Gottfried von Metzburg
Gottfried von Metzburg (born November 25, 1738 in Graz , † July 9, 1797 in Klagenfurt ) was an Austrian Jesuit , teacher and librarian .
Life
Gottfried Xaver, Freiherr von Metzburg , came from a family in the Austrian region of Upper Austria who settled in Styria in the middle of the 18th century . He was a son of the Styrian Land Law Secretary Christoph Augustin Freiherrn von Metzburg from his marriage to Maria Katharina von Hitzelberg.
Like his brother Georg Ignaz von Metzburg , he joined the Society of Jesus on October 27, 1754 and worked as a teacher. He was full professor of oratory and ecclesiastical eloquence at the Lyceum in Klagenfurt, the former Jesuit college , and became prefect of studies and librarian there after the Jesuit order was abolished. As such, he made particular contributions to the expansion and re-cataloging of the library. The funds for this, an annual 20 guilders, came from the assets of the repealed Jesuit order.
Works
- Praecepta Rethorices in quaestiones et responsiones digesta
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Metzburg, Gottfried Freiherr von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 18th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1868, p. 67 ( digitized version ).
- Allgemeine Litterarischer Anzeiger , August 1798, Col. 1229
Web links
- Metzburg, Gottfried Freiherr von , index entry: German biography, [31. March 2018].
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Metzburg, Gottfried von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian Jesuit, teacher and librarian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 25, 1738 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Graz |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 9, 1797 |
| Place of death | Klagenfurt |