Josef Zapletal

Josef Zapletal (born January 2, 1839 in Trofaiach , Austrian Empire , † December 3, 1897 in Graz , Austria-Hungary ) was an Austrian clergyman , author and journalist .

life and career

Josef Zapletal was born on January 2nd, 1839 in Trofaiach in Upper Styria, the son of a self-employed carpenter. Here he also attended elementary school before he attended grammar school as a pupil of the boys' college in Graz . He then studied at the Theological Faculty of the University of Graz theology from and graduated in 1864th Among his fellow students was the later Styrian member of the state parliament and cathedral chapter of the diocese of Seckau, Johann Wöhr . After he was ordained a priest on July 19, 1863 , he was employed as a chaplain in Liezen and Leoben in the pastoral care of the parish from 1864 to 1870 . After the Catholic Press Association was founded in 1869 and the Grazer Volksblatt , which had been launched a year earlier and was the main organ of the Styrian Catholics at the time, was published, Zapletal came to the editorial office of the newspaper through his uncle. His uncle, the priest Johann Karlon , took over the editorial office after the newspaper was founded and initially had him write part-time for his newspaper. On December 1, 1870, Zapletal officially joined the editorial team and was its editor-in-chief from 1887. From 1891, in which his uncle died, he was the editor-in-chief of the newspaper.

Together with the Karlon brothers Johann and Alois , who also came from Trofaiach and later a member of the Reichsrat, he belonged to the Catholic Conservative Movement, which was under the leadership of Alois Karlon. In doing so, Zapletal, who in the mid-1890s was distant from the Christian Social Movement from Vienna , tried , among other things, to fight against the supremacy of the liberal- anti-clerical press. In addition, Josef Zapletal was active as the author of various historical and theological works, such as The Fight against and Tolerance of Protestantism in the Upper Ennstal from 1883, The Ursuline Monastery in Graz 1686–1786 from 1886, The Cathedral Chapter of the Diocese of Seckau in Graz and the diocese of Leoben in Göß since 1786 from 1887 or canon Anton Engelbert Maurer, the alleged heretic founder from 1891. His successor as editor-in-chief was Franz Puchas , followed by Karl Schwechler . The student association KÖHV Carolina Graz , founded on August 18, 1888, awarded him honorary membership on October 6, 1888, just a few weeks after its foundation; Zapletal's colour name was Uncle . Similar to Franz von Hartmann , the connection between the student union and the Catholic-conservative movement was documented.

After Zapletal in gastric cancer was diagnosed, he tried in Guggenberg's Kneipp Institute of Franz von Guggenberg to Ried Hofen in Brixen relieve, he died soon after, on December 3, 1897 the disease. In the meantime he had returned to Graz, where he was buried in the St. Leonhard cemetery.

Works (selection)

• 1883: The fight against and tolerance of Protestantism in the upper Ennstal
• 1886: The Ursuline monastery in Graz 1686–1786
• 1887: The cathedral chapters of the diocese of Seckau in Graz and the diocese of Leoben in Göß since 1786
• 1891: Canon Anton Engelbert Maurer, the alleged heretic founder

Literature (selection)

• Liaison Archives Carolina. Carolina's deaths 2. S. 15ff.
• Franz Freiherr von Oer : Book of Honor of Styrian Priests . Graz 1920, p. 88-97 .
• Karl Schwechler : 60 years of Grazer Volksblatt. A contribution to the history of the Catholic movement in Styria . Graz 1926, p. 38-44 .
• Wolfgang Sommer: The "Grazer Volksblatt" from 1880 to 1907. A contribution to the history of the Catholic press in Styria . phil. Diss. , Graz 1972, p. 29 f .
• Gerhard Hartmann and Markus Simmerstatter: A great walk hand in hand. 125 years Carolina 1888 to 2013 . Graz 2013, p. 366 .

Web links

• Josef Zapletal on the official website of the Austrian Cartel Association