Wenzel Linck

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Location of the San Borja Mission founded by Linck

Wenzel Linck , baptized as Wentzl Bernard Linck , (born March 29, 1736 in Neudek , † February 8, 1797 in Olomouc ) was a Bohemian Jesuit and missionary. His merit was the geographic exploration of the Baja California peninsula in today's Mexico .

Life

Wenzel Linck was born as the son of the city judge and primator Wenzel Prokop Linck († 1771) and his second wife Anna Catharina born. Schuster (* 1712) born in Neudek.

He entered the Jesuit order at the age of 18 and studied philosophy in Brno and Prague . Sent to Mexico as a missionary, Linck continued his studies in Mexico City and Puebla between 1756 and 1761 . In 1762 he was assigned to the Santa Gertrudis Jesuit Station in Baja California. Linck founded the Mission San Francisco de Borja Adac north of it, in the area of ​​the Cochimi Indians. For the next five years he managed the station and conducted expeditions to future mission locations. In order to finally clarify the question of whether Baja California is an island (" Island of California "), Linck undertook the ambitious attempt to build the lower Colorado Riverto achieve, but failed. He recorded his research results in a diary. When in 1767 by King Charles III. the order was issued to expel the Jesuits from America, and Linck returned to Bohemia. He died in Olomouc.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Research and cultural center of the Austrians from the Danube, Sudeten and Carpathian regions Vienna, Hubert Partisch: Scientific series . January 1, 1968 ( google.de [accessed February 9, 2017]).
  2. ^ Wenceslaus Linck, Bancroft Library: Wenceslaus Linck's diary of his 1766 expedition to northern Baja California: Translated into English . Dawson's Book Shop, January 1, 1966 ( google.de ).
  3. ↑ CM Mayo: Miraculous Air: Journey of a Thousand Miles Through Baja California, the Other Mexico . Milkweed Editions, 2007, ISBN 978-1-57131-304-1 ( google.de [accessed February 9, 2017]).
  4. ↑ Thomas H. Naylor, Charles W. Polzer: The Presidio and Militia on the Northern Frontier of New Spain: pt. 1. The Californias and Sinaloa-Sonora, 1700-1765 . University of Arizona Press, 1997, ISBN 978-0-8165-1692-6 .
  5. ^ Richard A. Minnich, Ernesto Franco Vizcaino: Land of Chamise and Pines: Historical Accounts and Current Status of Northern Baja California's Vegetation . University of California Press, 1998, ISBN 978-0-520-91588-6 ( google.de ).
  6. ^ Hubert Partisch: Austrians from Sudeten German stock . Typographische Anstalt, January 1, 1968 ( google.de [accessed February 9, 2017]).
  7. ↑ Bernd Hausberger: Jesuits from Central Europe in colonial Mexico: a bio-bibliography . Verlag für Geschichte und Politik, 1995, ISBN 978-3-486-56151-7 ( google.de [accessed on February 9, 2017]).

Web links

http://www.elvigia.net/general/2015/9/6/seguiran-pasos-wenceslao-linck-210092.html

personal data
SURNAME Linck, Wenzel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Linck, Wentzl Bernard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bohemian Jesuit and missionary in Baja California
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1736
PLACE OF BIRTH Neudek
DATE OF DEATH February 8, 1797
Place of death Olomouc