Maurus Gandershofer

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Maurus Gandershofer OSB, baptized Georg (born January 22, 1780 in Pentling near Regensburg ; † August 28, 1843 in Regensburg), until the secularization 1803 monk of the Benedictine Abbey of Metten , was a historian, librarian and employee of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .

biography

After attending the monastery school of the Imperial Monastery of Sankt Emmeram in Regensburg, Maurus Gandershofer entered the Benedictine monastery in Metten in 1799 and was given the religious name Maurus. He received his theological training in home studies at the monastery. After secularization, he was first a school inspector in Straubing before studying philosophy at the Bavarian State University, which was moved from Ingolstadt to Landshut , from 1809 to 1810. He was then custodian of the university library in Landshut and, from 1814, of the royal court library in Munich. On the recommendation of the academy secretary Lorenz von Westenrieder (historical class), Maurus Gandershofer became an employee of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences in Munich in 1828. In 1832 he returned to Regensburg, where, as a member and librarian of the historical association for the Regenkreis, he wrote numerous treatises on the history of the place and the order.

Works (selection)

  • Memories of Freysing Cathedral. On the occasion of their XI centenary celebrations 1824 , Freising 1824.
  • Brief history of the Birgitten Abbey Altomünster in Bavaria. Looking back at the history of the market town there according to archival sources , Munich 1830
  • Memories of Lorenz von Westenrieder. With the portrait of the Blessed , Munich 1830.
  • Chronicle of the market and bathing resort Abach near Regensburg. From archival and other reliable sources , Regensburg 1832.
  • The merits of the Benedictines von Metten for the maintenance of the sciences and the arts , Landshut 1841.
  • Numerous contributions to the negotiations of the Hist. Association for the rain district

literature

  • Michael Kaufmann: Secularization, desolation and restoration in the Benedictine abbey of Metten. (1803-1840). Abtei-Verlag, Metten 1993, ISBN 3-9801820-8-8 ( History of the development of the Benedictine abbey Metten 4), (At the same time: Regensburg, Univ., Diss., 1993), pp. 28, 206-208 u. ö.
  • August Lindner: The writers and the members of the Benedictine order who have earned their science and art. In today's Kingdom of Bavaria from 1750 to the present. Volume 1. Manz, Regensburg et al. 1880, pp. 39-46.
  • JR Schuegraf : Brief life story of Mr. Gg. Maurus Gandershofer. In: Negotiations of the historical association for Upper Palatinate and Regensburg. 8, 1844, pp. 278-294, online .
  • Manfred Knedlik :  Gandershofer, Maurus OSB. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 23, Bautz, Nordhausen 2004, ISBN 3-88309-155-3 , Sp. 457-460.  ( Article / beginning of article in Internet archive )

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personal data
SURNAME Gandershofer, Maurus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gandershofer, Georg (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German historian, librarian and employee of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1780
PLACE OF BIRTH Pentling
DATE OF DEATH August 28, 1843
Place of death regensburg