Eugene Monday
Eugen Montag (born March 5, 1741 in Ebrach (baptized name: Georg Philipp Wilhelm), † March 5, 1811 in Oberschwappach ) was a German Cistercian monk and expert on constitutional law. He was the last abbot of the Cistercian monastery in Ebrach .
Life
Eugen Montag was the son of Georg Wilhelm Montag (1712–1767) and his wife M. Anna Barbara, born in Ebrach Abbey. Kramer (1718-1791).
As a young man he joined the Cistercian order in 1760 . There he grew up in the dispute between Ebrach and the Würzburg sovereign over the imperial immediacy that one of his predecessors, Abbot Wilhelm Söllner, had already addressed in 1738 in the chronicle Brevis Notitia Monasterii Ebracensi , and continued it in his own intellectual considerations. This made him a highly acclaimed constitutional law expert of his time. In this context, he described the founding of his convent in 1786 , the first Cistercian monastery east of the Rhine .
Because of his achievements, he was elected abbot of the monastery in 1791. During his term of office, secularization fell . Therefore, in 1803 he had to experience the dissolution of the monastery and his own deposition.
Eugen Monday was into exile by Castle Oberschwappach ordered, where he continued dealt with the writing of scripts.
An abbot portrayed by Franz Xaver Ziegler in 1806 probably shows his likeness . The painting appeared in Kaisheim on and came over Niederschönenfeld after Bayerdilling where it is now in the office of the local rector.
As recently as 1810, Montag directed an anonymous pamphlet against the sovereign patronage claimed by Bavaria , which Bavaria had successfully fought .
In the former cloister courtyard in Oberschwappach he died in 1811 as a state pensioner "on the same day on which he had reached the age of 70."
coat of arms
The coat of arms that Eugen Montag chose as ruling abbot is divided into six.
The “speaking” heart shield shows a silver star in blue over a lying silver crescent moon and is related to the family name Montag. Below there are two fields: on the (heraldic) right the common symbol of all Cistercian monasteries, which shows two rows of silver and red inclined bars in black - the traditional coat of arms of the order's founder Bernhard von Clairvaux - on the left the monastery coat of arms , a boar with a head turned back and one Crook in the trunk. This symbolizes the founding legend, according to which the monastery was built where a boar dragged the crook. On the left an upright black griffin in gold, on the right in gold three one above the other, to the left striding black lions from the emperor's coat of arms of the Hohenstaufen . In the uppermost field, also in gold, the double-headed imperial eagle , and the miter as the crown of rank .
Fonts
- Whether the Ebrach Abbey in Franconia rightfully deserves the title directly from the empire? , 1786
- Treatises on the old and new sovereign patronage law. Bamberg, Würzburg , 1810 (anonymous)
- History of the German civil liberty, or the rights of the common Freijen, the nobility and the churches of Germany. Bamberg , 1812-1814
literature
- Theodor Henner: Monday, Eugen . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, pp. 174-176.
- Wolfgang Wiessner: The fate of Eugen Monday, the last abbot of Ebrach, after the abolition of his monastery (1803-1811) . In: Yearbook for Franconian State Research , 34/35 (1975) pp. 577-591
- Wolfgang Wüst: "... in the flow of imperial directness". The Cistercian Abbey of Ebrach between prince service and imperial freedom under Abbot Eugen Montag (1791-1802) . In: Yearbook for Franconian State Research , 57 (1997), pp. 181–198
- Gerd Zimmermann: Monday, Eugen. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-428-00199-0 , pp. 39-41 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- OBERSCHWAPPACH: In memory of Eugen Montag: Cultural Association celebrates the 200th anniversary of the death of the last Bracher abbot. (with a picture of the portrait made of Bayerdilling). Mainpost July 6, 2011, accessed August 21, 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Theodor Henner: Monday, Eugen . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, pp. 174-176.
- ↑ The Bayerdillinger pastors
- ↑ Eugen Schöler: Franconian coats of arms tell history and stories . Degener & Co., Neustadt an der Aisch 1992, p. 56 and ill. On p. 168
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Wilhelm II. Roßhirt |
Abbot of Ebrach 1791–1803 |
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Monday, Eugene |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Georg Philipp Wilhelm (baptismal name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | last abbot of the Cistercian monastery in Ebrach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 5, 1741 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ebrach |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 5, 1811 |
| Place of death | Oberschwappach |