Windthorst, Ludwig

Windthorst, Ludwig

(lo͝ot`vĭkh vĭnt`hôrst), 1812–91, German political leader. As a founder and head of the Catholic Center party, he became the Reichstag's foremost opponent of Chancellor Otto von Bismarck in the dispute between the chancellor and the German Roman Catholics known as the KulturkampfKulturkampf
[Ger.,=conflict of cultures], the conflict between the German government under Bismarck and the Roman Catholic Church. The promulgation (1870) of the dogma of the infallibility of the pope in matters of faith and morals within the church sparked the conflict; it
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. Remarkable for parliamentary skill, he later helped Bismarck seek a reconciliation with the Roman Catholic Church.