Carl Wilhelm Tölcke

Carl Wilhelm Tölcke (31 May 1817 in Eslohe, Sauerland – 30 November 1893 in Dortmund) was a German Social democratic politician, the "father of Social democracy in Westphalia" and president of the General German Workers' Association.

Portrait of Carl Wilhelm Tölcke

Leaders of the early German worker's movement (above: August Bebel, Wilhelm Liebknecht, in the center: Karl Marx, below: Carl Wilhelm Tölcke, Ferdinand Lassalle)

Memorial stone at the Ostenfriedhof in Dortmund

References

• Herzig, Arno (2001), "Carl Wilhelm Tölcke : Vater der westfälischen Sozialdemokratie", in Faulenbach, Bernd (ed.), Sozialdemokratie im Wandel. Der Bezirk Westliches Westfalen 1893-2001., Essen: Klartext Verlag, ISBN 978-3-89861-062-9