Robert Scholten

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Robert Scholten (born April 30, 1831 in Rees , † January 30, 1910 in Kleve ) was a German Roman Catholic priest and historian .

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Robert Scholten was born as the youngest child of master baker Johann Matthias Scholten and his wife Rosina, nee. Bosch, born in Rees . He was one of the first to graduate in 1854 from the Collegium Augustinianum Gaesdonck, which was newly founded in 1849 . After studying Catholic theology received Scholten 1858 in Münster the priesthood . In 1860 he received his doctorate in Munich with Max von Stadlbaur with a dissertation on Christian archeology and in the same year began his work as a religion teacher at the Royal High School in Kleve.

Since 1879 Scholten published a large number of historical studies on cities, towns and spiritual institutions of the Kleverland.

He died in Kleve in 1910.

Fonts (selection)

  • The city of Cleve. Contributions to the history of the same, mostly from archival sources. Kleve 1879 ( digitized version ).
  • Clevic Chronicle: based on the original manuscript of Gert van der Schuren with a history and additions by Turck, a genealogy of the Clevic House ... Boss, Cleve 1884 ( digitized ).
  • Historical news about Cleverham, Brienen, Sombrienen and Griethausen. Cleve 1888, digitized .
  • The Cistercian convent Grafenthal or Vallis comitis zu Asperden in the Kleve district. Kleve 1899.
  • Documents about the Lords of Mörmter (de Munimento) and the Roen House in Obermörmter. In: Contributions to the history of the Lower Rhine. Yearbook of the Düsseldorfer Geschichtsverein Düsseldorf, 1.1886–25.1912, 13th volume 1898, pp. 243–273.
  • The Premonstratensian monastery in Bedburg near Cleve. Startz, Cleve 1901 ( digitized version ).
  • Cranenburg and his pen. Kleve 1902 ( digitized version ).
  • History of the Clevian Forests and the position of the Electoral and Royal Houses on them. Startz, Cleve 1904 ( digitized version ).
  • On the history of the city of Cleve, according to archival sources. Boss, Cleve 1905 ( digitized version ).
  • The Benedictine monastery Hagenbusch near Xanten. Xanten 1906 ( digitized version ).
  • Gaesdonck. History of the monastery of the regulated canons, the auxiliary seminary or priestly house and the Collegium Augustinianum until 1873. Münster 1906 ( online ).
  • Marienbaum as a place of pilgrimage and former Birgittinnen double monastery. Gesthuysen, Xanten 1909 ( digitized version ).

literature

  • Gregor Hövelmann : Robert Scholten (1831-1910). In: Gaesdoncker Blätter. 20. 1967 / IS 25-27.

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personal data
SURNAME Scholten, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German clergyman and historian
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH Rees
DATE OF DEATH January 30, 1910
Place of death Kleve