Andreas Karch (priest)

Andreas Karch (born December 27, 1913 in Haunstetten , † 1972 ) was a German pastor and songwriter.

In 1940 he was ordained a priest. Then he was chaplain in Roth and Ingolstadt , cathedral vicar and cathedral preacher in Eichstätt and from 1953 to 1972 religion teacher at the Gabrieli grammar school in Eichstätt.

In 1949 he wrote the five-stanza Marian song You Mother three times wonderfully to the melody of We all want to be happy . It is printed in the appendix to the praise of God for the diocese of Eichstätt as number 851 and is the pilgrimage song for the Mater Ter Admirabilis in the Ingolstadt Liebfrauenmünster .

Individual evidence

↑ Personnel records of clergymen who have given religious instruction in elementary schools. Karch Andreas, Roth (Catholic), b. December 27, 1913. Nuremberg State Archives.
↑ Maria: . In: donaukurier.de . ( donaukurier.de [accessed on April 14, 2018]).

personal data
SURNAME	Karch, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German pastor and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH	December 27, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH	Haunstetten
DATE OF DEATH	1972

[1] Personnel records of clergymen who have given religious instruction in elementary schools. Karch Andreas, Roth (Catholic), b. December 27, 1913. Nuremberg State Archives.

[2] Maria: . In: donaukurier.de . ( donaukurier.de [accessed on April 14, 2018]).