Anton Santner

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Anton Santner (born May 7, 1789 in Schnals ; † June 30, 1877 in Meran ) was the honorary canon in Trento , dean from 1845 to 1877 as well as city pastor in Meran and commander of the Franz Joseph Order .

Life

family

His father Johann Santner (1762-1806), who was in school service, married Maria Spechthauser, born in 1786 († 1833). From their marriage there were three sons and two daughters, one of whom died at the age of one. The family moved to Martell in 1795 and to Schlanders in 1803 . Anton's older brother Johann Santner (1788–1837) attended grammar school in Merano from 1800 and later became the Provincial of the Minorites and pastor of the Alservorstadt in Vienna .

High school time and preparation

Anton was admitted to the Merano High School in 1801. Under the prefect Father Benedikt Langes (1750-1820) his teachers included Placidius Degeser († 1855), Maurus Maurer and Marian Stecher. Classmates were the future mayor of Brixen Blaas from Schlanders, Alois von Call from Bozen, Count Franz von Hendl, the later medical doctor Franz Holiday, the future judge in Chur Baron Heinrich von Moni and the later history professor Joseph Ladurner. After this school time he switched to the preparation class of the grammar school in Innsbruck in 1807 in order to be trained as a private tutor under the direction of the history professor Josef Hubel until August 29, 1808. This was later followed by a parallel job in the Wopfner household in Hötting as a tutor for the children.

During his studies at the University of Innsbruck , after an appeal by Andreas Hofer and General Joseph Ignaz von Buol-Berenberg in 1809, he joined the academic student company for the fight against the Napoleonic regime. However, this student company did not take part in combat operations.

He devoted the following studies to theology until 1813 , still in Innsbruck, in order to enter the clergy , which was followed by the next step with the tonsure and the four minor orders by Prince-Bishop Karl Franz Graf von Lodron in Brixen on November 7, 1813. After the subdiaconate ordination on December 26, 1813, he was ordained diaconal and priest on February 6, 1814.

Church and administrative activities

Deployed as a cooperator in Schmirn , he was appointed head of the curate of the St. Jodok parish .

The appointment on October 10, 1817 as pastoral professor at the Lyceum in Innsbruck was followed by duties from 1818 to 1819 as a cooperator in the parish of Algund , which was followed by another job until the beginning of 1822 in Merano. The resulting contacts also resulted in a lifelong friendly relationship with the theologian and historian Jakob Probst (1791–1870) and the later Bishop of Trento Johann von Tschiderer .

Since 1823/24 as the successor to Franz Pöder in Marling , who was transferred to Algund , he took in his mother until her death in 1833. During the time of his ministry, cholera broke out in 1836 and 82 people died of the disease over a period of about four weeks. His pastoral work during this time became known beyond Marling. In recognition of his services, Santner was appointed permanent representative for the Gries Abbey at the Tyrolean Estates Committee on December 27, 1835 .

1841 Santner was a decree of 6 July 1841, the dean's office manager of Lana called and two years later 31 October 1841 school district = inspector for the District Lana while for spiritual advice appointed.

Another decree of September 20, 1844 appointed him pastor of Merano and commissioner of theological home studies in the monastery of the Capuchins . There he met his former student colleague and then mayor of Merans (1826–1861) Joseph Valentin Haller, who supported him in the following years.

Arguments

At this time there was a dispute with Hartwig , Joseph Friedrich Lentner , Ludwig Steub , Kramer and Joseph Streiter , which was partly in the Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung , in the Augsburger Postzeitung and the historical-political papers and in which Joseph von Görres involved in supporting Santner. The background was the Tyrolean Kulturkampf with its climax in the Bolzano Festival of Lights . Santner was one of those who strictly rejected the equality of all denominations and the unbundling of state, public life and the Catholic Church in Tyrol. The consequence of this dispute was the expulsion of Lentner and Kramer and possibly of Steub.

Political activities

In 1848 Santner's influence enabled Father Beda Weber from Merano to be elected member of the Frankfurt Parliament .

He himself was appointed a deputy of the extended Tyrolean state parliament .

Formations and foundations

  • Santner was responsible for the founding of two schools in Marling and Tscherms , the construction of a hospital for the poor and several churches and chapels.
  • In 1851, together with Joseph Valentin Haller, he was responsible for founding the "Klein-Kinder-Bewahr-Anstalt" in Merano [1]
    • Founded in 1851, the facility was intended to serve as a daycare and educational facility for children of needy parents. Mediated by the women's association, the bourgeoisie also accepted this for their children. From the beginnings in the hospital administration house, the first new building followed on today's Ortweinstraße under the name Sigmundheim and in 1911, renamed Elisabethheim, the successor building on Otto-Huber-Straße with the addition of a home in which young girls were also cared for.
  • 1834: Santner Scholarship Foundation in the Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum (Ed.): Journal of the Ferdinandeum for Tyrol and Vorarlberg, 1829, p. 255 f. (on-line)

Honors

  • On January 25, 1864, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Franz Joseph Order , which was followed on June 6, 1871 by the award of the degree of Komtur .
  • On July 3, 1877, in the presence of the then Bishop Coadjutor Johannes and representatives of the Trento Cathedral Chapter, he was appointed Dome of Honor .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rudolf Granichstaedten-Czerva: Andreas Hofer and the Innsbrucker Akademiker , accessed on August 25, 2014
  2. ↑ 1838: Anton Santner Pastor at Marling Google Books, online , p.
  3. ^ Beda Weber : Das Land Tirol: with an attachment: Vorarlberg. A guide for travelers… . Second volume: South Tyrol. Wagner'sche Buchhandlung, Innsbruck 1838. 616 S. Google Books, online , p. 375.
  4. ↑ Meraner STADTANZEIGER of March 11, 2011 , p. 10, accessed on August 25, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Santner, Anton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Santner, Anton Stanislaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian clergyman, dean, parish priest, honorary canon and bearer of the Knight & Comthur of the Franz Joseph Order
DATE OF BIRTH May 7, 1789
PLACE OF BIRTH Schnals
DATE OF DEATH June 30, 1877
Place of death Meran