Othmar Rauscher
Othmar Rauscher OCist (born September 27, 1919 in Engelbrechts , † July 2, 1995 in Bochum ) was an Austrian Cistercian and abbot of Schlierbach Abbey .
Life
Rauscher attended the Schlierbach Abbey high school, where he entered in 1938. He began his theology studies at Heiligenkreuz Abbey , but soon had to enlist for military service and was seriously wounded near Leningrad in 1941 . He was then able to continue his theology studies at the University of Vienna , where he received his doctorate in theology in 1948. After a brief activity as chaplain in Wartberg an der Krems , he came to Schlierbach grammar school in 1949 as prefect and professor of religion. In 1961 he was released for missionary work at Missio Munich. As a photographer he created audiovisual aids for missionaries. In 1971 he was elected abbot of Schlierbach Abbey. Resigned in 1983, he found a second home in the Archabbey of St. Ottilien . He first worked at Missio Munich, then from 1984 to 1988 at Ostpriesthilfe / Kirche in Not . From 1989 to 1992 he worked as a corporate donor in the diocese of Augsburg . In 1992 he returned to Schlierbach and helped out in pastoral care. He died in 1995 as a result of a traffic accident .
literature
- Linzer Diözesanblatt, CXXXXI. Volume, No. 8/9, September 1, 1995
Web links
- Othmar Rauscher in the Biographia Cisterciensis
- Interview with the abbot of the Cistercian monastery Schlierbach Othmar Rauscher in the online collections of the Austrian media library
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Rauscher, Othmar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian Cistercian, abbot of Schlierbach Abbey |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 27, 1919 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Engelbrechts |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 2nd 1995 |
| Place of death | Bochum |