Georg Alois Dietl

Georg Alois Dietl (born February 19, 1752 in Pressath ; † May 17, 1809 in Landshut ) was a German Jesuit and from 1801 professor at the University of Landshut .

Life

After attending grammar school in Amberg , Georg Alois Dietl was accepted into the Societas Jesu. From 1773 he studied Catholic theology in Ingolstadt . He was initially a village chaplain . In 1781, the Prince-Bishop of Regensburg granted him the curate of Maria Taferl in Lower Austria . He later became a pastor in Berg near Landshut and in 1786 caused the displeasure of church leaders through his confidante letters from a clergyman to his friend . Bishop Joseph Konrad von Schroffenberg-Mös stood up for him, but the letters remained forbidden. In 1801 Dietl became professor of aesthetics at the University of Landshut, which had moved from Ingolstadt . He also became pastor of St. Martin in Landshut.

The Prof. Dietl facility in Pressath is named after Georg Alois Dietl.

Anton Drexel: Speech in memory of Georg Alois Dietl. Landshut 1809 ( digitized ).
Georg Westermayer : Dietl, Georg Alois . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 171.
Karl Bosl (Hrsg.): Bosl's Bavarian biography. 8000 personalities from 15 centuries. Regensburg 1983, p. 140 ( digitized version ).
Manfred Knedlik (ed.), Heimatpflegebund Pressath (ed.): Georg Alois Dietl 1752–1809. Late literary enlightenment in Bavaria. Pressath 2002.

personal data
SURNAME	Dietl, Georg Alois
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German theologian, Jesuit and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	February 19, 1752
PLACE OF BIRTH	Pressath
DATE OF DEATH	May 17, 1809
Place of death	Landshut