Johann Baptist Hergenröther

Johann Baptist Hergenröther (also Johannes ; born February 14, 1780 in Bischofsheim an der Rhön , † June 15, 1835 in Bamberg ) was a German Roman Catholic clergyman and theologian .

Life

Hergenröther came from a Catholic shoemaker family . The local teacher discovered the boy's talent, but first had to assert himself against the resistance of his father in order to enable him to continue his education. After further training in Bischofsheim, he graduated from the Würzburg high school in 1791 . He then went to the University of Würzburg to study theology and entered the local seminary . In September 1805 he was ordained a priest .

Hergenröther was initially a chaplain in his hometown for a year , then from 1806 to 1816 a chaplain in Ettleben . There he devoted one hand the further studies that finally in 1818 with the promotion of Dr. phil. was crowned at the Würzburg University, on the other hand, he started next to the carving of agriculture turn and became a member of the Agricultural Association of Bavaria . He was also a member of the Association for the Improvement of the Arts and Business . In 1816 he went to Rottenbauer as Curatus .

Hergenröther initially rejected a reputation as a royal professor from Würzburg to the school and took subsequent reputation of 6 May 1818 as director of the Würzburg teacher seminar. He worked there until October 1832. That year he was suddenly and unexpectedly retired . In December of that year he was finally transferred to Bamberg as pastor of the Church of Our Lady . He died of a failed bloodletting .

Publications

Education in the spirit of Christianity , Sulzbach 1823.
Brief encouragement and instructions for growing fruit trees. For the residents of the Kingdom of Bavaria , 1828.
Sermons on the Sundays and feast days of the Catholic church year. 3 volumes, Seidel, Sulzbach 1836–1838 (posthumous).

literature

Franz Heinrich Reusch : Hergenröther, Johann Baptist . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 12, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1880, p. 109 f.
Heinrich Joachim Jäck : Second pantheon of the writers and artists Bamberg from the XI. Centuries until 1844 . Züberlein, Bamberg 1844, p. 59.
D. Johann Baptist Hergenröther , in New Nekrolog der Deutschen , 13th year 1835, 1st part, Voigt, Weimar 1837.

Web links

Works by and about Johann Baptist Hergenröther in the German Digital Library

Remarks

↑ The DNB dataset speaks of deviating information that indicates the year of birth 1779. The sources used for the article speak without exception of the year of birth 1780.

personal data
SURNAME	Hergenröther, Johann Baptist
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hergenröther, Johannes Baptist
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Roman Catholic clergyman and theologian
DATE OF BIRTH	February 14, 1780
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bischofsheim on the Rhön
DATE OF DEATH	June 15, 1835
Place of death	Bamberg

[1] The DNB dataset speaks of deviating information that indicates the year of birth 1779. The sources used for the article speak without exception of the year of birth 1780.