Damian Hugo Philipp von Lehrbach
Damian Hugo Philipp von Lehrbach (born June 21, 1738 , in Bruchsal ; † November 11, 1815 in Speyer ) was an imperial count , Jesuit , Freising canon and benefactor of the Catholic Church in Speyer and Mainz .
Origin and family
He came from the old Hessian noble family of Barons von Lehrbach , with his ancestral seat at Castle Lehrbach , in today's Kirtorf ( Vogelsbergkreis ).
His parents were Karl Wilhelm von Lehrbach († 1754), Prince-Bishop of Speyer Vizedom and Oberamtmann von Bruchsal, and Maria Katharina Elisabetha Franziska von Ketschau , who came from the Ketschauer Hof in Deidesheim . The older brother Franz Sigismund von Lehrbach (1729–1787) officiated as Landkomtur of the Ballei Franken of the Teutonic Order as well as Minister Plenipotentiary of the Viennese Imperial Court for Spa Bavaria , the Electoral Palatinate and Kurmainz .
Live and act
Before secularization
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Damian Hugo Philipp von Lehrbach was baptized in Bruchsal, and the Speyer Cardinal Prince-Bishop Damian Hugo Philipp von Schönborn-Buchheim acted as godfather . Lehrbach obtained his doctorate in philosophy at the University of Würzburg in 1757 and entered the Jesuit order in the same year, to which he belonged until it was dissolved in 1773. He spent a two-year novitiate in Mainz and was ordained a priest on September 22, 1764 by Auxiliary Bishop Johann Adam Buckel in the St. Moritz Church in Speyer . From 1768 to 1772 Lehrbach worked as cathedral preacher in Worms , from 1773 at the collegiate church of Baden-Baden , where he had to announce the dissolution of his order from the pulpit.
In 1775 Damian Hugo Philipp von Lehrbach received a canon praise in Freising through the mediation of his brother Franz Sigismund , which he did not take up personally until 1777. In the same year, Prince-Bishop Ludwig Joseph von Welden appointed him Real Spiritual Councilor , and from 1778 he also took over the pastorate of Wambach . Bishop Welden had in 1776 in the Sanctuary of Maria Villages a seminary set up to the rain , he determined Lehrbach on 17 November 1779th At the same time he became parish vicar of Oberdorfen with the Dorfen branch .
On April 8, 1780, Damian Hugo Philipp von Lehrbach took over the parish of St. Jodok in Landshut . Elector Karl Theodor appointed him on April 10th of that year as a spiritual councilor and on December 8th accepted him as a knight in the Order of St. George . At the assembly of the Order on April 23, 1782, Lehrbach gave the festive sermon, which was also published in print, in the presence of Pope Pius VI. who was just visiting Munich as a guest . On his mediation, he received a canonical at the Ellwangen Abbey in 1789 , which he did not take up until 1792. In 1787 he was promoted to commander and dean of the Order of St. George, in 1789 he was promoted to the order of propst and took over the associated provost office of St. Wolfgang am Burgholz . In this position he succeeded Count Joseph Ferdinand Guidobald von Spaur , who rose to Munich court bishop in 1789. As provost of St. Wolfgang Damian Hugo Philipp von Lehrbach was infulfilled , that is, he had the honorary right to wear a miter and crook . These are also shown on the surviving portraits. At the same time he became vice-president of the spiritual government of the Freising bishopric and provost of St. Zeno zu Isen , but in return he renounced his Landshut pastorate. On September 10, 1790, Elector Karl Theodor, in his capacity as imperial vicar , elevated him to the rank of imperial count with all family members.
After secularization
Due to the secularization , Count von Lehrbach lost his spiritual offices in Bavaria in 1803, as did the canonical in Ellwangen. He first moved to Mainz, where he owned the Lercherhof . As a result, he sold his family estates in Deidesheim, mainly the Ketschauer Hof with 500 acres of vineyards in the best locations of Deidesheim, Niederkirchen , Ruppertsberg and Meckenheim , as well as another 14 individual properties and 37 acres of land in this region. Up until this point in time, Lehrbach had been the largest vineyard owner in Deidesheim.
Damian Hugo Philipp von Lehrbach settled permanently in Speyer in 1811 as a pensioner, where he moved into a modest apartment in the St. Magdalena monastery . Here he lived withdrawn and also looked after the Dominican women in spiritual matters. From his room he had a window broken into the choir of the church so that he could always see the high altar or tabernacle . A contemporary monastery chronicle describes him as a "great example of piety" . The monastery church of St. Magdalena was the main place of worship in the city at that time, as the cathedral was in a ruinous state. The diocese of Speyer and its own bishop no longer existed, at that time Speyer was part of the French grand diocese of Mainz .
As early as 1810, Count von Lehrbach had the roofs of the side aisles of the Speyer Cathedral repaired at his own expense, so that at least it did not rain in. In 1812 he wrote his will, bequeathing the majority of his fortune to the church, half for the Speyer Cathedral and half for the Mainz seminary . On September 30, 1814, he celebrated the 50th anniversary of the priesthood at the high altar of the Jesuit Church in Heidelberg , where he had also made his first sacrifice in 1764. The prelate died in November 1815 and was buried in the monastery cemetery near St. Magdalena, which later had to be leveled due to government orders. The grave therefore no longer exists.
The money left in the will was paid out in 1819. In favor of the cathedral and the future pastoral care there (this was specifically required in the will), almost 150,000 guilders resulted. The Mainz seminary was supposed to receive the same amount, but the Bavarian government forbade this, as the Speyer diocese had been newly founded shortly before and a seminary had to be set up here as well. After a lengthy legal dispute, a settlement was reached, whereby the Mainz seminar in 1844 received the amount of 60,000 guilders, while 90,000 guilders went to the Speyer seminar .
In addition, Damian Hugo Philipp von Lehrbach left a precious chalice to the Speyer Cathedral , richly set with precious stones, which according to the will only be available to the respective bishop and may never be sold. It is the most valuable chalice in the cathedral treasure and is known as the “Lehrbach chalice” . He also bequeathed a beautiful gothic chalice to the sisters of St. Magdalena to thank them for their care. The count also donated his book collection to the Speyer Church and it came to the Diocesan Library of Speyer from the Episcopal Ordinariate around 1980 as a closed collection of over a thousand titles from the 17th to 19th centuries . Count Lehrbach also donated 1,000 guilders each to the Bruchsal and Speyer citizens' hospitals. He bequeathed his golden pectoral cross , two gold chains, a golden stick button, a diamond ring and all the other gold and silver that was still in existence to the copy of the Speyer image that was burned in 1794 in St. Magdalena . The treasures were to be sold, the money invested, and white wax candles were always to be bought from the interest to burn in honor of the statue of Mary.
A memorial plaque was dedicated to Damian Hugo Philipp von Lehrbach in 1878 in the Afra chapel of the Speyer Cathedral. In 1915, on the 100th anniversary of his death, Cathedral Chapter Joseph Schwind gave a lecture about him that appeared in print. In 2015, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of death, a celebratory service and a ceremony with a lecture took place in the seminary in Speyer , in which Bishop Karl-Heinz Wiesemann took part. There was also a commemorative publication with the picture of Lehrbach on the cover page.
literature
- Joseph Schwind : Damian Hugo Philipp Graf von und zu Lehrbach (1738–1815) the benefactor of the Speyer Cathedral , Speyer, Jäger'sche Buchdruckerei, 1915
- Gerhard Xaver: The Lords of Lehrbach; on the history of an extinct noble family from Hessen (PDF view)
Web links
- Genealogical page about the person
- Lehrbach's celebratory sermon for a priest jubilee, 1778, published in print
- Lehrbach's celebratory sermon for St. George's Day of the Order, 1785, published in print
- Lehrbach's celebratory sermon for St. George's Day of the Order, 1789, published in print
- Files for the foundation for the Bruchsal Citizens Hospital
Individual evidence
- ^ Digital scan of the sermon
- ^ Heinrich Gerd Dade: The German Agriculture under Kaiser Wilhelm II. , Volume 2, 1913, p. 106; (Detail scan)
- ^ Franz Xaver Remling : Modern history of the bishops of Speyer , Speyer, 1867, p. 136 u. 137 (footnotes); (Digital scan)
- ↑ Website for the Lehrbach chalice
- ^ Article on the Sisters' Cup
- ↑ Website of the Diocesan Library Speyer ( Memento of the original from February 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Article on the celebration of the 200th anniversary of death
- ↑ Website of the diocese of Speyer on the Festschrift ( memento of the original from February 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lehrbach, Damian Hugo Philipp von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German count, Jesuit, canon, provost and patron |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 21, 1738 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bruchsal |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 11, 1815 |
| Place of death | Speyer |