Ferdinand Stiefelhagen

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Ferdinand Stiefelhagen (born February 22, 1822 in Marialinden ; † December 2, 1902 in Cologne ) was canon in Cologne.

Live and act

Ferdinand Stiefelhagen studied at the University of Bonn theology and received his doctorate there also on June 3, 1848 Dr. phil. with his elaboration De oraculo Apollinis Delphico . Stiefelhagen had already been ordained a priest two years earlier . After his doctorate , Stiefelhagen first became a teacher at the Progymnasien in Neuss and Siegburg (1848-1853), then rector of the higher city school in Eupen (1855-1862). In 1862 he was appointed pastor to the parish of St. Nikolaus in Kuchenheim , of which he was director until 1886. In this office he was appointed definitor and school inspector of the Münstereifel dean's office in 1864 and dean in 1884. In 1886 he was appointed as cathedral capitular at the high cathedral in Cologne.

Foundations and aftermath

In Marialinden he contributed to the expansion of the parish church (1897, architect Theodor Kremer ) and the construction of the hospital through financial donations . For his 50th anniversary as a priest, he set up a foundation for the benefit of needy communion children from his former parish in Kuchenheim. The side altars were erected under him in the local parish church and the church itself was painted in 1876.

Honors

The streets of Kuchenheim and Marialinden, where he was born, are named after him.

Fonts

  • De oraculo Apollinis Delphico . Lechner, Bonn 1848 (also dissertation University of Bonn, 1848)
  • Theology of paganism: the science of the old religions and comparative mythology, together with new investigations into paganism and its closer relationship to Christianity. Regensburg, Mainz 1858.
  • Church history in life pictures. Herder, Freiburg 1869 (2nd edition).

literature

  • Johannes Becker: History of the parishes of the deanery Münstereifel. (= History of the parishes of the Archdiocese of Cologne. Volume XXXIV.), P. Hanstein, Bonn 1900, p. 39.

References and comments

  1. ^ Herbert M. Schleicher: 80,000 death notes from Rhenish collections. (= Publications of the West German Society for Family Studies eV , New Series No. 44), Volume IV, Cologne 1989, without ISBN, p. 627.