Joseph Sauer

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Joseph Sauer (born June 7, 1872 in Unzhurst (Baden) , † April 13, 1949 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was a German Catholic theologian , Christian archaeologist and art historian .

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From 1885 to 1889, Joseph Sauer attended Franz Xaver Lender's private school in Sasbach . After graduating from high school in Rastatt in 1891 , he began to study Catholic theology at the University of Freiburg in the same year , although he did not see himself as a supporter of the New Scholastics . After his ordination in 1898 in St. Petersburg , he was in 1900 with the work of the symbolism of the church building and its equipment in the conception of the Middle Ages at the University of Freiburg PhD , a still basic work that suggestions from the French research, particularly Émile Mâle , recorded. Sauer was a student of the liberal church and art historian Franz Xaver Kraus . In 1900/01 he received a travel grant from the German Archaeological Institute . Sauer was also promoted by the Mainz “cultural prelate” Friedrich Schneider . After Kraus' death in December 1901, Sauer took over his connections with reform theologians and secretly acted as a middleman in the context of the modernism crisis . In particular, he maintained contacts with Friedrich von Hügel , Henri Bremond , George Tyrrell and Alfred Loisy , for whose famous work L'Évangile et l'Église Sauer oversaw the German translation. Sauer also supported the efforts of Carl Muth , who felt committed to a constructive dialogue between Catholicism and literature and the arts.

Despite his liberal views on theology, Joseph Sauer was politically conservative. During the Weimar Republic , at least in private, he was of the opinion that Germany should not be a democratic- secular society.

From 1909 until his death he was the curator of ecclesiastical monuments in Baden and made great contributions to the preservation of monuments. On November 14, 1916, Joseph Sauer received the newly created professorship for Patrology and Christian Archeology at the Theological Faculty of the University of Freiburg, which he held until his retirement in 1937. In 1928 Sauer was accepted as an honorary member of the KDStV Hercynia Freiburg im Breisgau . He continued his teaching as an emeritus until 1948, his successor was his student Johannes Kollwitz . In 1925/26 and 1932/33 he held the post of rector of the Freiburg University . His extensive diary is an important source for Freiburg university history, especially for the rectorate Martin Heidegger .

Sauer played an important role in the scientific organization of the German Reich, among other things within the framework of the Görres Society , the Central Directorate of the German Archaeological Institute , the Day for the Preservation of Monuments and Heritage Protection, the Germanic National Museum and the Alemannic Institute .

Sauer accompanied Prince Johann Georg von Sachsen on several trips to visit excavations in Palestine, Egypt and Syria , and he also traveled to Russia and Armenia . For his services, the Catholic Church appointed him papal house prelate in 1933 .

After the Second World War, Sauer was a permanent senator involved in the rebuilding of the University of Freiburg. He advocated non-denominational political cooperation at the university and in southern Baden, thus preparing the ground with others for the newly formed CDU .

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  1. ↑ Rainer Warland : Joseph Sauer - the traveling companion of Prince Johann Georg in the art of the Christian East. In: collectors, pilgrims, trailblazers. The collection of Prince Johann Georg Duke of Saxony . Zabern, Mainz 2005, pp. 22-24 ( digitized version ).
predecessor Office successor
Heinrich Weber Rector of the University of Freiburg
1932–1933 		Wilhelm von Möllendorff
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SURNAME Sour, Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German theologian, Christian archaeologist and art historian
DATE OF BIRTH June 7, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Unzhurst , Baden
DATE OF DEATH April 13, 1949
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau