Joseph Lukas Meyer

Joseph Lukas Meyer (born January 8, 1774 in Holzschlag , † June 18, 1821 in Gurtweil ) was a German Benedictine pastor, teacher and local history researcher.

Life

Joseph Meyer was the son of a poor day laborer. His parents' house was the "Auerhäusle" in Holzschlag near Bonndorf in the Black Forest . In 1781 he was allowed to attend the village school in Boll because of his talents . But soon he was brought back to help in his parents' house. He tended the cattle in the summer and helped with the homework, the mousseline embroidery , in the winter . In 1782 his mother died. He could not stand the hardship and hardship in the large family and at the age of twelve went to the Pauline monastery in Bonndorf . However, due to his lack of previous knowledge, it was difficult for him to learn Latin. He often sat in the garden crying. The cloister gardener noticed this and taught him everything that was missing. So he was able to first go to Villingen to the Benedictines and later to the grammar school in Donaueschingen to further educate himself.

In 1791 he wanted to enter the monastery of St. Blasien . However, it was not accepted for the time being. He first studied at the Freiburg University of Applied Sciences and was admitted to the St. Blasien monastery in 1793, where he made his vows on February 22, 1795 and took the religious name Lukas. After the abbot Martin Gerbert died in 1793, the sciences were no longer strongly promoted. Disappointed about this, he wrote negative comments about it and was therefore "reset". He was ordained a priest on September 21, 1799. In 1800 he started teaching Greek at the Lyceum in Konstanz. Here he came into contact with Ignaz Heinrich von Wessenberg , who in turn disliked St. Blasien. His teaching license was withdrawn in 1804 and he was sent as a pastor to Todtmoos and Oberried .

After the abolition of the monastery in 1806, he stayed at home. He did not accept an offer to go to St. Gallen at the newly founded high school there . He became pastor in Nöggenschwiel and in 1813 in Gurtweil. Here he could devote himself to the study of history. The years 1814 with the military hospital quartered in Gurtweil Castle and 1817 with the famine , however, had cost him tremendous effort. In addition to his local history, he also wrote some theological works, some of which were printed. He enjoyed working in the garden and with bookbinding , he had an extensive library. Among other things, he left a foundation in his will, the St. Luke Fund , for the benefit of theology students .

Works (selection)

• History of the valley S. Wilhelm bei Oberried (manuscript, 1808)
• Something from the life of Martin Gerbert, 1811
• The parish book of Kirchzarten, 1813
• History of the parish Nöggenschwiel, 1812
• Cultural history of the Black Forest, 1813
• History of the parish of Gurtweil, 1814
• From the life of the priest Origen, 1815
• Fate of the Anabaptist apprenticeship on the Black Forest, 1815
• Roman antiquities on the south-eastern Black Forest, especially about the excavations at Lauchringen , 1817
• Outline of the history of the Klettgau , 1817
• Hercynia or peculiarities of the Black Forest (Hauensteiner) dialect , 1819
• Detailed history of the Klettgau , 1820
• History of the Alemannic Landgraviate of Alpgau or Hauenstein , 1821
• The history of the saltpeter on the south-eastern Black Forest , 1857 (separate print)

literature

• Joseph Bader , The former St. Blasien monastery and its academy of scholars . 1874.
• F. Kössing: Josef Lucas Meyer. In: Baden biographies . Second part. Heidelberg 1875, p. 566 ( digitized version ).
• Franz Hilger: Benedictine Father Lukas Meyer . In: Badische Heimat . 56, 1976, pp. 373-381.
• Leo Beringer: History of the village of Gurtweil, 1960, p. 164.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Franz Hilger: Benedictine Father Lukas Meyer . In: Badische Heimat. 56th year 1976, p. 374.