Ignaz Gropp

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Ignaz Gropp
painter: Hans Sperlich (Würzburg, 1895) after a burnt original from 1740
Bust of Ignaz Gropp on the front of the house at Marktplatz 18 in Bad Kissingen;
Sculptor: Valentin Weidner (1897)

Ignaz Gropp , from 1717 also Ignatius Gropp (born November 12, 1695 in Kissingen as Johann Michael Gropp ; † November 19, 1758 in Güntersleben ), was a German historian , Benedictine and Roman Catholic theologian .

Life

Gropp was born in a house on Kissingen's market square . His parents, the baker and farmer Jakob Gropp and his wife Eva Vogel , sister of the chaplain Vogel, had their son baptized on November 12, 1695 in the Jakobuskirche in Kissingen with the name Johann Michael . In the city school, Gropp received from Pastor Dr. Johann Laurentius Helbig his first lessons and also his first Latin lessons. At Helbig's instigation, Gropp received private lessons from the Benedictine Adalbert Albert , who came from Kissingen, had entered the St. Stephen's Monastery in Würzburg and was now in charge of the recently acquired monastery courtyard in Kissingen. In 1709, Albert sent 13-year-old Gropp to the Würzburg Order House to deepen his education there. On December 16, 1713, Gropp enrolled at the University of Würzburg , where he studied philosophy and also received his doctorate .

On December 8, 1717, Gropp joined the Benedictine order and received the order name Ignatius ( Ignaz ). He used the time of the novitiate to study theology and graduated from this in 1722 with a doctorate. He was commissioned by the Order to train novices and young clergymen.

Five years later (1727) Gropp published his first book, a description of the life of St. Bilhildis in a Latin and a German edition, and thereby gained recognition, which is why he was made librarian of St. Stephen's Monastery in 1729 . This activity in turn reinforced his tendency to become a historian. In 1740, Father Ignaz became prior of the Schottenkloster in Würzburg , and a year later of his own St. Stephen's monastery . In that year he began to publish his main work Collectio novissima Scriptorum et rerum Wirceburgensium (4 volumes), which he also wrote in Latin and German. With this work he was after Lorenz Fries (1489–1550) as the most important Lower Franconian historian. Then Gropp was accepted as a member of the "Austrian learned society" in Olomouc ( Moravia ) and in the "learned society of German Benedictines".

In 1749 Gropp decided to return the priory of the two monasteries and he took over the parish of Güntersleben near Würzburg as pastor. This parish was considered difficult, disbelief in the population had grown, the church was in a bad state. As pastor of Güntersleben, Gropp also deals with the persecution of witches and writes: "God grant his grace that such weeds and dung may be devoured," by which he meant the alleged witches. But the time of the witch hunt was soon over: On June 17, 1749, the execution of the 70-year-old Maria Renata Singer von Mossau (1679–1749), subprior of the Unterzell monastery , saw the last witch burning in Franconia in Kitzingen .

Gropp meanwhile worked on the renovation of his church himself and had shrines set. Perhaps it was his overly great personal commitment that caused him to die of a stroke on November 16, 1758 shortly after his 63rd birthday . He was buried in the St. Maternus Church in Güntersleben.

Honors

In Bad Kissingen, in 1896, on the occasion of his 200th birthday, "Haarder Straße" was renamed Groppstraße . In Güntersleben there is the Ignatius-Gropp-Grundschule and the Ignatius-Gropp-Straße .

Remarks

  1. ↑ The German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE) gives November 12th as the date of birth; therefore he should have been baptized on the day of his birth.
  2. ↑ The house where he was born (now Marktplatz 18 ) was replaced in 1897 by a new building in Flemish Baroque style, the front of which is adorned with his bust created by Valentin Weidner in 1897 ; There is a marble commemorative plaque in the entrance to the house .
  3. ↑ Ignaz Gropp: Wirtzburg Chronicle of the Last Times. Wurzburg 1748

literature

  • Michael Stöger: The Franconian historian P. Ignaz Gropp OSB from Kissingen , Weinberger in Komm., Bad Kissingen 1891
  • Alfred Wendehorst: The records of P. Ignaz Gropp about the Würzburg Marienkapelle , in: Würzburger Diözesangeschichtsblätter, Volume 34, Pages 129-143, Würzburg 1972
  • Ignaz Gropp, a Franconian historian, Benedictine, pastor. Aspects from his life and work . Exhibition of the city of Bad Kissingen in the old town hall from August 4 to October 9, 1995
  • Thomas Ahnert: Ignaz Gropp. Man of letters, historian, theologian . In: Peter Weidisch, Thomas Ahnert (eds.): “1200 years Bad Kissingen (801-2001). Facets of a city's history ”. Festschrift for the anniversary year and book accompanying the exhibition. Verlag TA Schachenmayer, Bad Kissingen 2001, ISBN 3-929278-16-2
  • Alois Schmid : P. Ignaz Gropp OSB (1695-1758), Benedictine monk and historiographer. In: Erich Schneider (Ed.): Fränkische Lebensbilder XIX , publications of the Society for Franconian History, Volume VII A 19, pages 89-106, Degener Verlag, Neustadt an der Aisch 2002, ISBN 3-7686-9296-5 .
  • Werner Eberth : P. Ignaz Gropp and other great Benedictines from Bad Kissingen , Bad Kissingen 2008
  • Schäffler:  Ignaz Gropp . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 733 f.

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personal data
SURNAME Gropp, Ignaz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gropp, Johann Michael (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian, author and Roman Catholic theologian
DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1695
PLACE OF BIRTH Kissingen , Lower Franconia
DATE OF DEATH November 19, 1758
Place of death Güntersleben , Lower Franconia