Franz Jantsch

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Franz Jantsch

Franz Jantsch (born August 24, 1909 in Kaisersdorf / Galicia , now Ukraine , † May 1, 2006 ) was an Austrian clergyman , doctor of theology and author .

Life

Jantsch grew up in Mariazell and Säusenstein . After graduating from high school in St. Pölten , he studied theology in Vienna and Münster .

On July 23, 1933, he was ordained a priest in St. Stephen's Cathedral . From 1933 to 1935 he worked as a chaplain in the Gaubitsch community in Lower Austria . Until 1938 in the parish of St. Veit in the 19th district of Döbling in Vienna . In 1937 he obtained his doctorate with the dissertation “The Roman Church in Dostoyevsky's judgment” . During this time he also worked as a university chaplain in Vienna. From 1938 to 1949 he performed his duties as a pastor in the municipality of Vösendorf in Lower Austria. During National Socialism he was summoned several times by the Gestapo , but escaped imprisonment. Jantsch was awarded the Adalbert Stifter Prize for his story Der Schatten in 1943 .

Former villa of Pastor Franz Jantsch in Hinterbrühl

From 1949 to 2002 he was pastor in Hinterbrühl , and since 1968 also for Südstadt, a district of the Maria Enzersdorf community . In Hinterbrühl he campaigned for the establishment of a memorial for the victims of the Hinterbrühl satellite camp. In a wooded area in Hinterbrühl he built the Marien-Grotto, which numerous pilgrims of the Via Sacra also visit. From 1993 he published books about "cult places" (especially) in Austria and also worked as a dowser .

What some have always suspected and many did not know that Pastor Jantsch lived in cohabitation with Erika Schreihans for several decades and that a son also emerged from this relationship.

In 2004 he was awarded the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 1st Class .

He was buried in the cemetery in Hinterbrühl.

Publications

  • “The Roman Church in Dostoyevsky's judgment”, Inaugural dissertation from the field of church history, Vienna 1936.
    Published as paperback in 2009 ISBN 978-3-902405-06-7
  • “His Shadow”, the story awarded the Adalbert Stifter Prize, written in 1943, the sentence was destroyed in the chaos of war, only a brush print remained, republished in 2003 by TIM-Fachbuchverlag Krems
  • "Auf dem Veitsberg", Roman, Amandus Edition, Vienna 1947
  • "Life with Jesus in our time", Verlag Ferdinand Baumgartner Vienna, 1947
  • "Between Vienna and Basel", Fährmann Verlag, Vienna 1948
  • “Nicodemus. A pastor tells. 33 Short Stories ”, Ferdinand Baumgartner Verlag, Vienna 1948
  • "But, but, Mr. Schuster!", Verlag Anton Pustet, Graz - Salzburg - Vienna 1950
  • “I come from heaven. News about Fatima ”, Styria Steirische Verlagsanstalt, Graz - Vienna 1950
  • "Josef von Nazareth", Styria Steirische Verlagsanstalt, Graz-Vienna 1952
  • "Mariazell. The Shrine of the Mother of Grace of Austria ”, Verlag Styria, Graz Vienna Cologne 1952
  • “Judas Thaddäus. Helpers in every need ”, Styria Steirische Verlagsanstalt, Graz Vienna 1953
  • "Ave Maria", Vienna 1954
  • "We're going to Lourdes", Styria Verlag, Graz Vienna Cologne 1954
  • “I come from Jerusalem”, Styria Graz Vienna Cologne 1954 publishing house
  • "Fairy tales of the dear God", Herder Verlag Wien-Freiburg 1954
  • "José de Nazaret", Patmos Libros de Espiritvalidad, Madrid 1954
  • “I was in Fatima”, Styria Verlag, Graz Vienna Cologne 1954
  • “Atlantis”, poems, copied and self-bound booklet, Hinterbrühl (?),?
  • “Marianisches Österreich”, published by the Pressverein-Druckerei, St.Pölten 1957
  • “Holy home. Living Church. A book for the Catholic House ”, Styria Verlag, Graz Vienna Cologne 1957
  • "Praying from the Bible", Eduard Wancura-Verlag, Vienna-Cologne 1964
  • “You can also preach differently…”, Herder, Vienna - Freiburg - Basel 1970
  • Helmut Erharter and Hannes Mahler (eds.): “Open community, Dr. Franz Jantsch and his parishes in Hinterbrühl and Südstadt, Festschrift for his 70th birthday ”, Mödling 1979
  • “Pastoral care in upheaval. Our pastor tells ”, Styria Verlag, Graz Vienna Cologne 1984
  • "When it comes up, 80 years", a pastor tells ... ", self-published, Hinterbrühl 1989
  • "20 years Götzweis, yearbook 1993", Hinterbrühl 1992
  • “Cult places in the region around Vienna”, Volume I, Freya Verlag, Unterweitersdorf 1993
  • “Cult places in the state of Upper Austria & Salzburg”, Volume II, Freya Verlag, Unterweitersdorf 1994
  • "Cult places in the state of Styria", Volume III, Freya Verlag, Unterweitersdorf 1994
  • “Cult places in the province of Carinthia”, Volume IV, Freya Verlag, Unterweitersdorf 1995
  • "Cult places in the land of mountains Tyrol & Vorarlberg", Volume V, Verlag Freya, Unterweitersdorf 1995
  • “God's Crisis Faith Crisis”, self-published, Hinterbrühl 1997
  • “Cult places in the region around Vienna”, Volume II, Verlag Freya, Unterweitersdorf 2000
  • “Pre-Biblical and Biblical Cult Places in Israel”, Freya Verlag, Unterweitersdorf 2000
  • "The fascination of the cave", Verlag Freya, Unterweitersdorf 2002
  • "Beethoven in the Divine Brühl", self-published, Hinterbrühl 2004
  • "Atlantis", self-published, Hinterbrühl 2005
  • "Donau-Elegie", self-published, Hinterbrühl 2005
  • "Transatlantik", self-published, Hinterbrühl 2005
  • “Bunte Steine”, self-published, Hinterbrühl 2006

literature

Web links


Individual evidence

  1. ^ Pastor Franz Jantsch died ORF-Religion on May 2, 2006, accessed on February 6, 2009
  2. ↑ The priest and his secret son
  3. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
personal data
SURNAME Jantsch, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian Catholic priest, theologian and author
DATE OF BIRTH August 24, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Kaisersdorf, Galicia , now Ukraine
DATE OF DEATH May 1, 2006