Primus cook

Primus Koch (born July 10, 1752 in Wolnzach , † March 20, 1812 in Hohenpeißenberg ) was originally called Bonaventura Koch and was an Augustinian canon, teacher and pastor .

Life

His father was the businessman and watchmaker Jakob Koch and his mother's name was Agathe. In 1772 he graduated from the Jesuit high school in Munich (today: Wilhelmsgymnasium Munich ) and then entered the Rottenbuch Augustinian Canons' Monastery . After his novice year he began to study philosophy and theology . In 1777 he was ordained diaconate and in 1779 ordained a priest . In 1781, the monastery sent Guarinus Schlögl as director and Primus Koch as "Custos Eccelsiae" to the newly created meteorological observatory on the Hohe Peißenberg . But a short time later he took up the position of "Director Chori musici", that is, director of church chants and instrumental music. But there was a disappointment because he preferred to be inspired by the philosophers of the Enlightenment ( Christian Wolff , Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten ) and wanted to reform the order in this new direction; he wrote his own written work for this. From 1782 he was vicar in Böbing , 1785 in Wildsteig and in 1788 parish vicar of Ortisei in Rottenbuch, he then gradually recognized his true calling for pastoral care.

From 1801 he was a pilgrimage chaplain on the Hohen Peißenberg. From 1802 he founded a "normal school" there, where he himself worked as a teacher. When the secularization in Bavaria gave the monastery a severe blow on March 21, 1803 , he took up the position of pastor and folk teacher for the newly created community of Hohenpeißenberg. In October 1805, Minister Montgelas spoke a word of power, from then on he was ex officio provisional pastor of the place. In addition, he worked from 1804 as an observer for the meteorological observatory. After he wanted to give up teaching, after lengthy disputes in 1808 the community clerk Georg Schmauz was employed as a teacher for the community instead of him. In 1809 the definitive establishment of the Hohenpeißenberg parish was confirmed by the state government and Koch was appointed from the provisional to the actual pastor. In 1811 he fell ill and in the spring of 1812 there was a progressive decline in strength until he died in March.

Honors

• The Primus Koch elementary school in Hohenpeißenberg is named after him.

literature

• Primus cook. In: Peter Winkler: Frühgeschichte des Bergobservatorium Hohenpeißenberg , self-published by the German Weather Service, Offenbach am Main 2015, ISBN 978-3-88148-481-7 , pp. 104-105; with some references to sources; this book also contains further short biographies of people in this context.
• Primus cook. In: Peter Winkler: History of Meteorology in Germany, Hohenpeißenberg 1781 - 2006 - the oldest mountain observatory in the world ; Offenbach am Main 2006; Self-published by the German Weather Service, ISBN 3-88148-415-9 , p. 150.
• Jakob Mois : Primus Koch: Augustinian canon of the Rottenbuch Abbey and first pastor of Hohenpeißenberg (1752-1812). Schongau: Karl Motz & Co. Reprint from Lech- and Ammerrain: local supplement of the "Schongauer Nachrichten". 12th year 1967, No. 8 and 9; 13th year 1968, No. 2.
• A fighter for the mountain. 200 years ago today the pastor, weather observer and teacher Primus Koch died. In: Weilheimer Tagblatt from Tuesday, March 20, 2012, page 6 local section.
• Hohenpeißenberger Heimatlexikon , p. 445; there is an image of a painting with a portrait of him.

Web links

• Primus Koch in the German biography

Individual evidence

1. ↑ H. Wietlisbach: Album Rottenbuchense. A directory of provosts and religious from the Augustinian Canons' Monastery of Rottenbuch from 1902 with 103 pages, there on p. 81.
2. ^ Max Leitschuh: The matriculations of the upper classes of the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich , 4 vol., Munich 1970–1976; Vol. 3, p. 123.