Robert Maeder
Robert Mäder (born December 7, 1875 in Wolfwil , Canton Solothurn , † June 26, 1945 in Basel ) was a Swiss Roman Catholic theologian , pastor , pulpit speaker and conservative publicist .
Life
The son of an innkeeper and later a coachman attended grammar school in Engelberg , Lucerne and Schwyz . From 1894 to 1899 he studied theology in Innsbruck , Freiburg, Tübingen and Lucerne . Ordained a priest in 1899 , he first worked as vicar in Biberist . From 1901 to 1912 he was pastor in Mümliswil , where he also founded a loan office. In 1912 he was elected the first pastor of the newly founded Heiliggeist parish in Basel. He initiated the construction of a parish home and founded a Catholic primary school and the Theresien-Mittelschule in Basel. The Nazareth publishing house in Basel also went back to him.
Mäder was widely known as a pulpit speaker and strongly advocated conservative postulates. He railed against mixed marriages (with Protestants), women's suffrage , carnival and even exclaimed: "The rosary is our machine gun". Mäder condemned communism and socialism as well as the "pagan nationalism of the Volkish kind" of the National Socialists . Mäder was also a well-known religious writer.
The University of Freiburg im Üechtland awarded him an honorary doctorate .
literature
- Florian Ganslmeier: Mäder, Robert. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 25, Bautz, Nordhausen 2005, ISBN 3-88309-332-7 , Sp. 867-873.
- Markus Ries: Pastor Robert Mäder. In: light and shadow. 200 years of the Roman Catholic Church in Basel-Stadt. RKK, Basel 1997, pp. 43–50 (with literature).
- Lukas Schenker: Mäder, Robert. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . December 3, 2007 .
- 75 years Heiliggeist Basel, 1912–1987. Parish Heiliggeist, Basel 1987.
Web links
- Literature by and about Robert Mäder in the catalog of the German National Library
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Mäder, Robert |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss Roman Catholic theologian, pastor, pulpit speaker and publicist |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 7, 1875 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Wolfwil , Switzerland |
DATE OF DEATH | June 26, 1945 |
Place of death | Basel |