Dominikus Madlener
Dominikus V. Madlener OSB (born May 14, 1923 in Nuremberg as Hermann Madlener ; † April 13, 2013 in Regensburg ) was abbot of the Plankstetten Benedictine monastery in the Eichstätt diocese from 1976 to 1993 .
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As the son of a master mechanic, Hermann Madlener grew up in the Catholic parish of St. Walburga in Nuremberg-Eibach and learned the trade of electrical machine builder . From 1942 to 1945 he did military service in World War II and after the end of the war he came to the Benedictine seminary of St. Benedict in Eichstätt as a late- caller . After graduation in 1948 at the grammar school Eichstatt, he joined the Congregation of Benedictine one.
He completed his novitiate in the Benedictine monastery in Plankstetten and made his profession on October 2, 1949 under the religious name Dominikus . After studying philosophy and theology in Eichstätt he received on 29 June 1954 the Eichstätter Bishop Joseph Schröffer the priesthood .
From 1955 to 1958 he completed a degree in agriculture ( graduate farmer ) at the Technical University in Weihenstephan , as a second degree and in Munich an apprenticeship as a secondary school teacher. As such and as an educator, he worked from 1960 at the four-class Abbey Realschule in Plankstetten. On July 28, 1976, he was elected abbot , prior and novice master since 1975, introduced into his office on the same day and ordained abbot on September 25, 1976 as Dominikus V by the Eichstatt Bishop Alois Brems . As a Latin motto he chose: "Christo vero regi" ("Christ the true King").
Under him, the refectory of the monastery was redesigned, a recreation room was set up, the choir chapel was refurbished and the Schneemühle youth center was built, and in 1980 the monthly youth vesper was created. After the secondary school closed , he built the St. Gregor guest house. By preventing the streamlining of monastic agriculture, he paved the way for today's “green flagship monastery” in Plankstetten.
He lived there as an old abbot after he had transferred his office to younger hands on July 13, 1993. He was succeeded by Gregor Maria Hanke .
literature
- Abbot Dominikus V. Madlener from 1976 , in: Petrus Bauer: The Plankstetten Benedictine Abbey in Past and Present , Plankstetten / Oberpfalz 1979, pp. 88f.
- Dominkus Madlener. Abbot of Plankstetten (Abitur 1948) , in: Vereinigung der Freunde des Willibald-Gymnasiums e. V. (ed.): The bishops and abbots of our grammar school , Eichstätt 2007, p. 22f.
Web links
- Literature by and about Dominikus Madlener in the catalog of the German National Library
- Obituary notice of Dominikus V. Madlener
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Paulus Heinz OSB |
Abbot of the Benedictine monastery Plankstetten 1976–1993 |
Gregor Maria Hanke OSB |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Madlener, Dominic |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dominic V .; Madlener, Hermann (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German dept |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 14, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nuremberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 13, 2013 |
| Place of death | regensburg |