Sigismund Schultes

Sigismund Schultes, lithograph by Josef Kriehuber , 1834

Abbot's coat of arms

Sigismund Schultes OSB (born September 26, 1801 in Vienna ; † March 1, 1861 there ; actually Johann Evangelist Schultes ) was an Austrian Benedictine and abbot of the Vienna Schottenstift .

Life

After attending the Piarist grammar school and the philosophical classes in 1819, Schultes entered the Scots Abbey and completed his studies in theology at the University of Vienna . After his ordination in 1824 he was initially a cooperator in Gaunersdorf , from 1826 in Schottenfeld . In 1828 he became a curate and preacher. From 1829 to 1832 he taught religion at the Schottengymnasium .

After the death of Andreas Wenzel , Schultes was elected abbot of the Schottenstift in 1832 . In the same year, the new construction of the convent building was completed. Subsequently he arranged for the parish church of Platt and the rectory of Gumpendorf to be rebuilt . During his term of office, the expansion of the Schottengymnasium to eight classes , which became necessary in 1849 due to the restructuring of the teaching system, also fell. At this he also focused on teaching physics and natural history .

In social matters, Schultes made a name for himself by founding the association of small child preservation institutions and a widow and orphan pension institute. He was also a member of the Association to Support the Blind . In the revolutionary year of 1848 , Schultes set up a hospital in the monastery, held numerous flag blessings by the National Guard and funeral services for the victims.

From 1834 to 1849 he was vice director of theological studies, 1850/1851 rector of the University of Vienna . In 1858 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Leopold Order .

In Vienna- Neubau (7th district) the Sigmundsgasse was named after him.

literature

• Constantin von Wurzbach : Schultes, Sigismund . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 32nd part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1876, pp. 177–179 ( digitized version ).
• Walter Sauer: The election of the abbot of the Wiener Schottenstift in 1832. Late Josephinism and restoration in the Viennese religious clergy . In: Yearbook of the Association for the History of the City of Vienna . Volume 32/33, 1976/1977, pp. 101-132.
• C. Rapf:  Schultes Sigismund (Johann Ev.). In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 11, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1999, ISBN 3-7001-2803-7 , p. 340.