Jacob Ignatius Simonis

Jakob Ignatius Simonis, as superior of the Niederbronn sisters

Jakob Ignatius Simonis (born March 12, 1831 in Ammerschweier in Alsace , † February 11, 1903 in Oberbronn ) was a Catholic clergyman, professor and member of the Reichstag .

Simonis studied theology in Strasbourg and was ordained a priest there on June 10, 1854, then went to the episcopal grammar school in Colmar as a professor and then taught at the great seminary in Strasbourg. He was pastor in Bischheim , editor of the “Volksbote” and since 1872 superior of the Niederbronn sisters in the mother house in Oberbronn .

From 1874 to 1898 he sat as a non-attached member of the German Reichstag . As a member of parliament, he represented the constituency of Alsace-Lorraine 5 (Rappoltsweiler). The priests Jakob Ignatius Simonis, Joseph Guerber and Landolin Winterer were considered to be the leading figures of the Catholic-Alsatian protest group.

literature

Anton Bettelheim (Hrsg.): Biographisches Jahrbuch and German Nekrolog. Volume 8, 1903, Reimer, Berlin
Joseph Guerber : Honorary Canon Dr. Ignatius Simonis, Superior of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Most Holy Savior in Oberbronn (funeral speech published in print; 18 pages with portrait), 1903
Festschrift 100 years of the Niederbronner Sisters , Munich, 1949, with a separate chapter on Jakob Ignatius Simonis (pages 57–61, with photo)

Web links

Commons : Jacob Ignatius Simonis - collection of images, videos and audio files

Berlin State Library
Simonis, Jakob Ignatius in the database of members of the Reichstag
Biography of Ignatius Simonis . In: Heinrich Best : database of the members of the Reichstag of the Empire 1867/71 to 1918 (Biorab - Kaiserreich)

Individual evidence

^ Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd Edition. Carl Heymann Verlag, Berlin 1904, pp. 298-299.
↑ Link to the script

personal data
SURNAME	Simonis, Jacob Ignatius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Simonis, Jakob Ignatius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German clergyman, university professor and politician, MdR
DATE OF BIRTH	March 12, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH	Ammerschweier , Alsace
DATE OF DEATH	February 11, 1903
Place of death	Oberbronn

[1] Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd Edition. Carl Heymann Verlag, Berlin 1904, pp. 298-299.

[2] Link to the script