Theoderich Hofstatter

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Theoderich Hofstätter (born December 24, 1906 in Urfahr , † January 27, 1981 in Horn ) was an Austrian Roman Catholic clergyman, Cistercian and opponent of National Socialism .

life and work

Josef Hofstätter joined Wilhering Abbey and took the religious name Theoderich (after Dietrich / Theoderich von Kremsmünster ). In 1930 he made his solemn profession ; In 1931 he was ordained a priest. He worked as Konvikt Prefect and from 1938 as a cooperator in Schörfling am Attersee .

As a member of the resistance organization Greater Austrian Freedom Movement ( Jacob Kastelic group ) he was arrested by the Gestapo on July 29, 1940 and, like his abbot and uncle Bernhard Burgstaller , as well as several confreres, in the spring of 1941 in the Anrath prison near Krefeld (today: Willich I prison ) brought. On July 13, 1944, he was sentenced by the People's Court to 7 years in prison for “preparing for high treason” and was imprisoned in Straubing prison until the end of the war .

After the end of the war he was a pastor in Vorder Weißenbach and Theras (today: Sigmundsherberg ). He died as a clergyman and member of Wilhering Abbey.

literature

  • Erika Weinzierl : Monks against Hitler using the example of the Cistercian monastery Wilhering. In: Römische Historische Mitteilungen 28, 1986, pp. 365–378. (also in) Erika Weinzierl: test stand. Austrian Catholics and National Socialism . Mödling 1988, pp. 186-199.
  • Alkuin Volker Schachenmayr (Ed.): The Anschluss in 1938 and the Consequences for Churches and Monasteries in Austria . Be and Be Verlag, Heiligenkreuz 2009, ISBN 978-3-9519898-5-3 .

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SURNAME Hofstatter, Theoderich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hofstätter, Josef (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian Roman Catholic clergyman, Cistercian and opponent of National Socialism
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Urfahr
DATE OF DEATH January 27, 1981
Place of death Horn , Lower Austria