Alfons Stiff
Georg Gustav Alfons Maria Stiff (born February 21, 1843 in Gersweiler , † October 24, 1917 in Mayen ) was a Catholic theologian and architect .
Life
The son of the confectioner Johann Nikolaus Stiff and his wife Elisabeth grew up in Gersweiler (today Saarbrücken ) and attended high schools in Cologne , Saarbrücken and Trier and studied theology and philosophy in Trier after graduating from high school . In August 1869 he was ordained a priest .
From 1869 to 1873 he was chaplain in Rübenach , and in 1873 pastor in Dümpelfeld . In June 1874 Stiff was sentenced to five months imprisonment in Koblenz - for violating the May Act . Stiff had taken up a pastor's position without reporting this to the responsible chief president . In November 1874 he was sentenced to another two months' imprisonment for illegally continuing his parish activities after his release. In the following year he was wanted again because he had continued his pastoral work in the underground. Stiff had to flee to Luxembourg and Belgium and finally came to South Tyrol and Holland as a teacher via England , Scotland and Ireland . After the Kulturkampf was settled , Stiff returned and was vicar in Illerich from 1885 to 1890 , then pastor of Oberwinter from 1890 to 1902 , then pastor in Westum until 1904 and then pastor of Allenz until 1910 .
Stiff advised numerous parishes on the purchase of art. As an architect, he built the Catholic Church in Becherbach bei Kirn in 1893 and the parish church of St. Mauritius and Companions in Niederfischbach from 1897 to 1898 . He also directed the construction of the cemetery chapel in Monreal and drafted the plan for the parish church in Kail , which was also approved by the Vicariate General in Trier, but rejected by the Trier government.
After retiring in 1910, Stiff moved to Mayen, where he died in 1917. He was buried in Oberwinter.
literature
- Karl Kammer: Trier culture battle priest. 1926, pp. 125f.
- Alfons Friderichs: Personalities of the Cochem-Zell district. Kliomedia, Trier 2004.
Web links
- Stiff in the database of Saarland biographies
- Entry on Alfons Stiff in the Rhineland-Palatinate personal database
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stiff, Alfons |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stiff, Georg Gustav Alfons Maria (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German theologian and architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 21, 1843 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gersweiler |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 24, 1917 |
| Place of death | Mayen |