst in England'' (Freiburg, 1877). His brother, Peter Reichensperger, was also active in German politics.

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