Viktor Joseph Dewora

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Viktor Joseph Dewora (also Viktor Joseph Devora ) (born June 21, 1774 in Hadamar , † March 3, 1837 in Trier ) was a German Catholic clergyman and educator.

Life

Viktor Joseph Dewora was born the son of Peter Paul Matthaeus Dewora (1751-1817), cloth manufacturer and bailiff in Hadamar and his wife Maria Anna Henriette Thekla (1754-1818), daughter of Johann Victor Klar, landlord in Hadamar. He had ten siblings.

After attending elementary school in his hometown, he received his first school education from his uncle, an ex-Jesuit, Franz Clar. He studied first in Koblenz and received in the fall of 1794, when Primus upper philosophical class, by the Elector and Archbishop Clemens Wenceslaus of Saxony a place in Trier seminary . Due to the warlike unrest, however, he could not continue his studies without disturbances and difficulties, so he decided to go to Mainz . After acts of war occurred here too, he went to the University of Würzburg , where he heard the lectures of Professors Georg Franz Wiesner (1731–1797), Franz Oberthür , Adam Joseph Onymus (1754–1836) and Johann Michael Feder ( 1753–1797 ). 1824). Under the regents Franz Xaver von Leibes (1753-1828) and Gregor von Zirkel he was accepted into the seminary in Würzburg and trained in pastoral care. He continued this training in the fall of 1796 at the seminary in Fulda and was there on September 25, 1797 by Prince-Bishop Adalbert III. for priests ordained. He then worked as an assistant first in Frickhofen , then in St. Goarshausen , later in Perl , and finally in St. Matthias in Trier, where he was appointed pastor on May 1, 1808 by Bishop Charles Mannay .

In October 1810, the prefect of the Saar Department had a normal school built and a school teacher seminar was founded for the Trier administrative district to improve elementary instruction . The leadership of the teacher seminar was entrusted to the Prefect Viktor Joseph Dewora, who made part of the parish building in St. Matthias available for this purpose. In the autumn of 1810 he began to prepare 42 teachers and seminarians for teaching in his parsonage; he was inspired by the teaching methods of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi . After a short time it soon had a large number of visitors and received support from the French and later Prussian governments; from 1810 to 1824 he managed to train around 700 teachers. In order to involve the general public in the training, he began to hold public exams in 1811. With the financial support of 1,500 Francs annually, plus 300 Francs for heating means, teaching materials and other things, he was able to employ some assistants who could support him. In 1813, however, classes were interrupted because, after the battle of Hanau, sick and dying soldiers stayed for a long time in the rectory, which was used as a side hospital. Lessons could not be fully resumed until 1815. The teachers' college founded by Viktor Joseph Dewora was under the government of King Friedrich Wilhelm III. elevated to a royal educational institution.

1824, after the reorganization of the cathedral chapter of Trier , he was canon at the same time by the then Bishop Joseph Hommer of the preacher and the Episcopal Council, appointed in 1827, he was dean and pastor of the cathedral.

The teacher training college founded by Viktor Joseph Dewora was relocated to Brühl in 1834 at the instigation of the Prussian minister of education, Karl vom Stein zum Altenstein .

He bequeathed 400 thalers to the parish church of St. Matthias so that they could set up a chaplain foundation.

Trivia

Viktor Joseph Dewora was portrayed by the painter Ludwig Neureuter in 1834 .

Honors

Memberships

Viktor Joseph Dewora was a corresponding and honorary member of the Grand Ducal Baden Agricultural Association in Ettlingen .

Fonts (selection)

  • Stations of the Cross or reflections on the suffering and death of our Lord Jesus Christ after the usual stations . Hadamar 1805.
  • Devotions to the Holy Sacrament of the Altar . Hadamar 1805.
  • Devotions on the agony of Jesus Christ or on the last words of our Savior dying on the cross . Hadamar 1805.
  • Sermons delivered to the Catholic country folk . Hadamar 1806.
  • New prayer book for Catholic country folk written in the spirit of pure Christianity . Hadamar 1807.
  • Gospel book, which not only contains the gospels, epistles and lessons for all Sundays and feast days of the year, but also for the feasts of special church patrons. For the benefit and use of Catholic churches etc. Schools . Hadamar 1808.
  • Devotional book for the devotees of St. Mathias . Trier 1808.
  • Brotherhood booklet for the worshipers of St. Mathias . Hadamar 1808.
  • The most important thing for Catholic Christians who make pilgrimages to the grave of St. Mathias . Hadamar 1808.
  • Graceful features from the life of noble men . Koblenz 1810.
  • Sermon on the high name day Sr. Maj. Of the Emperor Franz v. Austria, King v. Hungary a. Bohemia on October 4, 1814 in the cathedral church in Trier to the kf hussar regiment Archduke Joseph, to the 3rd kk hunter battalion, to the spiritual and secular. Authorities d. Trierischen Landes u. to the most distinguished residents as well as to the citizens of the city of Trier . Trier 1814.
  • Looking back at the years of destruction and looking to the better future. A sermon in 1814 on the solemn thanksgiving feast for the liberation of the holy father Pius VII. From the 5 year old. Captive in the church of St. Mathias the apostle near Trier . Hadamar 1815.
  • Noble trains of captured Russians at Metz in 1806 . Hadamar 1815.
  • Monthly chores in the field and meadow management for the hardworking and honest country folk in the German provinces on the left bank of the Rhine . Hadmar 1815.
  • Christian Gottlieb Bruch ; Viktor Joseph Dewora : Will it be useful to let the Catholic clergy participate in the estates constitution of the left bank of the Rhine? Cologne 1815.
  • Complete representations of the monthly activities in the vegetable and kitchen garden, dedicated to the hardworking and honest country people of the Prussian Duchy of the Lower and Middle Rhine . Hadamar and Koblenz 1816.
  • Letters and conversations prompted by the kidnapping and captivity of the holy father Pius VII from Rome to Sawona . Hadamar and Koblenz 1816.
  • Ignaz von Lojola and Franz von Zavier, or the true way of thinking and acting of the Jesuits . Hadamar and Koblenz 1816.
  • Rural songs based on well-known melodies, published by a Catholic pastor for young and old among the people, in order to suppress the many dirty street songs that poison the mind and heart . Hadamar and Koblenz 1816.
  • Lesson plan of the royal school teachers' college in St. Mathias near Trier . Hadamar 1816.
  • Instructions for arithmetic for city and country schools . Hadamar 1817.
  • Honesty lasts the longest, a Christian teaching u. Exam gift for hardworking and decent youth . Hadamar 1817.
  • Most of them have the same and similar sound, but their meaning and origin are based on different words in the German language, for use in dictation writing in schools and to teach children to form easy sentences and periods . Hadamar 1817.
  • Two speeches at the ceremonial inauguration of the substitute team, who entered royal Prussian military service from the administrative district of Trier, in the open air in Trier in 1817 . Trier 1817.
  • The power of filial love. A Christian teaching u. Exam gift for hardworking and well-meaning youth . Hadamar et al. Koblenz 1817.
  • Blessed are the merciful. A Christian teaching gift . Trier 1817.
  • The Prussian soldier friend. A reading book for male youth in the Lower Rhine region . Hadamar and Koblenz 1818.
  • Treatise on the Most Appropriate Punishments and Rewards in Elementary Schools . Hadamar and Koblenz 1818.
  • Seeds for eternity. A complete prayer book for Catholic Christians . Hadamar and Koblenz 1818.
  • Discussion of the sacred duties to soldiers of the Catholic religion in the service of the standing royal Prussian army. A sermon at the ceremonial inauguration of the substitute teams appointed from the Trier administrative district on December 2nd. 1818 . Hadamar 1818.
  • The moral education in elementary schools . Hadamar 1819.
  • The conscientious people. An instructive and entertaining history book for Catholic youth . Hadamar 1820.
  • Auxiliary book for explaining in Catholic elementary schools . Hadamar 1820.
  • The protective spirit of children. A narrative book for elementary schools . Hadamar 1820.
  • The power of religion. A Christian teaching and exam gift . Hadamar 1821.
  • Example of working charity. A Christian teaching and exam gift . Hadamar 1821.
  • Description of nature of the human body for the youth . Koblenz 1821.
  • Description of the nature of animals for the youth. 4 booklets. Koblenz 1821-22.
  • The seven last words of our Savior who dies on the cross. A sermon on Good Friday . Hadamar 1822.
  • The enemies and friends of our Savior, suffering and dying on the cross, in speeches to the Christian people . Hadamar 1823.
  • The children's family circle with its immediate surroundings. An instructive and entertaining history book for Catholic youth . Koblenz 1824.
  • The power of conscience. A booklet on teaching and warning to the youth . Hadamar and Koblenz 1824.
  • God blesses the hardworking or: What a man sows, he will reap. A reading book for the youth . Hadamar and Koblenz 1824.
  • God is the purest love. A complete book of prayer and edification for Catholic Christians . Hadamar and Koblenz 1824.
  • Core of Christian devotion. A prayer and Book of edification for Catholic Christians . Hadamar and Koblenz 1824.
  • Funeral speech on the death of the Reverend Karl Mannay, formerly Bishop of Trier, later in Rennes in France, held on December 22nd, 1824 in the Trier Cathedral . Koblenz 1825.
  • The Rhenish Storyteller for Catholics - a magazine . 1826.
  • Reflections, prayers and litanies during the 7-day visit to the stations in the churches of the Diocese of Trier in order to gain indulgence . Koblenz 1826.
  • Examples of change of mind, life improvement and conversion . Koblenz 1828.
  • Lovely images of kindness, friendship, loyalty and gratitude . Koblenz 1828.
  • Instructive accounts of right behavior towards yourself . Koblenz 1828.
  • The meek people . Koblenz 1828.
  • Small mirror of the right behavior towards animals. In stories for children. Koblenz 1828.
  • Customs mirror for boys and young men. Koblenz 1829.
  • Customs mirror for citizens and farmers . Koblenz 1829.
  • Funeral speech for the death of His Holiness Pope Leo XII, held in Trier Cathedral . Koblenz 1829.
  • The daily breviary prayer, to which all Catholic clergy are obliged, is described as an ancient and functional institution . Koblenz 1832.
  • In which language did the first preachers of the faith and the first Trier bishops perform the holy sacrifice and in which language should it still be performed now? Catechetical lessons for the Catholic co-religionists of the Diocese of Trier . Koblenz 1833.
  • The ceremonies and prayers prescribed by the Catholic Church for the solemn dedication of a church . Koblenz 1833.
  • Zarte Jugendblüthen, a reading book for little girls in Catholic elementary schools . Koblenz 1833.
  • Kind pictures from the lives of noble women and mothers . Koblenz 1834.
  • Shining stars on the pilgrimage to the heavenly fatherland . Koblenz 1835.
  • Homilies left by the venerable Johannes Gueng, priest of the Society of Jesus and former cathedral preacher in Trier, on the Sunday and feast day gospels of the entire Catholic church year . Winter part. Koblenz 1834 and spring part 1836.
  • Elementary book for learning to read for Catholic parish and Branch schools . Trier 1836.
  • Name booklet for the little ones in Catholic elementary schools . Trier 1837.
  • Memorial of honor . Sources on the history of the coalition wars 1792–1801. Edited by Michael Embach. Messages and directories from the library of the Episcopal Seminary in Trier, Vol. 8. Trier: Paulinus-Verlag 1994. ISBN 3-7902-0155-3

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SURNAME Dewora, Viktor Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Devora, Viktor Joseph; Dewora, Viktor Josef; Dewora, Viktor J .; Devora, JV; Devora, Victor Josef; Devora, Victor Josef Aloysius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Catholic clergyman and educator
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1774
PLACE OF BIRTH Hadamar
DATE OF DEATH March 3, 1837
Place of death trier