Karl Mindera

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Karl Mindera SDB (born June 26, 1906 in Vienna ; † January 9, 1973 in Munich ), clergyman , was an Austrian Roman Catholic clergyman , theologian, and church and art historian .

Life

Karl Mindera, son of Emmerich Mindera and Sophie, b. Popp, grew up in Vienna. In 1924 he joined the Society of the Salesians of Don Bosco . He studied in Turin , Benediktbeuern and Innsbruck . On May 28, 1933, he was ordained a priest in Benediktbeuern . From autumn 1933 he worked for 40 years as a lecturer in church and art history at the Philosophical-Theological University of Benediktbeuern , whose seminar library he built for church and art history.

Act

At an early age he devoted himself to researching the history and art of Benediktbeuern. For his academic achievements in these areas, including family research, he was made an honorary citizen of the Benediktbeuern community, and received a call to the Accademia Mariana Salesiana Rome, the Bavarian Benedictine Academy and the Commission for Sacred Art of the Diocese of Augsburg . He was the main restorer of the Benediktbeuern monastery complex with a focus on the Anastasia Chapel and the former monastery church.

In Benediktbeuern the Karl-Mindera-Strasse and in the Benediktbeuern monastery the Karl-Mindera-Saal were named after him. The estate of Karl Mindera has been indexed in the Benediktbeuern monastery archive since 2018.

Fonts

  • Benediktbeuern. The craft in the service of art on the soil of the Benediktbeuern manor. Filser, Munich 1939, DNB 1007412089 .
  • Benediktbeuern. Cultivated land u. Churches. Schnell and Steiner, Munich 1957, DNB 453385478 .
  • Maria help. A contribution to religious folklore. Don Bosco, Munich 1961, DNB 453385486 .
  • Bad Heilbrunn. Art guide. Text by Karl Mindera. Schnell and Steiner, Munich 1963, DNB 451902262 . 2nd edition: 1972, DNB 740096168 .
  • Benediktbeuern Monastery . Speech plate, text by Karl Mindera, organ Franz Lehndorfer. Christophorus, Freiburg 1970, DNB 457233788 .
  • with Leo Weber : Basilica Benedictoburana. Festschrift on the occasion of the elevation of the former monastery church and current parish church of St. Benedikt von Benediktbeuern to the papal basilica minor on June 3, 1973. Munich / Benediktbeuern 1973, DNB 998392057 .

literature

  • Leo Weber : Bibliography by P. Karl Mindera SDB from Benediktbeuern (1906–1973). In: Studies and communications on the history of the Benedictine order and its branches. 84, 1973, pp. 179-181.
  • Leo Weber: Spiritual Councilor P. Karl Mindera SDB, restorer and curator of the Benedictine minster 1906–1973. In: Basilica Benedictoburana. Munich / Benediktbeuern 1973, DNB 998392057 , pp. 33-36.
  • Leo Weber: Father Karl Mindera SDB, Benediktbeuern. In memory. In: Salesian News. 79, 1973, pp. 14-17.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Josef Hemmerle (arr.): The Benedictine Abbey Benediktbeuern. (= The Diocese of Augsburg. Part 1). De Gruyter, Berlin 1991, ISBN 978-3-11-012927-4 , S. V ( online , PDF; 12.3 MB)
  2. ↑ map
  3. ↑ Meetings in the monastery on the Benediktbeuern monastery website
  4. ↑ From the monastery archive. In: Annual Report Benediktbeuern Monastery. 2018. p. 6 (PDF; 1.9 MB)
personal data
SURNAME Mindera, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian clergyman, theologian as well as church and art historian
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH January 9, 1973
Place of death Munich