Karl Ambros Glutz-Ruchti

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Karl Ambros Glutz-Ruchti (born September 13, 1748 in Solothurn , † October 28, 1825 in the St. Urban monastery ) was a Swiss Catholic clergyman.

Life

Karl Ambros Glutz-Ruchti was the son of Johann Viktor Anton Glutz-Ruchti (born June 15, 1703 in Solothurn; † December 13, 1780 ibid), councilor and mayor , and his wife Maria Anna (born January 26, 1719 in Solothurn; † December 2, 1786 ibid), b. Vogelsang, born and christened Urs Karl Heinrich Felix Franziskus Glutz-Ruchti.

He had seven siblings:

  • Viktor Franz Anton Glutz-Ruchti (born June 14, 1747 in Solothurn; † October 9, 1824 ibid), Dr. theol., canon preacher, canon and provost in St. Ursen
  • Heinrich Josef Philipp Jakob Glutz-Ruchti (born November 19, 1749 in Olten ; † February 3, 1817), pastor in Wolfwil , dean in Buchsgau and provost in Schönenwerd
  • Maria Klara Elisabeth Glutz-Ruchti (* May 17, 1751 in Olten; † April 1, 1829), sister Maria Creszentia in St. Josef
  • Anna Maria Josefine Glutz-Ruchti (May 25, 1753 in Olten; † October 16, 1831)
  • Peter Joseph Glutz-Ruchti (born September 18, 1754 in Solothurn; † March 29, 1835)
  • Karl Anton Niklaus Glutz-Ruchti (born December 6, 1756 in Solothurn; † July 12, 1837), Aidemajor (military doctor) in French service, Vogt in Falkenstein, judge of appeal
  • Maria Regina Margaretha Glutz-Ruchti (born September 7, 1759 in Solothurn; † February 28, 1844)

In 1766 Karl Ambros Glutz-Ruchti was professed in the Cistercian monastery of St. Urban. He began to study theology at the Collegium Germanicum in Rome and was ordained priest in 1771 . He then studied philosophy and natural sciences in Paris and on his return to St. Urban became a professor at the St. Urban Novice School. In 1773 he became papal Protonotarius . The abbey appointed him in 1786 as governor of the Herdern rulership . In 1787 he became abbot coadjutor and was abbot of St. Urban from 1788 to 1813. Due to the invasion of the French troops, he fled into German exile on the Untersee in 1798 and did not return to St. Urban until 1802.

The mediation government had taken on a large number of problems that affected the relationship between church and state. Throughout the first half of the 19th century, decision-making authority in church matters lay with the cantonal government. The government in Lucerne reached an "agreement on spiritual matters" with the Bishop of Konstanz, Karl Theodor von Dalberg , which regulated the financial situation of the clergy, reorganized the parishes geographically, gave the canons of Lucerne and Beromünster new functions and the Franciscan monastery in Werthenstein intended as a seminary . In the course of this agreement, the government reminded the monasteries in 1806 that they had to comply with an annual accounting obligation. Karl Ambros Glutz-Ruchti, however, rejected the government's supervisory right as an impermissible interference in church affairs. As a result, the economic administration of the monastery was withdrawn from him, and when he continued to refuse to cooperate, he was arrested and transported to Lucerne as a prisoner of state . The cantons of Bern and Solothurn intervened as the patronage of the St. Urban monastery as well as the incumbent mayor from Lucerne, Vinzenz Rüttimann (1769–1844), and the brother of Karl Ambros Glutz-Ruchti, Landammann of Switzerland Peter Joseph Glutz-Ruchti .

After his release he went into exile in Wolfwil from 1809 to 1813 , where he had considerable influence on the expansion of the connection road from Wolfwil to Oensingen . After an agreement, Karl Ambros Glutz-Ruchti was no longer recognized as an abbot in 1813, but he was granted a pension at the expense of the monastery. Friedrich Pfluger was his successor .

Act

Karl Ambros Glutz-Ruchti left behind numerous scientific papers of an enlightened direction in the fields of physics, mathematics, theology and philosophy. He participated in the correction of the Aare and the construction of the road over the Untere Hauenstein . He was also the author of an expert report on the Linth correction .

Fonts (selection)

  • De curva polycentrica et de semita serpentina polyiugi earumque usu et applicatione. Tennenbach 1799.

literature

  • Josef Widmer: Traits from the life of the Most Revered Gracious Abbot Carolus Ambrosius v. Glutz E. Funeral speech at Hochd sameben Todtenfeyer in the church of St. Urban, d. 14th winter month 1825. X. Meyer, Lucerne 1826.
  • Franz Niggli: Abbot Karl Ambros Glutz of St. Urban in exile in Wolfwil 1809–1813. Habegger Printing and Publishing, 1995.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karin Marti-Weissenbach: Glutz-Ruchti, Karl Ambros. In: Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz , accessed on January 23, 2018 .
  2. ^ Annual report of the Historical Association of the Canton of Solothurn for 1995/96. (PDF; 3.98 MB) In: Yearbook for Solothurn History. P. 235 , accessed June 24, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Jolanda Cecile Schärli: Conspicuous Religiosity. Prayer healings, obsession cases and enthusiastic sects in Catholic and Reformed areas of Switzerland . disserta Verlag, Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-95425-016-5 , p. 54–55 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed June 24, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Glutz-Ruchti, Karl Ambros
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Glutz-Rüchti, Karl Ambros; Glutz-Ruchti, Urs Karl Heinrich Felix Franziskus; Glutz, Karl Ambros; Glutz-Ruchti, Karl Ambros; Ambros, Karl; Ambros, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss Catholic clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1748
PLACE OF BIRTH Solothurn
DATE OF DEATH October 28, 1825
Place of death St. Urban Monastery