Adalbert Winkler

P. Adalbert Winkler O.Cist. (* December 4, 1857 in Rechnitz , Burgenland ; † October 29, 1938 in Mönchhof , Burgenland) was an Austro-Hungarian monk priest, administrator and monument conservator.

Life

He graduated from the grammar school in Szombathely and entered the Heiligenkreuz Abbey as a novice in 1878 ; He made solemn profession on March 26, 1883 and was ordained a priest on July 25, 1883 in Vienna. His first session took place on August 5, 1883 in his home community in Rechnitz.

He first came to Mönchhof (1883 to 1887) as an assistant chaplain , then to the Neukloster in Wiener Neustadt . This was followed by an assignment in Podersdorf . From 1899 to 1908 he was pastor in Winden , then administrator and pastor in Mönchhof, where he remained until his death; he is buried there.

For political agitation he was arrested in 1919 during the time of the Hungarian council dictatorship , but acquitted in a process lasting several days.

Appointed archivist by the Federal Chancellery in 1930, he was appointed curator of the Central Office for Monument Protection for ecclesiastical and secular monuments in the Neusiedl am See district by the Federal Ministry of Education in 1935 .

Awards

Silver Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria (1933)
Professional title economics council
Honorary citizen of Mönchhof, where a street is named after him

Publications

His book Die Zisterzienser am Neusiedlersee and the history of this lake (Mödling 1923; new edition Winden am See 1993) is important for the history of Burgenland ; it is considered to be the first scientifically founded work in regional literature (according to regional archive director Johann Seedoch in the foreword to the reprint).

Note on this work

Father Winkler's very one-sided portrayal of the Steinbruch settlement was an occasion for intensive research into Kaisersteinbrucher, especially of the local stonemasonry .

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Heiligenkreuz Abbey Archives
Kirchliche Nachrichten [Obituary for Winkler], in: Das Kleine Volksblatt of October 30, 1938, p. 25.

Individual evidence

↑ Helmuth Furch : Historisches Lexikon Kaisersteinbruch (= messages of the museum and cultural association Kaisersteinbruch), 2 volumes, Kaisersteinbruch 2004, 1018 pages.

personal data
SURNAME	Winkler, Adalbert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Winkler, P. Adalbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austro-Hungarian monk priest, administrator and curator
DATE OF BIRTH	December 4, 1857
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rechnitz , Burgenland
DATE OF DEATH	October 29, 1938
Place of death	Mönchhof , Burgenland

[1] Helmuth Furch : Historisches Lexikon Kaisersteinbruch (= messages of the museum and cultural association Kaisersteinbruch), 2 volumes, Kaisersteinbruch 2004, 1018 pages.