Nikolaus Reuss

Pastor Nikolaus Reuss

Epitaph, Liebfrauenkirche Worms

Nikolaus Reuss (born September 21, 1809 in Seligenstadt ; † May 12, 1890 in Worms ) was a Catholic priest of the diocese of Mainz and an honorary citizen of Worms .

Live and act

Reuss studied in Giessen and Würzburg , and in 1834 he was ordained a priest. In 1842 he worked as pastor of Pfeddersheim and took part as a guest at the meeting of the Society of German Naturalists and Doctors in Mainz . As a clergyman in the Diocese of Mainz, Nikolaus Reuss took up the post of pastor at the Martinskirche in Worms on January 1, 1848 , which he held until his death. In the revolutionary year of 1849, the theologian Kaspar Riffel called him one of the main representatives of liberal Catholicism in Rheinhessen .

The then largely ruinous Church of Our Lady also belonged to his parish . Nikolaus Reuss had it renovated extensively from 1860–1868 and made ready for worship. He is therefore considered the “Savior of the Church of Our Lady” . His parish church St. Martin also underwent an exterior renovation in 1872/1873 and an interior renovation in 1887.

Because of his many services, especially the preservation of the Church of Our Lady, the city of Worms made him an honorary citizen on the occasion of his golden anniversary in 1884. The priest also acted as the definitor of the city dean's office.

Pastor Reuss died in 1890 and was buried in the Liebfrauenkirche, where he received an artful, neo-Gothic epitaph. In his will, he endowed a poor foundation with 2000 marks and bequeathed the Liebfrauenkirche 500 marks for maintenance. Nikolaus-Reuss-Straße in Worms is named after him.

literature

Hermann Schmitt : Nikolaus Reuss, pastor at St. Martin in Worms (1848–1890): the savior of the Liebfrauenkirche as a place of worship and monument , Society for Middle Rhine Church History , 1973
Fritz Reuter : St. Martin in Worms, 996/1996 (Festschrift for the 1000 year anniversary) , Stadtarchiv Worms, 1996, pp. 136, 199 and. 200
Franz Staab (Ed.): Liebfrauen Worms 1298–1998 , Verlag der Gesellschaft für Mittelrheinische Kirchengeschichte, Mainz, 1998, ISBN 3-929135-18-3 , p. 381 u. 383
Friedrich Baudri (Ed.): Organ for Christian Art , 13th year, Cologne, 1863, p. 186 u. 187 (digital scan)

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Mainzer Zeitschrift , Volume 105, Mainzer Altertumsverein, 2010, p. 90; (Detail scan)
^ Negotiations of the Society of German Natural Scientists and Doctors , Volume 20, p. 386, Mainz, 1843; (Digital scan)
↑ Brandeis University : German Priests in the Nineteenth Century: Liberal Catholicism, Ultramontanism and Honor in the Diocese of Mainz, 1830-1870 , Pro Quest Verlag, 2008, ISBN 0-549-70018-8 , p. 220; (Digital scan)
^ Grand Ducal Hessian Government Gazette , Darmstadt, year 1891, p. 16 (detail scan)

personal data
SURNAME	Reuss, Nikolaus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Reuss, Nikolaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German Catholic priest, honorary citizen of Worms
DATE OF BIRTH	September 21, 1809
PLACE OF BIRTH	Seligenstadt
DATE OF DEATH	May 12, 1890
Place of death	Worms

[1] Mainzer Zeitschrift , Volume 105, Mainzer Altertumsverein, 2010, p. 90; (Detail scan)

[2] Negotiations of the Society of German Natural Scientists and Doctors , Volume 20, p. 386, Mainz, 1843; (Digital scan)

[3] Brandeis University : German Priests in the Nineteenth Century: Liberal Catholicism, Ultramontanism and Honor in the Diocese of Mainz, 1830-1870 , Pro Quest Verlag, 2008, ISBN 0-549-70018-8 , p. 220; (Digital scan)

[4] Grand Ducal Hessian Government Gazette , Darmstadt, year 1891, p. 16 (detail scan)