Karl Rolfus

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Karl Rolfus with four of his fosterlings, St. Josefsanstalt Herten, around 1900

Karl Rolfus (born January 24, 1819 in Freiburg im Breisgau ; † March 2, 1907 in Herten ) was a German Catholic priest and clergyman .

His father was the city geometer Melchior Rolfus, his brother was the priest Herman Rolfus. After he was ordained a priest on August 24, 1842, he was initially vicar in Glottertal, in Neuhausen near Villingen, in Friedenweiler and from 1845 in Niederwihl . In Niederwihl, as in the previous places of activity, he founded a brotherhood and inspired the believers with popular religious behavior and evening devotions. Due to the saltpeter riots and the Baden Revolution , the district offices were particularly vigilant here, meetings and innovations were “suspicious”. Anonymous defamation led to his suspension on September 24, 1847 . After the court hearing, which he was able to leave without a judgment, he did not return to Niederwihl. Since he was loyal to the Grand Duke, his life was in peril due to the Baden Revolution and went to Switzerland. Here he stayed, among other things, with the brotherhood he established in honor of the Precious Blood in the St. Anna monastery in Steinerberg . In 1869 he became parish administrator and in 1872 pastor in Herten near Rheinfelden. Here he took his mother with him and founded the Sankt Josefshaus Herten . The streets and a school are named after Karl Rolfus.

literature

  • Jakob Ebner : History of the villages of the parish Niederwihl (Niederwihl, Oberwihl and Rüßwihl) in the Hotzenwald , (after 1945)
  • Nekrolog in the "Necrologium Friburgense 1906-1910" (Freiburg Diocesan Archive: Journal of the Church History Association for the history of Christian art, antiquity and literature of the Archdiocese of Freiburg, with consideration of the neighboring dioceses, vol. 39) pp. 25-27 online

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jakob Ebner: History of the localities of the parish Niederwihl. P. 46.
personal data
SURNAME Rolfus, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic priest, founder of a monastery
DATE OF BIRTH January 24, 1819
PLACE OF BIRTH Freiburg in Breisgau
DATE OF DEATH March 2, 1907
Place of death Herten (Rheinfelden)