Nikolaus Nalbach

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Nikolaus Nalbach (born March 7, 1767 in Cochem , † April 18, 1847 in Kaifenheim ) was a German Catholic clergyman.

life and career

The Catholic parish church of St. Nikolaus in Kaifenheim
Grave cross of Nikolaus Nalbach on the outskirts of Kaifenheim in the direction of Roes

Nikolaus Nalbach was the son of City Governor Johann Nalbach and Maria Margarete Fischer from Koblenz. He studied for 7 years in Koblenz and 3 years in Trier . On April 5, 1794 he became a subdiac ( subdiac. Ad vicariam s. Cyriaci et Catharinae in colleg. S. Castoris Confluentes ), on June 14, 1794 a deacon and on August 3, 1794 he was appointed vicar in Koblenz ( s . Cyriaci et Catharinae ) consecrated by the local St. Castor monastery. From this he later received an annual pension of 299 francs. From 1794 he was chaplain for 4 years in Cochem , until 1801 he worked in Rockeskyll , then until 1803 pastor in Rüber , from December 25, 1803 he was the parish administrator in Hambuch . Then Landkern followed until 1815 and from April 28, 1815 until his death he worked as a pastor in Kaifenheim, where he had the parish church built at the age of 75. At his golden jubilee as a priest on August 3, 1844, he became a Knight of the Red Eagle Order. He received the medal on the same day from Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia. As a Carmelite Father, his brother Jakob was vicar in Koblenz in St. Kastor and died there on January 20, 1820.

During his long time as pastor in Kaifenheim, he expressed the wish in 1825 to include Roes from the parish of Forst in his parish association, since the people of this place would mostly attend the church in Kaifenheim anyway . However, the old regulation of 1802 remained. When the old parish church became more and more dilapidated, and as witnesses reported that the church was near to collapse, it was decided to build a new church under the direction of Pastor Nikolaus Nalbach. The architect Nebel proposed a cost of 9061 thalers, the foundation stone was laid on Easter Tuesday, April 14, 1841. Construction progressed well, but there was an accident on May 30, 1841 at around 11 o'clock when a scaffolding collapsed 5 men were carried away. Four of them lost their lives in the fall from a height of over 50 feet, one survived seriously injured.

After the construction of the new parish church was completed in the following year, Pastor Nalbach was able to make its benediction on November 3, 1842. The builder and architect received high praise, although the acoustics were criticized. After four years of worship in an emergency church, Pastor Nalbach was able to hold the long-awaited first mass in the new church on August 3, 1844. The population of Kaifenheim seemed to have been loyal to the church, since the pastor described the parishioners (1832) as “peace-loving and St. Mass diligently attending ”, also because one knew the Advent and Lenten devotions. Among the religious monuments in Kaifenheim is the cross of Pastor Nalbach , which used to be in the cemetery and is now on the road to Roes.

Awards

literature

  • Alfons Friderichs (Ed.): Nalbach, Nikolaus . In: Personalities of the Cochem-Zell district, Kliomedia, Trier 2004, ISBN 3-89890-084-3 , p. 258.
  • Heinz Kugel: Kaifenheim in the Vordereifel. In: Jahrbuch Kreis Cochem-Zell 2002, pp. 180-183
  • Werner Schumacher: Chronicle of the local community Kaifenheim. On the occasion of the 1000th anniversary of the Kaifenheim community, (June 2005) p. 518.
  • Archive for Middle Rhine Church History 35th year 1983, p. 154, contained in the canton Kaisersesch under entry 40. Parish Kaifenheim: Nalbach, Nikolaus, (LHAKo).
  • The world clergy in the Cologne archbishopric minutes by Jannsen-Lohmann, commission publisher Josef Höfer Cologne 1935/36, p. 1045: Nalbach, Nik. gb. Cochem March 8, 1767, pv. (Protoc Vicariatus) 7.4.91, stud. in Trier, P4. Rev. Rüber, Kant. Polch, Pf. Landkern, Kant. Kaisersesch, (LHAKo).
  • Anton Diederich: The St. Florin Abbey in Koblenz. P. 288. (Johann) Nikolaus Nalbach, (LHAKo).
  • Diocese archive Trier, consecration protocols , (register for section 45), (LHAKo).
  • History of the parishes of the Diocese of Trier. Commission publisher of the diocese archives (1900), last edition 1966. Nikolaus Nalbach, Rev. in pp. 144, 185, 186, 189, 193, 195, 299 and 379, (LHAKo).
  • The world clergy of the Diocese of Trier since 1800. Ed. By the Diocesan Archives, Trier 1941, p. 246.
  • Josef Lauxen: The Dean's Office Cochem. (unpublished typeface manuscript), Klotten 1945, (unspecified) today in the library of the Himmerod Abbey
  • Philipp de Lorenzi: Contributions to the history of all parishes in the Diocese of Trier. Trier 1887, p. 238. [1]
  • Ursula Buchholz: Hambuch-Kaifenheim family register. Self-published with the permission of the Catholic Parish Community Kaisersesch, Vulkan-Druckerei, 2014, p. 479.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ On the 250th birthday of Pastor Nikolaus Nalbach , Stadt- und Landbote Cochem, edition 9/2017, page 38 by Günter Bretz, Cochem-Brauheck
  2. ↑ Village chronicle of the Kaifenheim community Pastor Nalbach active from 1815 to 1847
personal data
SURNAME Nalbach, Nikolaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1767
PLACE OF BIRTH Cochem
DATE OF DEATH April 18, 1847
Place of death Kaifenheim