Kulturkampf

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Kulturkampf was a series of 1870s policies in the newly unified German Empire that sought to reduce the political influence of the Catholic Church and assert state control over religious affairs.

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Label Occurrences
Kulturkampf canonical 8
Austrian Kulturkampf 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-clerical policy
church–state conflict
political conflict
aimedAt asserting state control over religious affairs
reducing political influence of the Catholic Church
appliesToJurisdiction Prussian provinces with large Catholic populations
chronology followed German unification of 1871
country German Empire
describedBySource German historians of the 19th century
endTime late 1870s
hasCause Papal infallibility doctrine of 1870
fear of ultramontanism
hasEffect closure of some Catholic institutions
imprisonment and exile of some bishops and priests
increased political mobilization of German Catholics
strengthening of the Centre Party
tension between Prussian state and Catholic hierarchy
hasMainProponent Otto von Bismarck
hasNameInLanguage Kulturkampf (German)
hasParticipant Catholic Church worldwide
surface form: Catholic Church

Centre Party (Germany)
Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
hasTopic church–state relations in Germany
historicalPeriod German Empire
surface form: German Empire (1871–1918)
implementedBy Prussian Minister of Culture Adalbert Falk
inspiredBy liberal anticlericalism
legalBasis May Laws of 1873
Prussian school inspection laws
literalMeaning culture struggle
location German Empire
Prussia
opposedBy Catholic bishops in Germany
Centre Party (Germany)
surface form: German Centre Party

Pope Pius IX
policyType education policy
religious policy
secularization policy
result partial repeal of anti-Catholic laws
rapprochement between Bismarck and the Centre Party
significantEvent Jesuit Law of 1872
May Laws
civil marriage legislation
expulsion of religious orders
state supervision of seminaries
startTime 1871
targetedGroup Catholic clergy
religious orders

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Otto von Bismarck knownFor Kulturkampf
Iron Chancellor policy Kulturkampf
subject surface form: Otto von Bismarck
Vienna Convention between the Holy See and Austria-Hungary (1855 Concordat) relatedTo Kulturkampf
this entity surface form: Austrian Kulturkampf