Franz Oberthür

Franz Oberthür, oil painting by Ferdinand Jagemann (1780–1820) from 1816, Mainfränkisches Museum

Honorary grave in the main cemetery in Würzburg

Franz Oberthür (born August 6, 1745 in Würzburg , † August 30, 1831 there ) was a German Roman Catholic theologian .

Franz Oberthür attended Latin school , later the seminary and became a clergyman. At the age of 28 he was already a professor of doctrine of the faith at Würzburg University . Oberthür experienced the last heyday of the prince-bishopric under the prince-bishops Adam Friedrich von Seinsheim (1756–1779) and Franz Ludwig von Erthal (1779–1795), the serious break of secularization in 1803 and the following Bavarian era , interrupted by the Tuscan rule.

In addition to his work as a university lecturer, he performed many priestly and social tasks. Among other things, he worked on the poor commission, campaigned for the separation of the penitentiary and poor house and was committed to the abolition of the death penalty. From the point of view of the circumstances at the time, his advocacy for girls' education and for the teaching use of female teachers in the city's schools is remarkable. From 1805 he was dean of the theological faculty and in this capacity he campaigned for the realization of his educational reform ideas.

Oberthür had already worked on a plan to set up central agricultural schools to train instructors and visitors . These should teach the new knowledge and at the same time take care of compliance with nationally uniform state decrees, such as those that school gardens should be laid out and that fruit trees should be planted and cared for along the streets.

In 1806 he founded the Polytechnic Central Association in Würzburg , which in 1818 was commissioned by the Bavarian government to take over the professional training and further education of craftsmen. In 1830/31 the "Zentralverein" introduced a school for craftsmen on Sundays and public holidays, and in 1864 it was expanded to include a commercial training institute.

He was on friendly terms with Jakob Josef von Haus , the tutor of the future Italian king.

On August 30, 1831, the clergyman Franz Oberthür died in Würzburg.

literature

• Karl Josef Lesch :  Oberthür, Franz. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-428-00200-8 , p. 402 f. ( Digitized version ).
• Franz Xaver von Wegele :  Oberthür, Franz . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, pp. 107-112.
• Lieselotte Klemmer: Oberthür, Franz, cath. Theology professor. In: Karl Bosl (ed.): Bosls Bavarian biography. Pustet, Regensburg 1983, ISBN 3-7917-0792-2 , p. 557 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Commons : Franz Oberthür  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Franz Oberthür in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ^ Franz Oberthür: Johann Klör, a strange farmer in Franconia: together with Klör's portrait. Verlag Seidel, Sulzbach 1818, pp. 51–53, online at Digitale-Sammlungen.de, accessed on January 1, 2017.
2. ^ Sybille Grübel: Timeline of the history of the city from 1814-2006. In: Ulrich Wagner (Hrsg.): History of the city of Würzburg. 4 volumes, Volume I-III / 2, Theiss, Stuttgart 2001-2007; III / 1–2: From the transition to Bavaria to the 21st century. Volume 2, 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-1478-9 , pp. 1225-1247; here: p. 1226 f.
3. ^ Bruno Rottenbach: Würzburg street names. Volume 1, Franconian Society Printing House, Würzburg 1967, p. 88.