Wigand Deltsch

Wigand Deltsch (born April 15, 1708 in Neuhaus ; † September 23, 1792 ) was abbot of the Waldsassen monastery from 1756 to 1792.

Wigand Deltsch was the first abbot born in Stiftland after the Waldsassen monastery was re-established . In the literature, Wigand Deltsch was often incorrectly referred to as "Wigand von Deltsch", but he never had the title of nobility. However, his brother, the governor Franz Stephan von Deltsch, was raised to the nobility . During the Seven Years' War , Wigand was described as steadfast and fearless, and he also alleviated the famine of 1770/72. As the client, he carried out several building projects, for example the Wurz parsonage and St. Laurentius in Stein. His coat of arms adorns the chapel of the Fischhof in Tirschenreuth . With the acquisition of the last two catacomb saints in 1765, the worship of relics of the baroque period ended . The emerging enlightenment , anti-church thinking and the pressure that the state exerted on the monasteries - which led to secularization in Bavaria under his successor Athanasius Hettenkofer - became apparent at the end of his term of office. When his health was weakened, three monks supported him from 1786 in the administration.

literature

• Katholisches Stadtpfarramt Waldsassen (Ed.): The holy bodies in the basilica Waldsassen . Waldsassen 2013. p. 8.
• Stiftlandmuseum Waldsassen (Ed.): Ora et labora - Waldsassen Monastery 875 years . 2008. p. 29.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Stiftlandmuseum, p. 29.

predecessor	Office	successor
Alexander Vogel	Abbot of Waldsassen 1756–1792	Athanasius Hettenkofer