Franz Xaver von Linsenmann

Franz Xaver von Linsenmann, elected bishop of Rottenburg

Franz Xaver Linsenmann , from 1882 by Linsenmann (born November 28, 1835 in Rottweil ; † September 21, 1898 in Lauterbach (Black Forest) ), was a Catholic moral theologian and bishop's elect of Rottenburg .

Life

Linsenmann was born the son of a shoemaker and his wife in Rottweil, attended grammar school there and studied Catholic theology from 1854 to 1858 , in Tübingen. On August 10, 1859, he was ordained a priest. He was initially vicar in Oberndorf am Neckar before returning to Tübingen in 1861 as a tutor. From 1867 to 1889 he was professor for moral and pastoral theology at the Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen . In 1889 he was elected bishop of Rottenburg and thus also a member of the Chamber of Deputies of the Württemberg state parliament , on July 20, 1898, and preconized on September 5, 1898 . But he died before his episcopal ordination during a cure in the Black Forest.

He found his final resting place in the bishop's crypt in the Sülchen cemetery church . Von Linsenmann was a member of the Herzynia theological society in Tübingen.

Honors

1872 Honorary doctorate from the theological faculty of the University of Tübingen
1882 Knight of Honor Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown , which was associated with the personal title of nobility

literature

Friedrich Lauchert : Linsenmann, Franz Xaver von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 52, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1906, pp. 2-5.
Alfons Auer: Linsenmann, Franz Xaver von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 14, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-428-00195-8 , p. 636 f. ( Digitized version ).
Karl-Heinz Kleber : Linsenmann, Franz Xaver. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 5, Bautz, Herzberg 1993, ISBN 3-88309-043-3 , Sp. 95-98. ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )
Frank Raberg : Biographical handbook of the Württemberg state parliament members 1815-1933 . On behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-17-016604-2 , p. 513 .

Web links

Wikisource: Franz Xaver von Linsenmann - Sources and full texts

Literature by and about Franz Xaver von Linsenmann in the catalog of the German National Library
Church and burial place of the bishops of Rottenburg am Neckar

Individual evidence

↑ Court and State Manual of the Kingdom of Württemberg 1894 , p. 34

predecessor	Office	successor
Wilhelm von Reiser	Bishop of Rottenburg 1898 (Elekt)	Paul Wilhelm von Keppler

personal data
SURNAME	Linsenmann, Franz Xaver von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Linsenmann, Franz Xaver
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Catholic moral theologian and Bishop of Rottenburg
DATE OF BIRTH	November 28, 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rottweil
DATE OF DEATH	September 21, 1898
Place of death	Lauterbach (Black Forest)

[1] Court and State Manual of the Kingdom of Württemberg 1894 , p. 34