Augustin Bogislaus Weltzel

Augustin Bogislaus Weltzel

Augustin Bogislaus Weltzel (born April 9, 1817 in Jeltsch-Laskowitz , Oels district , † November 4, 1897 in Tworkau , Ratibor district ) was a German Catholic priest, historian of Upper Silesia .

Life

Augustin Weltzel was the son of a forest ranger on the property of the Count of Saurma -Jeltsch. After graduating from high school in Breslau and studying theology at the University of Breslau , he was ordained a priest on May 8, 1841.

He was first parish vicar in Stettin , then in Pommersdorf . In 1857 he became pastor in Tworkau with the support of Count von Saurma-Jeltsch , where he stayed until his death in 1897.

In 1863 he was elected member of the Reichstag for the Ratibor district. In 1866 he was awarded the IV class of the Red Eagle Order by the Prussian King Wilhelm II . In 1899 the University of Wroclaw awarded him an honorary doctorate.

Weltzel was already interested in history during his stay in Pomerania . After moving to Tworkau in Upper Silesia, he began researching the archives of Ratibor , Breslau , Opole , Berlin , Troppau , Prague and Vienna .

He wrote numerous monographs on Upper Silesian cities and noble families. He read and arranged the Schirnding collection with the collection that has survived today.

Since 2007, the Movement for the Autonomy of Silesia has awarded the Augustin Weltzl Prize “The Upper Silesian Tacitus ” for scientific treatises on the history of Upper Silesia.

Works

• History of the city and rule of Ratibor , Ratibor 1861 (2nd edition - 1881).
• History of the city, rule and former fortress Cosel , 1866, (2nd edition - 1888).
• History of the lineage of the Saurma and Sauerma. Memorandum for the 300th anniversary of the Fideicommiss Foundation Jeltsch on May 1, 1869, printed as a manuscript in 1869. Ratibor 1869 digitized
• History of the town of Neustadt in Upper Silesia , 1870, Polish translation Dzieje miasta Prudnika na Górnym Śląsku , 2005.
• History of the noble and baronial von Eichendorff family , 1876.
  • Franz Heiduk (ed.): History of the noble and baronial family of Eichendorff (= Aurora book series . Volume 7). Jan Thorbecke Verlag , Sigmaringen 1992, ISBN 3-7995-2030-9 .
• History of the city and Guttentag rule (1882).
• Two necrologists: Eduard Cauer and Friedrich von Schirnding . In: Journal of the Association for History and Old Age Silesia 16 (1882), p. 301ff.
• History of the noble, baronial and countess family of Praschma , 1883 (2nd edition - 1992).
• History of the Ratibor Archypresbiteriates , Breslau 1885 (2nd edition - 1896).
• History of the city of Sohrau in Upper Silesia , 1888, Polish translation Historia miasta Żory na Górnym Śląsku , 1997.
• Chronicle of the Parish of Pogrzebin , Ratibor 1888.
• Settlements of the north of the Oppa country located , Vol. 1-2, Leobschütz 1890-189.1
• The princely Cistercian monastery in Himmelwitz , Breslau 1895.
• Pomniki pobożności po ślachetnej rodzinie hrabiów z Gaszyna w Górnym Śląsku . Uniwersytet Opolski, Opole 2003, ISBN 83-906929-3-7 .
• Żywot błogosławionej Eufemii , księżnej raciborskiej z zakonu św. Dominika .
• Dzieje hrabiów from Oppersdorff . (lost).

literature

• Bogdan Snoch: Górnośląski Leksykon Biograficzny. Suplement do wydania drugiego . Katowice: Muzeum Śląskie, 2006, p. 120. ISBN 83-60353-11-5 .
• Biografický Slovník Slezska a severní Moravy , sešit 9, Ostrava 1997, p. 127.
• Józef Pixa: Śląski Tacyt - ksiądz Augustyn Bogisław Weltzel (1817-1897) . In: Konversatorium, No. 27/2000.
• Jan Copyc : Weltzel Augustyn Bogusław . In: Słownik biograficzny katolickiego duchowieństwa śląskiego XIX i XX w. Katowice 1996.
• Ryszard Kincel: Listy Augustyna Wenzla do Vincenca Praska 1875-1897 . Urząd Miasta, Racibórz 1999, ISBN 83-912752-0-5 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Augustin Bogislaus Weltzel in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by Augustin Bogislaus Weltzel