Robert Wuku

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Robert Wuku OCist (born October 31, 1853 in Baden , Lower Austria ; † August 27, 1911 in Wurmbrand near Groß Gerungs , Lower Austria) is an Austrian clergyman , theologian and author .

Life

Robert Wuku was born on October 31, 1853 in the Lower Austrian city of Baden. He completed his school education with the Matura in Wiener Neustadt - before that he had also attended grammar school in his native city of Baden - and joined the Cistercian monastery in Zwettl in 1872 . On August 5, 1877, he was ordained a priest in the Zwettl collegiate church . In February 1878 Wuku - at that time a monastery priest in Zwettl - was sent to Waldenstein as an assistant priest . A few days before that, the abbot of Zwettl Abbey, Anselm Brawenz , died at the age of 70.

In 1881 Wuku was appointed to teach the subject of the Old Testament at the University of Vienna . In the years 1882 to 1896 he also taught in this area at Heiligenkreuz Abbey and, after having passed the parish bankruptcy examination on September 22nd and 23rd, 1896 , which authorized him to run a parish, he acted as pastor in Wurmbrand near Groß Gerungs . Until then, he briefly appeared as the provisional parish administrator of Wurmbrand. As pastor of Wurmbrand, he replaced Anselm Weninger, at whose side Wuku was ordained a priest on August 5, 1877 and who returned to the monastery. In the community of Wurmbrand, Wuku was also an honorary member of the volunteer fire brigade and an honorary citizen of the community. He was also a member of the Baden section of the Austrian Tourist Club .

Wuku wrote in 1894 in Der Niederösterreichische Landesfreund. Sheets on regional studies. the contribution The members of the Cistercian monastery Heiligenkreuz, who were born in and around Gangs. With his small script Mellifluus , written in 1906, he paid homage to St. Bernhard in Arabic script. Wuku had started studying the oriental languages ​​around the same time as he had received the teaching assignment for the Old Testament at the University of Vienna - around the year 1881 after four years of service in pastoral care. Not until March 29, 1909 - now 55 years old - Wuku received his doctorate from the University of Vienna with a theological dissertation entitled Breviarum vitae Sancti Bernardi ratione speciali habito epistolarum hujus sancti as a doctor of theology .

Just three years later, Wuku died in Wurmbrand on August 27, 1911 at the age of 58. At the beginning of September 1911 Wuku was buried in the presence of 35 clergymen, a few other public figures and numerous mourners. The conduct was led by Stephan Rössler , who had been Abbot of Zwettl since 1876.

Works (selection)

  • 1894: The members of the Cistercian monastery Heiligenkreuz, who were born in and around Banden. In: The Lower Austrian Country Friend. Sheets on regional studies.
  • 1906: Mellifluus. Vita Sancti Bernardi.
  • 1909: Theological dissertation with the title Breviarum vitae Sancti Bernardi ratione speciali habito epistolarum hujus sancti.

Honors (selection)

  • Honorary member of the Wurmbrand volunteer fire department
  • Honorary citizen of the community of Wurmbrand

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e A Waldviertel scholar. - Doctorate of a pastor .. In:  Neuigkeits-Welt-Blatt , April 8, 1909, p. 31 (online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nwb, accessed on February 14, 2020
  2. ↑ a b weekly news. - (Ordination.). In:  The St. Pöltner Bote. Local newspaper from St. Pölten and the district O. W.nbsp; W. / St. Pöltner Bote / St. Pöltner Zeitung. Founded as “St. Pöltner Bote ”(. Organ of the farmers' association for the district above the Wienerwalde) , July 19, 1877, p. 3 (online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / dsp, accessed on February 14, 2020
  3. ↑ a b weekly news. - (Ordination.). In:  Das Vaterland , February 2, 1878, p. 4 (online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / possibly, accessed on February 14, 2020
  4. ↑ a b Diöcesan-Nachrichten .. In:  The St. Pöltner Bote. Local newspaper from St. Pölten and the district O. W.nbsp; W. / St. Pöltner Bote / St. Pöltner Zeitung. Founded as “St. Pöltner Bote ”(. Organ of the farmers' association for the quarter above the Wienerwalde) , September 24, 1896, p. 5 (online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / dsp, accessed on February 14, 2020
  5. ^ A b Diöcesan News. - Zwettl Abbey. In:  The St. Pöltner Bote. Local newspaper from St. Pölten and the district O. W.nbsp; W. / St. Pöltner Bote / St. Pöltner Zeitung. Founded as “St. Pöltner Bote ”(. Organ of the farmers' association for the quarter above the Wienerwalde) , October 15, 1896, p. 5 (online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / dsp, accessed on February 14, 2020
  6. ↑ Wurmbrand. In:  Mitteilungen des Niederösterreichischen Landes-Feuerwehr-Verband , Issue 2/1905, p. 27 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / maintenance / noe
  7. ↑ Anniversaries of the sections of the Austrian Tourist clubs :. In:  Oesterreichische tourist newspaper / Austrian tourist newspaper / Austrian tourist newspaper / Austrian tourist newspaper , issue 1/1909, p. 297 (online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / otz, accessed on February 14, 2020
  8. ^ The Lower Austrian regional friend. , accessed on February 14, 2020
  9. ↑ From near and far. - Wurmbrand. In:  Oesterreichische Land-Zeitung / German-Austrian Land-Zeitung , March 27, 1908, p. 5 (online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / olz, accessed on February 14, 2020
  10. ^ Local news .. In:  Badener Zeitung , August 30, 1911, p. 4 (online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bzt, accessed on February 14, 2020 (here incorrectly called Norbert)
  11. ^ Diocesan News. - Death .. In:  The St. Pöltner Bote. Local newspaper from St. Pölten and the district O. W.nbsp; W. / St. Pöltner Bote / St. Pöltner Zeitung. Founded as “St. Pöltner Bote ”(. Organ of the farmers' association for the district above the Wienerwalde) , August 31, 1911, p. 3 (online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / dsp, accessed on February 14, 2020
  12. ↑ From abroad. - (Deaths.). In:  Deutsches Volksblatt / Deutsches Volksblatt. Radical medium-sized organ / telegraph. Radical Mittelstandsorgan / Deutsches Volksblatt. Daily newspaper for Christian German politics , August 31, 1911, p. 7 (online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / dvb, accessed on February 14, 2020 (here incorrectly called Norbert)
  13. ↑ a b funeral of a popular pastor .. In:  Neuigkeits-Welt-Blatt , September 7, 1911, p. 6 (online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / nwb, accessed on February 14, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Wuku, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian clergyman, theologian and author
DATE OF BIRTH October 31, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Baden , Lower Austria , Austrian Empire
DATE OF DEATH August 27, 1911
Place of death Wormbright near Groß Gerungs , Lower Austria , Austria-Hungary