Joseph Probst (pastor, 1816)
Joseph Probst (born March 19, 1816 in Reichersbeuern ; † August 7, 1884 in Ecksberg ) was a German Catholic pastor. He is the founder of the oldest home for the disabled in Bavaria.
Probst was born the son of a craftsman. After graduating from high school in Munich in 1838, he studied philosophy and theology at Munich University. In 1843 he received his ordination as a priest and subsequently took over cooperation positions in Oberaudorf , Mühldorf and Freising . From 1847 he worked as a beneficiary in Oberdarching .
In 1852 he founded the first institution for the mentally handicapped in Bavaria on the Ecksberg near Mühldorf. With seven mentally handicapped children he moved into an empty property, the so-called “Pfaffenhäusle”, and renovated it. Later he acquired a larger farm and thus enlarged the "Ecksberg Cretan Institute". Joseph Probst also founded an aid association in order to be able to secure the institution financially. The most important medical impetus for his actions was the Swiss doctor Johann Jakob Guggenbühl , who founded the institution on the Abendberge near Interlaken. The physician Carl Heinrich Rösch , who founded the Mariaberg Cretan Institute in Württemberg, also apprenticed at Guggenbühl . Probst received further medical support from the Munich physician Johann Ringseis . Joseph Probst recruited independent caregivers to look after his children, whom he trained himself.
He turned down a contract of presentation with a congregation of the Roman Catholic Church because he feared conflicts. It was important to him to promote the individual talents of mentally handicapped children. He saw love for his fosterlings as the most important instrument for this. Probst succeeded in making the institution internationally known. When he died 30 years later, the home sheltered 190 people. Probst was colloquially known as the "cretine father".
literature
- Manfred Eder : Probst, Joseph. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 16, Bautz, Herzberg 1999, ISBN 3-88309-079-4 , Sp. 1263-1271.
- Johann Hertkorn, Josef Probst - founder of Ecksberg - memories of youth . In: The mill wheel. Contributions to the history of the country to Isen, Rott and Inn, Volume 53, year 2011, ISSN 0723-7286 , pp. 29–64
- Horst-Peter Wolff: Biographical lexicon on nursing history "Who was who in nursing history", Volume 2, Verlag Urban & Fischer Munich / Jena 2001, pp. 175–177
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Probst, Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Catholic pastor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 19, 1816 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Reichersbeuern |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 7, 1884 |
| Place of death | Ecksberg |