Karl Wachter

Karl Wachter (born January 16, 1764 in Sigmaringen ; † December 9, 1822 ) was a Catholic pastor in Wiblingen (Württemberg) and professor of canon law at the universities of Konstanz and Ellwangen .

Wachter made his solemn profession in Salmannsweiler in 1781 and was ordained priest in 1788 . Before that, he taught French and Italian at the Salmannsweiler grammar school. In 1795 he became papal notary , 1804 professor of pastoral theology at the former Jesuit college, the Lyceum Konstanz and 1809 school inspector . In 1812 he moved to the Catholic State University of Ellwangen , newly founded by the young Württemberg , as a professor of canon law and church history , where the later Tübingen dogmatist Johann Sebastian von Drey (1777-1853) also taught and Wachter was elected rector the following year .

Other Ellwang theology professors were Johann Nepomuk Bestlin (1768-1831), Peter Alois Gratz (1769-1849) and Cölestin Spegele (1761-1831). All of them had only previously received their doctorate from the Catholic theological faculty in Freiburg , as the newly unified kingship was pushing for the university to be established quickly.

When a work by JS Drey on confession fell into twilight, a publication by Wachter was also submitted to the Roman theologian Maurizio Benedetto Olivieri (1769–1845) for assessment. He came to the conclusion that u. a. Statements on marriage law should be censored. The Ellwang general vicar Franz Karl von Hohenlohe sided with Wachters, and the proceedings against both theologians were dropped.

In 1817 Wachter asked for his release - Ellwangen was to be relocated to the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen - and went back to his former parish Sullmingen .

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SURNAME	Wachter, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Catholic clergyman and professor of canon law
DATE OF BIRTH	January 16, 1764
PLACE OF BIRTH	Sigmaringen
DATE OF DEATH	December 9, 1822