Carl Albrecht (pastor)

Carl Albrecht (* December 20, 1746 at the Emminger Hof near Ochtendung ; † January 16, 1833 in Koblenz ) was initially a Benedictine in the Maria Laach Abbey , where he last held the office of cellar , and worked from 1803 to 1832 as pastor of the Parish Liebfrauen in Koblenz on the Rhine.

Career

Carl Albrecht was born on December 20, 1747 on the Emminger Hof between Ochtendung and Fraukirch in Maifeld . He was ordained a priest in 1770 and was a monk in the Benedictine monastery of Maria Laach. He carried the religious name "Father Columban". Most recently he worked as a cellarist until the monastery was dissolved.

In 1803 he became pastor in the parish of Liebfrauen in Koblenz am Rhein. In front of a large crowd, he had to take the oath on the French constitution in the Castor Church. In 1818 he was a member of the deputation which, under the leadership of Joseph Görres, presented the Prussian State Chancellor Karl August von Hardenberg with an address in Engers Castle asking for a constitution.

In 1824 Albrecht became provicer and canon of honor in Trier . In Koblenz he also worked as dean . He was very popular in his parish because of his charity. In his final years he no longer read mass and resigned from office in 1832. Albrecht died in Koblenz on January 16, 1833.

The painter Simon Meister portrayed Carl Albrecht in 1833. The painting, which was called "Portrait of a Spiritual Lord" at the exhibition in Koblenz in 1994, could be identified as a portrait of Pastor Carl Albrecht during the exhibition.

Grave in the main cemetery in Koblenz

In the background the tomb of Carl Albrecht in the Koblenz main cemetery

Carl Albrecht's tomb in the main cemetery in Koblenz is one of the few cast-iron tabernacle tombs still preserved in Germany. The basalt base with inscriptions bears a cast iron tabernacle in neo-Gothic shapes, which encloses a cross standing on a base. Neo-Gothic forms. Pillars have pointed arches with tracery filling, pinnacles in the spandrels. A tracery tower rises above the vault supported by the pillars. The cast iron parts of the tomb were made by the Sayner Hütte. On the base there is a picture relief from the Sayner hut, which shows as attributes of the priesthood a missal or breviary, a stole placed on it and behind it a chalice with a host. The inscriptions give the priest's vital dates and honor him in Latin and German. The German inscription reads:

Here, Waller, kneel down on the grave,
Which quietly covers the dear man's ashes, Whom
, loyal to the priestly staff,
No storm frightened in the urge of great times, Who
strong and mild a guardian in danger,
In Koth [read: “Noth “] Was a comforter, guide, helper,
an image of virtue, pure in human cover ,
self enough, heaven in
your breast, aware of the beautiful life up there, he
went over to the abundance of joys,
where retribution abounds Shepherds enthroned,
And reunion the believing flock is worthwhile.

literature

• Max Bär: From the history of the city of Koblenz. 1814-1914. - Koblenz: Krabbensche Buchdruckerei 1922.
• Georg Reitz: Church choir of the parish to UL women Koblenz. 1804-1929. Festschrift for the 125th anniversary Jubilee celebrations on October 20, 1929 containing the history of the church choir and parish to UL women. - Koblenz: OV 1929 (Koblenz: Görres-Druckerei).
• The Parish Bell of Our Lady, Monthly News for the Liebfrauenparrei in Koblenz , No. 26 (November 1934), [p. 2].
• Main cemetery Koblenz. Documentation on the 160th anniversary of the main cemetery. Ed. City of Koblenz, Press and Information Office. - Koblenz: OV 1981 [printing: Görres-Druckerei, Koblenz] (= Documentations of the City of Koblenz, 9).
• Simon master. 1796-1844. Exhibition catalog and catalog raisonné. Edited by Klaus Weschenfelder. - Koblenz: Middle Rhine Museum 1994.
• Wolfgang Schütz: Koblenz heads. Biographies of people in the city's history and namesake for streets and squares. - Koblenz: Publishing house for advertising papers 2002.
• Sayner Hut. Architecture, cast iron, work and life. Contributions by Paul-Georg Custodis, Barbara Friedhofen, Dietrich Schabow. Ed .: Friends of Sayn Abbey. - Koblenz: Görres Verlag 2002.

Web links

• Entry on Carl Albrecht in the Rhineland-Palatinate personal database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ See the addendum to the catalog Simon Meister, 1796-1844 , ed. v. Klaus Weschenfelder, Koblenz 1994, and Rhein-Zeitung, BK, 31 (February 6/7, 1999), p. 3 and 9.