Andrew II Sunday

Andreas (II.) Sonntag OSB (* in Hifringen (?) Near Bad Waldsee ; † October 3, 1587 in Ochsenhausen ) was the 11th abbot of the Imperial Abbey of Ochsenhausen in today's Biberach district in Upper Swabia .

Life

Andreas Sonntag entered the monastery as a novice in the first year of Abbot Gerwig Blarer's reign in 1547 . He was probably born in Hifringen near Bad Waldsee, Geisenhof names Hüfingen as his place of birth , a village that belonged to the Lords of Schellenberg . In 1567 he was unanimously elected abbot by the convent . In 1580 he became a visitor to the Swabian Benedictine Congregation. The Swabian Benedictine Congregation then consisted of the monasteries Weingarten , Ochsenhausen , Zwiefalten , Sankt Georgen in the Black Forest , Wiblingen and Isny in the Allgäu . In addition, Pope Gregory XIII. Abbot Andreas has the power to visit the parishes of Reinstetten , Ummendorf , Füramoos , Schönebürg , Thannheim , Opfingen , Wain , Kirchdorf , Winterrieden , Laupheim , Mittelbuch , Ringschnait and Steinhausen , which are incorporated into the monastery . Georg Geisenhof reports in his subsequent description of the monastery from 1823 that the papal legate Felicianus Episcopus Scalensis, when visiting Ochsenhausen, found the beautiful order, fraternal coexistence and a praiseworthy pursuit of science, virtue and piety under Abbot Andreas (II) in his visit report highlighted. In 1572 a former member of the Ochsenhausen convent, Jodokus Todt (born September 3, 1541 in Weingarten), was elected abbot in the Wiblingen monastery. The previous abbot Martin Hörmann, who had run down the monastery, resigned.

Ummendorf and Wain

Ummendorf Castle

Abbot Gerwig Blarer's purchase of the village of Ummendorf with all its subjects and the castle was a financial feat. For this reason, a buyer was sought for the far north of the village of Wain, which was also owned by a monastery. The city of Ulm expressed interest in this village. The monastery made it a condition for the buyer of Wain that it retained the patronage rights and that the new owner should not make any changes in the religious conditions. Abbot Andreas and the city's magistrate had already reached an agreement, but the Bishop of Constance, Cardinal Markus Sittikus von Hohenems, refused to give his consent. In 1570 the Catholic Eustach von Landfried, who had previously owned the rule Hummel in the County of Glatz , reported. He was a son of the Wittelsbacher Ernst von Bayern and brother-in-law of the Ulm mayor Beßerer. Landfried pretended to want to buy the village for himself. He wanted to sell his other properties, Urweg and Neuhausen. The purchase came about with episcopal approval. However, the buyer turned out to be a front man on behalf of the city of Ulm. The officials appointed by the city of Ulm immediately forbade the Rom cult mass and deported the Catholic priest. He was replaced by an evangelical preacher.

In 1576, Abbot Andreas promised the parish of Rottum , which had added a sacristy to the church from its own resources , to provide a priest to hold services on the four main Christian festivals, the birth of Mary and the apostles' days. If this did not happen, the monastery had to pay compensation of 20 guilders. In 1577 the Sebastian Brotherhood, established under Abbot Johannes Knuß, was renewed. On July 30, 1582, Christof Klaufliegel was struck by lightning in the tower of the collegiate church while the bells were ringing. Abbot Andreas had the abbot's apartment expanded and apartments built across from it for distinguished guests. In 1583 he bought part of the tithe from Walpertshofen for construction stalls.

On October 1st, 1585 Abbot Andreas resigned. The abbot died on October 3, 1587 in Ochsenhausen.

literature

• Georg Geisenhof : Brief history of the former Reichsstift Ochsenhausen in Swabia. Ganser, Ottobeuren 1829 ( digitized version ).
• Volker Himmelein (ed.): Old monasteries, new masters. The secularization in the German southwest 1803. Large state exhibition Baden-Württemberg 2003. Thorbecke, Ostfildern 2003, ISBN 3-7995-0212-2 (exhibition catalog and essay volume).
• Volker Himmelein, Franz Quarthal (ed.): Front Austria, only the tail feather of the imperial eagle? The Habsburgs in the German southwest. Süddeutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, Ulm 1999, ISBN 3-88294-277-0 (catalog of the state exhibition).
• Elmar Kuhn (Ed.): The Peasants' War in Oberschwaben. Tübingen.
• Heribert Smolinsky : Church History of Modern Times Part 1. 2008.

Web links

Commons : Ochsenhausen Monastery  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ City of Ochsenhausen (Ed.): Reichsabtei Ochsenhausen. History and art. Ochsenhausen 1984, p. 156
2. ^ Georg Geisenhof : Brief history of the former imperial monastery Ochsenhausen in Swabia. Ganser, Ottobeuren 1829 ( digitized , p. 90)

predecessor	Office	successor
Gerwig Blarer	Abbot of Ochsenhausen 1567–1585	Johannes Ernst