Alfons Maria Lins
Alfons Lins , complete Alfons Maria Josef Lins (born December 6, 1888 in Wachsedt / Eichsfeld , Thuringia ; † February 4, 1967 in Bad Orb , Hesse ) was a German Roman Catholic theologian and priest , charismatic leader of the Bündische Jugend , sponsor of Liturgical movement in the Roman Catholic Church in the German-speaking area, writer and pastor in Bad Orb.
Life
Alfons Maria Lins was the first of six children of the innkeeper and farmer Karl Lins († 1924) and his wife Ida born. Müller was born in waxedt / Eichsfeld, where he grew up until he was six years old. With his grandmother Genovefa Lins he moved in 1894 to his uncle, the pastor Hermann Lins in Allendorf ad Werra and attended elementary school there . In October 1899 Pastor Hermann Lins took over the parish in Rinteln ad Weser , where Alfons attended grammar school. In this very ecclesiastical house, in which his unmarried aunt Anna Lins and his grandmother ran the household, Alfons spent about 8 years. Here in Rinteln, from 1900/1901 he switched directly to the Quinta (2nd class of the grammar school) of the Ernestinum grammar school . With the Abitur he finished school there on February 19, 1908.
Lins studied theology at the Fulda Theological Faculty and was ordained a priest there on June 1, 1912 by Bishop Joseph Damian Schmitt after only four years . On June 2, 1912, he celebrated his in Rinteln first Mass . After passing through a few intermediate stations in Bad Orb , Frankfurt-Bockenheim , Fulda and Schlüchtern , he finally became pastor in Bad Orb in 1931. Here it unfolded its three and a half decades of effectiveness. Alfons Maria Lins died in Bad Orb in 1967. His grave is in the local cemetery. His successor as pastor of Bad Orb was Johannes Kapp .
Act
Alfons Lins had his first chaplaincy from 1912 to 1915 in Bad Orb. As was customary at the time, he also gave Latin and religion lessons at the school. A second chaplaincy followed in Frankfurt-Bockenheim from 1915 to 1919. During this difficult war and post-war period marked by hunger, Kaplan Lins and the young people of his community collected donations for the starving population in front of Frankfurt cinemas. This was followed by a short but significant episode in 1919 as an assistant in the Episcopal Konvikt in Fulda, followed by a six-year activity as a chaplain in the Sacred Heart Home (at that time a home for war invalids ), from 1919 to 1925, also in Fulda. During this time he started his lifelong committed youth work . Alfons Lins helped found the Federal New Germany (ND). His characterization as "Linskaplan" appears for the first time, a concise association and political title. The contacts he initiated with and the cooperation with the Jesuit Father Ludwig Esch, the founding father of the ND, Romano Guardini and Heinrich Kahlefeld , the supporters of the Quickborn , lasted a lifetime. At Rothenfels Castle , the spiritual center of Quickborn, he also met Leo Weismantel for the first time , a poet , educator and cultural worker (designated as Bavarian minister of culture by the US authorities in 1945 ). Lins remained connected with him in many ways as pastor in Bad Orb.
Alfons Lins was one of the spiritual and spiritual leaders of the ND and was the editor / author of the newsletter "Leuchtturm". After the group of Normannsteiners separated from the ND in August 1924, Lins was one of the outstanding figures of this formation and the author of their newsletter "Heerfahrt".
From 1925 until he took up the parish in Bad Orb in 1931, Lin was an independent curate in Schlüchtern . Alfons Lins was the successor to pastor Adolf Dehler. Pastor Lins worked in Bad Orb for 36 years in a diverse and decisive way in all areas of civil life in the city and the region. During that time, and until 1934, Georg Wilhelm Henkel , the creator of the Orber Lied, was organist and choirmaster in Orb. He left one of his first visible traces through a thorough restoration of the Martinus Church (1935 to 1938 during the National Socialist era ). In this context, the baroque altar was removed and the valuable Gothic altarpiece from 1440 was installed. In 1956 it was possible to add the side wings that were missing until then. The restored Gothic overall impression of the church corresponded to the positive attitude of the Normannsteiners towards the Gothic, also represented by Lins, with their assumed mysticism and firmness of faith . Another outflow of this imprint, especially the exchange with Romano Guardini, were the liturgical innovations practiced by Lins in Orb. An example of this was the introduction of the German language long before the liturgical reform by the Second Vatican Council , which his friend Heinrich Kahlefeld played a major role in shaping. As early as 1938, Lins published a “community fair” at Verlag Göb, Bad Orb.
Lins brought life to the cultural scene in Bad Orbs through his theater productions with amateur actors. The listed pieces included: B. "Peter von Orb" or "The Sacrifice of Abraham " by Ludwig Nüdling . The games were played in the parish hall or in the gymnasium of the elementary school. Also " Boniface and the Donareiche ", "St. Elisabeth of Thuringia " and "The Turks under Sultan Soliman in 1529 before Vienna" were on the program. The productions were part of Pastor Lins' strategy to set intellectual accents against Nazi propaganda . After the war , "Das Heil der Welt" by Calderon , " Jedermann " by Hugo von Hofmannsthal and " Parsival " were much larger and dramatically more demanding subjects. The performances now took place as open-air performances on the market square or in front of the Martinus Church. All of these activities characterize Lins as a creator of culture who expressed his love for Bad Orb in a legendary bon mot : "This is my promised land".
Further traces / memories
- In memory of his brothers in the Normannstein Association who died in the war, A. Lins inaugurated the Normannstein Chapel near the Fulda house in the Rhön on September 12, 1948 . Every year in September a service is celebrated in memory of the Normannsteiners.
- On the Kasselberghang in Bad Orb in 1949 Lins had a cross erected for those who died in the war and consecrated it ecumenically together with the Protestant pastor.
- In the nearby village of Lettgenbrunn , which was newly built for emigrants after the war, a double church for both denominations was built on his initiative , which he inaugurated with his Protestant brother in 1954. The church Lettgenbrunn replaced a previously as an interdenominational church used Nissen hut .
- The large number of almost 50,000 spa guests annually made it necessary to build a new church in Bad Orb in 1962, which A. Lins realized with the Michaelskirche and which he consecrated .
- The new building of the parish center in 1963, later named "Alfons-Lins-Haus" after him, is the last construction project run by Lins.
Works (selection)
- My dear boy . Fulda Actiendruckerei, 1920.
- Wiltrud and Gottfried. An exchange of letters . Dümmlers-Verlag, Bonn 1922.
- Into life! - Letters to men-to-be . Verlag Hermann Rauch, Wiesbaden 1924.
- Have a good trip . Verlag Hermann Rauch, Wiesbaden 1925.
- From becoming New Germany. Collected Essays. Articles from the "Lighthouse". Fulda Actiendruckerei, 1924.
- Community fair . Verlag Göb, Bad Orb 1938.
- In the spiritual kindergarten - sermons for children . Vol. 1. Fulda Actiendruckerei.
- A church year of the child. Readings for Catholic religious education . Verlag Josef Bercker, Kevelaer 1928.
literature
- Peter Georg Bremer: Orb Chronicle - The history of the city of Bad Orb and our family from 1888 to 1979 . ISBN 3-8311-2230-X , Books on Demand GmbH, 2001.
- Hermann Heim: Alfons Maria Lins. A life for the people . Catholic parish St. Martin, Bad Orb 2018.
- Christoph Acker: Alfons Lins and the youth movement . Seminar paper at the University of Fulda, 2012.
- Cornelius Roth: Liturgical Reform and Diocese - Renewal of Divine Service after the Second Vatican Council . Edited by Bärsch and Haunerland, Verlag Friedrich Pustet, 2013, p. 161 ff.
- Franz Henrich : The unions of the Catholic youth movement. Their importance for liturgical and eucharistic renewal. Kösel, Munich 1968 (at the same time: Munich, university, dissertation, 1966).
- Bernhard Sacrificial Man : Designing the Eichsfeld. Religious images of life . Heiligenstadt 1968.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ecclesiastical Official Gazette for the Diocese of Fulda No. II of January 27, 1913, p. 4 No. 6
- ↑ Hermann Heim, Alfons Maria Lins, A Life for People , Katholische Kirchengemeinde St. Martin, Bad Orb, 2018, p. 31
- ↑ Hermann Heim, "Alfons Maria Lins, A Life for People", Catholic Church Community St. Martin, Bad Orb, 2018, p. 38
- ↑ "Golden Jubilee of Priests Auxiliary Bishop Johannes KAPP - the portrait", Osthessen News, April 3, 2004
- ↑ Bärsch / Haunerland (ed.), “Liturgical Reform and Diocese - Renewal of Divine Service after the Second Vatican Council”, Verlag Friedrich Pustet, 2013, p. 165
- ↑ Hermann Heim, "Alfons Maria Lins, A Life for People", Catholic Church Community St. Martin, Bad Orb, 2018, p. 68
- ↑ Peter Georg Bremer, "Orb Chronicle - The History of the City of Bad Orb and Our Family from 1888 to 1979", ISBN 3-8311-2230-X , Books on Demand GmbH, 2001, p. 72
- ↑ Cornelius Roth in: "Liturgical Reform and Diocese - Religious Renewal after the 2nd Vatican Council", Ed .: Bärsch and Haunerland, Verlag Pustet, Regensburg, 2013, pp. 161 ff
- ↑ Hermann Heim, “Alfons Maria Lins, A Life for People”, Catholic Church Community St. Martin, Bad Orb, 2018, pp. 96-105
- ↑ Hermann Heim, "Alfons Maria Lins, A Life for People", Catholic Church Community St. Martin, Bad Orb, 2018, p. 122
Web links
- Alfons Lins on bistum- fulda.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lins, Alfons Maria |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lins, Alfons |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Roman Catholic theologian and priest, leader of the Bündische Jugend |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 6, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Waxedt , Eichsfeld , Thuringia |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th February 1967 |
| Place of death | Bad Orb , Hesse |