Franz Roser

Franz Roser (born February 17, 1882 in Pforzheim , † February 8, 1945 in Mosbach ) was a German Catholic clergyman. From 1915 until his death he was the parish priest in Mosbach.

Life

He was the son of the servant Johann Roser and his wife Christine geb. Ranger. After the early death of both parents, Roser grew up with an aunt. After his time as vicariate in Durmersheim and Mannheim , he came to Mosbach as parish administrator in 1912 , where he worked as the city pastor from 1915 until his death. During the First World War he was one of the pioneers of the Caritas movement within the diocese, was appointed refugee commissioner for the Mosbach district and was awarded the Prussian and Baden War Merit Cross. The building of the church of St. Cäcilia , consecrated in 1935 and designed by Hans Herkommer at his request, is considered to be Roser's greatest merit as pastor .

During the Weimar Republic Roser was also politically active and was involved as a speaker and author of pamphlets for the Center Party , whose political Catholicism he fully represented. He had close friendships with Prelate Josef Schofer and with Chancellor Joseph Wirth . Roser also wrote several writings with theological content and also wrote numerous articles for the Mosbacher Volksblatt , which was banned at the beginning of the National Socialist rule. Due to his Christian and political convictions, Roser was in opposition to the National Socialists, but until his death shortly before the end of the war he often proved to be an indomitable personality.

Franz-Roser-Platz in Mosbach is named after him today.

Fonts

• Pearls from the treasure chest of the church
• I know why and who I believe
• Joseph Schofer in memory. A bouquet of forget-me-nots placed on the dead Fiihrer's fresh grave , Heidelberg 1930
• The new Catholic parish church in Mosbach (Baden): Sankt Cäcilien auf dem Berge , Mosbach 1935

literature

• W. Kuhn: Franz-Roser-Gedächtnisschrift . Mosbach 1949
• Hermann Ginter : Necrologium Friburgense 1941-1945. Directory of the priests of the Archdiocese of Freiburg who died between 1941 and 1945 , in: Freiburger Diözesan-Archiv , Vol. 70 (1950), pp. 179-258, on Roser pp. 251f. ( Full text ).
• Josef Müller: In Memoriam Franz Roser (1882-1945). On the 120th birthday of the deserved pastor, catechist, Caritas man, center politician, church builder and author , in: Mosbacher Jahresheft 12 (2002), pp. 198–223.
• St. Cäcilia in Mosbach 1935–1985. Church life in the past and present , Verlag Laub, Elztal-Dallau 1985.