Andreas Gottschalk Explained

Andreas Gottschalk (28 February 1815 in Düsseldorf – 8 September 1849) was a German physician. He was a member of the Cologne community Communist League. He was an exponent of the "Left" sectarian tendencies of the German working class movement.

He founded and became president in April 1848 of the Cologne Workers Association, which he led until he was arrested in June of that year. He was released from jail in December. After a short time abroad, he returned to Cologne, where he worked as a doctor for the poor until his death in the fall of 1849 having the previous year been "cheered on by a crowd of 5,000, called for the establishment of a revolutionary committee" as part of the 1848 revolts.^[1] Gottschalk died after contracting cholera himself.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Biographical note contained in the Collected Works of Karl Marx and Frederick Engels: Volume 9, p. 603.
2. Notice next to his portrait. Cologne City Museum. Andreas Gottschalck (1815-1849) arbeitete als Amenarzt in der Pfarre St. Severin, Im März 1848 führte er zusammen mit Fritz Anneke eine Anzahl Arbeitsloser zum Kölner Rathaus, um eine Petition zu überreichen. Im April 1848 gründete er den Kölner Arbeiter-Verein. Er wurden verhaftet, aber im Dezember freigesprochen. Nach einem kurzen Aufenthalt im Ausland kehrte er nach Köln zurück, wo er im Herbst 1849 an der Cholera starb und sein Grab auf dem Friedhof Melaten fand..