Alfred Sammer

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Alfred Sammer (born December 21, 1942 in Vienna ; † November 2, 2010 ) was an Austrian university director, art collector, Roman Catholic clergyman and theologian, and episcopal vicar of the military diocese of the Republic of Austria .

Life

Alfred Sammer initially studied law at the University of Vienna and, after completing his doctorate, was awarded a Dr. iur. 1966 in 1968 rectorate director and 1988 academy director at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna . From 1978 he acted as a lecturer for sacred symbolism . After studying theology, including at the Philosophical-Theological University of Heiligenkreuz and at the University of Vienna , he graduated in 1988 as Mag. Theol. with Josef Lenzenweger about the role of Pope Innocent XI. in the victory of the Turks in Vienna in 1683.

1991 received Sammer by Bishop Alfred Kostelecky the priesthood . From 1992 to 2005 he was, among other things, Ordinary Chancellor in the Austrian Military Ordinary. In addition to his work as the deanery pastor of the Upper Belvedere Palace Chapel, he succeeded personalities such as Clemens Holzmeister , Günther Kraus and Alfred Crepaz as President of the Austrian Society for Christian Art and, through Pope John Paul II, on November 18, 1996, a member of the Pontifical Art Academy on Called Pantheon. From October 2000 he was professor for church art in Heiligenkreuz and a member of the local institute for spiritual theology and liturgical science.

In 2004 Sammer was appointed episcopal vicar for culture and media of the Austrian military diocese by military bishop Christian Werner . Previously, Sammer had been appointed military dean by Federal President Thomas Klestil effective December 4, 1997 .

Alfred Sammer was already active as a painter under the pseudonym Urbano at a young age . His personal collection of almost 400 works includes works by Paul Troger , Jacob Matthias Schmutzer , Rudolf von Alt , Max Weiler , Josef Mikl , Fritz Wotruba , Markus Prachensky and others. v. a. The collection, which was transferred to a foundation, was acquired by Klosterneuburg Abbey .

He was a member of the Catholic student association KAV Danubia Vienna-Korneuburg in the ÖCV as well as its liaison pastor.

Awards

Fonts

  • Hessing: Monograph , Jugend und Volk 1975, ISBN 978-3811367661 , together with Josef Krenstetter
  • Realistic tendencies in German art, 1919-1933 , Academy of Fine Arts 1978
  • Mariazeller high altar: Joh. Bernh. Fischer v. Erlach , Mariazeller Superiorat 1979
  • The Turkish Pope: Innocent XI. and the siege of the Turks in Vienna in 1683 , Herold 1982, ISBN 978-3700802181
  • Michelangelo Unterberger during his time in Vienna, Vienna 1992, Verlag Archiv der Akademie der Bildenden Künste, together with Johann Kronbichler, Ferdinand Gutschi
  • Johann Bernhard Fischer v. Erlach , Federal Ministry for National Defense 1999
  • Military pastoral care in Austria: Between Heaven and Earth , Styria 2001, ISBN 978-3222128035 , together with Roman Hans Gröger , Claudia Ham, Julius Hanak

literature

  • Wolfgang Christian Huber (ed.) The collector's gaze. Monsignore Sammer's graphic collection. Book accompanying the exhibition in Klosterneuburg Abbey Museum, Klosterneuburg 2009.
  • Wolfgang Christian Huber: The view of the collector. The graphic collection of Prelate Dr. Alfred Sammers in the Stiftsmuseum Klosterneuburg, in: Yearbook of the Austrian Augustinian Canons Congregation 58 (2011), pp. 77–81.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
  2. ^ "Klosterneuburg Abbey: Leopold Cross in Gold for Prelate Alfrd Collector" ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), Archdiocese of Vienna , November 10, 2009
personal data
SURNAME Sammer, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian university director, art collector, Roman Catholic clergyman and theologian as well as episcopal vicar of the military diocese of the Republic of Austria
DATE OF BIRTH December 21, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH November 2, 2010