Hilger Burghoff
Hilger Burghoff (* 1623 in Aachen in Germany ; † September 6, 1666 in Saar ) was a Cistercian in Lilienfeld Abbey in Lower Austria and abbot of the Sedlec monastery in the Czech Republic.
Life
Burghoff (also Burghof) actually came from Aachen. In the course of the Catholic Reform, he and a few other young German Catholics came to Lilienfeld Monastery, which was looking for clergymen. Burghoff made his profession in 1640 in Lilienfeld Abbey . He received his doctorate in theology from the University of Vienna in 1649 . Soon after his ordination, he moved to the Cistercian college in Prague, where he initially worked as a professor and from 1653 as the rector of this college. In 1654 he was postulated as abbot of the Sedlec monastery in Bohemia. From 1655 he also worked as Vicar General of the Cistercian Order in Bohemia, Moravia and Lusatia. During the reconstruction of the Sedlec Monastery, which had been very dilapidated since the Hussite Wars , he received great support from his home abbey Lilienfeld. He also actively promoted the Cistercian College in Prague, the Skalice (Skalitz) monastery and the Žár (Saar) monastery .
literature
- Eugen Müller : Profession book of the Cistercian monastery Lilienfeld , St. Ottilien 1996.
- Alfred Holder, Contributions to the history of Cistercian monasteries , 1881 (on: archive.com )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Burghoff, Hilger |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Abbot Hilger |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cistercian abbot in the Sedlec monastery |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1623 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aachen |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 6, 1666 |
| Place of death | Saar , |