Vitus Recke
Vitus Recke OCR / OCist (born November 14, 1887 in Bickenriede , † January 18, 1959 in Trier ) was a Catholic clergyman and abbot of the Himmerod monastery .
Life
Valentin Recke entered the Trappist abbey Mariastern (Marija-Zvijezda) in Banjaluka ( Bosnia ), took on the religious name Vitus when dressed , made his profession on June 18, 1905 , completed his theological studies in Rome and became on April 19 Ordained a priest in 1914. During the First World War he served as a chaplain . As a German after the war he was unable to return to his old monastery, which now belongs to Yugoslavia, in 1922 he and other monks from Mariastern participated in the revival of monastic life in the destroyed Cistercian abbey of Himmerod and in the reconstruction of the monastery. He was first prior and on January 5, 1937 elected as the successor to Karl Münz as abbot of the monastery. The blessing he received on February 2 by Franz Rudolf Bornewasser . Under his leadership, the 800th anniversary of the founding of the monastery took place in 1938. In 1953 he laid the foundation stone for the reconstruction of the baroque monastery church, which could only be consecrated after his death.
literature
- Bernhard Sacrificial Man : Designing the Eichsfeld. Religious images of life . Leipzig / Heiligenstadt 1968.
- Hermann M. Herzog: Cistercians between law and spirit. Sebastien Wyart, Bonaventura Stürzer, Alexis Presse and Vitus Recke . In: Cistercienser Chronik , 119 (2012), pp. 361–376.
Web links
- Vitus Recke in the Biographia Cisterciensis
- Entry to Vitus Recke on medals online
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Recke, Vitus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Recke, Valentin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German clergyman and abbot |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 14, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bickenriede |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 18, 1959 |
| Place of death | trier |