Sigmund Hauck

Sigmund Hauck (also Siegmund Hauck ; Sigismund Hauck ; * 1669 in Neustadt an der Saale ; † August 18, 1738 ) was abbot of the Premonstratensian Monastery of Oberzell in Zell am Main from 1710 to 1738 .

Oberzell before Hauck

The Oberzell Abbey suffered frequent damage in the 17th century. Between 1631 and 1634 the Protestant Swedes occupied Catholic Würzburg and the Oberzell prelate Leonhard Frank had to flee. The monastery buildings and the neighboring villages were affected. Even after the Swedes withdrew, it was not possible to initiate reconstruction because the Thirty Years War raged on in Franconia.

It was only after the end of the war that the Oberzell abbots managed to put the monastery on a new footing. Under the abbot Gottfried Bischof , the abbey received its own study house in Würzburg, in which the next generation of priests should be scientifically trained. This also led to the fact that many of the rulers of the convent could now hold high academic degrees. At the same time, construction of the abbey buildings began in the second half of the 17th century.

Life

Sigmund Hauck was born in Neustadt an der Saale in Lower Franconia in 1669. The place was part of the Hochstift Würzburg and was oriented towards the metropolis. Nothing is known about the family of Sigmund Hauck, and the sources are silent about the school education of the future abbot. Probably Hauck attended the Latin School in the city, before he left for Wuerzburg order at the local university to study.

By the year 1688 studied Hauck and eventually became a doctor of theology and philosophy doctorate . A year later, in 1689, he made his vows in the Oberzell monastery. Initially, the young academic was employed in the administration of the monastery, so he is proven as a provisional and Cellerarius . After the death of Abbot Gottfried Hammerich in March 1710, an abbot election became necessary from which Hauck finally emerged as the winner.

As abbot, Hauck quickly managed to expand the influence of the monastery. With the consent of the General Procurator of the Premonstratensian Order, Ignatius Back, the Oberzell monks set up a canony in Gerlachsheim , which from then on was called the Priorat and was populated by Oberzell monks. On May 20, 1717, the monks took over the new properties. The monastery buildings of Gerlachsheim were also rebuilt under Abbot Sigmund. Abbot Sigmund Hauck died on August 18, 1738.

coat of arms

The stucco coat of arms in Oberzell

The personal coat of arms of Abbot Sigmund Hauck has been preserved in several objects on the former area of ​​the monastery. Description : an eagle lying on the ground with a branch in its beak. The tinging varies because the eagle is partly in gold and partly in silver. The coat of arms exists as an ornament on the stucco ceilings of the monastery churches in Gerlachsheim and Oberzell. The eagle was also painted flying.

literature

• Helmut Flachenecker , Stefan Petersen: Personnel lists for upper and lower cell. In: Helmut Flachenecker, Wolfgang Weiß (ed.): Oberzell - From the Premonstratensian Monastery (until 1803) to the motherhouse of the Congregation of the Servants of the Holy Childhood of Jesus (= sources and research on the history of the diocese and bishopric of Würzburg, Volume LXII). Würzburg 2006, pp. 521-570.
• Leo Günther: Oberzell Monastery. From foundation to secularization 1128–1802 . In: Festschrift for the 800th anniversary of the Norbertus monastery in Oberzell . Würzburg 1928. pp. 5-55.

Web links

Commons : Sigmund Hauck  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• WürzburgWiki: Siegmund Hauck

Individual evidence

1. ^ Günther, Leo: Oberzell Abbey . P. 35.
2. ↑ Flachenecker, Helmut (among others): Personal lists for Ober- and Unterzell . P. 530.
3. ^ Günther, Leo: Oberzell Abbey . P. 36.

predecessor	Office	successor
Gottfried Hammerich	Abbot of Oberzell 1710–1738	Georg Fasel