Karl Borromeo Landsteiner

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Karl Borromäus Landsteiner (born August 30, 1835 at Stoitzendorf Castle near Eggenburg ( Lower Austria ); † April 3, 1909 in Nikolsburg ) was an Austrian Catholic theologian , regional prelate in Moravia , writer , novelist and honorary president of the Vienna Animal Protection Association . He wrote under the pseudonym Arthur Landerstein .

biography

Karl Borromäus Landsteiner was born in 1835 as the son of Franz Landsteiner (1787-1859), the canon estate and palace administrator in Stoitzendorf, and Theresia Antonia Schaur . The father, the son of a judicial and regional court administrator in Weinern , was also a draftsman and painter . His grandfather Anton Schaur was the orphan office administrator in the Lilienfeld Abbey , his father's brother, Columban Landsteiner , was dean and conventual of the Melk Abbey .

Landsteiner studied theology and philology and passed the state examination in history , art history , geography and German . In 1857 he joined the Piarist Order and was ordained a priest in 1860 . He was promoted to the world priesthood in 1873. As a Catholic priest, Landsteiner was Prefect of Studies in the Count's Löwenburg Konvikt in Vienna, and Imperial and Royal Professor of German and History at the Piarist high schools in Krems (1864–1869) and in Vienna (1869–1886) . In addition, he was active as a member of the Vienna City Council from 1876–1886. Karl Borromäus Landsteiner was a member of the state school board , school clerk in the Vienna archbishop's consistory , honorary doctor , from 1880 canon of St. Stephan and lastly provost of Nikolsburg in Moravia, where he died in 1909. He was buried in the Upper City Cemetery in Klosterneuburg .

As a writer, he wrote stories in weekly newspapers and calendars, articles on animal welfare, novels, epics , dramas , poems and, above all, novellas, most of which appeared in magazines .

He said of himself that his motto was: As God wills . When asked for a self-assessment, he quoted one of his poems:

What could be nicer in the world than
to wander through the world,
from one place to another.
How's a bird under the sky?

So I wander under God's protection,
So I go through life happily ,
I am always devoted to what is right,
So I offer defiance to the whole world.

Works

This list only covers part of his work.

  • (anonymous), An die Eisenbraut, 1859, poetry
  • Lessing as a librarian, Progr. Des Josefst. Gymn., 1860, essay
  • From the life of a stranger. Freiburg im Breisgau, Herder, 1860. In the third edition under the title: Trautheim, Roman
  • The children of light, Freiburg im Breisgau, Herder, 1861; Edition 1889 under the title: The spirit of the revolution, novel
  • Pulse beats, 1862; Edition 1866 with: Tannhäuser, fragment of a tragedy, poetry
  • Edmund Fröhlich the Adventurer, Leipzig, Fleischner, 1862, Roman
  • The unified Austrian state in historical development, Progr. Des Josefst. Gymn., 1863, essay
  • Sermon, 1865
  • The rose of Jericho, Aachen, Jacobi, 1866, novella
  • Otto I. in the fight with the German dukes, Progr. Des Kremser Gymn., 1867, essay
  • Father Eisenhammer, Würzburg, Woerl, 1867, Roman
  • The Landtag candidates, Würzburg, Woerl, 1867, comedy
  • A Cozy Man, 1867, drama
  • Nicolaus Lenau's Geistesprozess, Progr. Des Josefst. Gymn., 1868
  • Remains of the pagan belief in legends and customs of the Lower Austrian people, Progr. Des Kremser Gymn., 1868
  • Hans Makart and Robert Hamerling , a comparative study, Vienna, Alfred Hölder, 1869
  • The imperial city on the Danube, 1869
  • (anonymous), " Austria's last lifeline" , 1870 (a political program of international reconciliation based on constitutional law)
  • The Babel of the East, pictures from life in Vienna, 1870
  • Anton Krothentaller, 1871, treatise
  • An Austrian schoolmaster (Johann Wurth), Progr. Des Josefst. Gymn., 1871
  • The Life of a Pariah, A Scream of Sorrows (autobiography), 1872
  • The emperor's jubilee, 1873, ceremonial speech
  • Vienna Light and Shadow Pictures, 1873
  • Erwin, Vienna, Alfred Hölder, 1874, epic
  • Kant's thing in itself, (received a prize)
  • (Ed.) Da Naz, a Niederösterr. Bauernbui goes to d 'Fremd, 1875, from his friar Joseph Misson
  • (Ed.) Tales of the pastor of Kirchtal, of Friar Podlahn was the Hungarian and French translated
  • The Blessing of the Nations, 1881 (on the wedding of Crown Prince Archduke Rudolf ), drama
  • Sermon, 1881
  • Austria's Jubilee Day, 1882, ceremonial speech
  • The Mayor of Vienna, 1883, festival, on the occasion of the Turkish celebration in Vienna
  • The Eternal City, Vienna, Alfred Hölder 1887, cycle of poems
  • Mariša, Leipziger Illustrierte Zeitung and short story book of the Leipziger Illustrierte Zeitung, 1889
  • A traveling singer, 1889, epic
  • The Ideal, 1889, drama
  • The Roman Tower (received a prize)
  • In the guard house, Leipziger Illustrierte Zeitung 1891
  • The Antichrist, tragedy of the last times, Vienna, Alfred Hölder, 1891
  • Im Walde, 1893; Vienna, Alfr. Hölder, edition 1896 under the title: A Christmas gift; Vienna, Alfred Hölder, 1898 under the title: Before the descent, poetry
  • Marietta and Lorenzo, an Idyll from the Karst, Leipzig, Robert Claußner, 1893, epic
  • Šumava Passion Play, 1894, drama
  • The cruelest of all fashions, Wiener Tierschutz-Verein, Vienna, 1894
  • Höritzer Passions- u. Easter play, 1894, drama
  • Saint Severin, the Apostle Norikum, Vienna, Alfred Hölder, 1896, song set, set to music by the organist Bauer
  • Back in the days, story from the French times of Vienna, 1896, 2nd edition Vienna, H. Kirsch, 1904
  • Be noble! Verlag des Wiener Tierschutz-Verein, Vienna Alfred Hölder, 1897, cycle of poems
  • From the depths, 1898, drama
  • Atlantis, 1899, drama
  • A disciple of Ahasver, Regensburg, National Publishing House, 1900, novel
  • The spirits of the storm, Regensburg, Manz, 1902, novel
  • Josef Wichner , 1903, treatise
  • Walter von habenasst, 1906, novel
  • Animal protection and vivisection , association of Swiss associations against vivisection

Poems set to music

  • Jungmann: Kaiserjubiläumslied
  • Max von Weinzierl (1841–1898): Morning song
  • Free: little bell in the heart
  • four-part choir: Spring Dream
  • Behr: A song
  • Jörgen Melling: Constant longing, four poems

Honors

  • In 1876 he received the gold medal for science and art .
  • Golden Salvator Medal
  • Roman honorary doctorate for the work "Kant's thing in itself"
  • Golden Jerusalem Pilgrim Cross , awarded in 1902 by Pope Leo XIII.
  • The Landsteinergasse ( Ottakring ) was named after him in 1909.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Catalog of the German National Library
  2. ↑ Ignaz Franz Keiblinger : History of the Benedictine monastery Melk in Lower Austria, its possessions and surroundings, Fr. Beck's university bookshop, Vienna 1851, p. 1077
  3. ↑ a b Landsteiner, Karl Borr .. In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 4, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1969, p. 434 f. (Direct links on p. 434 , p. 435 ).
  4. ^ Provost Karl Landsteiner †. In:  Neues Wiener Tagblatt. Democratic Organ , April 6, 1909, p. 9 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nwg
  5. ↑ Vienna - street names, 16th district  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.austriasites.net  
personal data
SURNAME Landsteiner, Karl Borromeo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Landerstein, Arthur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Catholic clergyman, Austrian novelist, animal rights activist, university professor, politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 30, 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH Stoitzendorf Castle
DATE OF DEATH April 3, 1909
Place of death Nikolsburg