Adalbert Fuchs (Abbot)

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Adalbert Fuchs OSB , baptized Franz Fuchs (born September 12, 1868 in Landschau , Moravia ; † November 15, 1930 in Göttweig ) was the 59th abbot of the Göttweig Monastery from 1923 to 1930 . He was also active as a historian ( Medievalist ).

Life

Franz Fuchs entered the Benedictine monastery in Göttweig in 1887, where he was given the religious name Adalbert, and was ordained a priest in 1892 . Initially active in pastoral care, he began to deal with historical studies. In 1893/94 he was an extraordinary member of the Institute for Austrian Historical Research , from 1894 to 1901 professor of church history at the theological training institute of the monastery, then a monastery archivist. In 1903 he was at the University of Vienna Dr. phil. PhD. From 1911 to 1921 Fuchs was pastor of the Hainfeld parish in Lower Austria . From 1922 to 1923 he was abbot coadjutor . In 1923, after the death of Abbot Adalbert I , Fuchs was elected as Adalbert II as the new Abbot of Göttweig.

In medieval studies he was considered to be an important figure, among other things through his publication of the documents from Göttweig in the Fontes rerum Austriacarum or his publication and editing of the letters to Field Marshal Raimund Montecuccoli in 1659/60 . He was a corresponding member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

Publications (selection)

  • Fontes rerum Austriacarum Volume 51: Documents and registers on the history of the Benedictine monastery in Göttweig, Part 1, from 1058–1400 , Vienna 1901
  • Fontes rerum Austriacarum Volume 52: Documents and registers on the history of the Benedictine monastery Göttweig, Part 2, from 1401–1468 , Vienna 1901
  • Fontes rerum Austriacarum Volume 55: Documents and registers on the history of the Benedictine monastery in Göttweig, Part 3, from 1468–1500 , Vienna 1902
  • Fontes rerum Austriacarum Volume 59: Documents and regesta on the history of the abolished Aggsbach Charterhouse , Vienna 1906
  • Letters to Field Marshal Raimund Montecuccoli 1659/60. Contributions to the history of the Northern War in the years 1659–1660 , Vienna 1910
  • Necrologia Germaniae Volume 5: Dioecesis Pataviensis (Austria inferior) , 1913
  • Saint Altmann. Bishop of Passau and founder of Göttweig. According to the oldest descriptions of life. Vienna 1929
  • Fontes rerum Austriacarum Volume 69: The traditional books of the Benedictine monastery Göttweig , Vienna 1931 ( post mortem )

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl Jägersberger: Becoming and growing the city of Hainfeld . Stadtgemeinde Hainfeld, Hainfeld 2004, p.?.

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predecessor Office successor
Adalbert I. Dungel Abbot of Göttweig Abbey
1923–1930 		Hartmann II. Strohsacker
personal data
SURNAME Fuchs, Adalbert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fuchs, Adalbert II .; Fuchs, Franz (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian dept
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH Landschau , Moravia
DATE OF DEATH November 15, 1930
Place of death Göttweig