| Hans Kudlich | |
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| Lithograph by Eduard Kaiser , 1848 | |
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| Born | October 23, 1823 Lobenstein, Austria Eastern Silesia |
| Died | November 10, 1917 (aged 94) Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Louise Vogt |
| Occupation | Political activist, member of the Austrian Parliament, writer, physician |
Hans Kudlich (born October 23, 1823 [1][2], died November 10, 1917[2] ) was an Austrian political activist, Austrian legislator, writer and physician.
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Hans Kudlich was born on October 23, 1823 in Lobenstein (now Úvalno) near Opava, Austrian Silesia (now Czech Silesia) to a peasant family.
Hans Kudlich is noted for being a leader of the movement to end the feudal policies of the Austrian government. The Austrian government enforced a law known as the Robot Patent which required farmers to provide labor without compensation to the noble landowners. Kudlich was elected to the Austrian Reichstag (parliament) in early 1848 at the age of 25. He introduced a bill to end forced servitude and the bill was approved by the legislature.
The parliament was dissolved by force on March 7, 1849 when the rebellion that had briefly taken control of Vienna was crushed. Kudlich up to the time of the dissolution of the parliament had worked to rally support for the revolution. After the dissolution of the parliament he fled first to Germany and then to Switzerland.
Hans Kudlich died November 11, 1917 in Hoboken, New Jersey. USA. There is a memorial to him in Poysdorf, Austria. The memorial reads in part (English translation), "Dr. Hans Kudlich, peasant liberator, thanks to his memory, from the Austrian Silesian Hans Kudlich Committee, built in the year 2000".
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