Karl Gratza

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Karl Gratza (also Carl Gratza ) (born May 27, 1820 in Tworkau , Ratibor district ; † June 29, 1876 in Himmelwitz , Groß Strehlitz district ), was a German Catholic clergyman and a member of the German Reichstag .

Life

The gravestone of Carl Gratza from 1879 at the Himmelwitzer Allerheiligenkirche. Condition after renovation in 2018.

Karl Gratza was ordained a priest on August 3, 1845 . Then he was chaplain in Kosel , where he was also district vicar on February 1, 1847. In July 1848 he was appointed administrator in Lubowitz . From 1853 to 1865 he was parish administrator in Schurgast , then pastor in Himmelwitz. In addition, he was Actuarius Circuli of the Archipresbyterate Groß Strehlitz , that is, the deputy of the archpriest .

After Hugo zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen's mandate had been declared invalid by the Reichstag's electoral review commission, Gratza was re- elected as a member of the German Reichstag for the center on September 24, 1875 for the constituency of Oppeln 3 , which included Groß Strehlitz and Kosel . After his death on June 29, 1876, he was followed by MP Adolph Franz by by-election on September 18, 1876.

Gratza was buried in Himmelwitz in the cemetery of the All Saints Church. His tomb has been preserved to this day.

literature

  • Augustin Weltzel : History of the city, rule and fortress Cosel , Thiele: Berlin, 1866.
  • Bernd Haunfelder : Reichstag member of the German Center Party 1871–1933: Biographical manual and historical photographs . Droste Verlag: Düsseldorf, 1999. ISBN 3-7700-5223-4
  • Piotr Smykała, Piotr Michalik: Jemielnica - dzieje wsi i parafii . Wydawnictwo MS: Opole, Jemielnica, 2014. ISBN 978-83-61915-42-3
  • Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives . 2nd edition Berlin: Verlag Carl Heymann, 1904.

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References and comments

  1. ↑ a b c Piotr Smykała, Piotr Michalik: Jemielnica - dzieje wsi i parafii . Wydawnictwo MS: Opole, Jemielnica, 2014, p. 283.
  2. ↑ Schematism of the diocese of Breslau and the Catholic military pastoral care of the Royal. Prussia. Armies for 1851 . Robert Nischkowsky, Breslau 1851, p. 73.
  3. ↑ a b c Augustin Weltzel : History of the city, rule and fortress Cosel , Thiele: Berlin, 1866, p. 447.
  4. ↑ On the office of the Actuarius Circuli in the Archdiocese of Breslau see Anton Stiegler: Art. Actuarius circuli . In: Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche (LThK), 2nd ed., Vol. 1: A - Baronius , 1957, Sp. 117–118.
  5. ^ Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives . 2nd edition Berlin: Verlag Carl Heymann, 1904, p. 86
  6. ↑ Bernd Haunfelder : Reichstag member of the German Center Party 1871–1933: Biographical manual and historical photographs . Droste Verlag: Düsseldorf, 1999, p. 156.
  7. ↑ Bernd Haunfelder: Reichstag member of the German Center Party 1871–1933: Biographical manual and historical photographs . Droste Verlag: Düsseldorf, 1999, p. 166.
personal data
SURNAME Gratza, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gratza, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic clergyman and member of the German Reichstag
DATE OF BIRTH May 27, 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH Tworkau
DATE OF DEATH June 29, 1876
Place of death Himmelwitz , Groß Strehlitz district