Matthias Pöschl
Matthias Pöschl (born September 3, 1924 in Landshut ; † July 20, 2007 in Munich ) was a Catholic priest and poet.
Life
Matthias Pöschl grew up as the eldest son of a traveling merchant in Landshut. After attending elementary school, he became a pupil of the Sankt Fidelis seminar in Regensburg in 1936 . Due to the war, Pöschl moved to the Burghausen and Landshut grammar schools . In February 1943 he was called up for military service . After being wounded and taken prisoner by France , he studied philosophy, theology and art history at the Freising seminary from 1947 . His first Mass celebrated Matthias Pöschl on 22 May 1952 in the St. Martin church in Landshut. After five years as a pastor in Prien and Munich, he was appointed religious teacher at various secondary schools in Munich. Most recently he worked at the municipal Carl-Spitzweg-Realschule in Munich-Untermenzing. Matthias Pöschl then retired in 1985 as senior teacher . He lived and worked in the parish of St. Martin in Munich- Untermenzing until a serious illness in 2001 forced him to retire. He succumbed to the disease in 2007. His grave is in the cemetery at St. Martin's Church in the Untermenzing district of Munich.
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As a poet, Matthias Pöschl is one of the well-known representatives of Catholic literature of the 20th century in Bavaria. His work, which was created between 1962 and 2004, comprises 11 biographies, mainly of German and French saints, 7 books with Bavarian dialect poems, including 2 books with 70 poems on pictures by Carl Spitzweg, 7 volumes of poetry in written German, 8 plays in Bavarian dialect, 5 plays in written German and 2 volumes with religious writings.
Publications
- 1962 Thomas More
- 1963 Ignatius of Loyola
- 1970 Our Lady - 6 devotions to Mary
- 1977 The Blutenburg Christmas Game
- 1978 Spitzwegbuidl 1st part
- 1979 The Blutenburg Easter Game
- 1980 A castle on the Würm
- 1980 The Straubing Dance of Death
- 1980 The Karlsfelder Hirtenspiel
- 1981 Spitzwegbuidl 2nd part
- 1981 A Postkartntraam - dialect versal year in and year out
- 1981 Joy near him - essays on the church year
- 1982 The human heart wants eternity - collected essays on Reinhard Johannes Sorge , Georges Bernanos , Ruth Schaumann , Peter Dörfler , Paula Schlier
- 1983 brother Klaus
- 1984 poems
- 1985 The girl Bernadette
- 1985 Old Bavarian Passion
- 1985 Bavarian Cäcilienmesse (text, music by Klaus Haller ). Fischer, Kirchheim 1985.
- 1988 Ars Moriendi or The Game of the Good Death of Sebastian Molocher
- 1989 Saint Korbinian
- 1990 My soul praises the greatness of the Lord - meditations on the rosary
- 1990 Ars , La Salette , Nevers , Paray-le-Monial - stations of a pilgrimage in France
- 1991 sonnets of my hope
- 1992 year out, year in: a Bavarian annual cycle
- 1992 Elisabeth von Thuringia : Life and work in art and cultural history
- 1993 The Waaler Ulrichsspiel
- 1995 Menzinger Kreuzweg
- 1999 In the shadow of your wings - sonnets
- 2000 Biblical Ballads
- 2001 Rose blooms in miracles: Poems 1991–1998
- 2003 I know that my Redeemer lives - poems
- 2004 The Smile of the Divine Child: Meditations for Advent
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SURNAME | Pöschl, Matthias |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | catholic priest, poet |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 3, 1924 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Landshut |
DATE OF DEATH | July 20, 2007 |
Place of death | Munich |