Andreas Reichenberger

Andreas Reichenberger (born November 24, 1770 in Vienna , † October 26, 1854 in Linz ) was an Austrian Catholic theologian .

Life

Born in Vienna, Andreas Reichenberger studied theology at the general seminary established by Emperor Joseph II in his hometown from 1788 . After being ordained a priest in 1792, Andreas Reichenberger was employed in pastoral care in Hadersdorf am Kamp in Lower Austria . 1796 followed Andreas Reichenberger only 26-year-old a call to the professor of pastoral theology at the University of Vienna , where he was in 1799 for Dr. theol. PhD .

Appointed canon in Linz in 1814 , Andreas Reichenberger took over the leadership of the episcopal seminary there in the same year , a position he held until 1824. Andreas Reichenberger, in addition to spiritual studies conducted from 1817 to 1835 at the Imperial Lyceum at Linz, was in 1813 for Imperial Government of Lower Austria, in 1833 to Domdechanten and 1838 the provost appointed.

Reichenberger, who developed a lively writing activity, dealt in his publications in particular with educational and pastoral issues. His pastoral instruction according to the needs of our age (5 volumes, published between 1805 and 1808) became the official reading book for all public and domestic schools.

More fonts

• Book of edification for the sick and dying: Dedicated to all pastors and friends of the sick, Rehm, Vienna, 1795
• Christian Catholic religious instruction: According to the instructions for the quays. Kings Normal catechism prescribed by hereditary countries. For any use of the school catechists, but of the church catechists, and all who have to explain the catechism, Rehm, Vienna, 1799
• Institutio pastoralis in usum academicum quam elucubravit Andreas Reichenberger, Rehm, Vienna, 1818
• Pastoral instruction for academic use, Franz Wimmer, Vienna, 1823

literature

• Benedict Pillwein: The cathedral church in Linz together with the bishops, canons and canons of honor , printed by J. Weinmayr'schen Buchdruckerei, Linz, 1843, p. 17.
• Constantin von Wurzbach : Reichenberger, Andreas . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 25th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1873, pp. 177–179 ( digitized version ).
• F. Loidl:  Reichenberger Andreas. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 9, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-7001-1483-4 , p. 31 f. (Direct links on p. 31 , p. 32 ).
• Walther Killy and Rudolf Vierhaus (eds.): German Biographical Encyclopedia . Volume 8, KG Saur Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, Munich, 1996 ISBN 3-598-23163-6 . P. 201.