Hans Becker (priest)

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Hans Becker (approx. 1980)

Hans Becker (born March 24, 1905 in Montabaur ; † January 7, 1980 in Limburg an der Lahn ) was a German Roman Catholic priest, church historian and local researcher.

Life

Hans Becker was the seventh child of the Montabaur teacher and high school professor Heinrich Becker and his wife Maria, geb. Wing. In his youth he met the historian Heinrich Otto, a distant relative who was a senior teacher and professor at the Hadamar grammar school from 1898 to 1925, as well as the Montabaur grammar school professor and local researcher Johannes Ebert. They aroused Becker's interest in local history. In 1925 the Westerwälder Volkszeitung published works by Becker for the first time, which dealt with the history of Montabaur.

Becker studied theology in Fulda and Limburg. In Limburg he was ordained a priest in 1928 by Bishop Augustinus Kilian . From 1932 to 1940 he was chaplain, and from 1940 to 1974 pastor in various places in Taunus and Westerwald. After his last priesthood in the Limburg district of Ahlbach from 1959 to 1974, he moved to Limburg near the cathedral, through which he occasionally took visitors.

In 1947 Becker was one of the co-founders of the Society for Middle Rhine Church History . From 1949 he was a member of the Historical Commission for Nassau . At the places where he worked as a pastor, he wrote and published numerous church history and biographical articles and gave lectures. Hans Becker's extensive collection of materials is now accessible to the public in the Limburg diocesan archive.

Honors

Publications (selection)

  • 1927: Burial places in Montabaur . In: Nassauische Heimat , supplement to the Rheinische Volkszeitung, 7th year No. 24, 1927, pp. 188–191.
  • 1936–1941: Hans Becker, Leo Ueding: Bibliography on the Church History of the Diocese of Limburg , supplement to the Official Gazette of the Diocese of Limburg 1936–1941.
  • 1960: Ahlbach and its new church (1960) - Festschrift for the inauguration on May 22, 1960 , Catholic parish Ahlbach near Limburg / Lahn 1960.
  • 1964: The gravesites of the bishops of Limburg , Archive for Middle Rhine Church History 16, 1964, pp. 408–417.
  • 1967: St. Lubentius and Dietkirchen in the light of new research and work . Festschrift for Alois Thomas. Self-published by the diocese archive, Trier 1967, pp. 13–30.
  • 1970: From the history of Steinbach and his church . Lecture given on November 8th, 1970 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the parish vicarie Hadamar-Steinbach.
  • 1970: The cathedral deans of Limburg , Archive for Middle Rhine Church History 22, 1970, pp. 211–226.
  • 1972: From the life of the community of Ahlbach . In: Ahlbach - Contributions to the history of the village . Published by the festival committee of the Limburg district of Ahlbach, Limburg / Lahn-Ahlbach 1972, pp. 25–60.

literature

  • Walter Michel: Pastor Hans Becker (1905-1980) . Archive for Middle Rhine Church History 32 (1980), pp. 293-296.
  • Walter Michel: Obituary: Hans Becker . Nassauische Annalen 91 (1980), pp. 505-506.
  • Otto Renkhoff : Nassauische Biographie , Historical Commission for Nassau, Wiesbaden 1992, p. 39.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Otto Renkhoff: Nassauische Biographie , Historical Commission for Nassau, Wiesbaden 1992, p. 593.
  2. ↑ Otto Renkhoff: Nassauische Biographie , Historical Commission for Nassau, Wiesbaden 1992, p. 160.
  3. ↑ Information from the Office of the Federal President
personal data
SURNAME Becker, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic clergyman, church historian and local researcher
DATE OF BIRTH March 24, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Montabaur
DATE OF DEATH January 7, 1980
Place of death Limburg on the Lahn