Andreas Felix from Oefele
Andreas Felix Oefele , from 1772 von Oefele (born May 17, 1706 in Munich ; † February 24, 1780 ibid), was a German historian and librarian.
Life
The son of a Munich innkeeper began after attending the Jesuit grammar school in Munich (today Wilhelmsgymnasium Munich ) and studying law, history and theology in Ingolstadt and Leuven in 1723 with the writing of the "life stories of the most learned men in Bavaria" (10 vols.). In 1727 he was the librarian of the German Landsmannschaft in Löwen, 1734 tutor of the Bavarian princes Clemens and Max, the sons of Prince Ferdinand Maria.
When in 1746 the court chancellor Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl had to hand over the court library and secret archive, Oefele was taken over by the elector Max III. Joseph was appointed "electoral councilor, bibliophile and antiquarian" to the head of the court and state library, an office which he gave up only in 1778 for health reasons. Together with Johann Georg von Lori , Franz Töpsl and Johann Georg Dominicus von Linprun , he was instrumental in founding the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , of which he was appointed scientific member in 1759. In recognition of his achievements, Oefele was also raised to the nobility in 1772 .
He was buried in a crypt in the Frauenkirche . The epitaph read:
" Fed up with the world and studying. Better things of a better life await the transfigured. He died in February 1780. "
estate
The extensive estate of Andreas Felix von Oefele has been in the Bavarian State Library as a gift from the family since 1903 . His collection of early modern manuscripts is also known as Oefeleana .
literature
- Ludwig Hammermayer : Oefele, Andreas Felix. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-428-00200-8 , pp. 426-428 ( digitized version ).
- Alexander Langheiter: Andreas Felix von Oefele . In: Wurst, Jürgen and Langheiter, Alexander (Ed.): Monachia. Munich: Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, 2005. P. 54. ISBN 3-88645-156-9 .
- Markus Christopher Müller: Scholar at the Munich court. The diaries of Andreas Felix von Oefele (1706–1780) , Kallmünz / Opf .: Verlag Michael Lassleben 2020, ISBN 978-3-7847-3127-8 .
- Edmund von Oefele : Oefele, Andreas von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, pp. 162-165.
- Lorenz von Westenrieder: In memory of Andreas Felix von Oefele . Munich 1780.
- Carl Albert von Vacchiery: Speech in memory of the Elector. Raths, court librarian and academic member Andre Felix von Oefele , Munich, 1781; (Digital scan) .
Web links
- Digitized version of the Rerum Boicarum Scriptores
- Portrait engraving by Andreas Felix von Oefele
Individual evidence
- ^ Max Leitschuh: The matriculations of the upper classes of the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich , 4 vol., Munich 1970–1976; Vol. 2, p. 222.
- ^ Anton Mayer: The cathedral church to UL Frau in Munich , Munich 1868, p. 449; (Digital scan) .
- ↑ See also Klaus Graf: Some historical manuscripts of the Oefeleana online on Archivalia , accessed on November 9, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Oefele, Andreas Felix from |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian and librarian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 17, 1706 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 24, 1780 |
| Place of death | Munich |