Martin Matschik

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Martin Matschik OCist , also: Martin II. Matschik (born September 27, 1888 in Türnitz ; † March 31, 1958 in Amstetten ) was a Cistercian and from 1943 to 1958 the 62nd  abbot of the Cistercian Abbey of Lilienfeld .

Life

Matschik was born the son of a master blacksmith and was given the name Karl . Before he attended the Episcopal Gymnasium Petrinum in Linz , he was a choirboy in Lilienfeld Abbey from 1899 to 1901. On August 29, 1907, he entered the Lilienfeld Abbey and took the religious name Martin . On August 30 1908 he put his temporal vows and completed in Heiligenkreuz the study of philosophy and theology . After stored on 8 April 1912 final profession he received in the July 28, 1912 St. Pölten the priesthood .

Before he volunteered for the military in 1914 out of patriotic sentiments, he was a teacher at the Boys Choir Institute in 1912 and parish vicar in Annaberg in 1913 . During World War I he served as a field curate in various theaters of war, such as with the Kaiserschützen on the Marmolada or on the Isonzo . His work on the Marmolada made him known as the glacier pastor of the Mamola battalion . On the Isonzo, Matschik was badly wounded, had to undergo several operations and has been physically ill ever since.

After the end of the war he held various pastoral care positions, became prior and parish vicar in Lilienfeld in 1931 and was at the same time archivist and librarian . In 1936 he moved to Radlbrunn as parish vicar and in 1938 to Kaumberg .

On July 7, 1943 took place under the chairmanship of Vicar General Abbot Gregor Pöck of Heiligenkreuz his election as abbot and on 1 August 1943 Martin Matschik was from Bishop Michael Memelauer from St. Pölten in the Collegiate Church Lilienfeld benediziert . Since then he has called himself Martin II.

The last years of the Second World War and the post-war period were times of economic and organizational challenges for the abbot. In April 1945 the abbot and the convent had to leave the monastery temporarily because the church and the monastery building were badly damaged. The entire facility was to be blown up when the German troops withdrew and only narrowly escaped total destruction and after the end of the war, the Soviet occupying forces confiscated the convent building.

Negotiations with the occupiers about the return of the monastery turned out to be difficult and the reconstruction of the badly damaged monastery as well as the renovations in the incorporated parishes required a great deal of effort. Under Martin Matschik, the monastery was also particularly committed to the procurement of living space for workers and employees.

In the presence of Nuncio Archbishop Giovanni Dellepiane , the 750th anniversary of the foundation of the monastery was celebrated in 1952. After the war there were numerous new entries under Abbot Martin in Lilienfeld and to bridge the shortage of staff he was able to win over several refugee priests from the religious and religious clergy . In 1953 he received support from the treasurer of Wilhering Monastery , Friedrich Pfennigbauer , as abbot coadjutor .

The musically gifted, excellent preacher, who had also received several high civil and military awards, died on March 31, 1958 as a result of a heart attack in the Amstetten hospital. He was buried in the abbot's vault in Lilienfeld on April 4th by Bishop Memelauer of St. Pölten.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Heribert May: The Glacier Pastor. Field Curate Karl Matschik. 1914-1918. Lilienfeld 1988 , accessed August 9, 2016
  2. ↑ Cross of Honor of the Abbot of Lilienfeld Abbey
  3. ↑ Martin Matschik in the Cistercian Lexicon , accessed on August 9, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Matschik, Martin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Matschik, Martin II. (Name as abbot); Matschik, Karl (baptismal name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian Cistercian
DATE OF BIRTH September 27, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Türnitz
DATE OF DEATH March 31, 1958
Place of death Amstetten