Joseph Poeck
Joseph Poeck (born June 18, 1823 in Tyrnau , Kingdom of Hungary ; † April 22, 1895 in Preßburg , Austria-Hungary ) was a Catholic priest and initiator of the construction of the Blumenthaler Church in Pressburg.
Life
Joseph Poeck is considered the most important Catholic pastor in the Blumenthal district of Pressburg. The construction of the third Blumenthal church can be described as his life's work.
Poeck was born the son of a gardener; In Tyrnau he also completed his theology studies. He was ordained a priest on January 15, 1847 in Großschützen , where he subsequently also worked as a chaplain.
At the beginning of 1857 Poeck came to Preßburg and on February 6, 1857 he was appointed parish priest in the Preßburger Blumenthaler church. Poeck worked in Pressburg for 32 years until he went into well-deserved retirement on March 1, 1889.
Joseph Poeck was appointed canon in Pressburg in 1888 and died in Pressburg on April 22nd, 1895. His remains lie in the Andreas cemetery in Pressburg.
As the main initiator of the construction of the third Blumenthal church, he made lasting merits. For years he collected donations and tirelessly promoted the building of the church. He was also not too good to collect donations for the construction of churches in coffee houses, as well as at the Pressburg Heurigen .
In 1885 his dream came true. The groundbreaking ceremony for the third Blumenthal church was carried out on April 20 by the titular bishop and pastor of Bratislava, Karl Heiller .
Numerous donors contributed to the construction costs. The middle window in the presbytery - an " Assunta " (Assumption of Mary) - was donated personally by Pastor Poeck. The solemn consecration was carried out on October 28, 1888, after three years of construction, by the Archbishop of Gran and Prince Primate of Hungary, János Cardinal Simor .
The sculptor Viktor Tilgner dedicated a bust to the memory of Poeck , which can still be seen today on the right side of the vestibule of the Blumenthal church.
Poeck was a very conscientious pastor and promoted the pilgrimage of his community members. For their spiritual edification he wrote pilgrimage songs for the use of the pious pilgrims from Blumenthal to the places of grace of the Blessed Virgin Mary , which also appeared in print in Pressburg in 1861.
literature
- Augustin Pozdech: Ako žila naša farnosť v minulosti (Slovak; "How our parish lived in the past"), Bratislava 1948
- P. Rainer Rudolf, Eduard Ulreich: Karpatendeutsches Biographisches Lexikon. Working Group of Carpathian Germans from Slovakia, Stuttgart 1988, ISBN 3-927096-00-8 , p. 254.
- Anton Klipp: Pressburg. New views on an old city. Karpatendeutsches Kulturwerk, Karlsruhe 2010, ISBN 978-3-927020-15-3 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Anton Klipp: Pressburg ..., p. 123
- ^ Preßburger Zeitung , evening paper of April 20, 1885
- ↑ The church was dedicated to the 'Assumption of the Immaculate Virgin Mary into Heaven'.
- ^ Preßburger Zeitung of October 28, 1888
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Poeck, Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Catholic priest and initiator of the building of the Blumenthaler Church in Pressburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 18, 1823 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tyrnau , Kingdom of Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 22, 1895 |
| Place of death | Pressburg , Austria-Hungary |