Georg Schwaiger (historian)

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Georg Schwaiger (born January 23, 1925 in Hienheim , Niederbayern, † November 9, 2019 in Munich ) was a German Catholic prelate and church historian .

Life

Georg Schwaiger was engaged in the Reich Labor Service and in the Wehrmacht (Air Force) from 1943 to 1945; In 1945 he was first taken prisoner by the English, then American and French. From 1945 to 1947 he studied philosophy, Catholic theology and history at the Philosophical-Theological University of Regensburg . In 1947 he moved to the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . In 1950, Schwaiger was promoted to Dr. Cardinal Franz Wilhelm as Bishop of Regensburg (1649–1661) with his dissertation. theol. and was initially a chaplain in Wörth an der Donau in 1950/51. On March 26, 1951, he was ordained a priest in Regensburg. In 1955 he completed his habilitation with the text The old Bavarian dioceses of Freising, Passau and Regensburg between secularization and concordat for the subject of church history at the theological faculty of the LMU Munich and worked as a private lecturer. He was a student of Franz Xaver Seppelt .

From 1962 to 1971 he was professor for Bavarian church history at the Catholic-Theological Faculty of the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich and from 1971 to 1993 there professor for church history of the Middle Ages and modern times. Schwaiger was dean of the Catholic Theological Faculty several times (1968–1969, 1979–1981, 1987–1989). In 1993 he retired.

He was editor of the "Contributions to the History of the Diocese of Regensburg" and published several books, including on the history of the Pope, such as the Little Lexicon of the Popes and the Papacy and Popes of the 20th Century . In the 3rd edition of the Lexicon for Theology and Church , Schwaiger wrote numerous biographical articles, in particular on various popes and other figures in church history.

His students include Manfred Weitlauff (* 1936), Professor of Church History at the University of Munich , Karl Hausberger (* 1944), Professor of Church History at the University of Regensburg , Hans Ammerich (* 1949), Director of the Archives of the Diocese of Speyer , Peter Pfister (* 1952), Director of the Archives of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising , Anton Landersdorfer (* 1955), Professor of Church History at the University of Passau , Manfred Heim (* 1961), Professor of Bavarian Church History at the University of Munich, and Alexander Loichinger , Professor for fundamental theology and religious studies at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz .

honors and awards

Works (selection)

  • Cardinal Franz Wilhelm von Wartenberg as Bishop of Regensburg (1649–1661) (= Munich Theological Studies. Department 1: Historical Department. Volume 6). Munich 1954 (also dissertation, Munich, Theol. Faculty, December 9, 1950).
  • The old Bavarian dioceses of Freising, Passau and Regensburg between secularization and the Concordat (1803-1817) (= Munich theological studies. Department 1: Historical department. Volume 13). Munich 1959 (also habilitation thesis, Munich).
  • The Reformation in the Nordic countries. Munich 1962.
  • Ignaz von Döllinger . Inaugural lecture (= Munich University Speeches. New Series, Issue 37). Munich 1964 ( online ).
  • Papal primacy and authority of general councils as reflected in history. Munich / Paderborn / Vienna 1977, ISBN 3-506-74786-X .
  • Johann Michael Sailer , the Bavarian church father. Munich / Zurich 1982, ISBN 3-7954-0108-9 .
  • (Ed.) Monachium Sacrum. Festschrift for the 500th anniversary of the Metropolitan Church of Our Lady in Munich . Munich 1994, ISBN 3-422-06116-9 .
  • (Ed.) Weltenburg Monastery - past and present . Anton H. Konrad Verlag, Weißenhorn 2014. ISBN 978-3-87437-472-9
  • Papacy and Popes in the 20th Century: From Leo XIII. on Johannes Paul II. CH Beck, Munich 1999, ISBN 978-340-644892-8

literature

  • Paul Mai : Prelate Prof. Dr. Georg Schwaiger, 1st chairman of the Association for Regensburg Diocese History, on his 70th birthday. In: Contributions to the history of the diocese of Regensburg. Volume 29, 1995, ISSN  0522-6619 , pp. 7-10.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.bistum-regensburg.de/fileadmin/redakteur/Sterbemitteilungen/2019_BGR_Praelat_Prof._Dr._Georg_Schwaiger.pdf
  2. ↑ a b Georg Schwaiger. In: Website LMU Munich. November 13, 2019, accessed November 13, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Schwaiger, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic church historian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH January 23, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Hienheim
DATE OF DEATH 9th November 2019
Place of death Munich