Theresia Zechner

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Theresia Zechner (born June 23, 1697 in Hallein ; † January 19, 1763 ibid) was an Austrian founder of the order of the Hallein Franciscan Sisters .

Life

Memorial cross for Theresia Zechner in Hallein

Theresia Zechner was born in 1697 as the second youngest child of eight children to the married couple Johann Zechner and Maria Theresia Ehinger. The father died in 1700 at the age of 36. In 1701 the mother married Georg Triebenbacher from Berchtesgaden, who continued the Zechner Holzwarenverlag. From this marriage another six children emerged, but all of them died early. When Georg Triebenbacher died early in 1709, four daughters from his first marriage were living with their mother. The daughter Maria Rosina married in 1712, Anna in 1716 and Helena in 1717. In 1712, Theresia and her mother bought the house from the gunsmith and clockmaker Ludwig Lerchner, a house close to the parish church and directly adjacent to the former parish church cemetery in Hallein.

In 1721, at the age of 24, she entered the Third Order of the Franciscans ( Ordo Franciscanus Saecularis ). Theresia Zechner thus seized a new opportunity, Prince Archbishop Franz Anton von Harrach had recognized the Third Order of the Franciscans for the Archdiocese of Salzburg in 1718 . Those wishing to join had to be able to work alone, be of marital birth and be able to read. Married couples were not allowed to enter into a new marriage after the death of their spouse. Unmarried people were no longer allowed to marry after joining the order. On September 18, 1722, Theresia Zechner was admitted to profession by the Franciscans in Salzburg and Theresa took the religious name Maria Hyazintha. Presumably based on Hyazintha Marescotti (1585-1640), who as a member of the Third Order in 1726 by Pope Benedict XIII. was beatified. In 1722/23, Theresia and Maria Elisabeth Stöckl from Oberalm near Hallein founded a so-called rule house on the top floor of the Lerchnerhaus as an amalgamation of several tertiary arenas , with her mother and widow Theresia Triebenbacher also joining in 1723.

In 1723 a classroom for a school for girls was set up on the ground floor of the Lerchnerhaus (today's Hallein fashion school ). Here poor girls could learn to read and write for free, as well as spin, knit and sew wool in order to earn something.

literature

  • Franz Ortner (* 1943): Theresia Zechner 1697–1763 and the Hallein school sisters 1723–1997. An answer to the signs of the times. Verlag St. Peter, Salzburg 1997, ISBN 3-900173-60-5 .

Web links

Commons : Maria Theresia Zechner  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Baptismal Register - TFBIII | Hallein | Salzburg, rk. Diocese | Austria | Matricula Online. Retrieved December 11, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Death book - STBIV | Hallein | Salzburg, rk. Diocese | Austria | Matricula Online. Retrieved December 11, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Zechner, Theresia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian founder of the order
DATE OF BIRTH June 23, 1697
PLACE OF BIRTH Hallein
DATE OF DEATH January 19, 1763
Place of death Hallein