Bonifaz Rauch

Bonifaz Rauch (1924)

Bonifaz Rauch OSB , real name Simon Rauch (born December 22, 1873 in Amberg , † April 28, 1949 in Metten ) was a German Benedictine priest and professor at the Metten monastery . He wrote poems and plays of a predominantly edifying character. A street in Vilsbiburg is named after him.

Works

Blessed Utto . Religious cantata with living pictures (1911, music by Max Kanzlsperger)
Death and Dying in Modern Poetry: A Literary Study with the Addition of My Poems (1912)
Vilsbiburger Liebfrauen Festival (1922, performed annually until 1932; music by Heinrich Kaspar Schmid , production by Expeditus Schmidt , sets by Joseph Elsner jr. )
The Pied Piper of Hameln (1925, music by Simon Breu )
Tea princess . Opera for the youth in 5 acts based on a fairy tale by Elisabeth Dauthendey (1927, music by Simon Breu)
Forest Christmas. Christmas fairy tale in one act (1928, music by Mayer)
Vilsbiburg . A cultural-historical home game from Lower Bavaria in 3 acts. Festival on the occasion of the town elevation of Vilsbiburg in 1929 (music by Erhard Kutschenreuter )
The carbuncle. Romantic comedy in 4 acts (1930)
Festival for the 300th pilgrimage anniversary on the Mariahilfberg in Amberg (1934, music by Wiltrude Jungbauer)
Song in honor of the blessed Konrad von Parzham (music by Erhard Kutschenreuter)

Maurus Dietl, Raban Schinabeck (editor-in-chief): P. Bonifaz Rauch, as priest and monk . In: Alt und Jung Metten, 16th year, 1949/50, booklet 4. Metten Abbey, Metten 1950, ISSN 0949-8869 , pp. 85–124.

personal data
SURNAME	Rauch, Boniface
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Rauch, Simon (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Benedictine, teacher and writer
DATE OF BIRTH	December 22, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH	On the mountain
DATE OF DEATH	April 28, 1949
Place of death	Metten