Karl Eugen Stolz

Karl Eugen Stolz (born November 11, 1874 in Rottenburg am Neckar , † May 4, 1936 in Tübingen ) was a German Catholic priest , city ​​pastor and professor of pastoral theology .

Pastor Eugen Stolz in front of the former abbess apartment of the Urspring Monastery, around 1920

Origin, education and occupation

Karl Eugen Stolz was the son of Benedikt Stolz (1836–1907) from Dietenheim and born Pauline. Bengele (1843–1903) from Rottenburg. Stolz had 12 siblings, 9 of whom died in childhood. The family settled in Rottenburg, where Stolz grew up and attended elementary and Latin schools there. From 1890 he attended the Konvikt and Obergymnasium in Rottweil . From 1894 to 1898 he studied philosophy, classical philology and Catholic theology at the University of Tübingen as a pupil of the Wilhelmsstift . In 1897 he received a scientific award from the Catholic Theological Faculty .

After graduating, he attended the seminary in Rottenburg from 1898 to 1899, which he completed with his ordination on May 2, 1899.

After his ordination, Stolz went through the stages of a young Catholic clergyman in the intermediate field between science and practical pastoral care: He held vicariates , repetition positions, represented academic teachers and held chaplains . In 1903 he was a repetiteur at the Wilhelmsstift and worked under the guidance of his teachers Franz Xaver von Funk and Johannes Baptist Sägmüller on a dissertation on the life and writings of Didymus the Blind .

In the end, however, he felt compelled to apply to parishes for financial reasons, for example in 1907 for the Catholic parish of Blaubeuren and in 1914 for the Catholic parish of Freudenstadt. An application for Schelklingen was successful. From 1916 to 1923 he was the parish priest there. In his Schelkling years he wrote an article about the Urspring Monastery (1918/19), which only summarized what was known, and another about the pilgrimage sites in the Ehingen a. D. (1920/21; see under literature). During the war and inflationary years in Schelklingen no large undertakings were possible in the parish, and so Stolz's work was probably limited to pastoral care.

In 1919, the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Tübingen proudly placed it on the list of appointments for the vacant Chair of Dogmatics in succession to Wilhelm Koch. Instead of pride, however, Karl Adam was appointed. Instead, in 1923, Stolz received the newly created chair for pastoral theology. In 1924 he became an honorary doctor of theology and in 1926 personal professor, d. H. his chair was not a full professorship.

After the National Socialists came to power in 1933, Stolz became a member of the NSV ( National Socialist People's Welfare ) in 1934 .

On the occasion of his 60th birthday in November 1934, Stolz's achievements in the field of religious folklore were highlighted. In April 1936, Stolz had to undergo a bladder operation, the consequences of which he died in Tübingen in May 1936 at the age of 61.

Honors

On November 26, 1908 graduation to Lic. Theol. hc in Tübingen. In 1924, Stolz was awarded an honorary doctorate in Catholic theology by the Catholic Theological Faculty of the University of Tübingen. theol. hc doctorate.

Rating

The eulogy of the dean Geiselmann of the Catholic Theological Faculty went hard with the academic achievement Stolz 'in judgment: In general, in the field of pastoral theology, pride fell short of the expectations placed on it. First and in particular, “academic life has been a burden for pride (…). Secondly, Prolz failed in his task of taking over the newly established chair for pastoral theology and expanding existing approaches because he was not an activist ”. Third, Stolz took the wrong methodological approach. At the time when he took over the chair, historical positivism was no longer relevant in Tübingen, and the preoccupation with religious customs was appreciated even more later by National Socialism. This assessment did not meet with the approval of the Catholic Theological Faculty; and so this eulogy was not published in the Theological Quarterly as usual .

Works (selection)

• Didymus, Ambrosius, Hieronymus. Theological quarterly publication 87, 1905, 371–401.
• Paroikia, parochia and parochus. Theological Quarterly 89, 1907, 424–448.
• Swabian brotherhood life [lecture at the annual meeting of the Sülchgauer Altertumsverein]. Reutlinger Geschichtsblätter 22/23 (1911), p. 9ff.
• The Urban Brotherhood in Rottenburg aN: History of the Brotherhood and its current statutes . Rottenburg am Neckar: Bader, 1913.
• On the history of the terminus parochus. Theological quarterly publication 95, 1913, 193–203.
• The Rottenburg Corpus Christi chapel and the granting of indulgences by Bishop Albert von Marienwerder in 1283. Freiburg Diocesan Archives 41, 1913, 236–240.
• St. Cyril of Alexandria as weather patron. Theological quarterly publication 98, 1916, 187–198.
• History of the Weggental pilgrimage. In: Eugen Sieber (ed.), The pilgrimage to the painful Mother of God in the Weggental and her home Rottenburg aN: Pictures and sketches to commemorate the four hundredth anniversary of the pilgrimage on July 2, 1917 . Rottenburg am Neckar: Bader, 1917, 5-43.
• From the pilgrimage history of the Weggentals near Rottenburg aN Historical-political papers for Catholic Germany 159, 1917, 229–240.
• On the history of the Urspring Monastery. Rottenburger monthly for practical theology 2, 1918/19, 269–277.
• The pilgrimage sites of the Ehingen a. D. Rottenburger monthly for practical theology 3, 1920/21, 133-138 u. 157-164.
• The origin of the church year. Theological quarterly publication 105, 1924, 226–257.
• Bishop von Keppler as homilet. In Johann Baumgärtner (Ed.), Dr. Paul Wilhelm von Keppler: 25 years bishop, 50 years priest. Festschrift . Stuttgart: Schwabenring-Aktiengesellschaft, 1925, 151–164.
• Parochus. Theological Quarterly 107, 1926, 1–8.
• (Translation) The biography of St. Gregory of Nyssa, Doctor of the Church, of his sister Macrina. In: Scriptures selected by the holy Bishop Gregory of Nyssa: translated from the Greek by Karl Weiß and Eugen Stolz . Library of the Church Fathers, Vol. 56. Munich: Kösel and Pustet, 1927, 337–368.
• The patron of the University of Tübingen and its faculties. Theological Quarterly 108, 1927, 1-49.
• The recordare. Theological Quarterly 110, 1929, 130-141.
• The Heiliglandfahrt Ludwig von Württemberg i. J. 1493 . In: Historisches Jahrbuch 47, 1927, pp. 526-536 ( Internet Archive ).
• The epitaph of the Tübingen provost and chancellor Dr. decr. Joh. Vergenhans, d. January 5, 1510. Theological quarterly publication 114, 1933, 86–96.
• A Roman missal from 1482 as a Swabian holy land souvenir. Theological Quarterly 115, 1934, 215-223.

swell

• University archive Tübingen: student files 126/674.
• Rottenburg diocesan archive: G 1.7.1. PA S.
• Registration of the Wilhelmsstift Tübingen: D 13.1b / 6.
• Tübingen Chronicle No. 263 of November 10, 1934.
• Tübingen Chronicle No. 104 from May 6, 1936.
• Catholic Sunday Gazette No. 20 of May 17, 1936, 384.

literature

• Episcopal Ordinariate Rottenburg (Ed.) (1938), general personnel catalog of the ecclesiastical curia of the Diocese of Rottenburg, ordained since 1880 (1845) . Rottenburg: Self-published by the Episcopal Chancellery, p. 124.
• 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. 99.
• Burkard, Dominik (2006): Stolz, Karl Eugen, Prof. for Catholic theology in Tübingen. 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. 269-271.
• Martin, Jörg and Stadtarchiv Schelklingen (Ed.) (1999), View of Schelklingen: Photographs from 120 years of city history . Schelklingen: City Archives.
• Reinhardt, Rudolf (1990), The unprinted obituary for the Tübingen pastoral theologian Eugen Stolz. Theological quarterly volume 170, pp. 209–216.

Obituaries and photos

• Tübinger Chronik , No. 263 of November 10, 1934; No. 104 of May 6, 1936 (obituary).
• Katholisches Sonntagsblatt: Church newspaper for the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart . Ostfildern, Ruit: Schwabenverlag, No. 20 of May 17, 1936, p. 384 (obituary).
• Photo by Eugen Stolz in Theological Quarterly Volume 150 (1970), p. 129.
• Further photos can be found in the illustrated book by Jörg Martin and Stadt Schelklingen (ed.) (1999), pp. 90 (above), 91 (below) and 92 (below) (see under literature).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Tübinger Chronik No. 263 of November 10, 1934.
2. ↑ Burkard 2006, pp. 270f.