Augustin I. Bartolomäus Hille

Augustin Bartholomäus Hille, lithograph by Adolf Dauthage , 1854

Coat of arms Augustin Bartolomäus Hille, Bishop of Leitmeritz (1832–1865)

Augustin Bartolomäus Hille (also Augustin Bartholomäus Hille ; Czech Augustin Bartoloměj Hille ); * December 2, 1786 in Großschönau ; † April 26, 1865 in Leitmeritz was from 1831 to 1865 Bishop of Leitmeritz .

Career

Augustin Bartolomäus Hille was initially a tutor. Since he wanted to become a priest, he studied philosophy and theology at the Leitmeritz seminary . On April 23, 1810 he was ordained a priest . He then worked as a chaplain and catechist in Schluckenau . From 1820 he taught pastoral theology at the diocesan educational institution in Leitmeritz, where he was appointed consistorial councilor and rector of the seminary in 1824 , an honorary canon in 1826 and canon in 1831 .

Bishop of Leitmeritz

After the elevation of the Leitmeritz bishop Vincenz Eduard Milde to Archbishop of Vienna Augustin Bartholomäus Hille was appointed as his successor. On September 19, 1832 he was ordained bishop and in 1841 he was made an honorary citizen of the city of Leitmeritz.

During his tenure in Leitmeritz from 1831 to 1865, the Marienhospital was built in 1845, the Wenceslas Church was newly consecrated and a teacher training institute was founded. After the reforms of Josephinism , the Jesuits were called to Leitmeritz and in 1850 a boys' convent was established in Oberpolitz , which was later moved to Mariaschein . In 1859 an institution for the deaf and dumb was opened. Retreats were held for the clergy and, from 1855, regular pastoral conferences were held. From 1861 Augustin Bartolomäus Hille was also a member of the Bohemian Landtag .

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Hille, Augustin Bartholomäus . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 9th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1863, p. 18 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Franz Heinrich Reusch:  Hille, August Bartholomäus . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 414.
• Heribert Sturm : Biographical lexicon on the history of the Bohemian countries . Published on behalf of the Collegium Carolinum (Institute) , Vol. I, R. Oldenbourg Verlag Munich Vienna 1979, p. 626, under: Hille, Bandwaren-Industrielle p. 525 to 627, ISBN 3-486-49491-0
• Wilhelm Kosch : The Catholic Germany (A-Schlüter), 1933–1938, Augsburg
• The homeland of Schluckenau in the North Bohemian Netherlands. A Sudeten German homeland book , 1977
• Wilfried Brosche, Kurt Ehrlich: Leitmeritz and the Bohemian Central Mountains , 1970, p. 66
• Adolf Kindermann : Church, Law and Country . Festschrift, 1969, pp. 181–193
• 1217–1927 City of Leitmeritz . Festschrift to celebrate the 700th anniversary of the city, 1927, pp. 93–95
• Franz Xaver Reike: ABH (Augustinus Bartholomäus Hille, Bishop of Leitmeritz) , dissertation Vienna, 1910

Web links

Commons : Augustin Bartoloměj Hille  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Literature and other media by and about Augustin I Bartolomäus Hille in the catalog of the National Library of the Czech Republic
• http://www.biskupstvi-ltm.cz/ (Czech)
• Entry on Augustin I. Bartolomäus Hille on catholic-hierarchy.org

predecessor	Office	successor
Vincenz Eduard Milde	Bishop of Leitmeritz 1832–1865	Augustine II. Pavel Vahala