Anselm Lürzer from Zechenthal

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Anselm Lürzer von Zechenthal (engraving by Joseph à Montalegre )

Anselm Lürzer von Zechenthal, OSB (religious name), actually Paris Balthasar Lürzer von Zechenthal (born July 31, 1661 in Sankt Gilgen ; † May 8, 1718 in Admont ), was a Salzburg Roman Catholic clergyman and abbot of the Benedictine abbey from 1707 to 1718 St. Blaise at Admont .

Parentage and family

Anselm Lürzer von Zechenthal came from the Lürzer family of civil servants in Salzburg. His parents were Balthasar Lürzer, Court Chamber Councilor of Salzburg and Nursing Administrator zu Hüttenstein , and Anna, née. Drinking. On July 1, 1671, Emperor Leopold I gave his father the knightly imperial nobility with the title "von Zechenthal" and an improvement in the coat of arms.

Live and act

Lürzer von Zechenthal studied theology at the Benedictine University of Salzburg and the Jesuit University of Graz and did his doctorate in Graz. Before completing his studies, he entered the Admont Benedictine monastery in 1682 and was ordained a priest in 1687 . In the beginning he worked as an archivist , secretary to the abbot, steward and cellar master. At the same time, Lürzer von Zechenthal also became parish vicar in Weng im Gesäuse and later also in Hall near Admont from 1688 . In 1895 he was given the parish office of Kammern im Liesingtal . Nevertheless, he remained in the service of the Admont Abbey and represented it several times in Vienna , Graz and Salzburg . His work was honored with his appointment as apostolic protonotary and the little palatinate .

Admont Abbey in 1681 (engraving by Georg Matthäus Vischer )

In 1707 Lürzer von Zechenthal was elected 52nd abbot of Admont Abbey. The Salzburg Benedictine Congregation elected him as a visitor and the Benedictine University in Salzburg as President of their Presidium .

As abbot of Admont Abbey, Lürzer von Zechenthal was a member of the Styrian state parliament . In 1712 the estates elected him their representative. He represented the country several times at the courts of Emperors Joseph I and Charles VI. in Vienna.

Lürzer von Zechenthal had the burned down Franciscan monasteries in Judenburg and Radkersburg restored and furnished the Irdning Capuchin monastery with books from duplicates in the Admont Abbey library. At the same time, in 1712, he had the old refectory of Admont Abbey razed and rebuilt on the same site in the Baroque style.

He expanded the existing public collegiate high school in Admont to include philosophical and theological courses.

In 1713, Lürzer von Zechenthal founded a custom still practiced in Admont Abbey with the washing of feet on Maundy Thursday and the associated catering for the apostles .

In gratitude that a cattle epidemic that raged around Admont in 1712 had largely spared the monastery and the town, he had a Marian column erected in front of the monastery . He commissioned the sculptor Georg Christoph Winkler to produce the sculptures . As a churchman of his time, however, Lürzer von Zechenthal also demonstrated a sense of secular art. As part of the garden design of the monastery, in 1716 he commissioned the sculptor Marx Schokotnigg to make the baroque statues of Flora , Ceres and Diana .

coat of arms

Anselm Lürzer von Zechenthal carried a personal coat of arms , which consisted of an oval, vertical shield divided into six fields . Fields 1 and 6 each contain a diamond on the tip, borrowed from the coat of arms of the Admont Abbey. In fields 2 and 5 a soaring unicorn is depicted on a mountain and in fields 3 and 4 a black, crowned eagle growing out of the cleavage line. The fields from 2 to 5 correspond to the family coat of arms of the Lürzer von Zechenthal family . The coat of arms is crowned by a miter between two abbot's bars. A galero is shown above the miter , from which three tassels hang down on each side . The color scheme is unknown, but should be assumed according to the Admont coat of arms and the family coat of arms.

Illustrations

literature

  • Gr (egor) Fuchs: Brief history of the Benedictine monastery Admont. In: Der Aufmerksame from November 8, 1857. Weekly for the interests of Styria. Volume 1857, no. 45, p 712. Digitalisat
  • Gregor Fuchs: Brief history of the Benedictine monastery Admont. 2nd improved edition. A. Leykams Erben, Graz 1859, p. 67 f. Digitized
  • Maximilian Schiefermüller: The measure of the meal. In: Pax. Magazine of the Admont Benedictine Abbey. Born in 2016, Wallig, Gröbming 2016, pp. 18–20. Digitized
  • Carl Schmutz: Historical-topographical lexicon of Steyermark. Part 1. Am. Kienreich, Graz 1822, p. 18. Digitized
  • Johann Tomaschek: On the trail of a baroque prelate. Abbot Anselm Luerzer von Zechenthal (1707-1718). In: Pax. Magazine of the Admont Benedictine Abbey. Year 2007, Wallig, Gröbming 2007, pp. 48–49.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Baptismal Register - TFBII | St. Gilgen | Salzburg, rk. Diocese | Austria | Matricula Online. Retrieved November 1, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Otto Maass' sons (ed.): Genealogical Handbook of noble houses in Austria . 1st year. Verlag Otto Maass' Sons, Vienna 1905, p. 395 f .
  3. ^ Anselm Lürzer von Zechenthal. In: Biographia Benedictina. Gerd Gessinger, September 23, 2011, accessed April 6, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Gerd Gessinger: Anselm Lürzer von Zechenthal. In: Order online. obidos GmbH, March 24, 2009, accessed April 6, 2017 .
  5. ^ Jacob Wichner: Admont Monastery in Styria and its relationship to art. From archival sources . Verlag von Rudolf Brzezowsky & Sohn, Vienna 1888, p. 184 .
  6. ↑ Gr [egor] Fuchs: Brief history of the Benedictine monastery Admont . In: The attentive. Weekly for the interests of Styria . Born in 1857, No. 45 . Graz November 8, 1857, p. 712 .
  7. ^ Johann Schmid: Historical overview of the parish to the Holy Cross in Hall. In: Parish Hall near Admont. Parish of the Holy Cross in Hall, August 30, 2015, accessed on April 7, 2017 .
  8. ^ Aegidius Kolb: Presidium and professorial committee of the Benedictine University of Salzburg . In: Gesellschaft für Salzburger Landeskunde (Ed.): Communications from the Society for Salzburg Regional Studies . tape 102 . Self-published by the Society for Salzburg Regional Studies, Salzburg 1962, p. 117 ff .
  9. ^ A b Gregor Fuchs: Brief history of the Benedictine monastery Admont . 2nd improved edition. Verlag A. Leykams Erben, Graz 1859, p. 68 .
  10. ↑ Maximilian Schiefermüller: The measure of food . In: Pax. Magazine of the Admont Benedictine Abbey . Year 2016. Verlag Wallig, Gröbming 2016, p. 18-20 (19) .
  11. ↑ Renate Zedinger: Artistic design in the landscape. Styria in an international comparison . In: Harald Heppner, Nikolas Reisinger (Ed.): Steiermark. Change of landscape in the long 18th century . Böhlau Verlag, Vienna, Cologne, Weimar 2006, ISBN 978-3-205-77526-3 , pp. 279-304 (295) .
  12. ↑ Coat of arms of Anselm Lürzer von Zechenthal. In: Ennstalwiki. January 30, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Lürzer von Zechenthal, Anselm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lürzer von Zechenthal, Anselm; Lürzer von Zechenthal, Anselmus; Luerzer von Zechenthal, Anselm; Luerzer von Zechenthal, Anselmus; Lürzer, Paris Balthasar; Lürzer von Zechenthal, Paris Balthasar; Lürzer, Anselm; Abbot Anselm of Admont
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Salzburg Roman Catholic theologian, abbot of Admont Abbey
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1661
PLACE OF BIRTH Sankt Gilgen
DATE OF DEATH May 8, 1718
Place of death Admont