Johann Baptist Kraus (pastor)
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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
- 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.
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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 |