Johann Adam Kraus

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Johann Adam Kraus (born March 18, 1904 in Ringingen ; † June 27, 1992 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German Roman Catholic pastor , Hohenzollern homeland researcher and archbishop archivist .

Coming from a wealthy farming family, Johann Adam Kraus was born as the fifth child of the farmer and community calculator Christian Kraus and his wife Katharina nee. Viesel, born in Ringingen on the Swabian Alb . After attending the village primary school and taking Latin lessons from the local pastor, Kraus moved into the Fidelishaus in Sigmaringen in 1916 to attend the grammar school. After graduating from high school in 1923, he entered the Collegium Borromaeum and studied theology at the University of Freiburg . His studies focused on church and art history under Joseph Sauer . He was ordained a priest on March 11, 1928 in St. Peter . Kraus completed his vicariate from 1928 in Urloffen , Bietigheim , Achern and Burladingen . From 1936 he was chaplain in Bingen and in 1937 parish administrator in Dietershofen , where he was invested on March 19, 1938. Here his behavior brought him into conflict with the Gestapo , which led to a lawsuit and several months in prison. After his release, Kraus was placed in the Freiburg Ordinariatsregistratur. In 1943 Kraus was called up for military service, where he was transferred to Brittany after a brief training as a medic . During the invasion of Normandy, he and his unit were taken prisoner by the Americans. Kraus worked as a pastor at POW Camp Lordsburg in New Mexico until 1946.

On his return he resumed his work in the registry of the Archbishop's Ordinariate. From 1955 Kraus also took over the management of the Archbishop's Archives . He left office prematurely in 1966 because of an eye problem. Resident in Freiburg until his death, Kraus was buried in his birthplace.

Since his student days, Johann Adam Kraus published numerous publications on topics of Hohenzollern history and local history. He himself counted 833 contributions for the years 1924 to 1988. In addition there are 78 necrologists from the Hohenzollern clergy in the Necrologium Friburgense and many newspaper articles.

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  1. ↑ See Walter Bernhardt, Rudolf Seigel (arr.): Bibliography of the Hohenzollern history . Sigmaringen 1975, pp. 111-151.
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SURNAME Kraus, Johann Adam
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic pastor, local historian and archivist
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Ringingen (Burladingen)
DATE OF DEATH June 27, 1992
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau