Matthias Merkle (theologian)
Matthias Merkle (born February 24, 1816 in Bedernau , † November 10, 1881 in Wörishofen ) was a Catholic clergyman and member of the German Reichstag .
Life
He attended grammar school in Dillingen , studied philosophy and theology in Munich and was ordained a priest there on August 30, 1840. As a chaplain in Grönenbach , he taught Latin to Sebastian Kneipp, who was largely related to him . After his ordination, he worked as an assistant chaplain in pastoral care for a total of four years before he was appointed professor at the Lyceum in Dillingen in 1844 , where he taught moral theology and pedagogy , as well as patrology and religious philosophy .
In 1865 he was appointed a spiritual councilor . From 1864 on he edited the Augsburger Pastoralblatt. In 1871 Pius IX appointed him . to the papal house prelate . In 1874 he was transferred to Passau as a professor of moral theology . In 1881 he asked to retire because of a liver disease. From 1874 he was a member of parliament for the constituency of Dillingen in the Bavarian state parliament for a few years and in the German Reichstag until his death . There he represented the constituency Schwaben 5 (Kaufbeuren, Füssen) for the center from 1874 to 1881 . He spent his last months with his former Latin student Sebastian Kneipp in Wörishofen.
Individual evidence
- ^ Fritz Specht, Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd Edition. Carl Heymann Verlag, Berlin 1904, p. 217.
literature
- Franz Heinrich Reusch: Merkle, Matthias . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1885, p. 445.
- Wilhelm Kosch : Catholic Germany. Volume 2, Haas & Grabherr, Augsburg 1937
- Wilhelm Kosch, continued by Eugen Kuri: Biographisches Staats Handbuch. Volume 1, Francke, Bern [et al.] 1963.
- Erika Bosl: Merkle, Matthias. In: Karl Bosl (ed.): Bosls Bavarian biography. Pustet, Regensburg 1983, ISBN 3-7917-0792-2 , p. 522 ( digitized version ).
- Walther Killy and Rudolf Vierhaus (eds.): German Biographical Encyclopedia . Volume 7, Saur, Munich [et al.] 1998.
Web links
- Matthias Merkle in the parliamentary database at the House of Bavarian History
- Matthias Merkle in the database of members of the Reichstag
- Biography of Matthias Merkle . In: Heinrich Best : database of the members of the Reichstag of the Empire 1867/71 to 1918 (Biorab - Kaiserreich)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Merkle, Matthias |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Catholic clergyman and politician (center), MdR |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 24, 1816 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Regret |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 10, 1881 |
| Place of death | Woerishofen |