Magnus Niedermair

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Magnus Niedermair around 1900
Magnus Niedermair as cathedral chapter

Magnus Niedermair (born August 30, 1849 in Oberrammingen , Allgäu; † May 17, 1922 in Augsburg ) was a Catholic priest and cathedral capitular of the diocese of Augsburg . He is considered to be the co-founder of today's Regens Wagner Foundations .

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Magnus Niedermair was born as a teacher's son in Oberrammingen, studied at the grammar school in Neuburg and at the Georgianum in Munich , where he was ordained a priest on July 23, 1872. He then worked as a chaplain in Kempten and Augsburg, before becoming pastor of Horgau in 1880 and city pastor in Dillingen an der Donau in 1885 .

In Dillingen he met the priest Johann Evangelist Wagner (1807-1886), who in 1847, together with the superior of the Dillinger Franciscan Sisters, Sr. Maria Theresia Haselmayr , founded a so-called deaf- and- dumb institution , a training and residence for deaf girls and women, from which today's Regens Wagner Foundations emerged . Both clergymen became friends and Niedermair became an employee of Johann Evangelist Wagner, who, when he died, entrusted him with his work, which he directed from 1886 to 1910. Four of the 14 centers of the Regens Wagner Foundations today were founded by Magnus Niedermair ( Lautrach , 1889; Burgkunstadt , 1895; Holzhausen , 1904; Absberg , 1910). In 1912 Magnus Niedermair also published the brochure Regens Wagner and his institutions for the deaf and dumb and cretins .

In 1910 Magnus Niedermair was appointed cathedral capitular in Augsburg, in 1916 he became cathedral dean and vicar general , and in 1920 he became provost of the cathedral . In addition, he remained connected to the Regens-Wagner factory as a special inspector. As early as 1896/97 the priest was involved in the establishment of the German Caritas Association , in 1915 he founded the Caritas Association of the City of Augsburg, and in 1921 he became a co-founder and first chairman of the diocesan association.

On May 17, 1922, Domkapitular Niedermair suffered a stroke in a board meeting of the Catholic Youth Welfare Association in Augsburg and died on the same day. He found his final resting place at the Dillingen cemetery and bequeathed his personal property to Wagner's facilities for people with disabilities.

The names "Regens Wagner Holzhausen - Magnusheim" and "Magnus-Werkstätten Holzhausen", both facilities of Regens Wagner Holzhausen, go back to the name of Magnus Niedermair. In Dillingen he was honored with the award of honorary citizenship and the naming of Magnus-Niedermair-Strasse . The clergyman also had the honorary title of papal house prelate and apostolic protonotary .

Caritas director Johannes Nar named Magnus Niedermair in his Little History of Caritas in the Diocese of Augsburg (1960) one of the greatest Caritas men of his time .

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  1. ^ Rolf Hauer: Foundations from the past and the present , Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutscher Stiftungen, 1986, page 433, ISBN 3-16-945078-6 ; Excerpt from the source
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