Jakob Reimer (Benedictine)
Jakob Reimer OSB (born August 8, 1877 in Mauerkirchen , † October 7, 1958 in Oberwang ) was an Austrian Benedictine abbot .
Life
After studying theology in 1901, Reimer joined the Seitenstetten Benedictine Abbey in the diocese of St. Pölten and completed a teaching degree for modern languages in Innsbruck , where he received his doctorate in philosophy in 1908. He was then a teacher at the Stiftsgymnasium in Seitenstetten and boarding school director. In 1928 he took over the management of the Lambach Abbey in place of Abbot Cölestin Baumgartner . In 1931 he succeeded the resigned Petrus Klotz as archabbot of the St. Peter monastery in Salzburg .
His term of office was marked by the Second World War and the time of National Socialism , which brought the dissolution of the monastery and the expulsion of the monks. He was able to avert the economic ruin of the monastery in 1938 by selling land and art treasures and founded a high school, which did not last long. In 1956 he resigned and went back to Oberwang, where he had already spent the period of exile from 1942 until the end of the war.
Reimer wrote the text of the Thiersee Passion, which was written in 1914.
literature
- BBKL XXI (2003) 1205-1206
Web links
- Jakob Reimer in the Biographia Benedictina (Benediktinerlexikon.de)
- Jakob Reimer in the Salzburg Wiki
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Reimer, Jakob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian Benedictine abbot |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 8, 1877 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wall churches |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 7, 1958 |
| Place of death | Oberwang |