Johann Ev. Lamprecht

Memorial plaque on Lamprecht's birthplace in Schärding

Johann Evangelist Lamprecht (born December 28, 1816 in Schärding , † August 18, 1895 in Maria Bründl ) was an Upper Austrian clergyman, local researcher and cartographer.

Life

Childhood and youth

Lamprecht was born on December 28, 1816 in Schärding in the house at Passauer Straße 17 as the son of Juliana and Michael Lamprecht, a city gardener. He attended primary school in Schärding and received drawing lessons at an early age. From 1829 to 1837 he attended the Stiftsgymnasium Kremsmünster .

Activity as a priest

In 1837 Lamprecht entered the Linz seminary and was ordained a priest in 1841. Since he soon struggled with hearing loss, he worked in a number of parishes as a cooperator or provisional (representative of a clergyman), and devoted himself increasingly to local studies. From 1861 to 1873 and from 1875 to 1888 he was a fair reader in Sigharting , interrupted by a job as a fair reader in Aistersheim . From 1888 he came to Maria Bründl near Raab as a beneficiary , where he spent the rest of his life.

death

Grave of the Lamprecht family at the Schärding city cemetery

Lamprecht died on August 18, 1895 in Maria Bründl after a serious illness. He was buried in a grave of honor two days later at the Schärding city cemetery.

Working as a local researcher

Lamprecht enjoyed drawing from a young age and gained experience in the preparation of plans and maps very early on, which he later incorporated into his numerous historical-topographical works.

As a local researcher, Johann Ev. Lamprecht in particular in the Lower Innviertel and wrote a number of local and parish histories there, including Schärding (1860), Andorf (1876), Raab (1877), Neuburg and Wernstein (1883), St. Agatha (1883), Mattighofen ( 1885), Hohenzell (1889), Taufkirchen , Rainbach , Diersbach and Sigharting (1891), Aurolzmünster , Peterskirchen and Eitzing (1906). Lamprecht was the first in many places to write a comprehensive chronicle. To this day, his work forms the basis of many homeland books in the Innviertel.

In archaeological expeditions he also wandered through the area in search of Roman forts, old castles and fortifications, where he made many prehistoric finds and presented his findings in an extensive manuscript. In addition, Lamprecht wrote the historical-topographical register of the country ob der Enns ; it is a map that lists 13,000 place names with the year of their creation.

Awards

• 1891 Gold Cross of Merit with the crown
• 1894 honorary citizen of the city of Schärding

Streets in Schärding and Raab were named after him, and the elementary school in Sigharting has been named Johann Evangelist Lamprecht School since 1969 .

Works ( selection )

• About the correct spelling of many place, river and mountain names in Upper Austria. Linz undated ( digitized on digi.landesbibliothek.at).
• Description of the kk landesfürstl. Gränzstadt Schärding am Inn and its surroundings. Wels 1860 ( limited preview in Google book search).
• Historical-topographical register or historical place index of the country ob der Enns, as an explanation of the chart of the country ob der Ens in its shape and division from the 8th to the 14th centuries. Vienna 1863 ( digitized on digital-sammlungen.de).
• Statistical and historical notes about the place and municipality Andorf im Innkreise. Linz 1876 ( digitized on digi.landesbibliothek.at).
• Description of the place Rab and its surroundings. Linz 1877.
• Brief history of the county of Neuburg am Inn and Wernstein. 1883.
• Castle, monastery, market and Bad Matighofen in Upper Austria and its surroundings as a contribution to regional studies historically, topographically and statistically illuminated. Braunau 1885 ( digitized on digi.landesbibliothek.at).
• Historical-topographical and statistical description of the kk landesfürstl. Gränzstadt Schärding am Inn and its surroundings. 2 volumes, Schärding 1887 (digital copies: volume 1, volume 1 , volume 1, volume 2 , volume 2, volume 1 , volume 2, volume 2 on digi.landesbibliothek.at).
• Description of the parish and community of Hohenzell near Ried in the Inkkreis. Schärding 1889 ( digitized on digi.landesbibliothek.at).
• The old parish of Taufkirchen an der Bram, the former parishes and parishes: Taufkirchen, Rainbach, Dirsbach around Sigharting in the Incircle; historically, topographically and statistically illuminated and as a contribution to regional and local history. Maria Bründl 1891 ( digitized on digi.landesbibliothek.at).
• Ecclesiastical Hall of Honor is a clergy of higher rank originating from Upper Austria, Linz 1895 ( digitized on digi.landesbibliothek.at).
• Aurolzmünster, Peterskirchen and Eitzing. ( posthumously ; together with Franz Lang ) Ried 1906 ( digitized on digi.landesbibliothek.at).

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• Franz Berger : On the biography of Johann E. Lamprechts. Linz 1905 ( digitized on digi.landesbibliothek.at).
• Georg Grüll :  Lamprecht Johann Ev .. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 4, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1969, p. 421.
• Rupert Ruttmann : Heimatbuch Sigharting. Publisher Moserbauer, Mattighofen 1989.
• Marktgemeinde Taufkirchen an der Pram (Hrsg.): Heimatbuch Taufkirchen an der Pram: published on the occasion of the 850th anniversary in 2010. Verlag Moserbauer, Ried im Innkreis 2010, p. 60.
• Reinhard Lindlbauer: Johann Ev. Lamprecht. Historian of the Innviertel and beneficiary in Maria Bründl. Short biography on the occasion of the new edition of the Raaber Chronik, 2003 ( PDF on raab.ooe.gv.at).

Web links

Commons : Johann Ev. Lamprecht  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Johann Ev. Lamprecht in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literature by and about Johann Ev. Lamprecht in the forum OoeGeschichte.at