Anton Siemer

Anton Siemer (born February 12, 1775 in Hagen near Vechta ; † May 4, 1843 in Bakum ) was a German Catholic priest and later country dean of the Catholic Church in the Oldenburger Münsterland .

Life

Siemer was the son of Kötters Johann Heinrich Siemer and his wife Anna Elisabeth born. Brackel. From 1791 to 1796 he attended the Antonianum grammar school in Vechta and studied theology and philosophy at the University of Münster . In 1801 he was ordained a priest .

After working as a temporary worker in Goldenstedt , he took up his first position as a chaplain or pastor in Oldenburg in 1803 .

In 1814 he moved to Bakum and was then appointed country dean of the deanery Vechta and examinator Synodalis for the Oldenburg part of the diocese in 1823 . From 1830, Siemer was also a candidate for the newly created office of Episcopal Official , but he was not appointed due to disagreements with the Oldenburg administrative authorities.

Siemer's particular concern was elementary schools and Catholic teacher training. In 1830 he was significantly involved in the establishment of the Vechta place of study with the local normal school , where he himself worked as a teacher. He also successfully campaigned for the maintenance of the grammar school in Vechta, which the Oldenburg government wanted to dissolve.

In 1840 the Theological Faculty of the Catholic Academy of the University of Münster awarded him an honorary doctorate.

literature

• Franz Hellbernd: Siemer, Anton. In: Hans Friedl u. a. (Ed.): Biographical manual for the history of the state of Oldenburg . Edited on behalf of the Oldenburg landscape. Isensee, Oldenburg 1992, ISBN 3-89442-135-5 , p. 672 f. ( online ).