Johann Baptist Kraus (pastor)

Pastor Johann Baptist Kraus

Grave of Johann Baptist Kraus in the cemetery next to the St-Nikolaus-Kirche

Johann Baptist Kraus (born June 6, 1805 in Vallendar ; † March 16, 1893 in Arenberg ) was a Catholic pastor and founder of the Arenberg pilgrimage site .

Life and work

Johann Baptist Kraus was born as the eldest son of the doctor Peter Friedrich Kraus and Katharina Sebastiani in Vallendar near Koblenz . Kraus visited Trier seminary and was on 18 September 1830 priests ordained. In Engers he immediately took up a position as chaplain . He then worked in Trier in 1831 in the church of St. Paulin , in 1833 in the parish of Bendorf and finally from June 22, 1834 until his death in the parish of Arenberg .

In Arenberg he was the founder of the Pfarrer-Kraus-Anlagen , later named after him , a landscape picture Bible, which was created from 1845 to 1860 as a nature park for religious life orientation, and of the parish and pilgrimage church of St. Nicholas, built from 1860 to 1872 . The future Empress Augusta was his patroness and supported the construction of the facilities. In the years that followed, the church and grounds made Arenberg a well-known place of pilgrimage.

The Arenberg Monastery came into being because of his efforts .

Honors

1930: Pastor Kraus memorial in Koblenz-Arenberg

literature

Hans-Joachim Sander : On the sanctity of the homeland - the holy places in Arenberg. On the 100th anniversary of the death of Johann Baptist Kraus . In: Trier theologische Zeitschrift , vol. 102 (1993), pp. 146–156.

Web links

Commons : Johann Baptist Kraus - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Pfarrer-Kraus-Anlagen in: arenberg-info.de

Footnotes

↑ Hans-Joachim Sander: From the holiness of the homeland - the holy places in Arenberg. On the 100th anniversary of the death of Johann Baptist Kraus . In: Trier theologische Zeitschrift , vol. 102 (1993), pp. 146–156, here p. 157.

personal data
SURNAME	Kraus, Johann Baptist
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Pastor in Arenberg and builder of the pilgrimage church St. Nikolaus and the landscape picture Bible
DATE OF BIRTH	June 6, 1805
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vallendar
DATE OF DEATH	March 16, 1893
Place of death	Arenberg

[1] Hans-Joachim Sander: From the holiness of the homeland - the holy places in Arenberg. On the 100th anniversary of the death of Johann Baptist Kraus . In: Trier theologische Zeitschrift , vol. 102 (1993), pp. 146–156, here p. 157.