Nikolaus Maier

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Nikolaus Maier (1891–1977)

Nikolaus Maier (born March 23, 1891 in Ringingen , † February 20, 1977 in Gammertingen ) was a German Roman Catholic pastor and local researcher .

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The son of Valentin Maier (1863–1905) and Rosina Kraus (1864–1940) came from a long-established farming family in the Swabian Alb . Prepared by the local pastor to attend grammar school, Nikolaus Maier passed his Abitur in 1910 as an inmate of the Archbishop's Student Home St. Fidelis in Sigmaringen and then began to study theology in Freiburg . Here lectures with Joseph Sauer aroused his interest in church art and folklore topics. After military service and being wounded in the First World War, Maier moved into the seminary in St. Peter (Upper Black Forest) and was ordained a priest in June 1918.

Despite poor health, Maier worked as a priest for 45 years: he spent his vicar years in Glottertal , Emmendingen , Sigmaringen and Hechingen ; In 1925 Maier became a chaplain in Straßberg (Zollernalbkreis) . From 1927 to 1936 he was pastor in Steinhofen , then he took over the parish in Gammertingen , where he officiated until his retirement in 1963. From 1950 to 1962 he was also dean ; In 1952 Maier was appointed to the clergy .

In addition to his spiritual profession, Maier was productive as a local researcher all his life. His extensive list of publications lists the results of a wide range of interests. He published mostly in miscell form , since the pastor did not have time for extensive literary work. His extensive collection of material on the iconography of St. When he was old he made Fidelis von Sigmaringen available to a colleague.

After the Second World War, Maier played a key role in the reorganization of the Hohenzollern Historical Society , which, with the approval of the French military government, resumed its work on July 30, 1948 with new statues as an association for history, culture and regional studies in Hohenzollern under Maier's chairmanship. Maier headed the association until 1964. In 1949 the first post-war volume of the Hohenzollerische Jahreshefte appeared , in 1951 the Hohenzollerische Heimat was founded on Maier's initiative , expressly as a “small organ” for non-professional local researchers, as Maier wrote in the foreword to the first edition.

literature

  • Johann Adam Kraus : GR Nikolaus Maier . In: Hohenzollerische Heimat 27 (1977), pp. 14-15.
  • Franz Hundsnurscher : Nikolaus Maier . In: Freiburger Diözesan-Archiv 102 (1982), p. 174 (Necrologicum Friburgense 1976-1980) ( digital ).

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johann Adam Kraus: The Maier family in Ringingen . In: Hohenzollerische Heimat 17 (1967), pp. 43–44.
  2. ↑ See Walter Bernhardt, Rudolf Seigel (arrangement): Bibliography of the Hohenzollern history , Sigmaringen 1975
  3. ↑ Richard Schell: Fidelis von Sigmaringen - the saint in the representations of art from four centuries . Sigmaringen 1977.
  4. ^ Nominally, Franz Joseph Prince von Hohenzollern (1891–1964) took over the presidency in 1951; In fact, however, Maier also headed the association during his term in office until 1964.
  5. ↑ In digital form on the website of the Hohenzollern Historical Society ( digital  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. )@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.hohenzollerischer-geschichtsverein.de  
personal data
SURNAME Maier, Nicholas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic pastor and local researcher
DATE OF BIRTH March 23, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Ringingen (Burladingen)
DATE OF DEATH February 20, 1977
Place of death Gammertingen