Franz Seraph Kifinger

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Franz Seraph Kifinger (born September 5, 1802 in Weidenbach , † November 22, 1864 in Munich ) was a German Roman Catholic pastor , teacher , writer and politician .

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After graduating from high school in 1824, Franz Seraph Kifinger studied theology at the (today's) Wilhelmsgymnasium Munich at the University of Munich and was ordained a priest in 1828.

In December 1829 Kifinger was employed as a teacher in the first preparatory class at the Royal Catholic Study Institute near St. Stephan in Augsburg. In 1835 he became a senior teacher of the Latin School at this institution . He later worked as a pastor in Oberbergkirchen . In addition to his function as a member of the state parliament, he was a substitute in the royal scholarchat for Upper Bavaria. From March 1857, as officiator of the institution and freely resigned pastor, he led the school services at the Maximiliansgymnasium in Munich , succeeding the priest Karl Arnold. From 1860 to 1864 he was professor of religion and ethics at the Royal Cadet Corps .

As a writer, he wrote instructive stories. He also wrote two reading books for Latin lessons and a widely published exercise book for reading manuscripts for students.

Kifinger was a member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Bavarian State Parliament from 1855 to 1858 .

Portrait

  • F. Knauber: Lithograph 1856; Image: Bavariathek (online).

Works

  • German-Latin and Latin-German reader to practice the theory of forms according to CG Zumpt ’s grammar. Rieger, Augsburg 1832 ( digitized version ).
  • with JG Stettner: Reader to translate from German into Latin. According to Sebastian Mutzl's school grammar. For the second and third preparatory classes. Vol. 2. Rieger, Augsburg 1833.
  • Exercises for reading various manuscripts for German schools. Hickl, Schrobenhausen [1836]; 5th edition: Prechter, Neuburg an der Donau 1838; 6th edition 1838 ( digitized version ); 40th edition 1856.
  • Educational stories. Prechter, Neuburg on the Danube.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Franz Seraph Kifinger (Kiefinger) , project “People from Bavaria”, House of Bavarian History , accessed on July 12, 2018.
  2. ^ Max Leitschuh: The matriculations of the upper classes of the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich , 4 vol., Munich 1970–1976; Vol. 3, p. 264.
  3. ↑ Franz Xaver Freninger : The chambers of Parliament of the Kingdom of Bavaria: matrikel or directory of directorates and members of both chambers. Deschler, Munich 1870, p. 27 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  4. ↑ Annual report on the K.Maximilians-Gymnasium in Munich for the school year 1856/57, p. 30, 1857/58, p. 30, and 1858/59. Munich 1859, p. 30
  5. ↑ Festschrift to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the KB Cadet Corps on July 14, 1906. Munich 1906, Appendix, p. 13.
personal data
SURNAME Kifinger, Franz Seraph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic pastor, teacher, writer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 5, 1802
PLACE OF BIRTH Weidenbach
DATE OF DEATH November 22, 1864
Place of death Munich