Josef Annegarn

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Title page of the Holy Scriptures by Josef Annegarn

Josef Annegarn (born October 13, 1794 in Ostbevern ; † July 7, 1843 in Braunsberg ) was a theologian , educator and professor of church history and church law .

Life

Josef Annegarn was the son of the dogfish Joan Annegarn and his wife Maria Annegarn, nee Burlage. In February 1806, at the age of eleven, he became a half-orphan through the death of his father . He and his two siblings grew up in very poor conditions in Ostbevern.

From the age of 14 Annegarn attended the Paulinum grammar school in Münster . From 1813 to 1818 he studied theology and philosophy at the "Akademische Lehranstalt", the forerunner of the Westphalian Wilhelms University . After his ordination in 1818, he became vicar of the parish of Sankt Lamberti and a teacher at the normal school in Münster, run by Bernhard Heinrich Overberg . From 1830 Annegarn was pastor of the parish of St. Fabian and Sebastian in Selm .

In 1836 he was appointed professor at the Lyceum Hosianum in Braunsberg . There he taught church history and canon law, but also performed pastoral duties.

“Next to the experience we have ourselves, history is the best teacher. Through them we learn to appreciate things according to their true values ​​and are asked to do good and great. Whoever intends to work in his time must know history, and whoever wants to judge the present correctly must not be ignorant of the past; "

- Josef Annegarn

He was best known for his literary work. Its popular world history was published eleven times in 100 years and is still widespread today. As a result, he shaped the teaching of Catholic elementary schools in Prussia for almost a century .

Josef Annegarn died at the age of 48.

Honors

A secondary school and a street in his hometown Ostbevern are named after him, as well as a street in Selm .

Fonts

In addition to a large number of prayer and devotional books for Catholics, he has u. a. authored the following books:

  • Arithmetic booklet for children in elementary schools , Münster 1825.
  • Reading book for the more able youth in elementary schools or: Reading pieces from the description of nature and the earth and the patriotic history , Münster 1828.
  • Handbook of geography for youth , Münster 1834 (from the 5th edition 1851 edited by Heinrich Overhage).
  • General world history for the Catholic youth , 7 volumes, Münster 1827 to 1829. (from the 3rd edition 1845 in 8 volumes edited by Heinrich Overhage, later editions by various editors under the title Annegarn's Weltgeschichte , 11th and last edition 1929 / 1930).
  • History of the saints of the Münster church calendar and explanation of the church festivals and times and their ceremonies , Münster 1836
  • Natural history for young people in elementary schools , Münster 1837.
  • Handbook of Patrology , Münster 1839.
  • History of the Christian Church , 3 volumes, Münster 1842/1843.

literature

Web links

Single receipts

  1. ^ Ernst Raßmann: News of the life and writings of Münsterland writers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries . Coppenrath, Münster 1866, p. 5.
  2. ↑ Annegarn, Joseph . In: Joseph Bender (ed.): History of the philosophical and theological studies in Warmia. Festschrift of the Royal Lyceums Hosianum zu Braunsberg for its 50th anniversary celebration, as well as to commemorate the four hundredth anniversary of the Hosian institutes in general . Heyne, Braunsberg 1868, pp. 166–167, here p. 166.
  3. ↑ August Enck, Viktor Huyskens: Foreword . In: Annegarn's world history in eight volumes , revised and supplemented to the present by August Enck and Viktor Huyskens, volume 1. Theissing, Münster, 9th edition 1904, p. 3.
  4. ↑ Annegarns Weltgeschichte, 11th edition, Münster 1929, Volume 1, p. XII.
personal data
SURNAME Annegarn, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Catholic theologian and educator
DATE OF BIRTH October 13, 1794
PLACE OF BIRTH Ostbevern
DATE OF DEATH July 7, 1843
Place of death Braunsberg