Heinrich Madlseder

Heinrich Madlseder OSB (baptized name: Joseph; * 1712 in Munich , † October 6, 1779 in Mallersdorf ) was a Benedictine and abbot in Mallersdorf Abbey .

biography

Joseph Madlseder attended the convent school in Mallersdorf and then switched to the seminary of Sankt Paul in Regensburg. He decided to enter the Mallersdorf monastery. Here he made the solemn profession after the novitiate on October 24, 1734 and received the religious name Heinrich. For theological training, Heinrich Madlseder was sent to the joint study program of the Bavarian Benedictine Congregation , which at that time was in the convent ofprüfunging . After completing his studies and being ordained a priest, he became director and professor in the theological in-house study at Mallersdorf Abbey. At the same time, he worked as a pastor in Gerabach for four years . He was then appointed as prefect and teacher of canon law at the Episcopal Lyceum in Freising.

After the death of Abbot Heinrich Widmann, Heinrich Madlseder was elected as his successor by the Mallersdorf convent in 1758. As abbot he was responsible for the completion of the redesign of the monastery church begun by his predecessors. The famous high altar by Ignaz Günther was erected under him (1768). The nave received its early Classicist painting by Matthias Schiffer . The early baroque pulpit was provided with new figures (probably by Christian Jorhan the Elder , 1776). In addition, the ornate side altars were created in the third side chapel on the north and south sides (disputed whether by Mathias Obermayr , 1768). The expansion of the monastery buildings was also completed under Abbot Heinrich Madlseder. He had the guest building built, with which he closed the new western cloister courtyard. The refectory received new equipment. In addition, the fresco hall was created, which is completely painted on the walls and ceiling with biblical scenes between architectural backdrops and landscape views (probably also by Matthias Schiffer).

Works

• Angelus in statu elevationis consideratus, et ad mentem D. Thomae Doctoris angelici nonnullis quaestionibus theologicis illustratus; pro quo In… Monasterio ad S. Joannem Apostolum, & Evangelistam in Mallerstorph. Regensburg 1736.

literature

• Uwe Puschner : Madlseder, Heinrich. In: Karl Bosl (ed.): Bosls Bavarian biography. Pustet, Regensburg 1983, ISBN 3-7917-0792-2 , p. 500 ( digitized version ).
• The art monuments of Lower Bavaria XXV. District Office Mallersdorf , arr. by Joseph Maria Ritz and Alexander Freiherr von Reitzenstein, Munich 1936 (reprinted 1983), pp. 159–213 for the construction work under Heinrich Madlseder.

Web links

• Totenrotel by Abbot Heinrich Madlseder on Digitale-sammlungen.de

predecessor	Office	successor
Henry VI. Widmann	Abbot of Mallersdorf Monastery 1758–1779	Gregor Schwab