Johannes Evangelist Stigler

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Johann (es) Evangelist Stigler (born December 29, 1884 in Eschertshofen , † September 22, 1966 in Eichstätt ) was a Roman Catholic German theologian . He was 1935-1950 rain of Eichstätter Seminary and 1935-1958 rector of the Episcopal Lyceum or the Episcopal Philosophy and Theology College Eichstaett.

Life

He was born as one of 16 children of the Dürn farmer Franz Xaver Stigler (1840–1926) and Margaretha Stigler nee. Renner (1843–1917) from Kirchenwinn . From 1891 to 1896 he attended the working day school in Dietkirchen and from 1896 to 1905 the Royal Humanistic Gymnasium in Eichstätt, where he obtained the Absolutorium. He then studied philosophy and theology at the Episcopal Lyceum Eichstätt. After his ordination in Eichstätt on June 29, 1910, he was first assistant priest in Koenigstein , then house chaplain in Neunstetten , there most recently as a parish provisional and local school inspector. In 1912 he was the first cooperator in Wemding for two months . From September 30, 1912 he worked as an assistant at the Episcopal Seminary in Eichstätt. As such, he was responsible for the economic management of the boys' seminary , the alumnate and seminary as well as the Episcopal Lyceum. While exercising this office and on a temporary leave of absence, he studied mathematics and physics in the summer semester of 1916 at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich and from the winter semester of 1916/17 up to and including the summer semester of 1919 at the Friedrich Alexander University in Erlangen . At the latter, he held an assistant position at the Physics Institute in 1918/19 and headed the physics internship. In 1919 he was promoted to Dr. phil. PhD at the University of Erlangen ; in his dissertation he dealt with the optics of Claudius Ptolemaeus .

On September 20, 1919, with effect from October 1, 1919, he was appointed associate professor for mathematics and physics at the Episcopal Lyceum Eichstätt (renamed Episcopal Philosophical-Theological University in 1924) and at the same time joined the German Physical Society . In 1922 he became a member of the Technical Emergency Aid and was for a time its Eichstätter local group leader and deputy local group leader; In 1936 he was awarded the Golden Medal of Honor for Technical Emergency Aid. On December 24, 1924, the Bishop of Eichstätt appointed him full professor of mathematics and physics at his university. Stigler gave lectures from experimental physics and higher mathematics, several times also lecture series on wireless telegraphy and telephony, in 1926/27 a public college on electricity . In 1922 he founded a meteorological station in the seminar , at which he had completed more than 3500 observation tours by 1955. On October 28, 1933 he was appointed to the Episcopal Spiritual Council .

A new task came up to him when he was provisionally appointed on November 22, 1935 and finally appointed to the reign of the Eichstatter seminary on December 18, 1935 and at the same time, as usual at the Eichstätter Episcopal University, took over the office of rector. Remarkably, from then on he developed a lively collecting activity on the student and university system, in particular on the Cartell Association of Catholic German Student Associations (CV), which existed until 1935 , to which he had belonged since his studies in Erlangen, and the " Association of Age CVer "(VACV). When the state theological faculties were closed by the National Socialist regime, the Eichstätter Hochschule gained considerably in importance as an episcopal institution and therefore not inviolable by the state, because several dioceses, especially the southern German ones, sent their theology students there. The number of students grew from 168 in the 1931/32 academic year to 621 in the 1949/40 academic year - despite the state recognition that was withdrawn in 1939. Stigler had to take care of the accommodation, the daily food and a sufficient range of courses. From 1939 he had to undergo NSDAP and Gestapo interrogations several times ; his signing of the confession of the German professors to Adolf Hitler in November 1933, i.e. at a time when it was not foreseeable where the Third Reich would develop, had no effect whatsoever. On April 23, 1939, Stigler was appointed papal house prelate . In the last semester of the war in 1944/45, an additional 100 Lithuanian theology students, who had fled from the Russian occupiers of their homeland, stayed in the Eichstätter seminar - in view of the already very difficult occupancy and catering situation, another challenge to Stigler's organizational skills. On April 24, 1945, he provided the last pastoral assistance to two men who had been hanged by SS men on a tree in front of the seminary gates because they had obstructed a bridge being blown.

At the end of 1945, Stigler submitted a resignation to the Eichstätter bishop, which the latter refused. So Stigler had to stay in the rain until October 1, 1950, the rector and professor eight years longer until April 30, 1958. Again, a difficult situation had to be mastered: after the post-war lectures began on October 8, 1945 had until 1951 because of the extensive destruction of the university buildings in Munich and Würzburg at the Eichstätter Hochschule, state teaching assignments for the basic semesters in law, medicine, natural sciences, forest sciences, art sciences and technology had to be fulfilled. The peak of the listener frequency was the winter semester 1947/48 with 508 students. In 1951, the heavy workload led Stigler to become seriously ill and he had to go to a clinic in Munich. He recovered and resumed his duties. On March 7, 1955, he received the First Class Cross of Merit of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and on December 15, 1959, the Bavarian Order of Merit . Sick in June 1966, Stigler did not recover and died. He was buried in the East Cemetery in Eichstätt.

Stigler had been a full member of the Catholic German Student Union (KDSt.V.) Gothia Erlangen since 1916 and an honorary member (band philistine) of the KDSt.V. since 1934. Langobardia Munich (today in Bayreuth) and since 1957 the KDSt.V. Franco-Raetia zu Würzburg . He was the founder or co-founder of the KDSt.V. Aureata Eichstätt, who moved to Munich in 1951, and KDSt.V. in 1958. Alcimonia at the Episcopal Pedagogical University of Eichstätt.

The student history collection of Stigler, bound in more than 100 anthologies, is largely owned by the Eichstätter CV circle and is in the diocesan archive of Eichstätt. The rest of the estate is kept in the Eichstätt University Library.

Honors

  • 1933: Episcopal spiritual council
  • 1939: Papal house prelate
  • 1936: Gold Medal of Honor for Technical Emergency Aid
  • 1955: Cross of Merit (Steckkreuz) of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • 1959: Bavarian Order of Merit

Works

  • The optics of Claudius Ptolemaeus , (1919)
  • Episcopal seminar and Eichstätt University. World War 1939-1945. Chronological records , part 1: 25.8.1939–25.9.1939, part 2: 30.9.1939–18.3.1941, part 3: 26.4. – 7.6.1944 (typewriter manuscript in the estate)
  • Founding history of the KDStV Aureata , 2 episodes [typewriter manuscript in the diocesan archive of Eichstätt]
  • (Together with others): KDSt.V.-Aureata Eichstätt (Bavaria) , 1 sheet, Eichstätt 1947 [reprinted later]
  • Chronology of the fates of the CV ... 1933 to 1938. On the prehistory of the foundation of the KDStV Aureata Eichstätt-Munich . In: Aureaten-Blatt 1 of March 31, 1957
  • Chronology of the resurrection of CV 1945–1947, the re-establishment of the 1st active CV connection Aureata after World War II on February 7, 1947, the 1st general CV conference in Eichstätt / Bavaria on 19/20 . July 1947 . In: Aureaten-Blatt 2 from November 1, 1959
  • On the story of Aureata [extract] . In: Helmut Wolff (editor): Festgabe an die Kath. Dt. Aureata student association on their 15th foundation festival , (1962), p. 7 f.
  • The student associations at the Alma Mater Eystettensis ... In: 400 Years Collegium Willibaldinum Eichstätt , (1964), p. 108, footnote 61
  • Dinner speech of the Hochw. Prelate Dr. Johannes Stigler, long-time Regens and Rector. In: Andreas Bauch (editor): Commemorative publication for the four-century celebration of the Collegium Willibaldinum in Eichstätt from July 19 to 22, 1964 , (1965), p. 93.

literature

  • St. Willibalds-Bote , 3 (1935), edition of January 5, 1935, pp. 659f.
  • [Autobiographical writing about Stigler's CV]. In: [Stigler's letter to Heinrich Schauer from January 15, 1953]. [Copy]. In: Stigler Collection in the Eichstätt Diocesan Archives, Vol. [72]
  • University rector Dr. Stigler 70 years . In: St. Willibalds-Bote, 18 (1955), 2, p. 23
  • Federal Cross of Merit for Prelate Dr. Johannes Stigler . In: St. Willibalds-Bote, 7, p. 23
  • A wonderful coincidence lay over this house [handover of the Rector's Office Stigler - Josef Kurzinger ] . In: Eichstätter Kurier from 15./16. May 1958
  • Handover of the rectorate at the university . In: St. Willibaldsbote 21 (1958), 21 of May 25, 1958
  • Dr. Johannes Stigler 50 years as a priest . In: Academia, 53 (1969), June 5, 1960, p. 176
  • A life for truth and belief . In: St. Willibalds-Bote, 23 (1960), 29, p. 12
  • Andreas Bauch: Regens Dr. Johannes Ev. Stigler 1935-1950 . In: 400 Years Collegium Willibaldinum , (1964), p. 110
  • Andreas Bauch: About the new representative of the Chair of Physics and Mathematics . In: 400 Years Collegium Willibaldinum , (1964), p. 210
  • A life for seminars and universities. Prelate Prof. Dr. Johannes Stigler is celebrating his 80th birthday today / rain in difficult times . In: Eichstätter Kurier of December 29, 1964
  • Prelate Stigler 80 years . In: St. Willibalds-Bote Eichstätt, 28 (1965), 1, p. 9
  • J. Stigler 80 years . In: Academia, 57 (1964), No. 9/10, p. 282
  • J. Kurzinger: A life in truth and loyalty. Mourning for Prelate Johannes Stigler . In: Eichstätter Zeitung of June 23, 1966
  • Farewell to Prelate Johannes Stigler . In: Eichstätter Zeitung of September 27, 1966
  • J. Kurzinger: † Dr. Johannes Stigler, Pope. House prelate, university professor i. R. at the Phil.-theol. Eichstätt University. In: St. Willibalds-Bote, 29 (1966), 40, p. 10
  • Karl Andersen: Prelate Prof. Dr. Joh. Ev. Stigler † . In: Academia, 60 (1967), 1, p. 27 f.
  • Prelate Prof. Dr. Johannes Stigler . In: Bertram Blum: The KDStV Alcimonia Eichstätt, Festschrift for the 20th anniversary , (1979), pp. 69–71
  • Matthias Buschkühl [editor]: Seminar and university in Eichstätt under National Socialism. Johannes Ev. Stigler (1884–1966) on the occasion of his 100th birthday in memory. Exhibition catalog , (1984)
  • Hermann Josef Kreitmeir: In difficult times educator for priests . In: Church newspaper for the Diocese of Eichstätt, 47 (1984), 52/53, p. 28
  • Greetings from Bbr. Regens Dr. Ludwig Mödl for the opening of the exhibition [in the library] on November 12, 1984 . In: Alcimonen-Blatt 5/1984
  • Exhibition: Seminar and University in Eichstätt under National Socialism . In: Church newspaper for the Eichstätt diocese of December 9, 1984
  • Full of kindness as a priest, but strict as a superior. Cartell Association commemorated the prelate Johannes Stigler . In: Eichstätter Kurier of January 2, 1985
  • Siegfried Bauriedl: Memory of Prelate Dr. Joh. Ev. Stigler . In: Academia, 78 (1985), 2, p. 73
  • [About Stigler]. In: Siegfried Schieweck-Mauk (editor): The CV inventory in the Eichstätt diocesan archive. Part I, (1988), p. 6 ff.
  • Bertram Blum: Dr. Joh. Ev. Stigler (1884-1966) . In: 18th Annual Report of the Historical Association for Neumarkt id Opf. And the surrounding area, (1988), pp. 7-12
  • Siegfried Schieweck-Mauk (editor): The CV inventory [Stigler's] in the diocesan archive of Eichstätt, (1988/89), 8 parts (GDS university study aids, 7-14), part 9 under the title “The CV in 1933 until 1938 ", (2015)
  • Christina Hofmann-Randall: The pamphlets of the University Library Eichstätt , (1990), [Stigler is mentioned on several pages]
  • Christina Hofmann-Randall: The bequests in the University Library Eichstätt , (1993), p. 41
  • Commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the death of Prelate Johannes Stigler. In: Eichstätter Kurier of September 25, 1996
  • Stigler, Johannes. In: Ulrich von Hehl et al. (Editor): Priest under Hitler's terror. A biographical and statistical survey. I, 3rd edition, (1996), p. 564 f.
  • Ferdinand von Werden: Diaries for the restoration of the cathedral in Eichstätt 1938–1945 , (1999), [Stigler is mentioned on several pages]
  • Siegfried Schieweck-Mauk: The student history Stigler collection in the diocesan archive Eichstätt. In: GDS-Archiv, 5 (2000/2001), pp. 181–190
  • Siegfried Schieweck-Mauk: Stigler, Johannes Ev. In: Alcimonen-Blatt 21/2001, pp. 38-44
  • Our founder, Bbr. Prelate Prof. Dr. Johannes Stigler . In: Siegfried Schieweck-Mauk: 1958–2008. 50 years of the KDStV Alcimonia in the CV zu Eichstätt , Eichstätt 2008, pp. 37–44
  • Stigler, Johannes Evangelist , in: Friedhelm Golücke : Author's lexicon for student and university history. SH-Verlag, Cologne 2004, ISBN 3-89498-130-X . Pp. 324-325.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Siegfried Schieweck-Mauk: 1958–2008. 50 years of the KDStV Alcimonia in the CV zu Eichstätt , Eichstätt 2008, pp. 37–44
  2. ^ Siegfried Schieweck-Mauk: 1958–2008. 50 years of the KDStV Alcimonia in the CV zu Eichstätt , Eichstätt 2008, pp. 37–44
  3. ↑ Andreas Bauch: Priest in Responsibility, Memories and Thoughts in the Consciousness of Farewell , Paderborn 1996, p. 34; Stephan Kellner: “He who is called to teach, teach” (Rom 12: 7). The professors of the Episcopal Lyceum Eichstätt 1843–1918 , Eichstätt 1998, p. 42
  4. ↑ Prelate Prof. Dr. Johannes Stigler. In: Bertram Blum: The KDStV Alcimonia Eichstätt, Festschrift for the 20th anniversary , (1979), pp. 69–71
  5. ↑ Stigler, Johannes Evangelist , in: Friedhelm Golücke : Author's lexicon for student and university history. SH-Verlag, Cologne 2004, ISBN 3-89498-130-X . P. 324.
  6. ^ Siegfried Schieweck-Mauk: 1958–2008. 50 years of the KDStV Alcimonia in the CV zu Eichstätt , Eichstätt 2008, pp. 37–44
  7. ↑ Christina Hofmann-Randall: The bequests in the University Library Eichstätt , (1993), p. 41
personal data
SURNAME Stigler, Johannes Evangelist
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stigler, Johann Evangelist
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German priest
DATE OF BIRTH December 29, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Eschertshofen
DATE OF DEATH September 22, 1966
Place of death Eichstatt