Wilhelm Fink (clergyman)

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Wilhelm Fink OSB (born May 9, 1889 in Rottenburg an der Laaber as Rupert Fink ; † February 13, 1965 in Metten ), was a German Benedictine monk, historian and local researcher .

Life

Fink was born in Rottenburg an der Laaber in Lower Bavaria as the only child of his parents. He was a student at the grammar school in Metten. After graduating from high school, he entered the Benedictine monastery in Metten . He took his monastic vows on October 15, 1910. Then he studied philosophy and theology . He was ordained a priest on August 3, 1913 . This was followed by studies of ancient languages, German and history at the universities in Würzburg and Munich . From 1918 to 1953 Fink worked as a teacher at the Mettener Gymnasium.

In 1920 Wilhelm Fink was commissioned by the then abbot Willibald Adam to research the history of the Metten Monastery and the Bavarian Benedictine Congregation . From 1924 to 1939 his three-volume “ History of the Development of the Benedictine Abbey Metten” and numerous contributions on the history of the Bavarian Benedictine Congregation were published.

From 1922 Fink was archivist for the Deggendorf district and home keeper for the city and the Deggendorf district. From 1926 to 1957 he was in charge of the Metten monastery library . For over 40 years he was in charge of the Offenberg parish as a priest and monk .

Honors

plant

  • 1200 years of Regensburg diocese history - an overview. In: Annual report of the Association for Research into the Regensburg Diocesan History 13, Metten, 1939, pages 1–25.
  • Metten Abbey on the Danube - Church, library, ballroom. Deggendorf district. Diocese of Regensburg. 2nd edition, Schnell & Steiner, Munich, Zurich, 1957, 17 pages, (art guide for all important churches in southern Germany)
  • American troops occupy Metten. In: Alt- und Jung-Metten, Metten, 1995, pages 144–150, (AJM reprint)
  • From the life of an old Gäupfarrers. In: Altbairischer Volks- und Heimatkalender, Passau, 1998, pages 84–87.
  • Excerpts from a Regensburg bishop's register from the 16th century. In: Annual report of the Association for Research into Regensburg Diocesan History 5, Metten, 1930, 102 pages
  • The wood stinks when burned - P. Wilhelm Fink wrote in 1949 about the Metten monastery library. In: Altbairischer Volks- und Heimatkalender, Passau, 1999, pages 77-78, (history and stories)
  • Contributions to the oldest building history of the former monastery church of St. Emmeram in Regensburg. In: Negotiations of the Historical Association for Upper Palatinate and Regensburg, Regensburg, 1953, pages 139–146
  • Contributions to the history of the Bavarian Benedictine Congregation - an anniversary publication 1684–1934. Oldenbourg, Munich, 1934, 403 pages, (studies and communications on the history of the Benedictine order and its branches)
  • Contributions to the history of the settlement of the diocese of Regensburg. In: Annual report of the Association for Research into the Regensburg Diocesan History 2, Metten, 1927, pages 48–53.
  • Contributions to the history of the Benedictine order in the Regensburg diocese. In: Annual report of the Association for Research into the Regensburg Diocesan History 1, Metten, 1926, pages 21-25.
  • Deggendorf an der Donau, the parish church, patronage of the Assumption of Mary (August 15) - immediate city of the Niederbaiern-Oberpfalz district, diocese of Regensburg. In: Bayerische Ostmark, Dreifaltigkeitsverlag, Munich, 1936, 12 pages, (art guide)
  • Deggendorf, history of a Lower Bavarian town. In: Niederbayerische Leistungsschau, Deggendorf, Nothhaft, Deggendorf, 1956, pages 29-76.
  • St. Albertus the Great and the visitation of the Benedictine monasteries of the diocese of Regensburg. In: Annual report of the Association for Research into the Regensburg Diocesan History 7, Metten, 1932, pages 18–21.
  • Blessed Gamelbert. In: Twelve Hundred Years of the Diocese of Regensburg, Regensburg, 1939, pages 223–224.
  • Blessed Kuno: Bishop of Regensburg 1126–1132. In: Twelve Hundred Years of the Diocese of Regensburg, Regensburg, 1939, pages 224–225.
  • The Metten Benedictine Abbey and its relationship to art. Hölzel, Vienna, 1922, 44 pages, (South German art books)
  • The Benedictine monasteries in the Diocese of Regensburg. In: Twelve Hundred Years of the Diocese of Regensburg, Regensburg, 1939, pages 154–159.
  • The Metten collegiate church - its history and its art. In: Supplement to the annual report of the humanistic high school in Metten, 1920, 84 pages
  • Eleven centuries of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Emmeram - a historical look back. In: Unser Heimatland 17/18, Regensburg, 1952
  • Development history of the Benedictine abbey Metten. Oldenbourg, Munich, (studies and communications on the history of the Benedictine order and its branches / supplementary books; ...)
  • History of the Diocese of Regensburg: Section of the Regensburg diocese history 1260–1507. In: Annual report of the Association for Research into the Regensburg Diocesan History 12, Metten, 1938, pages 5–56.
  • History of the diocese of Regensburg: early history. In: Annual report of the Association for Research into the Regensburg Diocesan History 11, Metten, 1936, pages 5-63.
  • History of orders and religious cooperatives: in the Diocese of Regensburg. In: Annual report of the Association for Research into Regensburg Diocesan History 13, Metten, 1939, pages 26–78.
  • Historical news about St. Hosts in the Deggendorf grave church. Rothhaft, Deggendorf, 1928, 64 pages
  • Scholars grow in St. Emmeram - the scientific achievements of the Benedictine Abbey of St. Emmeram. In: Unser Heimatland 17/18, Regensburg, 1952
  • Churches and chapels in the city of Deggendorf. Baum, Erolzheim, 1955, 20 pages
  • Metten Monastery. 5th edition, Schnell & Steiner, Munich, Zurich, 1977, 17 pages, (art guide)
  • Metten Monastery. Schnell & Steiner, Munich a. a., 1977, 17 pages, (art guide)
  • Metten Monastery. Schnell & Steiner, Munich a. a., 1989, 23 pages, (art guide)
  • P. Hieronymus Jung, OSB., From St. Emmeram, Regensburg as representative of his abbot Cölestin Vogl at the Roman Curia. In: Studies and communications on the history of the Benedictine order and its branches 59, St. Ottilien, 1942, pp. 159–186.
  • Rights and possessions of Metten in Regensburg. In: Die Ostbairischen Grenzmarken 18, Passau, 1929, pages 117–120.

literature

  • Erika Bosl: Fink, Wilhelm. In: Karl Bosl (ed.): Bosls Bavarian biography. Supplementary volume. 1000 personalities from 15 centuries. Pustet, Regensburg 1988, ISBN 3-7917-1153-9 , p. 43 ( digitized version ).
  • Helmut Gärtner: Father Fink and his "figura colossale" - anecdotes about the local researcher and writer , In: Deggendorfer Originale - Original Deggendorf . Morsak Verlag, Grafenau, 1994, pages 70-73, ISBN 3-87553-458-1
  • Michael Kaufmann, Memento mori. In memory of the deceased conventuals of the Benedictine abbey of Metten since the rebuilding in 1830 (history of the development of the Benedictine abbey of Metten, Part V), Metten 2008, 400f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information from the Federal President's Office
personal data
SURNAME Fink, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Benedictine monk, historian and local researcher
DATE OF BIRTH May 9, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Rottenburg an der Laaber
DATE OF DEATH February 13, 1965
Place of death Metten