Franz Karl fields

Franz Karl Felder (born October 6, 1766 in Meersburg , Bodensee , † June 1, 1818 in Waltershofen (Kißlegg) ) was a Catholic theologian , author and editor .

Life

Felder attended grammar school from 1781 and then studied philosophy from 1784 to 1786 in the monastery in Salmansweil . He then studied theology in Dillingen from autumn 1786 to 1789 , where he was ordained a priest on August 24, 1789 .

In January 1790 he was curate at the parish church in Meersburg and 1791 Repetent of moral theology at the local Diöcesan - Seminar . In September 1794 he took up a position as pastor in Waltershofen. On October 12, 1805 he was appointed to the Episcopal Spiritual Council . In November 1805 he took over the office of episcopal commissioner in the Meersburg seminary, but in September 1806 he returned to his Waltershofen parish, which he kept until his death.

As the responsible editor and publisher of his magazines, Felder allowed his own employees a lot of leeway in their orientation towards the rationalistic Enlightenment of the time. But he himself was only partially influenced by the new trend.

Works

Small magazine for Catholic religion teachers , Konstanz and Rottweil, 1806–1808: This magazine was founded in 1800 by Lorenz Kappler and Felder was his employee before he became the magazine's editor
New magazine for Catholic religious teachers , Schwäbisch Gmünd 1809–1811, Landshut 1812–1816
Literature newspaper for Catholic religion teachers , Landshut 1810-1818: Felder published the literary newspaper he founded until the end of his life; thereafter it was continued as a respected critical organ until 1836 under changing titles by Kaspar Anton Freiherr von Mastiaux , Friedrich von Kerz and Franz Anton von Besnard
Felder's Scholarly Lexicon of the Catholic Clergy in Germany and Switzerland , Volume 1, Landshut 1817: A second volume of this biographical source work with a further supplementary volume was only published by Franz Joseph Waitzenegger after his death (1820 and 1822)

literature

Friedrich Lauchert : Franz Karl fields . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 48, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1904, p. 510 f.
Autobiography in Felder's Gelehrten-Lexikon , Volume 1 (1817), pages 223-230; with addendum in volume 3, page 487

Web links

Literature by and about Franz Karl Felder in the catalog of the German National Library

personal data
SURNAME	Felder, Franz Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Catholic theologian, author and editor
DATE OF BIRTH	October 6, 1766
PLACE OF BIRTH	Meersburg , Lake Constance
DATE OF DEATH	June 1, 1818
Place of death	Waltershofen (Kisslegg)