Angelus Waldstein

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Angelus Waldstein-Wartenberg OSB , birth name Karl Albrecht Graf von Waldstein-Wartenberg (born January 13, 1931 in Hirschberg am See , Czechoslovakia ) is a former prior , boarding school and school director of the Ettal Benedictine Abbey , former head of the Wechselburg monastery and member of the Waldstein family .

Life

After the first few years that he spent in the family's castle in Hirschberg, he attended the Ettal Abbey grammar school until his Abitur in 1950 ; he was also a pupil of the boarding school. In 1951 he entered the monastery there, where he received the religious name Angelus as the successor to Abbot Angelus Kupfer, who had recently died , made his profession in 1952 and then studied Catholic theology and classical philology. In 1956 he received the sacrament of ordination .

Initially a teacher and educator, he was appointed prior by Abbot Edelbert Hörhammer in 1973. He held this office for twelve years. From 1981 to 1984 he was boarding school director, and from 1984 to 1997 school director. From 2007 to 2012 he held the office of superior at the Wechselburg Abbey.

Father Angelus Waldstein has been involved in the Ackermann congregation for decades and campaigned for a reconciliation between Germans and Czechs long before the fall of the Iron Curtain. In 2003 he was awarded the Art Prize for German-Czech Understanding by the Adalbert Stifter Association in Budweis . He appeared on various occasions as the author of cultural-historical essays and writings.

Fonts

  • Angelus Waldstein: 700 years Hirschberg am See. Blaschke, Waldkraiburg / Obb. 1964
  • Angelus Waldstein-Wartenberg: Benedict . Tex-verlag, Luzern a. Munich 1973
  • Angelus Waldstein: Monastery church UL Frau von Ettal in Upper Bavaria. Verlag Bilder u. Printed in Metz, Tübingen 1980
  • Agnes of Bohemia 1211 - 1282. King's daughter - abbess - saint by Jaroslav Polc et al. With an introduction by Angelus Waldstein-Wartenberg. Oldenbourg, Munich 1989 (Life pictures on the history of the Bohemian countries 6)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Report by the Czech Radio (with picture)
personal data
SURNAME Waldstein, Angelus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Waldstein-Wartenberg, Angelus Graf von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German priest, monk of the Ettal Benedictine abbey
DATE OF BIRTH January 13, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Hirschberg