Friedrich Schwendimann

Friedrich Georg Schwendimann (born April 5, 1867 in Solothurn ; † December 27, 1947 there ) was a Roman Catholic clergyman and church historian.

Life

Friedrich Georg Schwendimann was the son of the printer Benedikt Schwendimann and his wife Theresia, born. Utlett.

He attended the Solothurn grammar school and then from 1886 the Collegium Germanicum et Hungaricum in Rome . From 1887 to 1889 he studied at the University of Würzburg , the University of Innsbruck and the University of Tübingen . In 1890 he came to the seminary in Solothurn and was ordained a priest in 1891 .

St. Ursus Cathedral above the Aare

In 1891 he became vicar in Kriegstetten and was pastor in Deitingen from 1892 to 1906 . From 1906 to 1925 he was the parish priest in Solothurn, in 1908 he was appointed canon and in 1924 provost of St. Ursus Cathedral .

From 1927 to 1935 he was an official of the diocese of Basel .

Act

It was thanks to Friedrich Georg Schwendimann that the St. Ursen Cathedral in Solothurn was renovated, and that he made sure that its legal relationships were clarified; this was awarded by a federal court decision to the Roman Catholic parish of Solothurn.

Honors

• In 1929 he was appointed papal house prelate .
• In 1939 the philosophy faculty of the University of Freiburg appointed him Dr. hc

Fonts (selection)

• The school visit: practical hints for making school visits, especially for members of the community school commissions . Solothurn Book and Art Print Union 1903.
• The origin of organisms in the light of the Bible and natural research . Solothurn: Union, 1904.
• St. Ursen, cathedral of the diocese of Basel and parish church of Solothurn: historically depicted by F. Schwendimann . Solothurn Buchdruck Union AG 1928.
• The nurses in the Solothurn Citizens Hospital . Solothurn Union 1929.
• The treasury of the Sankt Ursen church in Solothurn . Solothurn, 1935.
• Guide through the cathedral and parish church of St. Ursen in Solothurn and their church treasures . Solothurn: Union 1935.
• Spiritual family tree of the von Glutz family in Solothurn . Solothurn Konrad Glutz von Blotzheim 1938.
• Mary speaks to the world !: Mystery and world historical mission of Fàtima . Freiburg, Switzerland: Verlag der Paulusdruckerei, 1943.
• Friedrich Schwendimann; Jean-Pierre Simmen: The bells of Sankt Ursen: brotherhood gift . Solothurn Jakobsbrüder Solothurn Rüegger Set + Print 1987.

Web links

• Urban Fink: Schwendimann, Friedrich Georg. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .