Bartholomäus Widmayer

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Bartholomäus Widmayer OCist , born Rudolf Widmayer , (born September 15, 1873 in Stratzing , Lower Austria ; † March 24, 1931 in Loiwein , Lower Austria) was an Austrian religious priest and writer.

Life

As the son of a Stratzinger family of innkeepers, Rudolf Widmayer entered the Cistercian Abbey of Lilienfeld in 1896 and took the religious name Bartholomäus. After studying philosophy and theology in Heiligenkreuz , he was ordained a priest in St. Pölten in 1901 . He worked at the Lilienfeld Boys Choir Institute, as a chaplain in the monastery parishes of Obermeisling, Annaberg and Lilienfeld, as a parish vicar in Josefsberg and Loiwein.

Even before 1900 he published stories and poems he had created in newspapers and collections. After 1904 he also wrote dramatic works. About twenty pieces - in written language and in dialect - have been preserved from him. They have been published by various publishers. The works show the familiarity of the Cistercian father Bartholomäus Widmayer with the thoughts of the rural population of his time. He was able to portray some processes of everyday life very realistically and describe characters pointedly. P. Bartholomäus died at the age of 57 on March 24, 1931 and was buried in Loiwein. Three of his nephews were also Cistercians in Lilienfeld.

The theater group Lilienfeld played several of his antics (in abbreviated form) in March 2015, drawing attention to him.

Works (selection)

  • On the railroad, cheerful sketch from Austrian high school life, in: Augsburger Postzeitung 28 (1898) 218.
  • The grape harvest in the Wachau, sketch from the Lower Austrian folk life, in: ibid. (1898) 232.
  • A duel on the Alm, posse in one act (Lilienfeld 1910).
  • The dream of Germania, festival for Catholic girls' club stages (Munich 1917).
  • The Africa explorer at the cooker, future antics in two elevators (Munich 1917).
  • The picture of Foxl, Schwank in two elevators (Munich 1917).
  • The Burgl von der Straß, folk piece with singing in five acts (Lilienfeld 1919).
  • Potatoes in gear, swaying in an elevator (Lilienfeld 1919).
  • The cheap servant, Schwank in two acts (Linz 1924).

bibliography

  • Eugen Müller : Profession book of the Cistercian monastery Lilienfeld. St. Ottilien 1996, esp. Pp. 389-392.
personal data
SURNAME Widmayer, Bartholomäus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Widmayer, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian religious priest and writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 15, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Stratzing , Lower Austria
DATE OF DEATH March 24, 1931
Place of death Loiwein , Lower Austria