Nikolaus Irsch

Nikolaus Irsch (born November 30, 1872 in Trier ; † October 15, 1956 there ) was a German Catholic clergyman and art historian .

Life

After graduating from high school in 1892, he studied philosophy and theology . On March 21, 1896, he was ordained a priest . His first positions as chaplain took him to St. Wendel and Ahrweiler . From 1900 he was parish vicar in Landsweiler-Reden . In 1906 he passed the academic examination for teaching at grammar schools and worked from 1907 to 1920 as a senior teacher at the Progymnasium in Ahrweiler. During this time he expanded his studies in 1915/1916 at the University of Bonn to include the subjects of art history and classical archeology .

In 1920 he worked as a teacher at the Hindenburg Realgymnasium in Trier. In the Diocese of Trier he became head of the Diocesan Museum on April 22, 1924, succeeding Johannes Wiegand. He continued his studies and obtained his doctorate on March 1, 1928. phil. In the following years he took on numerous tasks in the administration of the art treasures of the Diocese of Trier . In 1933 he was head of the art committee of the St. Rock pilgrimage, was appointed cathedral capitular on January 19, 1934 and diocesan curator on March 31, 1938 . At the same time he was chairman of the Rhineland-Palatinate Monument Council from 1947 to 1952 . On March 1, 1952, he was released.

In 1933 he was appointed papal secret chamberlain , in 1952 he was awarded the Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany .

literature

• Alois Thomas : Cathedral Chapter Msgre. Professor Dr. Nikolaus Irsch † , in: Archive for Middle Rhine Church History 9, 1957, pp. 293–295.

Web links

• Literature by and about Nikolaus Irsch in the catalog of the German National Library