Hermann Bear

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Hermann Bär OCist (born January 1, 1742 in Ober-Olm as Johannes Bär, † October 24, 1814 in Mainz ) was the last bursary of the Eberbach monastery and researched its history after its abolition in 1803.

Life

Johannes Bär came from a farming family in Ober-Olm . The Eberbach monastery was fortunate in this place with the Birkerhof , through which he probably came into contact with the convent of the monastery.

Bär attended the Jesuit high school in Mainz . From 1760 he lived as a novice in the Eberbach monastery. A year later he took his first religious vows . His final profession took place on August 7, 1776. He received the religious name Herrmann under which he became known. Bär's home monastery was Eberbach Monastery.

He accompanied the office of bursar in the monastery. In this office he was responsible for the administration of the extensive monastery property consisting of agricultural goods. In this position he was intensively involved with the documentary transmission of the monastery archive and wrote works on the history of the Archdiocese of Mainz in which the monastery was located.

During his tenure, the monastery suffered considerable financial losses from 1792 onwards from the coalition wars that began . It was used several times for special taxes. In 1796, French troops looted the monastery. Since 1799 the monastery received no more income from the properties on the left bank of the Rhine. In 1803 the monastery was finally secularized by the Principality of Nassau .

After the abolition of the monastery, Bär moved to Mainz and began researching the history of the Eberbach monastery. The work he wrote, Diplomatic History of Eberbach Abbey in the Rheingau , was not published by Karl Rossel until the 1850s and was thus known to a larger audience. It is still considered a standard work on the history of the monastery today.

Works

  • Diplomatic history of Eberbach Abbey in the Rheingau . Ed .: Karl Rossel . tape 1 . Association for Nassau antiquity and historical research , Wiesbaden 1855 ( MDZ [accessed on June 26, 2013]).
  • Contributions to the history of the middle ages in Mainz Volume 1 . Häfnerische Buchhandlung, Mainz 1789.
  • Contributions to the history of the middle ages in Mainz Volume 2 . Häfnerische Buchhandlung, Mainz 1790.
  • Diplomatic attempt at a genealogy of Christian II. Archbishop of Mainz . Häfnerische Buchhandlung, Mainz 1789.
  • Natural condition and culture of the Rheingau in the middle ages . Mainz 1790.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Renkhoff, Otto : Nassauische Biographie . Historical Commission for Nassau , Wiesbaden 1992, ISBN 3-922244-90-4 , p. 26 .
  2. ^ Foreword by Karl Rossen in: Hermann Bär: Diplomatic history of the Eberbach Abbey in the Rheingau . Ed .: Karl Rossel . tape 1 . Association for Nassau antiquity and historical research , Wiesbaden 1855 ( MDZ [accessed on June 26, 2013]).
  3. ↑ Hartmut Heinemann: The abolition of Eberbach monastery in 1803 . In: Nassau Annals . tape 115 . Verlag des Verein für Nassau antiquity and historical research, 2004, ISSN  0077-2887 , p. 279-298 .
personal data
SURNAME Bear, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bär, Johannes (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Cistercians and historian
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1742
PLACE OF BIRTH Ober-Olm
DATE OF DEATH October 24, 1814
Place of death Mainz