Hermann Skolaster

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Hermann Skolaster SAC ( pseudonym : Uncle Hermann ; born August 3, 1877 in Seeburg , East Prussia , † August 4, 1968 in Limburg an der Lahn ) was a German religious and writer .

Life

Hermann Skolaster came from a Catholic family. He attended grammar school in Braunsberg in East Prussia up to the lower secondary school , then the school of the Steyler missionaries in Steyl in the Netherlands and from 1897 the school of the Pallottines in Limburg an der Lahn . In 1898 he entered the Pallotine order; In 1904, following the studies of philosophy and Catholic theology customary in the order, he was ordained a priest . Skolaster taught for two years at the Pallottine College in Vallendar . In 1906 he was sent by his order as a missionary to the German colony of Cameroon . In Cameroon he worked in Kribi and Edéa and founded the Andreasberg mission station , where the Pallottines dedicated themselves in particular to the schooling of African children and young people. During the First World War, Skolaster worked as a chaplain in the German Schutztruppe ; after their defeat in the battle against the English , he returned to the religious house in Limburg in 1916. From 1917 to 1919 he was again a military chaplain , this time with the German Army in Russia .

After the end of the First World War, Hermann Skolaster initially worked in Germany, in the people's mission . In 1920 he was sent to East Prussia, where he founded the Rössel mission station , which he was in charge of until 1923. Afterwards he was active again as a pastor and retreat leader in Limburg . From 1926 to 1939 he taught as a professor of homiletics at the Pallottine College in Limburg. During the Second World War , Skolaster returned to East Prussia, where he saw the Red Army march into Rössel . From 1946 he lived in Limburg again.

In addition to his work as a priest, Hermann Skolaster was also active as a journalist . He published theological frameworks, edited the mission magazine Stern der Heiden from 1935 to 1939 and wrote articles for the children's supplement Der kleine Missionar in this magazine under the name "Uncle Hermann" . Skolaster also wrote novels and short stories of an entertaining character. His novel Sister Beata , which had a total print run of over 200,000 copies and was translated into several languages, and the series of detective novels about the monk detective Brother Justus , published since 1939, were particularly successful .

Works

  • Cultural images from Cameroon , Limburg adL 1910
  • War in the bush , Limburg 1918
  • In the German jungle , Limburg / Lahn 1922
  • Mission house Queen of the Apostles, Limburg ad Lahn , Limburg ad Lahn 1923
  • Bishop Heinrich Vieter , first Vicar Apostolic of Cameroon , Limburg / Lahn 1925
  • Under the spell of the Ngil , Freiburg 1925
  • The Pallottines in Cameroon , Limburg / Lahn 1925
  • Uncle Bleises travel route , Limburg 1926 (under the name Uncle Hermann)
  • The red lamp and other true stories , Limburg / Lahn 1927
  • The great retreat , Limburg / Lahn 1929
  • Uncle Bleise's new journey , Limburg-Lahn 1930 (under the name of Uncle Hermann)
  • Comfort my people , Limburg 1931
  • Bleises newest travel way , Limburg 1932 (under the name Uncle Hermann)
  • Sacerdos Domini , Freiburg 1933
  • Bleises quiet travel route , Limburg 1935 (under the name of Uncle Hermann)
  • The Lady with the Jewels , Breslau 1935
  • The secret of Anna Wengi and other stories from missionary life , Limburg 1935
  • PSM in Limburg ad Lahn , Limburg ad Lahn 1935
  • The fateful button and other humoresques , Limburg 1935
  • Do you want to be perfect ... , Limburg 1937
  • Sister Beata , Limburg 1938
  • The detective in the monastery , Limburg / Lahn 1939
  • By secret order , Limburg 1940
  • Riddle about the Judicial Council , Limburg ad Lahn 1949
  • Revolution in Rome , historical story from the time of Vincent Pallotti , Limburg / Lahn 1949
  • Sango Matip , Limburg ad Lahn 1949
  • Esther Waterson's curse , Limburg 1950
  • Enemy by mistake , Limburg / Lahn 1950
  • The Weichert case , Limburg 1951
  • Murder at midnight , Limburg / Lahn 1951
  • Brother Justus is on vacation , Limburg 1952
  • Mrs. Lucy is looking for her husband , Limburg 1952
  • The hunchbacked detective , Limburg 1953
  • Kriminalrat hc , Limburg 1954
  • Night over Barcelona , Limburg 1954

literature

  • Bernhard Hemmerle: Skolaster, Hermann. In: Biographisch Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL)

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personal data
SURNAME Skolaster, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Uncle Hermann (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German religious, university professor, missionary, author and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH August 3, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Seeburg , East Prussia
DATE OF DEATH 4th August 1968
Place of death Limburg on the Lahn