Bertrand Baumann

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Bertrand Baumann OCist (born June 24, 1917 in Traunstein , Lower Austria as Walter Baumann ; † February 17, 2006 ) was an Austrian clergyman and the 66th abbot of the Cistercian monastery in Zwettl .

Life

Bertrand Baumann was born on June 24, 1917 in the Lower Austrian community of Traunstein and was subsequently baptized with the name Walter . As a child, he came to Zwettl Abbey, only a few kilometers away , as a choir boy . He completed his school education at Stiftsgymnasium Schlierbach in 1936 - the first Matura took place here only two years earlier . Then he joined the Cistercian monastery in Zwettl on August 6, 1936, where he was given the religious name Bertrand (after Bertrand von Grandselve , one of the first Cistercian abbots). After his novitiate , Baumann studied theology in the Philosophical-Theological Home School of the Heiligenkreuz Abbey before he was drafted into the Wehrmacht in 1940 during the Second World War . As a homecomer, Baumann then renewed his profession (August 7, 1947) and - now at the age of 30 - was ordained a priest on August 10, 1947 . A year later he completed his studies at the Innsbruck Canisianum . Baumann subsequently worked as a pastor and initially worked as a chaplain in Großschönau , before moving to the Zwettl monastery parish. He then took over the management of the retreat house and the building department until he was given the administration of the Gobelsburg vineyard belonging to the monastery in 1958 . From 1967 Baumann also appeared as a pastor in Hohenwarth and Großriedenthal , and from 1977 also in Gobelsburg . In 1973 Baumann was accepted by the AV Austria Innsbruck , a Catholic, color-bearing, non-striking student association in the ÖCV , to the status of an original philistine . He was also an honorary member of MKV connection K.Ö.St.V. Lichtenfels Zwettl .

On February 4, 1980 Baumann was elected 66th abbot of Zwettl Abbey and succeeded Ferdinand Gießauf , who had resigned on January 1, 1980. The Lower Austrian State Exhibition 1981 falls under Baumann's term of office, which , with the title The Kuenringer - The Becoming of the State of Lower Austria , attracted around 400,000 visitors to Zwettl Abbey. Abbot Bertrand himself initiated the International Organ Festival in the monastery, which first took place in 1984. During his work, various new buildings and conversions took place in the monastery, as well as in the incorporated parishes. Baumann was honored with various awards from the church, the state of Lower Austria and the federal government throughout his life. Among other things, he received the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 1st Class in 1974 . On Baumann's 70th birthday, the Lower Austrian regional historian Walter Pongratz wrote a commemorative publication with the title Abbot Bertrand Baumann 70 years old and 40 years priest in the magazine Das Waldviertel , of which Pongratz was editor from 1960 to 1987.

After reaching the age limit of 75 years, Baumann resigned from his office as abbot in 1992. Paulus Winkelbauer succeeded Baumann as Abbot von Zwettl the following year and remained in office until his own age-related resignation in 1996. In the year of his resignation, Baumann was awarded the Great Silver Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria . After his time as abbot he continued to work as a pastor and as such had taken on temporary tasks. Baumann himself regarded his activity as a moderator in the parishes of St. Wolfgang and Spital as a late high point of his life. During his life - especially during his time as abbot - he wrote various articles in Cooperatio - the house newspaper for Zwettl Abbey .

Baumann died on February 17, 2006 at the age of 88 and was buried in the cemetery the following day after he was laid out in the monastery chapter house on February 24, 2006.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A brilliant start: 25 years of the Zwettl Abbey International Organ Festival , accessed on February 7, 2020
  2. ↑ Answer of the Federal Chancellor - p. 375 (pdf), accessed on February 7, 2020
  3. ↑ The Federal Chancellor's answer to the inquiry - p. 910 (pdf), accessed on February 7, 2020
  4. ↑ Abbot Bertrand Baumann deceased , accessed on February 7, 2020
predecessor Office successor
Ferdinand Giessauf Abbot of Zwettl
Monastery 1980–1992 		Paulus Winkelbauer
personal data
SURNAME Baumann, Bertrand
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baumann, Walter (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian clergyman and abbot of Zwettl
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Traunstein , Lower Austria , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH February 17, 2006