Bartholomäus Ehinger

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Bartholomäus Ehinger

Bartholomäus Ehinger OSB (* 1569 in Lautrach ; † December 2, 1632 in Constance ) was the 16th abbot of the imperial abbey of Ochsenhausen in today's Biberach district in Upper Swabia from 1618 to 1632 .

Life

Bartholomew Ehinger joined the Congregation of Benedictine at and put in the ochsenhausen abbey under Abbot John Ernst 1,586 religious vows. He was initially an assistant priest in Reinstetten and was ordained a priest in 1595 . He was elected abbot on December 15, 1618, under the chairmanship of Johannes Lang . From 1618 to 1632 he was abbot of the imperial abbey of Ochsenhausen. He was able to continue the work of his predecessor Abbot Johannes Lang and finally bring about the renewal of the Benedictine discipline in Ochsenhausen, which the Council of Trento had called for. In 1624 Abbot Bartholomäus complied with the request of Prince Abbot Johann Euchar von Wolfurt and supported the reform of the Princely Monastery of Kempten , but only until the Prince's death in 1628. In 1627 he was also called to the monastery in Munster , Alsace, to renew the Benedictine discipline .

Driven by the Jesuit reforms at the universities of Dillingen and the University of Freiburg im Breisgau ( grammar school academicum ), Bartholomäus Ehinger opened a high school in Ummendorfer Castle near Biberach an der Riss in 1623 . The school carried out its philosophical-theological studies through the teaching staff of Oswald Hammerer, Roman Hans and Bernhard Becks until the 1650s.

In his function as President of the Swabian Benedictine Congregation, he was particularly committed to the restoration of the Benedictine monasteries that were closed during the Reformation . In 1630 he asked Pope Urban VIII for support, which was granted to him.

Thirty Years' War

In the Thirty Years' War , which spread over Upper Swabia, he had to flee from the troops of Gustav Adolf of Sweden in 1632 . The imperial abbey and the Ummendorf High School were looted and heavily damaged. Abbot Bartholomew fled to St. Gallen on April 12, 1632 via Hersberg Castle on Lake Constance and Rorschach . Since St. Gallen was overrun with refugees, he found accommodation with his college friend Johann Anton Tritt von Wilderen , auxiliary bishop in Constance. He died in Constance and was buried in the church of Petershausen Monastery , a Benedictine imperial abbey.

literature

Web links

Commons : Ochsenhausen Monastery  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Geisenhof: Brief History ; P. 110.
  2. ^ Geisenhof: Brief History ; P. 111.
  3. ↑ Benedictine Abbey of St. Georg Ochsenhausen - History , Monasteries in Baden-Württemberg, viewed on July 19, 2009
  4. ^ Geisenhof: Brief History ; P. 116.
  5. ^ Geisenhof: Brief History ; P. 127 ff.
predecessor Office successor
Johannes Lang OSB Abbot of Ochsenhausen
1618–1632 		Wunibald Waibel OSB
personal data
SURNAME Ehinger, Bartholomew
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Abbot of the Imperial Abbey of Ochsenhausen
DATE OF BIRTH 1569
PLACE OF BIRTH Lautrach
DATE OF DEATH December 2, 1632
Place of death Constancy