Wilhelm Nyssen

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Wilhelm Nyssen (born April 19, 1925 ; † July 16, 1994 in Cologne ) was a Catholic theologian , long-time university pastor and honorary professor at the University of Cologne .

Life

After the study of philosophy and theology at the University of Freiburg , which he 1954 with the graduation to the Dr. Phil. Graduated from Max Müller , Wilhelm Nyssen was ordained priest in 1956 . For several years he worked as a chaplain in various parishes in Cologne.

Nyssen became a university pastor in 1957 and in the mid-1960s designed the community center, the dormitories and above all the church of the university community and built them in an idiosyncratic form together with the Paderborn sculptor Josef Rikus and the architect Heinz Buchmann . During his long tenure in office, he shaped generations of students whose feeling of belonging to the university community lasted for years. Many people from all over the world still feel connected to this church today.

Nyssen family burial site

From 1965 he held a teaching position for Byzantine Studies at Cologne University, in 1980 he was appointed honorary professor.

Nyssen succeeded in bringing many famous thinkers to lecture at the university community, such as Josef Pieper , Heinrich Böll and Joseph Ratzinger , with whom he was on friendly terms, as well as bishops, politicians, authors , professors and scientists from all disciplines.

Nyssen died in 1994 at the age of 69 and was buried in the family grave at the Melaten cemetery in Cologne (lit. G, between lit. E + F).

Publications (selection)

  • The historical thought structure of Bonaventura in the prologue to the Hexaemeron with regard to the prologues of the major works and the relationship to Pseudo-Dionysius . Unprinted dissertation, Freiburg 1954.
  • The healing Christ . Grünewald, Mainz 1977, ISBN 3-7867-0648-4 .
  • Picture song of the earth. Exterior frescoes of the Moldavian monasteries in Romania . Paulinus, Trier 1977, ISBN 3-7902-1446-9 .
  • Romanesque. High world of people , Spee, Trier 1980, ISBN 3-87760-028-X .
  • Three pillars support the dome. Jerusalem - Rome - Byzantium (= Koinonia Volume 29), Luthe, Cologne 1989, ISBN 978-3922727408 .
  • (Ed.): Encounter between Rome and Byzantium around the year 1000 , Luthe, Cologne 1991, ISBN 3-922-727-58-1 .
  • The church of the sculptor Josef Rikus in the university community in Cologne , series of publications by the Center for Patristic Spirituality KOINONIA in the Archdiocese of Cologne, published by Wilhelm Nyssen, Luthe-Druck, Cologne 1993, rendering of the text supplemented by old postcard motifs online (PDF file; 413 kB)
  • Hidden light. Topics Cologne Romanesque. Luthe-Verlag, Cologne 1985, ISBN 3-922727-19-8 .

literature

  • Michael Schneider u. a. (Ed.): Ab oriente et occidente (Mt 8, 11). Church from east and west. Commemorative publication for Wilhelm Nyssen. EOS-Verlag, St. Otillien 1996, ISBN 3-88096-798-9 (pp. 593-613 Bibliography Wilhelm Nyssen).
  • Michael Schneider: Wilhelm Nyssen. In: Sebastian Cüppers (ed.): Cologne theologians. From Rupert von Deutz to Wilhelm Nyssen . Marzellen, Cologne 2004, ISBN 3-937795-02-2 , pp. 492-515.

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personal data
SURNAME Nyssen, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Roman Catholic clergyman, university pastor
DATE OF BIRTH April 19, 1925
DATE OF DEATH July 16, 1994
Place of death Cologne