!!!Los-von-Rom-Bewegung

Los-von-Rom-Bewegung ("Away from Rome" movement), political 
anti-Papist movement of German-national groups in Austria around 
G. v.  Schoenerer, fiercely hostile to the Catholic Church and 
parties belonging to the church. The Los-von-Rom movement was outlined 
in 1882 by the  Linz Programme and was triggered in 1897 in reaction 
to the Baden language regulations. To leave the Catholic Church and 
turn to Protestantism was its main concern, the objective being to 
prepare the unification of Austria with the German Reich. In Germany, 
the Evangelical League and the Gustav-Adolf Society promoted the 
Los-von-Rom movement However, only 14,835 people converted to 
Protestantism or the Old-Catholic Church at its peak between 1898 and 
1901. Soon after, the movement ended as a "bitter satire on its 
founders" (F. Funder). __Publications:__ "Der Scherer", "Odin", "Die 
Flamme", "Die Wartburg", etc.

!Literature
F. Stauracz, Los von Rom, %%sup 2/%1901; G. David, Die 
Entwicklung der Los-von-Rom-Bewegung (bis 1899), 1906; K.-R. Trauner, 
Die Los-von-Rom-Bewegung, 1999.


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