Gregor Ehrlich

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Gregor Ehrlich , born as Johann Ehrlich (born February 4, 1831 in Weidenau , Austrian Silesia , † December 1, 1912 in St. Paul im Lavanttal , Carinthia ), was an Austrian Benedictine monk and abbot of the St. Paul monastery in Lavanttal .

Life

Johann Ehrlich (the brother of the mother of the later orthopedic surgeon Adolf Lorenz and the younger brother of the later doctor Eduard Ehrlich as well as the brother of three other daughters of the agricultural citizen couple Benedikt and Thekla Ehrlich in Weidenau) left his parents' house at an early age like his brother to study in Troppau . Later the brothers in Graz, Eduard medicine and Johann studied law. However, he broke off the legal profession and entered the Benedictine monastery of St. Paul in the Lavant valley in Carinthia in 1856. There he was given the name Father Gregor. After ordination in 1860 he worked as a chaplain, was from 1861 to 1864 he Konviktsleiter in St. Paul and then to 1868 religion teacher at the State School in Klagenfurt (The Monastery of St. Paul kept a lower secondary school and was committed to the upper secondary school in Klagenfurt To provide for teachers). From 1869 to 1887 he was Stiftsrentmeister and then until 1898 administrator of the estates, including large wineries, of the monastery in Marburg an der Drau in southern Styria , where he lived in a small baroque palace. In 1898 he became abbot of St. Paul Abbey. From 1898 to 1899 the new high school was built in St. Paul and from 1907 to 1909 the Konvikt was built for 250 students.

Georg Ehrlich was an experienced economist who modernized the foundation's own business operations. Among other things, he initiated the construction of a power station and a mill as well as the introduction of agricultural machines. The yields of the vineyards have also increased.

Individual evidence

according to the birth and baptism entry Weidenau February 4, 1831, fol. 337

literature

  • Adolf Lorenz: I was allowed to help. My life and work. (Translated and edited by Lorenz from My Life and Work. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York) L. Staackmann Verlag, Leipzig 1936; 2nd edition ibid. 1937. p. 11 f. and 150-153.

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personal data
SURNAME Honestly, Gregor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ehrlich, Johann (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian Benedictine monk and abbot
DATE OF BIRTH February 4, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH Weidenau , Austrian Silesia
DATE OF DEATH December 1, 1912
Place of death St. Paul im Lavanttal , Carinthia