Joseph Zeller

Joseph Zeller (born March 19, 1878 in Ellwangen (Jagst) , † August 13, 1929 in Stuttgart ) was a German Catholic pastor and church and state historian.

Pastor and church historian Dr. Joseph Zeller, approx. 1910/1920

Life

Zeller was the son of the brickworks owner Anton Zeller (1841-1909) and his wife Franziska Zeller (1852-1895) in Ellwangen an der Jagst. Zeller had four half-siblings from his father's first marriage, including Anton Zeller, pastor and Constantin Zeller, sculptor. Zeller had nine siblings from his father's second marriage.

Zeller attended high school in Ellwangen and then the Konvikt in Rottweil. In 1898 he began studying philosophy, philology and theology at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen . In 1900 he solved an award task of the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Tübingen on problems of Roman history in Germany. In March 1901 Zeller was promoted to Dr. phil. PhD. On July 22, 1902, he was ordained a priest in Rottenburg. His first positions were not permanent and changed quickly. Mostly it was about deputy positions. Zeller represented the vicar position in Wiblingen (August 27, 1902) and in Gögglingen (January 8, 1903), and shortly afterwards (March 3, 1903) became prefect at the Episcopal Student Center in Rottenburg. Quick changes also followed here. On December 9, 1903, Zeller was administrator of the Preceptorate Chaplaincy in Neckarsulm, on May 7, 1904, vicar in Kottspiel, on June 22, 1904, vicar in Mühlheim, and on October 15, 1904, repetition for church history at the Wilhelmsstift in Tübingen. From 1907 to spring 1909 he was on leave due to illness. On October 11th, Zeller took over his first own parish in Ringingen , which he held for ten years. On December 21, 1919 he was transferred to the parish of Hausen ob Urspring , which he kept in the Marienhospital in Stuttgart until his death . On August 8, 1927, he was granted leave of absence to complete a scientific thesis.

Zeller as a regional historian

In Tübingen, Zeller was a student of the church historian Franz Xaver von Funk , who combined historical research and “church sentiments”. During his theology studies, Zeller seems to have been particularly interested in history, as the successful solution to a prize assignment on late Roman history shows. His earliest field of work was the late Roman church history. Since his time in the Rottenburg seminary in 1901/1902, however, he switched to the German High and Late Middle Ages and the early modern period.

Zeller's main areas of work can be divided into several groups:

a) greatest extent took the medieval churches, monasteries and religious history one: here he was particularly interested in the history of the Benedictine order and individual Benedictine as that of his hometown Ellwangen , zwiefalten abbey , monastery Steingädele , Kloster Blaubeuren ; he also worked on the monasteries Hofen , Edelstetten and the Benedictine Abbey Deggingen im Ries .

b) Zeller showed considerable interest in the Swabian homeland and local history: this is where his first attention was directed to Ellwangen. Zeller dealt with their history at all of his longer stays: for example, he published about Rottenburg am Neckar and his later long-term parish offices in Ringingen and Hausen oU prompted him to make numerous contributions about monasteries and individual places in today's Alb-Donau district and the city of Ulm. He gave lectures and wrote about Ringingen, the hamlet of Steinenfeld near Ringingen, Bach, Blaubeuren, Hausen oU, Urspring Monastery, Ulm a. D. u. a.

c) Zeller also wrote individual studies which were more likely to have been products of chance and did not correspond to his general interest, such as B. about a medieval earthquake or about the age of Dinkelsbühl etc.

His main work was the source edition with a description of the transformation of the Benedictine monastery Ellwangen into a secular canon monastery in 1460 and the ecclesiastical constitution of the monastery , which was included in 1910 as vol. 10 in the series of sources Württembergische Geschistorquellen of the Württemberg commission for regional history .

Other larger works by Zeller are the representation of the Benedictine monastery of Zwiefalten Monastery for the revision of the description of the Münsingen Oberamts (2nd edition 1912) on almost 90 printed pages; For the 450th anniversary of the University of Tübingen in 1927, Zeller wrote a more than 80-page history of the establishment of the Catholic theological faculty in Tübingen in 1817 . Finally, the 160-page representation is to be mentioned: The Vicariate General Ellwangen 1812-1817 and his first councilor Dr. Joseph of Mets .

Zeller's work planned for the future, which he could no longer complete due to his early death, can be identified using the excerpts in his estate: accordingly, he planned, among other things, local histories of Schelklingen, Hausen oU and a historical representation of the formerly resident noble families in today's Alb -Donau District and Reutlingen District.

estate

Zeller's scientific estate in the Stuttgart State Archives (holdings J 40/5) contains a large number of tufts, mainly excerpts on the topics he has dealt with in his publications and planned for the future, mainly in shorthand.

Honors

On April 24, 1913, Zeller became an extraordinary member of the Württemberg Commission for State History until December 3, 1926. On December 3, 1926, he was appointed a full member and remained so until his death on August 13, 1929.

In 1926 Zeller became an honorary member of the Ellwangen History and Antiquity Association .

In 1927 the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Tübingen awarded him an honorary theological doctorate Dr. theol. hc

The community of Hausen oU renamed part of the Ringstrasse, which leads past the village church and rectory, to Zellerstrasse .

Fonts (selection)

• The time when the praefectura Galliarum was moved from Trier to Arles. In: West German magazine for history and art 23, 1904, 91-102.
• The concilium of the Septem provinciae at Arelate. In: West German Journal for History and Art 24, 1905, 1–19.
• Concilia provincialia in Gaul in the later imperial period. In: West German Journal for History and Art 25, 1906, 258–273.
• Sumelocenna, Sülchen, Rottenburg am Neckar. In: Reutlinger Geschichtsblätter 17, 1906, 53–63, 65–81.
• Paulus Speratus von Rötlen, his origins, his course of study and his activities until 1522. With an unprinted letter from Speratus from 1514 and his portrait. In: Württembergische Vierteljahreshefte für Landesgeschichte NF 16, 1907, 327–358. Also published as a special print.
• From the first century of the prince Provost Ellwangen 1460–1560: I. Albrecht von Rechberg von Hohenrechberg, Prince Provost von Ellwangen 1461–1502. II. The office of preachers and their owners until 1560. In: Württembergische Vierteljahreshefte für Landesgeschichte NF 17, 1908, 159–200, 277–300.
• To the Loreto question. In: Theologische Viertelschrift 90, 1908, 531-579
• Andreas Althammer as an archaeologist. With an addendum about Andreas Rüttel. In: Württembergische Vierteljahreshefte für Landesgeschichte NF 19, 1910, 428–446.
• The conversion of the Benedictine monastery Ellwangen into a secular canon monastery in 1460 and the ecclesiastical constitution of the monastery. Texts and presentation (= Württemberg historical sources, edited by the Württemberg Commission for State History, Vol. X). W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1910.
• History of the Zwiefalten Monastery. In: Description of the Oberamt Münsingen , ed. from the Stuttgart State Statistical Office, Stuttgart: W. Kohlhammer 1912, 803–889. Also published as a special print.
• The earthquake of January 3, 1117. A contribution to the archaeological research of Rottenburg. In: Württembergische Vierteljahreshefte für Landesgeschichte NF 22, 1913, 255–271.
• On the oldest history of the women's monastery Hofen (Buchhorn). In: Württembergische Vierteljahreshefte für Landesgeschichte NF 22, 1913, 51–75.
• Edelstetten pen. Contributions to its history and constitution in the Middle Ages. In: Archive for the history of the Hochstift Augsburg 4, 1913, 369–432.
• Contributions to the older history of the Benedictine Abbey Deggingen im Ries. In: Archive for the history of the Hochstift Augsburg 4, 1913, 433–450.
• News about Paulus Speratus. In: Württembergische Vierteljahreshefte für Landesgeschichte NF 23, 1914, 97–119.
• The Premonstratensian monastery Adelberg, the last Swabian double monastery from 1178 (1188) to 1476. A contribution to the history of the double monasteries, especially in the Premonstratensian order. In: Württembergische Vierteljahreshefte für Landesgeschichte NF 25, 1916, 107–162.
• Contributions to the history of the Melker reform in the diocese of Augsburg. In: Archive for the history of the Hochstift Augsburg 5, 1916, 165–182.
• The Augsburg burgrave office and its owners from their first appearance until the fall of the old empire. In: Archive for the history of the Hochstift Augsburg 5, 1917, 321–410.
• The provincial chapter in Petershausen Abbey in 1417. A contribution to the history of the reforms in the Benedictine order at the time of the Council of Constance. In: Studies and communications on the history of the Benedictine order and its branches 41, NF 10, 1921/22, 1–73.
• On the history of the Ellwang collegiate church and its surroundings. In: Ellwanger Jahrbuch 9, 1924/25, 54–70.
• On the history of Ellwang Castle. In: Ellwanger Jahrbuch 9, 1924/25, 71–85.
• Three provincial chapters OSB in the ecclesiastical province of Mainz from the days of Pope Honorius II. With an addendum about the beginnings of the Benedictine chapters in Germany. At the same time a contribution to the history of the Hirsau Monastery in the 13th century. In: Studies and communications on the history of the Benedictine order and its branches 43, NF 12, 1925, 73–97.
• The oldest books of the dead in the Benedictine convent of Urspring near Schelklingen. As a contribution to the 800th anniversary of the monastery foundation 1127–1927, published and explained for the first time. In: Württembergische Vierteljahreshefte für Landesgeschichte NF 32, 1925/26, 117–187.
• The establishment of the Catholic theological faculty in Tübingen in 1817. Contributions to the history of the university, especially the Catholic theological faculty in Tübingen. In: Theologische Viertelschrift 108, 1927, 77–158.
• The Vicariate General Ellwangen 1812-1817 and his first councilor Dr. Joseph of Mets. In addition to the first publication of the autobiography of the clergyman Dr. J. von Mets. A contribution to the prehistory of the Rottenburg diocese . Tübingen: H. Laupp jr. 1928. Extended special print from Theologische Viertelschrift 109, 1928, 1–160.
• The relocation of the church institutes from Ellwangen to Tübingen and Rottenburg in 1817. In: Ellwanger Jahrbuch 10, 1926/28, 31–58.

Sources and literature

Bibliography of Zeller's publications

• Max Miller: Rottenburger monthly for practical theology 13, 1929/30, 76-80.
• Franz Zierlein: Ellwanger Jahrbuch 28, 1979/80, 334–338.

literature

• Episcopal Ordinariate Rottenburg (1938), general personal catalog of the spiritual curia of the Diocese of Rottenburg, ordained since 1880 (1845) . Published by…. Rottenburg: Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, p. 142.
• Episcopal Ordinariate Rottenburg (ed.); Helmut Waldmann (arr.) (1984), directory of the clergy of the Rottenburg-Stuttgart diocese from 1874 to 1983 . Rottenburg am Neckar: Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, p. 116.
• Margareta Bull-Reichenmiller, Peter Schiffer: Estate of Joseph Zeller (1878–1929) circa 1905–1929 . Edited by …. Stuttgart: Main State Archives Stuttgart 1988.
• Dominik Burkard: Zeller, Joseph. In: Maria Magdalena Rückert (Ed.): Württembergische biographies including Hohenzollern personalities. Volume I. On behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 3-17-018500-4 , pp. 308-309.
• Walter Gaus: The Rottweiler Konvikt and its pupils between 1824 and 1924 . Vol. 1: [ representation ]. Ostfildern: Thorbecke, 2014; Vol. 2: CVs of the convicts in 1824 and 1924 . [Horb am Neckar]: [Gaus], [2015]. Vol. 2 also as a supplement to the book: CD-ROM. Ostfildern: Thorbecke, 2014.
• Eugen Haug: In memoriam Dr. Joseph Zeller †. In: Ellwanger Jahrbuch 11 (1929–1932), 136–138.
• Max Miller: Pastor Dr. theol. et phil. Joseph Zeller. Personality and life's work. In: Rottenburger monthly for practical theology 13 (1929/30), 71–80.
• Max Miller: 70 years of regional historical research. Report on the activities of the Württemberg Commission for Regional History 1891–1954 and the Commission for Historical Regional Studies 1954 to 1961. In: Zeitschrift für Württembergische Landesgeschichte 21 (1962), 1–236.
• Franz Zierlein: Pastor Dr. phil. Dr. theol. hc Joseph Zeller. In: Ellwanger Jahrbuch 28 (1979/80), 332–338.
• Wolfgang Zoll:  ZELLER, Joseph. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 14, Bautz, Herzberg 1998, ISBN 3-88309-073-5 , Sp. 402-408.

photos

Identical photos by Joseph Zeller can be found in Haug (1929–1932) and Miller (1962, after p. 112) (see under literature ).

Individual evidence

1. ^ On the Rottweiler Konvikt, see the monograph by Gaus 2014.
2. ↑ According to Burkard 2006, p. 309, he died in the Marienhospital in Stuttgart, others accept Hausen or leave the place of death open. A final clarification of the place of death could only provide a review of the civil death register.
3. ↑ Miller 1962, 166.
4. ^ Miller 1962, 163.

Web links

Wikisource: Works by Joseph Zeller  - sources and full texts

• State Archive Stuttgart Scientific estate of Joseph Zeller in the Main State Archive Stuttgart inventory J 40/5.