Vincent Oskar Ludwig

Vinzenz Oskar Ludwig (born June 18, 1875 in Nieder- Hillersdorf , Austrian Silesia ; † January 22, 1959 in Langenzersdorf ) was a Klosterneuburg Augustinian canon , high school professor, collegiate librarian , priest , historian, writer and poet.

Life

Ludwig graduated from the grammar school in Olomouc and then joined the Augustinian Canons of Klosterneuburg in 1894 . In 1901 he was appointed lecturer for church history and patristics at the philosophical-theological home school in Klosterneuburg. From 1929 he was the parish priest of Korneuburg . Because he baptized 446 Jews from February 7th to September 24th 1938 and enabled them to be rescued by converting because they were able to obtain exit documents, he was arrested by the Gestapo and removed from his post. After his release he became rector of the church on Leopoldsberg .

Since 1928 he was a member of the Catholic German Burschenschaft (KDB) Rheno-Danubia zu Vienna in the RKDB (since 1965 CAB Rheno-Danubia zu Vienna in the RKAB ).

Ludwig wrote numerous historical treatises. In his book “The Leopoldsberg: Landscape, History, Legends, Art u. Literature “, folk liturgy. Verlag 1939, he comes to the conclusion that Marco d'Aviano read the famous mass of September 12, 1683 before the battle of the Kahlenberg on the Leopoldsberg and not on the Kahlenberg .

Grave of Vinzenz Oskar Ludwig in the Langenzersdorf cemetery

Ludwig is buried in Langenzersdorf, where he also spent his old age.

Honors

Ludwig was awarded the Great Golden Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria .
On the west side of the castle wall on Leopoldsberg there is a plaque commemorating Margrave Leopold with a text by Ludwig.

Web links

Literature by and about Vinzenz Oskar Ludwig in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

^ Fritz Fellner, Doris Corradini: Austrian History in the 20th Century ; Böhlau-Verlag 2006, ISBN 9783205774761
↑ Arge Jewish Life: Korneuburg ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Retrieved April 28, 2010 @1@ 2

↑ ^a ^b ^c ORF : Prof. Vinzenz Oskar Ludwig, Canon ; Retrieved April 28, 2010

↑ Fritz Aldefeld (ed.): Total directory of RKDB Neuss 1,931th

↑ Wiener Geschichtsblätter, Vol. 9–12; Association for the History of the City of Vienna 1954

personal data
SURNAME	Ludwig, Vinzenz Oskar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ludwig, VO
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian Augustinian canon, monastery librarian, priest, historian and author
DATE OF BIRTH	June 18, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hillersdorf , Silesia
DATE OF DEATH	January 22, 1959
Place of death	Langenzersdorf , Lower Austria

[1] Fritz Fellner, Doris Corradini: Austrian History in the 20th Century ; Böhlau-Verlag 2006, ISBN 9783205774761

[2] Arge Jewish Life: Korneuburg ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Retrieved April 28, 2010 @1@ 2

[ORF-3] ORF : Prof. Vinzenz Oskar Ludwig, Canon ; Retrieved April 28, 2010

[4] Fritz Aldefeld (ed.): Total directory of RKDB Neuss 1,931th

[5] Wiener Geschichtsblätter, Vol. 9–12; Association for the History of the City of Vienna 1954