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Friedrich Ludwig Weidig

1791–1837 · 19th century

Friedrich Ludwig Weidig was a Protestant pastor and schoolteacher in the Grand Duchy of Hesse and a leading figure of the liberal and democratic opposition. In 1834 he edited and helped distribute Georg Büchner's revolutionary pamphlet Der Hessische Landbote. Arrested in 1835, he died in prison in Darmstadt in 1837 after harsh treatment, becoming a martyr of the German democratic movement.

Friedrich Ludwig Weidig
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