Josef Wolfgang Eberl

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The memorial plaque in Dingolfing incorrectly describes Eberl u. a. as a professor of " pathology " instead of correct patrology .

Josef Wolfgang Eberl (born July 30, 1818 in Dingolfing ; † July 30, 1857 in Freising ) was a Bavarian high school professor for Catholic theology specializing in canon law , church history and patrology .

After attending elementary school in Dingolfing, Eberl received a higher education at grammar schools in Landshut and Freising . Eberl had to drop out of university in Munich after two years due to economic difficulties. He continued his studies at the seminary in Freising and was ordained a priest on July 16, 1843 in Regensburg .

He initially served as the parish priest in Marklkofen . After only one year he managed to get a transfer to Munich, where he a. a. worked as a military pastor and in 1846 earned a doctorate in theology. His next position took him as a chaplain to the Regensburg seminary in Obermünster . In 1849 he succeeded in obtaining a professorship at the royal lyceum in Freising. He died in 1857 after a long respiratory illness.

Between 1840 and 1856 Eberl presented a larger work of historical and theological content that, with the exception of its history of the city of Dingolfing, is largely forgotten today. The latter is of lasting value, especially because of its precise descriptions of inscriptions and architectural situations that are lost today. From the footnotes of the work it is clear that Eberl had scientific contact with Joseph Rudolf Schuegraf , who, like himself, was an autodidact in the historical field.

Eberl represented a decidedly Bavarian-patriotic point of view in which the Kingdom of Bavaria and the Bavarian people set the exclusive historical frame of reference, which is interpreted in contrast to higher-level systems such as the Holy Roman Empire. Typical for this is his assessment of the end of the Agilolfinger rule :

So the rule of the Agilolfinger in Bavaria ended and with it the 234 years of freedom of the people, who only regained their independence on the ruins of the Roman German Empire (1806). (History of the city of Dingolfing, p. 40)

Works

  • Events from the annals of the city of Dingolfing, Landshut 1840
  • Lenten devotions for visitors to the painful chapel, Munich 1846
  • Jansenists and Jesuits in dispute about the frequent communion, Regensburg 1847 (also dissertation Munich 1846)
  • Basics of the generally accepted Catholic canon law. Edited for lectures and self-study, Landshut 1853
  • Divorce and divorce proceedings according to the common sources of canonical and secular law with reference to the most important particular legal norms of the German states, especially Bavaria, Freising 1854
  • Guide to lectures and the study of patrology, Augsburg 1854
  • History of the city of Dingolfing and its surroundings, Freising 1856 (new print Dingolfing 2004)
  • Bavarian name booklet. This is a contribution to the understanding of personal and family names, especially in Bavaria, Munich 1858 (posthumous)

Literature on Eberl

  • Anton Baumgärtner: Dr. Joseph Wolfgang Eberl, Royal Lyceal Professor ( Nekrolog ), Munich 1858.
  • Johann Baptist Nirschl: Biographical sketch of Josef Wolfgang Eberl, 1895, printed as a supplement in: Josef Wolfgang Eberl History of the City of Dingolfing and its Surroundings, Freising 1856; unchanged reprint, Dingolfing 2004

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SURNAME Eberl, Josef Wolfgang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bavarian high school professor for Catholic theology
DATE OF BIRTH July 30, 1818
PLACE OF BIRTH Dingolfing
DATE OF DEATH July 30, 1857
Place of death Freising