Georg Wagnleithner

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Georg Wagnleithner (born October 30, 1861 in Aspach ; † July 2, 1930 in Grieskirchen ) was an Austrian priest who also worked as an author , musician and painter under the pseudonym Georg Stibler .

Life, education

He chose a university career because he had a particular fondness for singing and drawing and was averse to any craft with the exception of sculpture . After attending the state high school , where he graduated from high school in 1881, he ignored the recommendation of his professors to study at the painting academy in Vienna because Vienna was too far away for him. He entered the seminary in Linz, studied from 1881 to 1885 theology and was ordained on July 27, 1884 as a priest.

Professional activity as a priest

He was initially a cooperator and provisional in Grieskirchen for thirteen years , during which time he was responsible for the renovation work carried out from 1909 to 1911 and the complete redesign of the tower and roof. He declined positions offered to him, such as editor of the Linzer Volksblatt or director of the Salesianum , with reference to the old age of his pastor. From 1898 to 1930 he worked as pastor of Grieskirchen. From 1911 he was a representative of the Catholic Church in the district school council of the Grieskirchen district and from 1912 dean and school district supervisor of the Kallham dean's office . In addition to the then city doctor Hans Engl, Wagnleithner made a contribution to the creation of the St. Franziskus Hospital in Grieskirchen, which was opened in 1912 in the former Reinleiten Castle . In 1917, like his predecessor, he was appointed Dome Lord of the Diocese of Linz. In 1919 he was also the administrator of the Gaspoltshofen dean's office . Wagnleithner is buried in the Grieskirchen cemetery chapel.

Artistic activity

Under his mother's maiden name, he began to write poems as Georg Stibler, initially in High German and later also in the Innviertel dialect . He chose the quatrain as the form and enriched it with numerous popular rhymes. The topics ranged from home, country life, nature and religion combined with worn humor. The types and pictures from popular life he used have appeared in various newspapers and calendars. His longest work, S'Linsadliad , an epic in ten songs, is dedicated to the processing of flax into canvas . He added local history drawings to many of his poems, and designed the covers and front pages of his books himself. In some cases, he also took care of the underlay of texts with folk-song melodies himself. Other poems were set to music by Franz Neuhofer and Joseph Kronsteiner . He was a member of the Innviertel artists' guild .

Text example

Modestly, he does not want to compare himself in his poetry with the poet of the Upper Austrian national anthem "Hoamatland" Franz Stelzhamer, but says:

"From oan 'Brunn we have created,
who never becomes and lent,
because Franzl mitn söchter
and i - with da hand!"

Appreciations and awards

The listed building Stiblersaal
  • Spiritual Council (1907)
  • Honorary citizen of Grieskirchen (also Parz , Manglburg ) and Tollet (1909)
  • Consistorial Councilor (1912)
  • Knight's Cross of the Franz Joseph Order (1912)
  • Honorary Canon (1917)
  • War Cross for Civil Merit, Second Class (1917)
  • Honorary Citizen of Pollham (1929)
  • In Grieskirchen the Wagnleithnerstraße, the Stiblerweg and the Stiblerbrücke were named after him. In 1950, his hometown of Aspach erected a memorial for him, named the listed former brewery Hofman as the Stiblersaal and the Stibler linden tree there also commemorates him.
  • At the time, he donated the Trinity Column from Roith Castle in Taufkirchen an der Trattnach to his home town of Aspach .
  • A Stiblerweg was also named in 1962 in the New World district of Linz.
  • In the municipal coat of arms of Wendling , a silver water lily with a golden lug and golden sepals is depicted. The origin of the coat of arms is the saga, Die Seerose von Wendling, written in poetry by Georg Stibler in 1928 in Bad Goisern .

Fonts (selection)

  • Father Sigismund Fellöcker (ed.): Kripplgsangl and Kripplspiel in the Upper Austrian vernacular , volumes 6 to 8, Linz, 1885 to 1887
  • Josef Haimerl (ed.): Georg Stibler's seals , Linz 1926 and Ried 1951
  • Anton Sageder (Ed.): Georg Stibler: Jahresringe, autobiography , Aspach 1990
  • Linzer Dombauverein (ed.): Maria Schmolln in Upper Austria. In: Ave Maria, Linz 1897, pp. 232–234 and 255–256
  • The Christmas present, a Christmas game, Linz, 1908
  • Poems and sketches in the calendars of the Catholic Press Association and the People's Association (from 1910)
  • Grieskirchen in recent times , Festschrift for the 300th anniversary of the city of Grieskirchen, Linz, 1913, pp. 103–127.
  • S'Linsadliad , Grieskirchen, 1921
  • The song from Untersberg , Salzburg, 1923
  • Grieskirchen. In: Heimatland, illustrated supplement to the Linzer Volksblatt, Linz 1929

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literature

  • Memories of Canon Wagnleithner. In: Linzer Volksblatt 1930, No. 176, 1 to 3
  • Gustav Ganglmair : Innviertel dialect poet based on Franz Stelzhamer , Linz 1975, pp. 62–78.
  • Josef Haimerl: The romantic Georg Stibler. In: Heimatgaue 3 (1922), pp. 179-184.
  • Johannes Hauer : The dialect poetry in Upper Austria. In: Mitteilungen der Dialartfreunde Österreichs, 31st year (1977), 3rd and 4th episode, p. 38f.
  • Ernst Huber : Memories of Georg Stibler. For the 50th year of death of the poet. In: Yearbook of the Innviertler Künstlergilde 1979/80, Ried 1979, pp. 65–69.
  • The Innviertler Volkslied and Georg Stibler. In: Linzer Volksblatt from 28./29. September 1921
  • Ferdinand Krackowizer , Franz Berger : Bibliographisches Lexikon des Landes ob der Enns , Passau 1931, p. 353.
  • Elisabeth Reiter : local poet Georg Wagnleithner-Stibler. In: Yearbook of the Diocese of Linz 1950, pp. 171–174.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ St. Franziskus Hospital in Grieskirchen, in: Web presence of the city of Grieskirchen
  2. ↑ Georg Wagnleithner (1861 to 1930), Honorary Canon of the Diocese of Linz, in: Web presence of the Diocesan Archives of the Diocese of Linz ( Memento from May 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ↑ https://www.mein Bezirk.at/braunau/c-lokales/ein-abend-fuer-georg-stibler-in-seinem-geburtsort-aspach_a2836859#gallery=null
  4. ↑ Stiblerlinde, in: Web presence of the market town of Aspach
  5. ↑ Stibler monument, in: Website of the market town of Aspach
  6. ↑ Dreifaltigkeitssäule, in: Website of the market town of Aspach
  7. ↑ Stiblerweg, in: LinzWiki website
personal data
SURNAME Wagnleithner, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian priest, author, musician and painter
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH Aspach (Upper Austria)
DATE OF DEATH 2nd July 1930
Place of death Grieskirchen