Josef Rosenegger

Josef Rosenegger (born May 30, 1917 in Seiboldsdorf ; † July 20, 2010 in Flintsbach am Inn ) was a German Catholic clergyman.

Career

Rosenegger was born as the second child of the Moier farmers Sebastian and Maria Rosenegger from Seiboldsdorf. Interrupted by the Reich labor service and military service, he attended the seminary in Scheyern and was ordained a priest on June 29, 1948 in the cathedral in Freising . In July 1948 he came to Haslach as a chaplain . In November 1949 he went to Degerndorf as an assistant priest , and in March 1950 as a chaplain in the parish of St. Johann-Baptist in Töging . From June 1952 he was chaplain in Landshut St. Margaret. In June 1956 he became parish curate and first pastor in the newly established parish of St. Josef in Töging. Finally, in May 1964, he came to Flintsbach in the Rosenheim district as a pastor , where his center of life remained until his death.

During his time as chaplain in Haslach, Rosenegger began to grapple with the history of the place and the parish. In 1967 he was made an honorary citizen of Haslach for his services as a chronicler . He also wrote a series of art-historical church guides for the Schnell und Steiner publishing house . In 1998 he wrote the master's thesis The Archdiocese of Salzburg between Inn, Salzach and Rott in three volumes.

Honors

• February 9, 1967: Honorary citizen of the Haslach community
• Appointment to the archbishop's clergy
• July 29, 1987: Cross of Merit on Ribbon of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 1987: Honorary citizen of the municipality of Flintsbach am Inn

literature

• Spiritual councilor Josef Rosenegger is dead. In: Traunsteiner Tagblatt . July 22, 2010.

Web links

• Literature by and about Josef Rosenegger in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Flintsbach in key words , website of the municipality of Flintsbach am Inn , accessed on November 2, 2012.