About Ludwig Wahrmund
Lived 1860 – 1932 (aged 72). Ludwig Wahrmund was an Austrian jurist, theologian and university teacher.
Ludwig Wahrmund (; 21 August 1860 – 10 September 1932) was an Austrian professor of Canon Law at the University of Innsbruck.
Ludwig was the son of Adolf Wahrmund, a noted anti-semite. However, Ludwig rose to prominence from a lecture he gave on 18 January 1908 in Innsbruck Town Hall entitled Catholic Weltanschauung and Free Science. The lecture was repeated in Salzburg and published as a pamphlet. Ludwig's criticism of the Catholic Church and their attempt to control education gave rise to the "Wahrmund Affair", which led to his removal from his professorial chair in Innsbruck.
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Austrian jurist and theologian (1860–1932)
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Ludwig Wahrmund was born on 21 August 1860 in Vienna.
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Ludwig Wahrmund died on 10 September 1932 in Prague, New Town.
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Ludwig Wahrmund was a jurist, theologian and university teacher.
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Ludwig Wahrmund was Austrian.
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