Josef Loreye

Josef Loreye (born June 21, 1767 in Mahlberg ; † October 30, 1844 ) was a German Roman Catholic priest and lyceum director in Rastatt .

Life

Josef Loreye attended the Piarist College in Rastatt and studied philosophy and theology at the Studium Theologicum and at the diocesan seminary in Strasbourg . Since he was still too young to be ordained a priest after completing his studies, he entered the school service in the Episcopal-Speyer's seminary in Bruchsal in 1789 and, after being ordained (October 18, 1790), switched to the grammar school in Baden on January 1, 1790 1808 was relocated to Rastatt , a former Jesuit school (today Ludwig-Wilhelm-Gymnasium). In 1800 he was canon at the collegiate monastery in Baden.

In 1818 he was appointed director of the lyceum with the title of clerical council and of the teachers' seminary that was connected with it for several years. Loreye modernized the curriculum and teaching methods in the spirit of enlightenment . Under his direction the school experienced a heyday and became known far beyond the borders of Rastatt. In 1834 Loreye was appointed a member of the commission to advise on the new curriculum for Baden's secondary schools. In 1839, on his 73rd birthday, he celebrated his golden jubilee in office. On this occasion, the state universities of Heidelberg and Freiburg awarded him theological (Freiburg) and philosophical (Heidelberg) honorary doctorates. Loreye had already received the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Zähringer Löwen on New Year's Day 1835 from Grand Duke Leopold of Baden .

In 1840 Loreye retired with the title of Privy Council and received honorary citizenship of the city of Rastatt on his 74th birthday (June 21, 1840) .

On the occasion of his jubilee in office in 1839, Loreyes students and friends established a scholarship foundation, the Loreyanum Scholarship. Josef-Loreye-Straße in Rastatt is named after him.

Fonts

• Rhetoric. 2 volumes, Mannheim 1809.
• Commentar on the Odes of Horace. Rastatt 1814.
• Theory of poetry along with a Latin and German chrestomathy. 2nd edition, Stuttgart and Tübingen 1820.
• Essays and school speeches in the Rastatt programs.
• Prayer book for students.

literature

• Baden biographies . Second part, Bassermann, Heidelberg 1875, pp. 28–29 (FL Dammert) ( digitized version )
• Wilhelm Pökel: Philological writer's lexicon. Leipzig 1882, p. 160.
• Necrologium Friburgense. First department 1827–1846 , in: Freiburg Diöcesan Archive Volume 16 (1883), p. 336.
• Franz Karl Grieshaber : Fatherland. Rastatt 1842, pp. 73–120 ( digitized version )

Further literature

• Franz Karl Grieshaber: Latin poem of praise for the 50th anniversary in office and 73rd birthday. Rastatt 1839 ( digitized ).
• Felix Sebastian Feldbausch: de Q. Horatio Flacco Non Adulatore. Rastatt 1839 (Anniversary ceremony) ( Google Books )