Josef Feldkircher

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Josef Feldkircher. Image from the book with his works, edited by Hermann Sander.

Josef Feldkircher (also: Joseph, born March 3, 1812 in Andelsbuch , Vorarlberg ; † September 2, 1851 in Bamberg in the "Franconian Court") was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest and writer.

Life

Josef Feldkircher was born as the son of the Andelsbuch watchmaker Jodok Feldkircher. Feldkircher was a direct neighbor of the inventor Joseph Alois Fink . Because of his talents, he was prepared for a degree early on by the Andelsbuch chaplain, Georg Beer. From 1828 he attended a grammar school in Constance . From 1834 to 1840 he studied theology in Tübingen and was ordained a priest in Mainz in 1841 . On 26 May 1841 he celebrated in Andelsbuch his first Mass .

Feldkircher subsequently worked as a pastor in the diocese of Mainz . As chaplain in Heppenheim (June 1841), in St. Emmeran in Mainz (July 1842), in Mühlheim (October 1842), in Finthen (March 1844), in Gau-Algesheim (August 1844), in Weiskirchen (February 1846), in Lorsch (May 1846), in Heimersheim (August 1848) and in Hirschhorn (August 1849).

Josef Feldkircher was active as a writer and, in addition to sermons, wrote numerous poems , especially in Alemannic dialect.

Publications

A collection of poems by Feldkircher was printed in Tübingen (Bähr) in 1838. However, many of his poems were not published or only in connection with other works until 1877.

  • Dur Wälderbuob. (hdt: The forest boy)
  • D 'forest melt. (hdt: The Forest Girl);
  • Forests Fabla. (hdt: Fables from the Bregenzerwald);
  • D 'Schuoh and d' Steofel. (hdt: The shoes and boots), Two fables in the Vorarlberger Volkskalender, vol. 7, 1857;
  • The young Bregenzerwald. Poems in Andelsbuch dialect. Teutsch Verlag, Bregenz 1853.
  • The last knights of Hirschhorn and Handschuhsheim. Published by Elisabeth Otto, Ekkehard-Verlag, Heppenheim 1939.

literature

  • Herman Sander (Ed.): Joseph Feldkirchers poems in the dialect of Andelsbuch (in the rear Bregenzerwalde). , Wagner's bookstore, Innsbruck 1877.
  • Feldkircher, Josef. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1957, p. 295 f. (Direct links on p. 295 , p. 296 ).
  • Karl Heinz Burmeister u. a .: Andelsbuch. From the past and present of a Bregenzerwald community. Andelsbuch community, Andelsbuch 1980.
  • Walter Lingenhöle; Ernst Wirthensohn (Ed.): Dialect poetry of the 19th century from Vorarlberg. Franz-Michael-Felder-Verein, Vorarlberg Literary Society, Bregenz 1992.
  • Gerhard Renner , The bequests in the libraries and museums of the Republic of Austria [...] Vienna, Cologne, Weimar 1993, p. 106; Austrian complete list of estates.

Web links

Commons : Josef Feldkircher  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Quoted in part from: Karl Heinz Burmeister u. a .: “ Andelsbuch ”, “ From the past and present of a Bregenzerwald community ”, p. 110.
personal data
SURNAME Feldkircher, Josef
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Feldkircher, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman Catholic theologian and writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 3, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH Andelsbuch , Vorarlberg
DATE OF DEATH September 2, 1851
Place of death Bamberg