Richard Rankl

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Richard Karl Rankl (born May 26, 1890 in Schlierbach , Upper Austria ; † December 26, 1948 in Wels , Upper Austria) was an Austrian Benedictine .

At age eleven, Rankl was 1,901 students of the pin Gymnasium Kremsmünster and remained so until 1909. In that year he entered as a novice in the Kremsmünster and already the following year he was able to study theology in Rome at the Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm , the University of his order , kick off.

Rankl successfully completed his studies in 1914 and was ordained a priest in Rome on July 5, 1914 . Immediately afterwards he went to Austria to study astronomy, mathematics and physics at the University of Vienna . After four years, Rankl again successfully completed his studies and was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD .

From 1918 to 1938 Rankl worked as a teacher at the grammar school in Kremsmünster Abbey and at the same time he was appointed assistant to the observatory from 1918 to 1945 . When the abbey was dissolved by the National Socialists on April 4, 1941 , Abbot Ignatius Schachermair Rankl appointed administrator of Kremsmünster Abbey . Rankl kept in touch with the expelled monks and the monastery until the end of the war, and it is thanks to him (together with Father Eduard Klettenhofer ) that the praise of God never fell silent in the collegiate church.

Immediately after the end of the war, Rankl was instrumental in the repopulation of the monastery in his function as economic director of the monastery. Since 1943 he also held the office of prior . Between 1945 and 1948 he also acted as head of the collegiate high school and as such was able to start teaching again on October 30, 1945.

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SURNAME Rankl, Richard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rankl, Richard Karl (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian Benedictine, teacher and astronomer
DATE OF BIRTH May 26, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Schlierbach , Upper Austria
DATE OF DEATH December 26, 1948
Place of death Wels , Upper Austria