Paulus Wörndl
Paulus Wörndl (civil August Wörndl ; born August 20, 1894 in Itzling near Salzburg , † June 26, 1944 in Brandenburg an der Havel ) was an Austrian Catholic religious priest and opponent of National Socialism .
Life
Wörndl entered the Carmelite Order in Graz in 1913 and made his vows in 1914. After a theology and philosophy studies at the University of Vienna he received in 1919 at St. Stephen's Cathedral , the ordination . In 1925 he became vicar and in 1930 parish administrator in the new branch of the Carmelites St. Josef in St. Pölten . In 1938 he was appointed head of the Carmelite Convention in Linz and at the same time pastor of the Linz Carmelite Church .
On July 6, 1943, Wörndl was arrested by the Gestapo on the basis of his correspondence with a member of an Austro-Norwegian resistance organization, and sentenced to death on April 18, 1944 for high treason and undermining military strength . On June 26, 1944, Wörndl died in the Brandenburg prison from the guillotine.
literature
- Jan Mikrut (Ed.): Martyrs of Faith. Martyrology of the 20th Century, Vol. 2 . Dom-Verlag, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-85351-162-7 .
- Rudolf Zinnhobler : The Diocese of Linz in the Third Reich . OLV-Buchverlag, Linz 1979, ISBN 3-85214-215-6 (Linz philosophical-theological series; 11).
- Ekkart Sauser : WÖRNDL, August. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 13, Bautz, Herzberg 1998, ISBN 3-88309-072-7 , Sp. 1487-1488.
Web links
- Entry on Paulus Wörndl in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wörndl, Paulus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian, Catholic religious priest and opponent of National Socialism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 20, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Itzling (Salzburg) |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 26, 1944 |
| Place of death | Brandenburg on the Havel |