Johann Peter Ommerborn

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Ommerborndenkmal on the Margaretenhöhe

Johann Peter Ommerborn (born January 1, 1762 in Ommerborn , † February 10, 1837 in Sand ) was a German Catholic pastor and freedom fighter in the coalition wars . He was also known as the hero of the Ommerborn .

Life

Ommerborn came from a family that ran a camera property in the town of the same name . After a humanistic education in the monastery of the Franciscans in Wipperfurth he was in 1788 in Cologne ordained. He then took over a chaplaincy in Offermannsheide . When the French occupied the Bergisches Land in 1795 , he and other like-minded comrades made the decision to rise up against the "strangers" who were plundering through the country under the direction of Ferdinand Stucker . After having suffered a defeat in the battle on the Hohnsberg , he initially accompanied the imperial army as a field preacher . He was called heroes pastor everywhere . In 1797 Ommerborn was given a pastor's post in Frielingsdorf . From 1826 he became a pastor in Sand.

He was buried in the old churchyard in Sand . His grave is adorned with a tombstone.

Old rectory sand

Old rectory sand

The old rectory built by Pastor Ommerborn is listed as a monument under No. 33 in the list of architectural monuments in Bergisch Gladbach .

Awards

  • The city of Bergisch Gladbach dedicated Ommerbornstrasse to him in the Sand district.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ferdinand Schmitz: The importance of Joh. Peter Ommerborn for the Bergisch people , in: Bergischer Calendar 1926, p. 75 ff.
  2. ^ Peter Matthias Odenthal: Der Held vom Ommerborn , Roman, Bad Honnef 1942
  3. ^ A b Andree Schulte, Bergisch Gladbach, city history in street names , published by the Bergisch Gladbach city archive, volume 3, and by the Bergisches Geschichtsverein department Rhein-Berg e. V., Volume 11, Bergisch Gladbach 1995, p. 180, ISBN 3-9804448-0-5

literature

  • Montanus : The heroes and citizens and farmers on the Lower Rhine , published by Fr. Aug. Arndt, Opladen 1870, p. 72 ff.
  • Anton Jux: Heldenpastor Johann Peter Ommerborn , in Bergischer Calendar 1955, p. 84 ff.
  • Jenny Kollenberg, Ommerborn, Bergischer Held , Verlag Gronenberg, Gummersbach 1978, ISBN 3-88265-016-8
  • Richard Kapp: On the family history of the "Heldenpastor" , in: Rheinisch-Bergischer Calendar 1983, p. 197 ff.
  • Richard Kapp: Priestly builder out of passion , in: Rheinisch-Bergischer Calendar 1986, p. 77 ff.

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personal data
SURNAME Ommerborn, Johann Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic pastor
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1762
PLACE OF BIRTH Ommerborn
DATE OF DEATH February 10, 1837
Place of death sand