Adolf Fäh

Adolf Fäh (also Adolph Fäh ; born March 29, 1858 in Ragaz ; † December 10, 1932 in St. Gallen ) was a Catholic priest , collegiate librarian, art historian, lecturer in art history, expert on church construction and religious writer.

Life

Fa was entitled to reside in Kaltbrunn . His date of birth is not recorded consistently. His parents were Joseph Martin Fäh and Theresia geb. Fischli. He attended high school in St. Gallen, where he was an internal pupil in the episcopal boys' seminar in St. Georgen until it was abolished due to the cultural struggle in 1874. The rest of the high school he spent in Freiburg im Üechtland , where he joined the local section of the Swiss Student Union (honorary member from 1883). In 1876/77 he studied philosophy , then until 1879 theology in courses I and II at the University of Würzburg . This was followed by a study of art history in Munich in 1879 , which he interrupted, however, around 1879/80 with the III. theological course at the Episcopal Lyceum Eichstätt to complete the theology studies.

Afterwards, he went back to Munich, where he lived in the Georgianum in 1880/81 . He then continued his studies in art history in St. Gallen and in Freiburg im Üechtland . From autumn 1881 he can be found on the fourth theological course, the practical preparation for the priesthood, in the St. Georgen seminary near St. Gallen. On March 25, 1882 Fäh received in Chur , the ordination . He then worked as a pastor in the diocese of St. Gallen , from 1882 to 1885 as a chaplain in Waldkirch . In 1884 he was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD ; his dissertation topic was "The Madonna ideal in older German schools".

In 1885 he became a mission pastor in Speicher . From there he was appointed abbey librarian to St. Gallen in 1892 ; he remained so until the end of his life. At the same time he worked as a youth pastor from 1894 to 1922. So he was President, d. H. Spiritual leader, the Catholic Young Team of the City of St. Gallen and from 1903 to 1910 St. Gallen Diocesan President of the Congregation for Young Men. He founded the “Rosendamm” and “Merkuria” apprenticeship homes in St. Gallen and from 1905 acted as editor of the future of Catholic youth clubs, which he founded . At the same time he taught art history for several years at the St. Gallen Commercial College; In 1896 his extensive “Outline of the History of the Fine Arts” was published.

Together with August Hardegger, he was a key expert in church building in the diocese of St. Gallen for decades. In addition, he was one of the first to promote the homeland security movement on Sanktgallic-Appenzell soil. In terms of art history, he dealt with the entire St. Gallen monastery district, in particular with the cathedral and the monastery library. He had a particular fondness for St. Gallen embroidery , which he researched in terms of cultural history. Together with his friend Leopold Iklé , an accomplished collector, he published two extensive panel volumes on lace and embroidery. He also wrote biographies of artists and of Catholic clergy. In addition, he wrote Christian edification literature. In 1906 he became a member of the Munich Association for Christian Art . His estate is in the St. Gallen Abbey Library.

Honor

In 1922 he became the papal house prelate.

Publications

• Articles in periodicals in Switzerland and Germany, etc. a. the Munich magazine for Christian art
• The Madonna Ideal in Older German Schools (1884)
• The chapel in Tuferswil near Lütisburg. A Contribution to Medieval Art History (1886)
• Outline of the history of the fine arts (1897; 2nd edition 1903)
• A consecration gift from the Princely Land to the St. Gallen Monastery (1889)
• Textile models from the Iklé collection in St. Gallen (1890)
• A festive idyll from the Bündner Mountains (1894)
• In memory of the 25th anniversary of the parish of ... Eberhard Walser (1894)
• Landammann JBE Rusch of Appenzell (1896)
• The cathedral in St. Gallen and the abbey library. Masterpieces of the Rococo style. (1756–1763), Tafelwerk, 2 vol. (1896/1900)
• P. Iso Walser, OSB (1897)
• The cathedral in St. Gallen (1899)
• From the history of the municipality of Walenstadt and the Sarganserland (1900)
• The building history of the Abbey Library in St. Gallen (1900) ( digitized version )
• An immortelle on the grave of Mr. Jos. Ant.Sennhauser-Stadler Sel. Cantonal Council (1900)
• Painter Severin Benz-Stoffel. Biographical essay (1901)
• The Counts of Toggenburg . Festival in 5 acts (1903)
• The childhood friend and popular writer Franz Xaver Wetzel , drawn by a friend's hand (1904)
• Art-historical walks through Catalonia (1905)
• L'art Catalana (1906)
• 15th century single sheet prints. Colored early prints from the St. Gallen Abbey Library. 43 hand-colored panels (1906)
• The choirboy of (des?) Montserrat. Novellistic travel memories from Catalonia (1907)
• St. Gallic Miniatures of the 16th Century (1907)
• Leopold Iklé (with Adolf Fäh and Emil Wild): Iklé textile collection. Catalog (1908)
• The art of the Middle Ages (1909)
• Sermons of the Hochwst. Dr. Augustin Egger , published in 5 volumes (1910–1913)
• Damian Forment , a sculptor of the XVI. Jd.'s. (1910)
• Praise Jesus Christ! Pictures from the life of our Savior and his beloved saints (1910)
• The way to luck. A household treasure for the Catholic people. Acquired from the estate of Franz Xaver Wetzel (1911)
• The textile collection of the college in Appenzell (1911)
• The lace, a renaissance flower (1911)
• Memories of love and gratitude to P. Eberhard Walser, OM Cap., ( Capuchin -) Superior in Mastrils (1911)
• From the studio of a Swiss artist. The hand drawings of the painter Severin Benz in the College of St. Anton in Appenzell (1911)
• Murillo (1912)
• The young men of the Old Testament (2nd edition 1912)
• A memorial church in memory of Bishop Ferdinandus Rüegg (in Lienz near Rüthi) (1913)
• From a venerable cultural site (St. Gallen) (1913)
• Leopold Iklé and Adolph Fäh: Contributions to the history of lace development , published by the St. Gallen Commercial Directorate (1913)
• Textile models from the Jklé collection in St. Gallen (1913)
• Guide to the Cathedral of St. Gallen (1913)
• The golden Catholic book. Guiding stars for the believing people by Dean Fr. X. Wetzel , ed. from the manuscripts left by Adolf Fäh (1914)
• Our Kaiserjäger (Johann Schertler von Wolfurt) 1889–1914 (1914)
• A memorial sheet, laid down on the fresh grave of the reverend Canonikus Dr. Karl Keel, cathedral catechist (1915)
• Contributions to the history of hand embroidery by Appenzell I.-Rh. (1915)
• Swiss loyalty and German heroism (1915)
• Velázquez . Art to the people. No. 27 (1916)
• Franz Vettiger . The artistic legacy of his hometown (1917)
• Building history of the collegiate church in Pfäfers (1917)
• The villa "Ray" of H. Director A. Dorer-Roth in Quarten am Wallensee, built by architect W. Schäfer in Weesen (1919)
• The Jklé collection. Contributions to a history of the development of lace (1919)
• La collection Iklé (1919)
• Dean and Canon Joh. Ign. Oesch, pastor of Ragaz, 1835–1920 (1920)
• Leopold Iklé (1838–1922), memorial sheets based on his memoirs (1922)
• A veteran of the Eastern Swiss industry (1922; 1923)
• The choir stalls of the Cathedral of St. Gallen (1923)
• The Return of an Exile to His Homeland (1923)
• Coptic textiles (1925)
• The Paris world exhibition of arts décoratifs (1925)
• Praise Jesus Christ! (1925)
• St. Wiborada , Virgin and Martyr (1926)
• The life of Mary. A cycle of 12 paintings by Martin v. Flint (1926)
• The fate of the St. Gallen Cathedral since its construction (1926; 1928?)
• The Abbey Library in St. Gallen and its manuscripts. In: The Harvest (1927)
• The centenary of the invention of our embroidery machine (1928)
• Works in precious metal of the parish church in Rorschach (1928)
• The Abbey Library in St. Gallen. The building and its treasures. In: New Year's Gazette of the Historical Association of the Canton of St. Gallen. 69 (1929)
• The keystones of the vaults in the refectory in Mariaberg (1929)
• The keystones in the eastern part of the cloister in Mariaberg (1930)
• A welcome addition to the st. Gallic art collection (1930)
• Damián Forment (1940)
• Church painter Franz Vettiger. 1846–1917 (edited by Benno Schubiger) (1977)

Biobibliographic literature

• Keiter's Catholic Literature Calendar (1907), p. 131
• Kürschner's Literature Calendar to 1917 , Col. 392
• Katholischer Literaturkalender (1926), p. 76 (with bibliography)
• Monthly Roses , magazine of the Swiss Student Union. Volume 77 (1932/33), pp. 90–92 (with portrait illus.)
• Eastern Switzerland from December 12, 1932
• St. Galler Tagblatt (1932), no.583
• Schweizerische Kirchenzeitung (1932), p. 443
• The great Herder. Volume IV (1932), Col. 599
• Wilhelm Kosch: Catholic Germany. Volume I (1933), Col. 688 f.
• Appenzell Yearbooks (1933)
• Biographical Lexicon of Deceased Swiss II
• St. Gallen annual folder 1934 , p. 18 f .; that. as a special print: Dora F. Rittmeyer: In memory of Abbey Librarian Dr. Adolph Fäh (1934)
• New year papers of the Historical Association of the Canton of St. Gallen. 74 (1934), p. 83 f.
• Karl Schönenberger: History of the Swiss Student Association. Revised, shortened and continued on the basis of the 2nd edition by Dr. Sebastian Grüter (1940/41), p. 334
• Josephus Meile (Red.): Hundred Years of the Diocese of St. Gallen (1947), pp. 257, 332
• Cornel Dora: Estate of Adolf Fäh (1993)
• German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE). Volume III (1996), p. 216
• Siegfried Schieweck-Mauk: "... unforgettable years". Swiss students at the Episcopal Lyceum Eichstätt (1848-1912). Treatises on student and higher education, Volume 15. SH-Verlag, Cologne 2007, pp. 250-252, ISBN 978-3-89498-174-7

Web links

• Cornel Dora: Fae, Adolf. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Iklés textile collection. In: Swissinfo . November 21, 2002.
2. ↑ Else Scheipl: History of the Association for Christian Art in Munich 1860 to 1990 . Munich 1995, ISBN 3-927457-03-5 , pp. 150 and 155

predecessor	Office	successor
Johann Nepomuk Idtensohn	Librarian from St. Gallen 1892–1932	Josef Müller