Gerhard Hess (historian)
Gerhard Hess , also Latinized Gerardus Hess (born October 11, 1731 in Oberstetten near Ochsenhausen, † December 4, 1802 in Thuringia ) was a German Benedictine monk and historian.
Hess studied philosophy in Innsbruck and entered Weingarten monastery in 1750 . In 1752 he made his profession , in 1755 he was ordained a priest. Hess taught philosophy and theology in Weingarten. In 1777 he was appointed prior, from 1785 he was governor in the monastic rule of Blumenegg .
Hess published two papers on the history of the Guelphs and the Weingarten Monastery. A continuation failed because he no longer had the archive and library of the monastery in Blumenegg available.
Hess died in 1802, a year before the Weingarten monastery was forcibly dissolved by the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss and was buried in the Thuringian parish church.
Works
- Positiones ex Logica et Metaphysica , Altdorf (today: Weingarten) 1760.
- Prodromus Monumentorum Guelficorum Seu Catalogus Abbatum Imperialis Monasterii Weingartensis , Augsburg 1781 ( digitized ).
- Monumentorum Guelficorum pars historica seu scriptores rerum Guelficarum ... , Kempten 1784 ( digitized , digitized ).
literature
- Johann Jacob Gradmann : The learned Swabia or Lexicon of the Swabian writers who are now living . Self-published, Ravensburg 1802, pp. 234–235 (improved entry from Meusel / Hamberger: Das schehre Teutschland ).
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SURNAME | Hess, Gerhard |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hess, Gerardus |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Benedictine monk and historian |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 11, 1731 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Oberstetten |
DATE OF DEATH | December 4, 1802 |
Place of death | Thuringia (Vorarlberg) |