August Reichensperger

August Reichensperger (22 March 1808 – 16 July 1895) was a German Catholic politician from the city of Koblenz.

Reichensperger studied law and entered government service, becoming counsellor to the court of appeal (Appellationsgerichtsrat) at Cologne in 1849.

[1] Originally of liberal tendencies, he developed from 1837 onwards ultramontane opinions, founded in 1852 the Catholic group which in 1861 took the name of the Centre Party and became one of its most conspicuous orators.

[1] He published a considerable number of works on art and architecture, including Die christlich-germanische Baukunst (Trier, 1845, 3rd ed., 1860); Fingerzeige auf dem Gebiete der christlichen Kunst (Leipzig, 1854); and Augustus Pugin, der Neubegründer der christlichen Kunst in England (Freiburg, 1877).

[1] His brother, Peter Reichensperger, was also active in German politics.