Ignaz Hess

Ignaz Hess (born June 4, 1871 in Kerns as Alois August Hess ; † February 14, 1963 in Engelberg ) was a Swiss Catholic theologian and archivist . He published almost 250 works, mainly on the history of Engelberg.

Life

Ignaz Hess was born on June 4, 1871, the son of the baker and Rössli host Franz Josef Hess and Franziska, née Amrhein, in Kerns. He was a brother of the politician Otto Hess .

From 1884, Hess attended high school in Engelberg and Einsiedeln . Then he entered the Benedictine monastery Engelberg , where he made his profession in 1893 . He then studied theology in Einsiedeln and Engelberg and was ordained a priest in 1896 . From 1896 to 1897 and from 1898 to 1905 Hess taught as a professor at the Engelberg grammar school. Between 1897 and 1898 he worked as a German vicar in Montreux and from 1899 to 1907 as archivist in Engelberg Monastery. In addition, from 1905 to 1907, Hess studied history , art history and historical auxiliary sciences at the University of Freiburg, where he graduated in 1913 with a doctorate in art history. Furthermore, Hess worked from 1908 to 1919 as a confessor to St. Katharina in Wil and from 1919 to 1925 as a major waiter and archivist in Engelberg. Then Hess taught from 1925 to 1932 as a professor at the Theresianum Ingenbohl . In the years 1932 to 1936 Hess worked again as confessor at St. Andreas in Sarnen . He then taught as a professor in Engelberg from 1936 to 1952. From 1952 to 1956 he again worked as a confessor at the Marienburg near Wikon . In addition, he was active as a monastery archivist in Engelberg from 1936 until his death.

Ignaz Hess died on February 14, 1963 at the age of 91 in Engelberg. His estate is in the Engelberg monastery archive.

literature

• Ephrem Omlin: The clergy Obwalden from the 13th century to the present, 1984, 296 f .;

Web links

• Roland Sigrist: Hess, Ignaz. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .