Andreas Ulmer (historian)

Andreas Ulmer (born June 24, 1880 in Dornbirn , Vorarlberg ; † November 1, 1953 in Feldkirch ) was a Catholic priest , historian and local researcher from Vorarlberg.

Life

Ulmer was raised by his aunt in Feldkirch after the early death of his parents . He attended the municipal elementary school for 5 years and from 1891 was a pupil in the second boarding school of the Stella Matutina . He also showed a talent for drawing early on, enjoyed working as a draftsman and painter in his youth and later also illustrated books . In 1899 he took his high school diploma in Feldkirch with preference and stated philosophy as a later study goal, but then studied theology and practiced the priestly profession.

Study and Consecration

In 1899 he enrolled at the University of Innsbruck in the field of theology . At the same time, he asked the prince-bishop's ordinariate in Bressanone for admission as a diocesan theologian and for the opportunity to study in the Innsbruck Konvikt . He was already striving to be ordained a priest . Because of a severe bilateral ear infection, which he had already contracted in Feldkirch and which led to lifelong hearing loss, there were concerns about his suitability and he had to obtain an opinion from the Feldkirch doctor Beck, who did not certify that his hearing was deteriorating . Health problems haunted him all his life and he had to move back to Feldkirch from Bregenz in 1944 for health reasons (because of severe asthma ) .

He was ordained a priest on July 26, 1903 in the Trinity Church in Innsbruck by Prince-Bishop Simon Aichner (1816-1910) and celebrated the first three days later in the Chapel of Mercy in Einsiedeln ( Switzerland ).

In 1905 he did his doctorate with the dissertation topic Presentation of the Lord, Appearance of the Wise Men and Flight to Egypt, a chronological investigation and passed the specialist rigors from canon law and church history with cum applausu .

In 1953 he celebrated his golden jubilee as a priest in St. Gerold , but died that same year in his Feldkirch apartment on Herrengasse.

job

Ulm was in 1901 in the patterning of the intervention reserve military chaplain assigned, but he had to do no military service. In 1902 he co-founded the “Association for Christian Art and Science”.

His work in the parish office consisted largely of keeping registers and he reorganized the parish archives . From 1905 to 1918 Ulm was a pastor in Feldkirch. In 1910 he founded together with the Feldkirch businessman Anton Heinzle from Schmiedgasse the "Catholic workers' association for Feldkirch and the surrounding area". In 1916 he became a member of the prince-bishop's commission for art and monument preservation for Vorarlberg, fine arts section.

In August 1932 he was the first Vorarlberg pilgrim chaplain to go to Lourdes . From 1930 to 1935 he was editor of the magazine "Alemania" published by the Leo Society. From 1930 to 1941 he edited the Bregenz parish journal "Gallus Voices".

politics

Ulmer was, together with Pastor Josef Grabherr (1856-1921), the Jesuit Anton Ludewig (1854-1932) and Franz Joseph Joller (1820-1894), a political opponent and scientific competitor to the liberal - German national historiography in Vorarlberg.

Literary activity

Ulmer first published articles in the Feldkircher Anzeiger . One of his works on Feldkircher's Schattenburg led to Bishop Waitz giving him the continuation of the description of the Vicariate General Vorarlberg, which Ludwig Rapp (1828–1910) had begun. Ulmer thus became the church archivist for Vorarlberg and took his seat in the Vorarlberg state archive in Bregenz .

After the end of the Second World War , Ulmer began to publish again as soon as possible, mainly in the Feldkircher Anzeiger, the regional newspapers of Vorarlberg and for ORF Vorarlberg .

Works

Between 1925 and 1931, Ulmer created the basic work The Castles and Noble Seats of Vorarlberg and Liechtenstein with a total of 1112 pages with 334 illustrations and an overview map. This work is still a relevant Vorarlberg history work and appeared in 1978 in unchanged reprint in the Vorarlberger Verlagsanstalt.

The topographical-historical description of the Vicariate General Vorarlberg , begun by Ludwig Rapp and continued by Andreas Ulmer, is still one of the most important works of Vorarlberg history. During Ulmer's lifetime the fifth volume ( Dean's Office Bregenzerwald - continuation and conclusion) was published in 1924 and the volume Dean's Office Sonnenberg (first part) in 1937 , but most of it was destroyed after it was printed by the National Socialists . He completed the manuscript for further volumes during the war. However, other volumes did not appear until after his death in 1965 and 1971 ( Dean's Office Bludenz , formerly Dean's Office Sonnenberg).

In addition, Ulmer wrote over 100 essays as well as the works that appeared independently in print, such as Burgenwerk , Vorarlberg churches in words and images and shooting targets of the main shooting range Feldkirch . After the annexation of Austria in 1938, the sentence and cliché of the castle were also destroyed. During this time of the National Socialist dictatorship, Ulmer was threatened with arrest and the parish gazette was fined 500 Reichsmarks . From 1938 to 1939 another five works by Ulmer were published: Church leaders for Bregenz and Feldkirch , Gebhartsberg near Bregenz , the source work (Regensten directory) on the documents No. 1–608 in the Feldkirch city archive ( manuscript ) and the description of the documents No. 609– 1320.

Further publications (selection):

• Epitaphs of the Bregenz parish church in Bregenz
• Explanations of the historical atlas of the Austrian Alpine countries
• Gebhardsberg near Bregenz as a castle seat, place of pilgrimage and lookout point
• Municipal coat of arms of the municipality of Hörbranz
• History of the cathedral parish of St. Nikolaus Feldkirch
• Historical street names in Bregenz
• History and art criticism about the parish church in Feldkirch
• Basics of the church history of Vorarlberg

Awards and honorary membership

Ulmer received the following awards:

• Spiritual Council (1928)
• Knight's Cross of the Austrian Order of Merit (1935)
• Professional title: Professor (1950)
• Honorary membership of the University of Innsbruck.

In 1977 the Vorarlberg Numismatic Society issued a medal in honor of the three Vorarlberg archivists Viktor Kleiner , Andreas Ulmer and Ludwig Welti .

Web links

• Andreas Ulmer on haben.at
• Literature by and about Andreas Ulmer in the catalog of the German National Library
• Ulmer, Andreas .  Publications in the bibliographic database of the Regesta Imperii .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Biographical data largely taken over from Andreas Ulmer on haben.at.
2. ↑ See his work: 75 Years of the Catholic Journeyman's Association in Bregenz: Ein Gedenkblatt , Bregenz 1935, self-published.
3. ↑ According to Ulrich Nachbaur and Alois Niederstätter ( Departure into a New Era Vorarlberger Almanach for the Jubilee Year 2005 ( Memento of the original from October 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link accordingly Instructions and then remove this note ... Bregenz 2006, p. 211) replaced the “Alemannia” in 1946 with the “Montfort” magazine, jointly published by the State Archives and State Museum, and the name change was not just a gesture to the French occupying forces . 
4. ^ Andreas Ulmer : Directory of the artistic, scientific and cultural-political bequests in Austria of the Austrian National Library .
5. ↑ Ulrich Nachbaur and Alois Niederstätter : Departure into a New Era Vorarlberger Almanach for the anniversary year 2005 ( Memento of the original from October 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Bregenz 2006, p. 210. 
6. ↑ See: Topographical-historical description of the Vicariate General Vorarlberg started by Ludwig Rapp, continued by Andreas Ulmer, Vol. 5, Dornbirn 1924.
7. ^ Andreas Ulmer: The castles and noble residences of Vorarlberg and Liechtenstein . Vorarlberg publishing house, Dornbirn 1925.
8. ↑ The first volume appeared under Ludwig Rapp: Dekanat Feldkirch (first department) in 1894, the second volume: Dekanat Feldkirch (second department) and Dekanat Bregenz (first department) appeared in 1896. The third volume: Dean's office in Bregenz (second department) appeared in 1898 and the fourth volume: Appendix to the Bregenz deanery, Dornbirn deanery, Bregenzerwald deanery (first department) 1902.
9. ↑ See topographical-historical descriptions , website of the Catholic Church Vorarlberg.
10. ↑ 2nd half volume of the sixth volume, editor: Johannes Schöch, Vicariate General i. R., and Meinrad Tiefenthaler, State Archives Director i. R.
11. ↑ Editor: Johannes Schöch.
12. ↑ Source: Christoph Vallaster: Dr. Andreas Ulmer 1880–1953. A life for the sacred and profane history of Vorarlberg , Bregenz 1978. Email sent to Haefele on March 10, 2006.
13. ↑ See: Vorarlberg Chronik - Andreas Ulmer 1880-1953 .
14. ↑ Honoring Dr. Ulmers. In:  Innsbrucker Nachrichten , December 3, 1935, p. 8 (online at ANNO ).
15. ↑ According to an email notification from the University of Innsbruck to Asurnipal , Ulmer was made an honorary member of the University of Innsbruck by resolution of the Academic Senate of the University of Innsbruck on April 25, 1950.
16. ↑ Viktor Kleiner on his 125th birthday in Verba volant, online contributions from the Vorarlberger Landesarchiv, No. 4, September 10, 2008, p. 11