Johann Emanuel Veith
Johann Emanuel Veith (born July 10, 1787 in Kuttenplan , Egerland , † November 6, 1876 in Vienna ) was an Austrian doctor, clergyman and author of numerous religious and medical, but also poetic works.
Life
Veith was born the son of a rabbi. After high school and studying medicine and veterinary medicine in Prague , he started teaching at the kuk Thierarzney Institute in Vienna , which he - now a professor - was director of for five years.
In Vienna he met leading figures of the Viennese Catholic renewal, including Klemens Maria Hofbauer , as whose doctor he worked. Baptized in 1816, he studied Catholic theology from 1817 and entered the Redemptorist Order , which he left again years later (1830). As a priest he also remained active as a doctor. So he was a keen advocate of homeopathy during a cholera epidemic . He found recognition primarily as a preacher , from 1831 to 1845 he was cathedral preacher at St. Stephen's in Vienna. He also received the Grand Gold Salvator Medal and the Commander's Cross Franz Joseph Order and in 1846 became Dome of Honor of Salzburg.
Veith was a co-founder of the Austrian "Catholic Association" in 1848 and a member of the Christian social movement in Vienna at the beginning of the 19th century.
In addition to his extensive work as an author, he was the editor of numerous religious magazines and paperbacks (e.g. "Lydia", Philosophical Yearbook, 5 volumes from 1849–1854, together with his long-time friend Anton Günther ).
In 1877 the Veithgasse in Vienna- Landstrasse (3rd district) was named after him.
Works
- Systematic description of the most excellent medicinal plants growing wild in Austria or common in gardens, with special consideration of the new Austrian Provincial Pharmacopoeia for medical students, surgeons and pharmacists studying at the University of Vienna. Geistinger, Vienna 1813 ( digitized version from the University and State Library in Düsseldorf ).
- Homiletic lectures for Sundays and holidays. 7 volumes. Vienna 1831–1855 ( digital copies of the Bavarian State Library ).
- libretto
- The Brandenburg Gate , Singspiel. Music (1814): Giacomo Meyerbeer . First performance in the Konzerthaus Berlin on September 5, 1991.
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Veith, Johann Emanuel . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 50th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1884, pp. 81–95 ( digitized version ).
- Eduard Winter , Maria Winter (eds.): Cathedral preacher Johann Emanuel Veith and Cardinal Friedrich Schwarzenberg: the Günther trial in unpublished letters and files. Vienna (ao), Böhlau (ao) 1972.
- Otto Weiß : Johann Emanuel Veith. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 12, Bautz, Herzberg 1997, ISBN 3-88309-068-9 , Sp. 1194-1204.
Web links
- Literature by and about Johann Emanuel Veith in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Johann Emanuel Veith in the German Digital Library
- Entry on Johann Emanuel Veith in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- Johann Emanuel Veith in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Veith, Johann Emanuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian doctor, clergyman and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 10, 1787 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kuttenplan , Egerland |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 6, 1876 |
| Place of death | Vienna |