Ulrich Petrak
Ulrich Petrak (born September 12, 1753 in Königseck , † July 6, 1814 in Ravelsbach ) was an Austrian Catholic theologian, poet and non-fiction author.
Petrak entered the Benedictine order in Melk in 1771 and became professor of theology at Melk Abbey High School . On June 1, 1786 he was elected prior of Melk Abbey , which he led liberally.
His poems have been published in the Vienna Muses Almanac , among others . Friends of the Benedictine monks Maximilian Stadler (composer) and Gregor Mayer (author), Petrak was in close contact with numerous other authors and welcomed Johann Baptist von Alxinger , Aloys Blumauer , Christoph Meiners and Ludwig Timotheus Spittler to the monastery .
From 1789 he lived as administrator of the monastery in Ravelsbach , where he died in 1814. The instructions he wrote there on saffron cultivation are also significant .
Works
- XII songs by Gellert set for the piano in music , poems set to music by Maximilian Stadler
- Spiritual songs for the rural people , Vienna, Gerold, undated
- Practical lessons in building saffron from Lower Austria , Vienna and Prague, Schönfeld's defeat, 1797
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Petrak, Ulrich . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 22nd part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1870, p. 99 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
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- Leipziger Literaturzeitung, March 11, 1815, p. 476
- Johannes Frimmel: Literary Life in Melk. A monastery in the 18th century undergoing cultural change. Vienna, Böhlau, 2005
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Petrak, Ulrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian prior and poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 12, 1753 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Königseck |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 6, 1814 |
| Place of death | Ravelsbach |