Josef Grafeneder

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Josef Grafeneder (2011)

Josef Grafeneder (born February 6, 1934 in St. Nikola an der Donau ) is a Catholic priest , long-time pastor of Mitterkirchen im Machland and then of Münzbach , author of lyrical texts, some of which were set to music, homeland researcher and homeland book author .

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Grafeneder is a graduate of the Episcopal Gymnasium Petrinum , was ordained a priest in Linz in 1958 and worked as a chaplain in Helpfau-Uttendorf (1958 to 1962) and Großraming (1962/1963). From 1963 to 1990 he was pastor of Mitterkirchen and initiated a. a. the expansion of the parish church, the reorganization of the church interior, the purchase of a new organ, the expansion of the cemetery and the morgue as well as the construction of the parsonage and parsonage. During this time he taught continuously at the Mitterkirchen elementary school and from 1972 to 1988 also at the Baumgartenberg secondary school . In 1990 he became pastor of Münzbach, where, in addition to his pastoral work, he was involved in the creation of a park for the senses and the renovation of the buildings of the former Dominican monastery in Münzbach . In this context, he was also deputy chairman of the local tourism association.

Grafeneder was already active in literature in high school and belonged to a literary circle during his training in the seminary. He later took part in folk evenings , poetry readings and radio broadcasts and was a district officer of the Stelzhamer Association for a long time . Together with Hermann Kronsteiner he wrote his most popular work, the Hoamatmess. He published several volumes of poetry (some self-published).

He carried out extensive preparatory work for the publication of a Heimatbuch in Mitterkirchen and was the main author in the publication of a Heimatbuch in Münzbach.

Works

Poetry

  • Hoamatmess, Austrian dialect fair (author: Josef Grafeneder, composer: Hermann Kronsteiner ), ISBN 9783853292198
  • Strudl and Wirbl, poems in Upper Austrian dialect, in: Hauer J. (editor), Lebendiges Wort, small books in Austrian dialect, Volume 109, Wels 1976
  • Bread for All, Poems, Perg 1979 (self-published)
  • A Wegwort, poems in Upper Austrian dialect, in Hauer J. (editor), Lebendiges Wort, small books in Upper Austrian dialect, Volume 198, Wels 1983
  • Who ate my bread, poems, Grein 1988 (self-published)
  • Split hearts, LUC-Verlag, Bratislava, Münzbach 2006
  • Ballads, Münzbach 2008 (self-published)

Local history

  • A Mühlviertel in Milwaukee , Dr. Josef Salzmann , pastor and founder of the first Catholic teachers' seminary in the USA (* 1819 in Münzbach - † 1874 in Milwaukee), in: Church newspaper of the Diocese of Linz 1992
  • A walk through the year , in: Our home - The district of Perg, Ed .: Association for the publication of a district home book of Perg - communities of the district of Perg, 1996
  • Mitterkirchen - A historical portrait of the Machland community , publisher: Marktgemeinde Mitterkirchen im Machland, Linz 1999 (including extensive preparatory work by Josef Grafeneder, numerous keyword entries)
  • At home in the parish , commemorative publication for the opening of the renovated rectory, publisher: Pfarramt Münzbach 2001
  • Münzbach - Country and People - Yesterday and Today (co-author), Ed .: Marktgemeinde Münzbach, Ried im Innkreis 2010

media

  • Konsistorialrat Josef Grafeneder, author portrait, in: Series literary breakfast at Freie Radio Freistadt, first broadcast on March 25, 2007, program design by Regina Thalmann and Josef Schicho, recording by Cultural Broadcasting Archive
  • Josef Wallner: The Gymnasium of Münzbach - Münzbach commemorates the 900th anniversary in 2011 with a home book by Josef Grafeneder , in: Church newspaper of the Diocese of Linz, issue 48/2010 from December 1, 2010 online query
  • Josef Wallner: Language is the priest's tool - Why Pastor Josef Grafeneder helps composing poems in the proclamation, in: Church newspaper of the Diocese of Linz, edition 25/2007 of June 20, 2007 Online query

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz Asanger: Mitterkirchen - A historical portrait of the Machlandgemeinde , market community Mitterkirchen im Machland (ed.), Linz 1999, p. 315 ff. And p. 467 f.
personal data
SURNAME Grafeneder, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian author, local historian and priest
DATE OF BIRTH February 6, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Nikola on the Danube , Upper Austria